Damned if They Do, Damned if They Don’t

Pastor Wagner

Pick your poison: accurately translated heresy, or erroneous translation.

The NASB (New American Standard Version Bible) renders Joh 1:18 “the only begotten God”.

^“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.” (Joh 1:18, NASB)

The NASB is actually an accurate translation (at least in this case) of the corrupted Greek text from which it was translated (Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament). In fact, it is one of the only modern translations that accurately translates Joh 1:18 from the Westcott-Hort text, because most others render it “begotten Son,” which is not what the W-H text says (see below). In that all the modern versions were translated from the Westcott-Hort text, they have all shown themselves to be either fraudulent translations (translating the Greek word “theos”, as “Son”), or they have shown themselves to be accurately translated, but damnable pieces of trash by teaching the rank heresy that Jesus is a begotten God.

The comparisons below show Joh 1:18 in the KJV, Textus Receptus, and the Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, all with corresponding Strong’s numbers. Even for us dummies who can’t read Greek, we can see that the KJV accurately translates the Greek word “uihos” as “Son” from the Textus Receptus, and that the Westcott-Hort abomination reads “theos” which is Greek for “God” (see definitions below the table).

KJV (Joh 1:18)	Textus Receptus (Joh 1:18)	Westcott-Hort Greek NT (Joh 1:18)
18 No man^G3762 hath seen^G3708 God^G2316 at any time;^G4455 the^G3588 only begotten^G3439 Son,^G5207 which is^G5607 in^G1519 the^G3588 bosom^G2859 of the^G3588 Father,^G3962 he^G1565 hath declared^G1834 him.	18 θεον^{G2316 N-ASM} ουδεις^{G3762 A-NSM-N} εωρακεν^{G3708 V-RAI-3S-ATT} πωποτε^{G4455 ADV} ο^{G3588 T-NSM} μονογενης^{G3439 A-NSM} υιος^{G5207 N-NSM} ο^{G3588 T-NSM} ων^{G1510 V-PAP-NSM} εις^{G1519 PREP} τον^{G3588 T-ASM} κολπον^{G2859 N-ASM} του^{G3588 T-GSM} πατρος^{G3962 N-GSM} εκεινος^{G1565 D-NSM} εξηγησατο^{G1834 V-ADI-3S}	18 θεον^{G2316 N-ASM} ουδεις^{G3762 A-NSM-N} εωρακεν^{G3708 V-RAI-3S-ATT} πωποτε^{G4455 ADV} μονογενης^{G3439 A-NSM} θεος^{G2316 N-NSM} ο^{G3588 T-NSM} ων^{G1510 V-PAP-NSM} εις^{G1519 PREP} τον^{G3588 T-ASM} κολπον^{G2859 N-ASM} του^{G3588 T-GSM} πατρος^{G3962 N-GSM} εκεινος^{G1565 D-NSM} εξηγησατο^{G1834 V-ADI-3S}

G5207 υἱός uihos

hwee-os’

Apparently a primary word; a “son” (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figurative kinship: – child, foal, son.

G2316 θεός theos

theh’-os

Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: – X exceeding, God, god [-ly, -ward].

I suppose you could say that these modern versions which are translated from the Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament are “damned if they do, damned if they don’t.”

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