Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921-01-01 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iii how to intebpbet the bible so as to find its tbtje meaning ' For we are not as the many, corrupting the Word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ."--2 Cor. 2:17, E.V. "Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: (2) but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every mans conscience in the sight of God. (3) And even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: (4) in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, shouldnot dawn upon them."--2 Cor. 4:1-4, R.V. "Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth,"--2 Tim. 2:15, R.V. "The Devil... saith unto him, ... it is written."--Matt. 4:5-7. My subject this morning is, How to Interpret the Bible so as to Find its True Meaning. I have four texts. The first is 2 Cor. 2:17, R. V.: "For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ." The word translated "corrupting" in this verse is the participle of a verb derived from a noun meaning "a tavern keeper, or a wine merchant, a petty retailer, a huckster, a peddler," and the thought is that as tavern keepers and wine merchants and 55 peddlers frequently adulterate their wines or fruits, or other wares, so many alleged
