How to Use BibleGateway.com
On October 24, we heard recording 645AB for Part 2, Session 3, of our spiritual healing study program. In that recording, “The Nature of Error and Specific Treatment,” Joel cited several Bible passages. This seemed a good opportunity to once again call attention to the excellent online Bible resource at BibleGateway.com for anyone who has not yet discovered or used it.
One of the most helpful features on BibleGateway is the “parallel Bible” feature, which allows you to view and compare up to five different Bible translations side-by-side. A student once asked Joel about using Bible translations other than the King James Version, and this is what he said:
“As far as I’m concerned, my favorite version of the Bible is the King James Version. I love its beauty and its poetry. And whatever I have caught of biblical understanding has come to me from the King James Version. On the other hand, I have all of the versions that are available, including the New English Bible, and I have found them useful in this way: When I am working with a particular passage or story of scripture, I find it very interesting to turn to these other versions, to see how they present it, and sometimes from one version or another, you get quite a different slant. And so, just for comparison or just for clarification, I often find it handy to refer to these other versions to get their view. And I have, on many occasions, caught something worthwhile in doing that. …
“If you really want to know the Bible; if you really want to study Scripture; what could be more wonderful than any one of these, or all of these [translations] along with the King James? And certainly, these should be studied with concordances and probably with cross-index concordances, for those who really want to make something of scriptural study.”[1]
Of course, the search function on an online Bible site can do one of the major jobs of a concordance. You can enter any word or phrase, and the search tool will produce a list of all the places in your selected Bible translations where that word or phrase appears. You can filter the results by Old Testament or New Testament, or even by a specific book of the Bible.
If you are interested, we have prepared a quick reference guide to using Bible Gateway, including how to use the parallel Bible feature. To view or download the guide, click/tap here.
[1] Recording 399A: 1961 Los Angeles Closed Class, “The Function of Mind.”
We have posted a new question and answer from Joel. The student asks, “Some metaphysical studies teach that certain organized religions create so powerful a suggestion of enmity toward the metaphysician that he must do certain protective work against it. There seems to be no place in The Infinite Way for this fear or need of protection. Is this correct?”
We have posted a new question and answer from Joel. The student asks, “All of us with radios and television sets can’t help hearing Oral Roberts. Are those actually instantaneous healings?”
We have posted a new recording related to world work.
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