Why dont INC publish her own version of the bible?

One of the favorite topic of INC critics is about "why dont you publish your own bible?" and "why do you use catholic and protestant bible as you consider them apostates or not of God?"

Suggesting INC to have her own bible is like suggesting all Christian religions should have their own bible versions. It is not a big deal for me if the INC dont have her "own bible" not like catholic defenders who boast that they are the one who translated and claiming that they owned the bible. I wonder why Catholics and protestants make "having own bible" a big deal?

Is it for them to belittle the INC as it CANT and not able to have and produce her own bible?

Is it for them to say that there are no even one "bible scholar" in the INC?


Yes ofcourse.

Again, they are doing efforts just to attack the INC so even if it is a very tiny issue, they will make it big. As small as, "why do INC chapels have spires?" to make it big, they will say "ohh, its a spaceship! so that when doomsday comes it will travel to the universe!"

so funny indeed.


Back to the topic...

But what was INC's stand why dont make her own bible version?

Here in the Pasugo, it is stated:

On suggestiong that the Iglesia ni Cristo should publish her own Bible with all the correct translation of mistranslated verses is both well-meaning and appealing. It would be truly convenient and handy to have just one Bible with all the verses that we cite or quote from different translations gathered in one compendium.

By publishing her own Bible, the Iglesia ni Cristo will in effect have a "sanitized" version of the Scriptures--tailor made for her teachings. This is the very thing that the Iglesia ni Cristo avoids, that is, to be accused of manipulating the Scriptures to suit her doctrines.

How, then, are we to know which particular translation of the Bible to use, for example in delivering a sermon? Apostle Paul states the guiding principle to the doctrines of the Bible, thus:

"This is what we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words." I Cor.2:13

Therefore, there must be no contradiction between the different version of the Bible because spiritual things are compared to spiritual truths.

But one may ask, "Who is in a position to compare spiritual things to spiritual truths?" Are all preachers that we see and hear nowadays are qualified to compare spiritual things with spiritual truths, more so preach the gospel? Apostle Paul answers us, thus:

"And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: 'How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!" Rom. 10:15

A preacher of the Gospel therefore must be sent by God. Why must he be sent by God? Apostle John states, thus:

"The one whom God has send speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit. John 3:34

Moreover, the messenger sent by God is entrusted with the ministry and message of reconciliation (cf. II Cor. 5:18-20)

Therefore, even if there are translations of the Bible that contain mistranslated verses, the commissioned preachers of God can identify them because they have been given God's spirit for them to understand His will written in the Bible (cf. I Cor. 2:12).

source: Pasugo Issue March 1996 studyiglesianicristo.com

Very simple. If the INC wants more attention from bible critics then they would make her own version of the bible. The INC do not need to produce own bible just to add it on her achievements and to say INC has bible scholars wow.

Theres no such thing.

INC members do not need very intelligent ministers or "bible scholars" just for them to interpret the bible clearly and truly. Being intelligent is not the thing that required for better understanding about the message written in the bible. As the bible says:

"Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person's spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us. And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom but with words taught us by the Spirit. And so we explain spiritual truths to spiritual people." I Cor. 2:11-13

Christ and the apostles did not became "bible scholars" when they are preaching, God did not chose "very intelligent people" in understanding the gospel:

"Then Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I am thankful that you have hidden these things from those who are so wise and so smart. But you have shown them to people who are like little children." Mat. 11:25

As they are:

"always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth." II tim. 3:7

And the bible warned us:

"Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ." Col. 2:8

“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. ” Gal. 1:6-8

The INC doesnt want to produce her "own bible" as nonmembers will criticize and accuse the church of manipulating the scripture to favor its doctrines. In the other hand, the church is criticized on not having her "own bible version" by the critics. So confusing right.

The INC will be accused of manipulating the scripture for example, the INC believe that in Acts 20:28, it should be "church of Christ", if the INC will translate the verse to "church of Christ" they will question it. If the INC will translate it to "church of God", they will again question why is it church of God while we believe it should be church of Christ? There are many consequences about it, and so the church decided not to make or produce to avoid being accused by nonmembers, if that's the case why not RESPECT the decision?


Ill show you an example, Jehovas Witnesses made their own translation of the bible called "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures". One of the criticism it got was about using the term "Jehovah" in the New Testament, They believe ofcourse that the name of God was Jehovah so their own bible translated God to Jehovah, if they translated it not to Jehovah then it will be ineffective and will contradict to what they believe.

Here is the review about it:

A 2003 study by Jason BeDuhn, associate professor of religious studies at Northern Arizona University in the United States, of nine of "the Bibles most widely in use in the English-speaking world," including the New American Bible, The King James Bible and The New International Version, examined several New Testament passages in which "bias is most likely to interfere with translation." For each passage, he compared the Greek text with the renderings of each English translation, and looked for biased attempts to change the meaning.
BeDuhn said the introduction of the name "Jehovah" into the New Testament 237 times was "not accurate translation by the most basic principle of accuracy", and that it "violate[s] accuracy in favor of denominationally preferred expressions for God", adding that for the NWT to gain wider acceptance and prove its worth its translators might have to abandon the use of "Jehovah" in the New Testament.
Theologian and televangelist John Ankerberg accused the NWT's translators of renderings that conform "to their own preconceived and unbiblical theology." Dr. John Weldon and Ankerberg cite several examples wherein they consider the NWT to support theological views overriding appropriate translation. Ankerberg and Weldon cite Dr. Julius R. Mantey, co-author of A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament and A Hellenistic Greek Reader, who also criticized the NWT, calling it "a shocking mistranslation."
Dr. William Barclay, Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, concluded that "the deliberate distortion of truth by this sect is seen in the New Testament translation. ... It is abundantly clear that a sect which can translate the New Testament like that is intellectually dishonest."
Former American Bible Society board member Dr. Bruce M. Metzger concluded that "on the whole, one gains a tolerably good impression of the scholarly equipment of the translators," but identified instances where the translation has been written to support doctrine, with "several quite erroneous renderings of the Greek." Metzger noted a number of "indefensible" characteristics of the translation, including its use of "Jehovah" in the New Testament.
source: wikipedia

I want to clarify something before i end this, the INC do not consider all catholics and protestants to be of the devil, what the INC is saying about "of the devil" are their unbiblical beliefs not to the persons. That's why it is wrong to say "The INC relies on protestants and catholics that they consider of the devil" because the INC do not refer mainly to the persons but to their teachings!