Thanks joosep! God had to smack me around a bit to show me that I was neglecting Him for the idol of myself... and how important memorizing scripture is to His followers. This isn't just an academic extra credit assignment, this is what we're called to do. This is what makes us really grow. :)
Thanks joosep! God had to smack me around a bit to show me that I was neglecting Him for the idol of myself... and how important memorizing scripture is to His followers. This isn't just an academic extra credit assignment, this is what we're called to do. This is what makes us really grow. :)
And then, to complicate it even more, now that I'm learning the CSB of that passage, what to do with the ESV? If I stop it, then it will ruin my streak. :D
Yeah, I know... I just like keeping consistent to one, even though I like both. It's not until I dig into some of these passages that I'm like... wait, what? John 15:5 for example, "am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." that is just a really confusing way to say what it's saying and it isn't clear.
Which means now part way through memorizing that section I want to switch versions. It isn't just that verse either, v7 is just grammatically off, it seems and it's making it more difficult.
So... I guess I stick with ESV as it's the main version I read and my church reads and I study, and use CSB when the ESV is noticeably less understandable.
Anybody else have trouble deciding *what* version to use? For studying I mainly use ESV so it makes since to use that for pretty much all of my memorization, but some sections of scripture... I kind of want to use CSB for. (I'm looking at you, John 15!) :D
Anybody else have trouble deciding *what* version to use? For studying I mainly use ESV so it makes since to use that for pretty much all of my memorization, but some sections of scripture... I kind of want to use CSB for. (I'm looking at you, John 15!) :D