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  1. 07-31-2016, 02:45 AM #11
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    Well, I don't mind reading it per se (I still use the KJV as my main Bible), but in the 21st century I don't really like to hear it prayed out loud like that. Just sounds 'religious' to me.
    In my private prayers I sometimes use a little Elizabethan. It probably comes from reading the King James for almost 30 years, and I pray certain prayers (Ephesians chapters 1&3 for example), while looking at the scriptures. Besides, it's how God talks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    In my private prayers I sometimes use a little Elizabethan. It probably comes from reading the King James for almost 30 years, and I pray certain prayers (Ephesians chapters 1&3 for example), while looking at the scriptures. Besides, it's how God talks.
    True. And Paul did use the KJV himself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    I LOVE the Elizabethan English! Is so poetic.
    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Well, I don't mind reading it per se (I still use the KJV as my main Bible), but in the 21st century I don't really like to hear it prayed out loud like that. Just sounds 'religious' to me.
    Yeah, I feel exactly the same way too.


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    In my private prayers I sometimes use a little Elizabethan.... Besides, it's how God talks.
    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    True. And Paul did use the KJV himself.
    David even used it in his Psalms way before it became fashionable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    True. And Paul did use the KJV himself.

    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Yeah, I feel exactly the same way too.
    David even used it in his Psalms way before it became fashionable.
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