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Let's think about interpretation.

It seems to me that everything available to the current Bible reader is "interpretation." The original writing was used to its demise and many copies were made. The copies are in Greek and any translation necessarily involves interpretation. The mere copying of a text involves decisions about type face and page layout, which are products of interpretation as well as suggestions toward interpretation.

Any Bible reading you do involves your eyes and perspective and worldview, interpreting as you go. Any Bible reading you hear carries the inflections and tonal qualities of the reader, reflecting his or her own interpretations.

Inevitably then, there is no pure, unadulterated, unbiased, uninterpreted access to the Bible. I believe this situation is used and even chosen by God, so that the very survival of God's words depends on the testimony of believers (Revelation 12:11).