Older is better, absolutely, because it's closest to the original and less distorted source.
What do you think of school textbooks that combine Constitutional amendments? It's a dangerous slope. Particularly when schools aren't teaching cursive, so the originals won't be read in a few generations (that's their goal at least.)
Do you not see the danger? Do you not think that same danger applies to Scripture as well? Do you think all who've claimed to be Christian were steadfast and honest?
In Galatians 1:6, Paul warns about false Gospels because EVEN IN HIS TIME, WITHIN A DECADE OF CHRIST'S DEATH/RESURECTION, THERE WERE ALREADY FALSE GOSPELS FLOATING AROUND.
So yes, it should go utterly without saying that original is better to get as close to the true and undistorted intent as possible.
Older is better, absolutely, because it's closest to the original and less distorted source.
What do you think of school textbooks that combine Constitutional amendments? It's a dangerous slope. Particularly when schools aren't teaching cursive, so the originals won't be read in a few generations (that's their goal at least.)
Do you not see the danger? Do you not think that same danger applies to Scripture as well? Do you think all who've claimed to be Christian were steadfast and honest?
In Galatians 1:6, Paul warns about false Gospels because EVEN IN HIS TIME, WITHIN A DECADE OF CHRIST'S DEATH/RESURECTION, THERE WERE ALREADY FALSE GOSPELS FLOATING AROUND.
So yes, it should go utterly without saying that original is better to get as close to the true and undistorted intent as possible.