If it were me asking this question again like I had forty some years ago, going deep dive.... still.

I would buy a 1599 reprint Geneva Bible, with the scholarly side notes. find a cheat sheet and read them in chronological order mine not only has side notes on every page but also referenced on the bottom. Make's the thought occur for more research. And dive in!

This was the cumulation of Martin Luther 1517

Remember these Genevia Bibles were ordered destroyed, ships cargo confiscated the bibles ordered burned and to be destroyed by the pedophile know as king james. He also ordered the King James translation which had some, say, translation issues. Hum I wonder why?

The simplest answer why he ordered it destroyed was the theory of Devine Right of Kings. in a nut shell was a theory that if " God " allowed the King to be King, the people must suffer him no matter how depraved, The Scriptures of the Geneva bible and history in the side notes COMPLETLY different, if you had a King that was depraved or violated " The Law " he was to be removed for the good of the kingdom and its people.

The churches are ALL corporations, with Statements of beliefs as their Dogma that require following, without question... I have known serval friends who after many, many years of study as elders of their Corporation simply asked for a study time to address the " churches " Policy " " Statement Of Belief "may not actually be following biblical Scriptural foundations, should we study to see if possibly we need to modify our statement of belief if its in direct conflict with scriptures? Both thrown out of the " Congregation's " one was an Elder JW one was 7th day'ers.

The 1611 Genevia bible written by people for people. I have one, it was a little tough at first to get accustomed to the Ye Olde English, but after a while no problem.

Mine is a facsimile original, has an introduction of its history, ordering destruction by the pedophile.

The closest organized church I can find that want to follow Scriptural foundations is United Church Of God, they used to have the Good News Free magazines everywhere. they use very common-sense language to prove their points. They follow the Holy Day.

I'm not a " Member " but they are in my humble opinion the closest to following scriptures and explaining in a common since way that I could find.

One of the biggest problems I had was UC of G uses some mason's lodges as there gathering places... I didn't like that at all, but I got to do some snooping and really was totally distracted by the Masonic regalia everywhere.

Two other comments, they did a couple things to make Bibles confusing besides in what was done in it the year 300 or so decided to remove certain books from the collection of books known as the bible... then they broke down each of the book into chapters 1227 Stephan Lanfton, first printed 1327 Wycliffe bible and then verse, The verses of the Old Testament were developed by a Jewish rabbi named Nathan in 1448. The New Testament's verses were developed in 1551 by Robert Estienne!!!!... the books were categized by the number of pages, NOT by historical Date! taking them out of context further. Now anyone can simply take one verse completely out of context add it to another verse maybe even out of another book and say " This Is What Its All About "

One last comment, I had read some Apocrypha books, pretty confusing to me, However after reading the Geneiva 1611 over and over.... and over when I jumped back to apocrypha books I could see very plainly to my mind which ones seemed to fit and others left wondering "What "

Sorry for thy highjack, your questions brought to mind some of my early struggles