Are not "abide", "record", "borne" or "bear" perfectly good English words used in the King James Bible? Is not the meaning of them clear in English? Why go to the Greek to try and find the fuller sense and meaning of a word, when the word is plain and clear enough in English; where the meaning can be understood from the context and conference of Scripture passages; where the English word is defined from English sources (like the Oxford English Dictionary)... in short, there is no good reason why the Greek should be used to define an English word, or to make the meaning clearer. In fact it does the opposite.
Going to the Greek is problematic on several grounds:
a. it undermines belief in the power of God that He has given His Word fully in English.
b. the Greek can be used to justify anything, and change anything and make any new doctrine.
c. it challenges the absolute of having one fixed Word in English, undermining the authority of God's Scripture.
d. it makes people trust in men, that is, in wrong scholars.
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