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| [[Votive]] is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word ''vow'' in the Bible. | | [[Votive]] is also defined as "offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow." There are two uses of the word ''vow'' in the Bible. |
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| == Vows and Prayers ==
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| Today the word ''vow'' is defined “a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows...” But in the KJV of the Bible ''vow'' is translated from a word that means '''prayer'''. Translating ''horkos'' as vow might lead someone to think that Jesus prohibited vows yet the original words of the text may reveal a very different meaning.
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| These little deceptions through sophistry can go a long way to confuse the whole ''world''. We have shown this a hundred times and more in our writings. Sophistry like this leads many people astray and has kept people from becoming doers of the word.
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| Some translations use the word ''vow'' instead of oath in Matthew 5:33 but this leads to confusion since we see another word for ''vow'' which appears in the biblical text in Acts 18:18 where we see that Paul took a vow, Acts 21:23, and in James 5:15 where the word is also translated ''prayer''.
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| * ''Acts 18:18 "And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow <euche>."
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| * Acts 21:23 "Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have <euche> a vow on them;"
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| * James 5:15 "And the prayer <euche> of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.''
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| You do not have to become a Greek scholar but you should be willing to peek over the ''theological fence'' that other men have constructed in your mind with their different translations and private interpretations. The word we see for ''vow'' in these verses is ''euche'' or ''euchomai'' which means ''a prayer to God, a vow, what you desire or intend to do.'' It is the word from which you get ''eucharistos'' or Eucharist.
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| Other words like ''proseuche'' translated prayer 36 times or ''proseuchomai'' which is the word pray almost 90 times are extensions of this word we see translated vow.
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| The word ''euche'' is clearly not the same as word ''horkos'' more often translated ''oath'' but some people want to imagine that they can use these words interchangeably. They do the truth and Christ a disservice and if they continue in this they are bearing false witness about what Christ actually said and meant.
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| We have seen how translators can translate five different words into the same English word and the same Greek word into five or more different English words. If you couple this practice with the truth that each English word can have many different definitions then you should clearly see without some reference to original texts that you are opening the door to confusion and even lies. There should be a consistency in translating and the use of words in translations and especially in formulating your own conversations about Christ's doctrines.
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| So the word ''vow'' can mean several things. Matrimony is established with vows publicly announced before witnesses and God. This is not the same as Marriage vows as established by the [http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog1mvm.php authority of the State] which ''fences'' a husband and wife under the authority of the State.
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| By not examining the meaning of words and the purpose and spirit of the original authors including their choice of words we are dissembling the Gospel of Christ and equivocate over the meanings of His words by worshiping what we want to believe is true rather than accepting the truth of what Christ actually said. We are leading people astray and are ''fencing'' in our thinking by our own personal interpretation and prejudice.
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| Don't be led astray by bad translations and other tools of [[sophistry]].
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| A ''[[vows|vow]]'', as used with the translation of the Greek word ''eucho'' and used in the Bible, is a ''prayer''.
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| A vow is a statement.
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| "A vow is not an oath."<Ref>The Distinguished Jurist's Primer, Volume 1, By Averroës, Ibn Rushd</Ref>
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| "A vow is not an oath."<Ref>Southeastern Mennonite Conference</Ref>
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| "A vow is not an oath."<Ref>The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 19 published prior to 1923</Ref>
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| A vow is a statement.
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| A vow (euche¯) is a willing undertaking of good things. <Ref>THE SAPPHIRE LIGHT OF THE MIND:THE SKEMMATA OF EVAGRIUS PONTICUS WILLIAM HARMLESS, S.J., AND RAYMOND R. FITZGERALD,</Ref>
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| A vow is not even a promise.
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| Can a vow be like '''[[vote]]'''?
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| A promise is "a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc." and it is made to someone or some organization but a vow is an expression of intent to the general public but between you and God. It does not bring you under the authority of others, adjure or establish a jurisdiction under the authority of others.
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