Translations do not do the original language justice in many cases. The world has believed wrong things because the translations were interpreted in terms of a Western mindset, not in the Jewish mindset in which they were written.
In the KJV the word Easter is used where "Passover" should have been.
In Genesis where God said; "the woman's desire would be for her husband but he will rule over her", should have said, as in the original languge; "a woman's desire would be to rule over her husband but he would rule over her." It was describing the conflict between husband and wife after the fall, this should not be present in Christian marriages.
Because of psychology, the principle of forgiveness has been perverted by modern thinking. People are now convinced we should forgive when someone is not sorry so we won't become bitter. It also says if we do not forgive unrepentant people we will not be forgiven.
The bible never teaches these things. We are to forgive the way God forgives, when someone is sorry and does not want to repeat what they have done.
Luke 17:4 "and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
We do not become bitter because we do not forgive the unrepentant; we have not reconciled the relationship but we are not bitter. We pray for them, treat them with the respect they never gave us when in company but they cannot be our friends until there is confession of sin.
James 5:16 "16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
Someone who thinks there was nothing wrong with offending you will not change and will continue to offend.
There are many more things just like this because of our English translations. So the question remains: how can we trust any translation? The answer is, you cannot trust them entirely; you must ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding as you study "to show yourselves approved."
When something doesn't fit with other Scripture, we know that there are no contradictions in the word of God, so God needs to tell us how it fits.
Wrong doctrine and abuse have come from misunderstanding God's Word. In our day we must pray for God to guide us. He will bring others who have learned good things to help explain, and God can lead us to them. But we must not believe every preacher on the internet. Ask God to show you who is correct and who is not; He will warn you about some and bless you with others.
Unfortunately, now we live in an age when most will be making up their own doctrine and adding it to Scripture. God will warn us about them so that we will avoid them.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you."
There were things I asked God many years ago that went against what the churches were teaching because the Holy Spirit warned me something was wrong about them.. Then He showed me, not always right away but eventually, that was exciting; it confirmed that He was answering me.
Trust the Holy Spirit He really will lead you into all truth if you want to know.
