The Lord’s Prayer in the American Standard Revision
Here is the Lord’s Prayer in the American Standard Revision:— “Our Father
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
As in heaven so on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we also have forgiven our debtors,
And bring us not into temptation,
But deliver us from the Evil one.” The margin has the following: “Many authorities, some ancient, but with variations, add: ‘For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen.’” This latter may or may not be in the original copies; the ascription, however, is true, and may well be offered to God by those who repeat the beautiful and all-comprehensive prayer. Evil as well as good finds its chief center in a person. The “evil one” seeks to destroy the children of God; for “your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” I Peter 5:8. Note the change from “which” to the better “who” for persons. Forgive us our debts, not as we promise to forgive, or hope to forgive; but “as we also have forgiven.” One does not really appreciate forgiveness unless he can see sin, his crime against God, to be so evil that he is willing to forgive any sin against himself. This version makes it much better.