“ The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalm 12:6-7
“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Luke 4:4 (check your new version Bible to see what is curiously deleted from this verse)
“Yea, hath God said…?” Satan to Eve, and the textual critics to the world. The most destructive lie ever told…lives on. Genesis 3:1b
I used to dismiss the King James Version of the Bible entirely. I thought of it as a ridiculous and outdated translation – an anachronism at best. I viewed it as a shabby antique – one that belonged under a half-inch of dust in my grandmother’s attic….but then I studied the history of current English Bible translations in great detail, and realized that ALL of the new versions use corrupt and purposely adulterated Greek manuscripts, which water down the eternal word of the living God…every last one of them. That Greek your pastor often refers to in church? It flows from corrupt Greek manuscripts first edited by the gnostic, self-castrating “scholar” Origen (and a student of his work, Eusebius), who believed in purgatory, universalism, that all human souls have existed from eternity past, that satan (and demons) would eventually be redeemed, and that Jesus did not actually return to earth in the flesh after his resurrection.
The manuscripts Origen(a well known gnostic) compiled and edited in Alexandria, Egypt in the 200’s, form the two primary Greek New Testament manuscripts (Codex Vaticanus, and Codex Siniaticus) used by Westcott & Hort, Nestles & Aland and the United Bible Society to make ALL of the modern English Bible versions. These manuscripts were more or less hidden from view from the late 300’s until the 1400’s (1800’s in the case of Siniaticus, when it was found in a trash bin at the St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt where it was allegedly about to be burned)…hardly making them the word of the Lord preserved from generation to generation per Psalm 12 (see above). The fact that these two foundational manuscripts conflict with each other in over 3,000 places in the gospels alone, and are missing multiple books of the Bible while containing extra, gnostic books, does not help their credibility. For all you M.Divs and Thds out there, I bet you weren’t taught any of that in seminary.
(*Codex Siniaticus, aka Aleph, has 23,000 edit marks[per the British Library, where it resides], has at least 11 different scribes over many centuries making those 23,000 correction marks. It is missing the last 9 verses of Mark, the story of the woman at the well, a significant portion of the Lord’s Prayer, and key verses on believer’s baptism and the trinity. Many other important portions of scripture are either edited or deleted, including two of the strongest verses establishing the deity of Christ. While the book of Hosea is missing, it does contain the Apocrypha, the gnostic Epistle of Barnabas and the bizarre Shepherd of Hermas – yet it is still considered THE ancient biblical manuscript, by the scholarly world, and it lit the fuse of the Bible destroying pseudo-science known as textual criticism.)
(**Codex Vaticanus (aka B), was likely written after the council of Florence in the mid 1440’s because both it’s style and substance seem to be influenced by the Latin biblical text that was introduced at that council. Both Erasmus and Hort held that position on its genesis, as does the curator of ancient manuscripts at the British Library, Dr. Scot Mckendrick. He states, with absolute certainty, that the ornamentation and high quality vellum B was written on, indicate a date no later than the early to mid 1400’s. It wasn’t even cataloged in the Vatican Library til 1481, more then 1000 years after it was allegedly written and placed there. That…makes no sense. Furthermore, there is no record of anyone even suggesting an early date for B until the 1800’s when the German higher critics were desperate to dethrone the Textus Receptus. B is tragically flawed and should hardly be considered reliable as a foundational Bible manuscript given that it is missing: the first 46 chapters of Genesis, 32 Psalms, multiple verses in the gospels, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, a huge portion of Hebrews, and all of Revelation. It does, however, contain the non-Hebrew, catholic apocrypha, The Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepard of Hermes. B also disagrees with its supposed twin, Aleph, over 3000 times in the gospels alone. It is missing 1491 words, phrases or clauses in the gospels[per Dean John Burgon] and there are spelling and grammatical errors on almost every page. The Old Testament portion of B was written in Greek instead of Hebrew, the actual language the Jewish Masorites used when writing and preserving their ancient scriptures.)
In the 1800’s, Westcott & Hort, two Anglican clergy men and open occultists, whose own letters expose their veneration of Darwin and the Catholic Church, their love of seances and their total disregard for Eden, heaven, the flood and the redemptive work of Jesus on the cross, made their own Greek New Testament manuscript (the so-called “critical Greek” text). This new Greek manuscript cleverly deleted out, added in or simply rephrased whatever scriptures they thought they could get away with without causing a furor …verses and passages that lined up with their “enlightened” thinking and, not surprisingly to anyone who has studied the Bible version issue, their changes almost always lined up with catholic doctrine(Acts 8:37, 1 Cor. 1:18, 2 Tim 2:15,James 5:16, etc.)
Westcott & Hort did expect some push back on their changes even back then…but they heard hardly a peep (Dean John Burgon’s vigorous dissent was an exception). Leading men loved these brilliant, iconoclastic lies shrouded in the dense and deceiving fog of “scholarship.” Did we really not have a true Greek New Testament until the late 1800’s?? That is exactly what the textual critics/new version advocates are saying.
It is important to note that all of this information regarding Westcott & Hort’s core beliefs is gleaned exclusively from their personal correspondence, published by their children after their deaths. That is the only way we know these key facts about their non-literal view of the Bible, their reverence for Darwin, Rome and the occult, and their motives for changing the scriptures…and we are all reading and teaching from their Bibles.
The first English translation to flow from Westcott & Hort’s so-called “critical”Greek text was the 1881 Revised Version. Subsequently, their Greek manuscript (with additional changes made by the Nestles and Åland committee and the UBS, also using Siniaticus and Vaticanus) was used as the foundation for EVERY single new version. It is deeply corrupt, and if one examines charts with the actual departures from the Textus Receptus Greek(TR), which was used by the Tyndale, the Great, the Mathew’s, the Bishop’s, the Geneva and the King James Bibles (I have added links to charts at the end of my article), I can assure you that he or she will see through this brilliant plan to weaken God’s unchanging word, and turn eternal concepts into temporal ones (the famed Jeremiah 29:11 is but one example of a spiritual promise turned into a temporal one in the NIV). I, personally, was both shocked and disgusted by the numerous substantive changes to my Bible, yet… I do concede that the modern versions are a bit easier to read and understand due to more familiar language. The new version translators (and satan) knew all too well that this generation would take ease of reading and the lofty and pretentious claims of scholarship over the sharp two-edged sword of truth. I did for over 25 years.
The KJB detractors, and there are many, attempt to denigrate the 54 scholars (or 47, since 7 died during the translation process) who jointly worked on the KJB, with their subjective and pseudo-intellectual textual criticism. The translators were all considered brilliant scholars, and were chosen by the King due to sterling, easily verifiable academic backgrounds (I have seen many of their CV’s)…men such as Lancelot Andrews, George Abbot, John Aglionby, and the head of the OT committee, Dr.John Bois, who was reading and writing in Hebrew at age 6. These men worked in 6 separate groups (two at Oxford, two at Cambridge and two at Westminister), each of which translated the entire New Testament independently, after which time the groups came together, using fourteen translation principles, to determine the final reading. Furthermore, each portion of New Testament scripture had been independently translated between 14 and 17 times by the committee, ensuring accuracy and thoroughness.
All of the criticism of the KJB on intellectual grounds is pseudo-academic nonsense. The KJB is hated because it stands as the preserved word of God, starting in Antioch and then spreading all over the world, only to be gathered together by the brilliant Pope-defying, Catholic scholar Erasmus(the Reformation had not happened yet) in the 1500’s. Luther, Tyndale, Coverdale, the Geneva Bible translators, the Great Bible translators, the ancient Wessex Gospels translators, and many more Bibles all over the world, used the same Greek manuscript family as Erasmus (known as the Textus Receptus, Byzantine Text, Majority Text or Traditional Text), and since satan couldn’t burn all of the copies…he decided to change the Bible from the inside, using proud men, far too “enlightened” to believe many of the “superstitions” of God’s word. Noted theosophist(a blending of all the world’s major religions with philosophy) Helena Blavatsky (a favorite of 19th century intellectuals, and publisher of the periodical “Lucifer”), along with her disciple Alice Bailey (revered by occultists, theosophists and new agers), have openly discussed satan’s ultimate plan to infiltrate the church from the inside…and the Bible was a perfect place to start(See Paul’s warnings, Acts 20:29-31;2 Corinthians 2:17).
I understand that the language of the KJB is old fashioned at times, and most seminarians and Bible college graduates will have a dismissive attitude towards it. Why? Because the vast majority of seminaries and Bible schools are part of the ecumenical, watered-down gospel machine. Yes…Satan, the father of pride, works everywhere – but especially in academia. Men love to know better than other men because they went to this school or that school and studied under this professor or that one. Satan was and is counting on the pride of men to weaken God’s word by imparting to them limited, but “scholarly” knowledge, in order to proliferate his altered Greek manuscripts and thus, his modern Bible versions. The apostle Paul specifically noted that he was well aware of satan’s clever schemes to deceive men (2 Corinthians 2:11),and he warned the church specifically about those who were already corrupting the word of God in his day(2 Corinthians 2:17).
As for the new versions having older manuscripts…that is technically true in a general sense, because the Alexandrian manuscripts were written on higher quality papyri/vellum at their well-funded gnostic schools, and because they weren’t frequently handled for over a thousand years…since almost no one took them seriously outside of Vatican City until the 1800’s. The early Antiochan manuscripts (Textus Receptus/TR) were true to the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles, yet were on lower quality papyri, because the early church wasn’t wealthy – and because they were sent all over the world by foot and by ship, which exposed them to the elements. They were also worn down due to constant usage and thus, were recopied time and time again…unlike the gnostic manuscripts, which were hardly used at all.
Despite those facts, the earliest surviving Bible today is actually a Textus Receptus Latin Bible called the Vetus Latina, circa 147 – 1000AD, which obviously necessitates an even earlier TR Greek manuscript from which it was translated. There are several thousand (perhaps over 10,000 per one researcher) still in existence today, along with similarly dated Coptic, Bohairic, Armenian, Slavic and Gothic TR Bibles. A well known Syrian translation called the Peshitta, and the famed TR “Itala” Bible also date to the late 150’s AD.
I recently discovered that manuscript fragments from the Gospel of Mark, Acts, Romans, 1 Timothy, James and 2 Peter were found in cave 7, Qumran, Dead Sea. These caves were sealed by the Essenes no later than 68 AD, as the Roman legions approached, confirming an astoundingly early date to significant portions of the Syrian Greek text (TR) used by the KJB. See, New Testament Manuscripts, Cave 7, Qumran, dated to 68AD This evidence, and the aforementioned early Latin and Syriac Bibles, prove that even the “oldest biblical text/manuscript” argument, often used to support the corrupt Alexandrian Greek texts, fails, miserably.
Kurt Aland, co-author of several late editions of the Nestles & Aland Greek New Testament text, and a vigorous KJB detractor, admits that early copies of Textus Receptus(TR) manuscripts are almost non-existant (again,the very early Syrian Peshitta, Old Latin, and Itala Bible versions did survive) because they were intentionally destroyed by Rome during the brutal Diocletian persecution(303-311 AD), along with unfavorable weather conditions in Asia Minor and Greece. However, once the Roman persecution of the church ended circa 311 AD, there was, naturally, an explosion of new Textus Receptus manuscript copies inside the Roman Empire, prepared by actual Bible believing christians, and proliferated through the centuries by brave communities such as the Itala Church in Italy, the Donatists in North Africa, The Paulicians/Albigenses/Bogomiles/Cathars, etc. throughout Europe the Balkans and even into Asia. Groups such as the Waldenses in the Italian and French Alps, the Gallic church in France, Ulfilas in Northern Europe (who translated the Bible into Gothic), the Vaudois in Switzerland, the Anabaptists, and the Huguenots also worked vigorously to translate and maintain the true biblical text, unmarred by Rome.
The Itala church and Waldenses/Vallenses/Vaudois were two of the communities of faith that worked feverishly in the early 300’s to reproduce TR Bibles in order to make up for all of the copies which had been burned by Diocletian. This easily explains the concern textual critics have with the sudden appearance of a large number of Textus Receptus manuscripts in the 4th Century, and beyond. The Waldenses were known to memorize entire books of the Bible and even as much of the New Testament as they had, and head out into the world as far as they could go, translating the Bible for the people groups they met along the way. Some made it as Far East as the Parthian empire, known today as Iran.
It’s funny – I often hear the question:”Where was the KJB before 1611??” Well, that question should be reversed. Where, exactly, was the critical Greek text before 1881? The answer: in caves in the Egyptian desert, and of course, in the Vatican. Meanwhile, as I have noted above, the source text for the KJB had spread all over the world – from Antioch to Ethiopia to the British Isles to Armenia and to The mountains of western Europe, beginning in the 1st century.
Even KJB rejecting scholars agree that well over 98% of all ancient Greek manuscript evidence agrees with the KJB, while less than 2% agree with the new versions (the last official count I have seen was 5,702 to 44, which is more like 99% to 1%). Any claim that the new versions are superior is patently false from both a spiritual and scholarly standpoint. Yes, they are easy to read, but they have many deep heresies intended to draw mankind away from many of the simple yet profound truths of God. As Jesus said to his Father in John 17, “Thy word is truth” – but not if his eternal word has been edited by wicked and deceitful heretics, who, like Satan in the garden, boldly and proudly cast doubt on God’s voice to mankind by proclaiming to the world – “yea hath God said?” The question is: Are you believing that very same lie today?
EPILOGUE
This is by far the most divisive topic I have ever written about because we all love our modern Bibles, and cannot possibly believe that so many people have it wrong. My beloved seminary professor is wrong?? My distinguished and learned pastor?? My youth group leader?? Yes…even him – or her. Everyone talks about this issue as if they understand it, but usually they just understand one side…the anti-KJB side, the side I was once steadfastly on. It took a trusted friend about 8 months to finally shake me out of my NIV 84 stupor with hard, raw evidence. Then I decided to take the time to study the history of the Greek and Latin manuscripts (that form the foundation of our Bibles) for myself. Once I had a grasp of manuscript history, and reviewed many of the specific changes(deletions and additions) in the actual biblical text…I was done with all of my new versions forever (A few of the hundreds of passages with substantive changes: The removal of the compassion of Jesus four times in Matthew(NIV 84),Genesis 30:27, Jeremiah 29:11(NIV 84), Matthew 9:13, Mark 9:44,46,48 and 10:24, Luke 4:4, Luke 9:55-56, John 7:8-10{is Jesus a liar??},Acts 8:37, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Galatians 5:12(did Paul really want his enemies to castrate themselves??), Colossians 1:14, Romans 8:1b, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 6:5,20(warning about prosperity preachers and false science), James 5:16, 1 John 5:7, and Revelation 1: 6, 8, 11). Sadly, I discovered that my dear NIV – even the one written back in 1984 – was the worst of the lot (the Message doesn’t count because it cannot seriously be called a Bible due to multiple ridiculous and even occultic additions). It was hard to read the KJB at first…but I prayed for help from the Holy Spirit…and now I can’t live without it.
I am not one of those people who believe that one can only be saved via the KJB Bible, or that the KJB is perfectly written(I believe it is perfect in substance but not necessarily in form). I simply believe that the KJB, whose Greek foundation lines up with approximately 98% of all ancient manuscripts, according to the most recent studies, is the preserved word of God for this English speaking generation per Psalm 12:6-7. That passage, which I have quoted at the top of this article, was (not surprisingly) edited heavily in the new versions (Septuagint Greek), so that it’s meaning is entirely different. Did God truly say in Psalm 12 that his word would be preserved forever?? Not according to your new version(check that verse in your Bible).
After much study (hoping desperately that I would come to a conclusion that allowed me to keep my NIV, my NKJV or even my brand new MEV), I determined, along with countless other men and women far smarter than I am, that the only legitimate Greek manuscript used as a foundation for a Bible is the Textus Receptus – and despite the claims of the NKJV and MEV editors, the only true Textus Receptus Bible in English is the KJB.
Unlike the new versions’ Egyptian/gnostic roots, the Textus Receptus flows from the spirit-fed spring of the early believers in Antioch…all the way to London in the 1600’s. Do the new versions have many things right? Of course. What satan does best is weave darkness and light together, so that the two cannot be distinguished. He has done a brilliant job with the new Bible versions…yet with an open heart and mind, along with a willingness to exchange comfort and familiarity for truth, his scheme can be defeated. I challenge everyone who reads this, to study the actual textual changes for themselves, in context, ignoring ad hominem attacks on those who have exposed this scheme…for there are many, and they are often nasty. John 15:18-19 warned us that if we were of Jesus Christ, the world would hate us…and nowhere is that more evident than in the battle for God’s eternal voice to mankind. The very truth of His preserved word to this and every succeeding generation is at stake. Yea hath God said? Yes. He did actually, and you can read his words to the world, preserved for eternity, in your King James Bible.
Revelation 22:18-19
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
***The new Reina Valera Gómez (RVG) is a true Spanish Textus Receptus Bible(unlike the other Reina Valeria’s, which mix TR and Alexandrian texts).
***Please remember that if you look up the changed/corrupted verses in the Greek online, chances are very high that the only Greek you can find is the Westcott & Hort/Nestles & Aland/UBS Greek, which is where the corrupted verses originated and metastisized. Unless you check the verses in a verifiable Textus Receptus (TR) Greek (and several people who have dedicated their lives to study this issue say that there are few true TR’s online) you are using the corrupt Westcott & Hort/Nestles & Aland Greek. Even some of the supposed online TR manuscripts have been intentionally altered, as has the new supposed TR Bible, The Modern English Version (and the New King James for that matter). Now why would anyone try trick good Christian men and women into reading a Bible that we thought was based on the TR but really isn’t? As Paul said in a verse I cited above, we are not unaware of satan’s devices.
****Why is your ESV different then your NASB, which is different than your NIV? The answer…is ca$h. In order to receive a copyright on a new version, the law requires that it be 20% different than all other versions. So, the editors of the new versions simply grab a thesaurus and go to work, changing whatever words they can (is the Holy Spirit really a “helper??” My hamburger needs helper but I need a Comforter!) and rephrasing other passages. Do we really need all of these new versions? Of course not – but the editors and publishers want your money and are more than happy to nip, tuck and carve up God’s eternal word to get it…and the plan seems to be working well.
If one studies the history of the KJV’s translation process, it is clear that prayer played a very large role. Furthermore, the translators never profited from its sale.
***Mark of the Beast Issue***
The ESV, NIV, NASB, etc. all say that the mark of the beast will be “on” your hand, like a scannable tattoo (See, Revelation 13:16). The KJV, however, says that the mark is “in” your right hand or forehead. “In” and “on” are not the same things, and thus, someone is lying to us. I believe that the ESV etc. will be used to try and prove to people that the implantable chip we will all be required to have, is not the mark…when actually it is. The smoke of the torment of those who are tricked into taking the mark…will ascend forever. Throw away your new versions and tell everyone you know to do the same. I wrote a brief article on this issue: The Mark of the Beast: A Warning, and on how the new versions delete key words regarding repentance and sin:Repentance, Salvation and the new Bible versions: Yes, it really does matter
Additional Resources:
A New Article on the Many Heresies of Westcott & Hort
NIV Chart Showing Deletions and Changes
The Trinitarian Bible Society, Dr. Edward Hills, Dr. David Otis Fuller, Dr. Jack Moorman, Dr. Mickey Carter, Dr. Hayes Minnick, Dr. William Grady, Dr. D. A. Waite, David Cloud, Dr. Douglas D. Stauffer, Dr. Al Lacy, and Dean John William Burgon(1813-1888).
The Underground Christian Network has excellent podcasts on this issue, which can be found via a search inside your Iphone or smart phone’s podcast app., and I recommend Dr. David Otis Fuller’s book Which Bible?; Chick Publications, Look What’s Missing; Dr. Stauffer’s book One Book Stands Alone; Dr. Sam Gipp’s The Answer Book; Dr. Edward Hills’ The King James Version Defended; and Dr. William Grady’s Final Authority.
David Cloud’s www.wayoflife.org website also has helpful resources on this issue (including a well-researched downloadable book), as does D.A. Waite’s excellent scholarly book Burgon’sWarnings on Revisions of Textus Receptus and the King James Bible. The Burgon Society’s website is: www.deanburgonsociety.org. Dean Burgon’s, The Revision Revised, is a brilliant critical, and often incisive analysis of Westcott & Hort’s Greek manuscript by one of their contemporaries.
Bible Version Comparison Chart:
Click here for version comparisons
Eternal Answers Ministry has some helpful information as well: http://eternalanswersministry.blogspot.com/2009/06/textus-receptus-vs-alexandrian-codices.html; Some of the NIV’s problems are laid out on this site: http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/PDF/keith-piper-serious-omissions-in-the-niv.pdf
Many KJV questions are answered at the link below, which I found the night this article was published:http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/pages/KJV/400-years-of-the-king-james
Dr. Douglas D. Stauffer has several first-rate presentations on youtube on the NKJV and how it masquerades as a TR Bible – and on the NIV. Below is his EXCELLENT presentation on some of the NIV’s most glaring errors, especially those edited or omitted to conform to catholic doctrine: https://youtu.be/OQFtvmVHBb4
…And another video from Dr. Stauffer showing NIV changes which affect New Testament doctrine of salvation: https://youtu.be/T0o2yKJgvnA
Additional articles from this blog:
Piercing the Darkness: Preaching the Gospel in Key West, Florida
Another Reason for the KJB: the tale of one man’s torment at the hands of the NASB
The Absolute Certainty of Scripture
Ecumenicism: Jesus Christ as He is in the Word is the Only Way to God
False Prophets and Teachers: Wolves Among Us
Catholicism and The Worship of Mary
Thy Word Alone is Truth: Examining All Things in the Refining Furnace of Scripture 
Thank you for sharing this. It is great. I would warn against Gail Riplinger, I guess she is controversial. I have posted this article as a link on my latest post. Thank you for reading and liking it. May we stay faithful to Christ. Amen!
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Gail has had some well documented family struggles for sure – but much of her research is incomparable. She was the first to expose in detail, the plan to undermine the church by theosophists aka luciferians. She nailed Westcott & Hort on their occult involvement(via their own quotes contained in their personal correspondence complied by their children) and made it known to the world. Her charts showing the actual doctrinal changes infuriated the enemies of God – and they have come after her with a vengeance…and she has made many mistakes in life as well, as we all have. Her enemies gloat over her and try to discredit her – yet her research stands tall.
Thanks for sharing my post on your excellent website and giving me an opportunity to vent on the unwarranted Riplinger hatred. 🙂
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Sola Scriptura – Thank you so very much for standing up for our sister “in Christ Jesus our Lord” Gail Riplinger – Yes, she has had ‘family issues’
– But so did King David, for he was an adulterer and a murderer – but he repented of his sins – and “the Lord God omnipotent” called him “a man after his own heart” – and he wrote many of the Psalms !
– And also Saul of Tarsus, for he persecuted unto the death many people who were followers “of that way” – but he was truly “converted” and became “our beloved brother Paul” who is “the apostle of the Gentiles” – and he wrote nearly 1/2 of the New Testament !
As the Apostle Paul was inspired to write:
“What then? are we better than they?
No, in no wise:
for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God.
They are all gone out of the way,
they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good,
no, not one.”
(Romans 3:9-12 ~ AV)
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Exactly. We’ve ALL had problems but that does not negate how great God is to restore and to use us!!!! If a perfect past were the condition to be used of God, NOT ONE of us could be used. Think of Moses who killed a man before God used Him to lead His people out of Egypt. How about the many and gross sins of the “man after God’s own heart,” David. The list goes on and on and one! The LORD is gracious! Ps 86:5, 15 http://safeguardyoursoul.com/bible-version-issue/
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Mark of the Beast typology: © This copyright mark on all corrupt bibles protects “man’s original literary works”. (Title 17 U.S. Code) It is an admission that the text belongs to man and not God.
PS. You write very well.
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I appreciate that very much. I am so glad that I was able to articulate the undisputed facts about this issue in a way that is understandable. It is truly outrageous that our pastors don’t even know or understand what exactly has happened to the biblical text over the last few hundred years. Thanks again.
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Sola: We have a similar story. I am 68, a lawyer in Idaho, married 40 years with four grown and saved children. I was saved in 1972 in college. In 2012 God called me to study eschatology. I was an NIV student who had participated Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) for 24 years. When I began my study, as a lawyer intending to study biblical prophecy as a lawyer, I asked God which Bible I should use. The answer came quickly and clearly. It was the KJB. Having been trained to avoid the use of legalese, I was initially surprised by the clear direction. So, I embarked on a study of Bible history. I was shocked by the result. Nevertheless, I purchased it for my iPhone from Tecarta. I have been a KJB sola scriptura believer ever since the switch.
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Praise God brother. Thank you for sharing a little bit of your story. If you’ve written any articles I’d love to see them. eelane3@gmail.com
I have a good attorney friend in Idaho named Kelly Whiting. You may know him. He is a rock-solid believer.
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Hi, I’ve just spoken with you on RVs youtube channel about my concerns around the Bible and you gave me this link, and it’s allayed many of my fears so thank you so much for that.
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That is why I couched it with “I guess she is controversial”. Praise God for His servants who expose the lie and stand up for the truth. Amen!
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Good article
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I would not hold one version up too much above another among the main ones although there are poor ones. And everyone is to be respected for their own personal choice on what they read and study. There is no bible translation done from the text of the original writers and one can find inconsistencies in every version. Just today as I was researching the ERV I read a ‘proof’ of this “satanic” translation. [ He says – ERV Falsely Uses “Passover” in Acts 12:4 Instead of Correct Word, “Easter” ] What?? This man is making the words used in the KJV the original inspired words and how dare the ERV translate it differently to the KJV. This is a very silly ‘proof’ and Easter is not the correct word. The Greek word ‘pascha’ for passover, according to Strongs concordance linked with the KJV comes 29 times in the NT. 28 times the KJV translates that Greek word as ‘passover’. Once as Easter. I cannot figure why. Some Greek words can have several meanings and be translated differently but to be consistent the translators of the KJV should have kept ‘passover’ in this verse. That is pure logic from a translation point of view. The ERV translated the Greek word correctly in this instance and no doubt others. Best not to shout too loudly from any side of the fence eh!
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I think we all just need to be aware of who edited our Bibles and why. It is not in dispute that Gnostics edited the manuscripts used in every single new version today (to line up with their views) in the 200 and 300’s, and then two open occultists who hated much Bible doctrine edited your Bible in the 1800’s. I’ll go with the 47 Kjv translators and the 95% text over the gnostic 5% text.
There is an excellent reason for the Pascha/Easter translation. Passover had already taken place for that year(April 14, and they were in the time just AFTER the Passover – the days of unleavened bread. Passover wasn’t for another year) but the pagan fertility festival of Ishtar aka Easter, had not yet happened but was about to happen(this festival was symbolized by rabbits, who are well known for reproductive proclivities, and playboy magazine derived its logo from that pagan symbol of unbridled sexuality). So…instead of the 47 translators being ignorant dimwits who accidentally mistranslated it…they actually got it right.
The whole translation issue is a spiritual battle. Satan wants the youth who don’t understand sound doctrine to see that homosexuality isn’t strongly condemned in the new versions, Jesus may or may not actually be God, and Catholic traditions are affirmed. Either one sees this plan…or not. I don’t want a Bible in my hands touched by Westcott & Hort. I suggest watching some of the videos I linked if you are truly interested in finding the truth and using the best version out there. It does matter and we must not blind ourselves due to comfort or prejudice. I was hugely anti KJV and argued over this issue with my wife for months…but as an attorney, I was persuaded by cold, hard, strong (overwhelming actually) evidence.
There are plenty of nutty Kjv people out there. That is one of the reasons why I was so dismissive of the whole version issue. The Kjv seemed ridiculously old fashioned and used only by grumpy old lechers. Well, I was wrong and I am deeply and permanently in the Kjv camp…and I am happy to tell the world what a fool I was for ignoring the overwhelming evidence that men who despised the cross and many biblical truths…edited my Bible(and yours).
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I’ve been researching this myself and absolutely agree!! What’s even more astonishing and heartbreaking is that for the first 1500 years of all Christians understood that only death dissolves a marriage and that Jesus clearly spoke an exception “fornication” which all knew and understood (prior to Erasmus) that fornication is not something that can ever be committed after marriage. After marriage it is called adultery. Jesus clearly spoke that all who divorce and “remarry” while their covenant spouse is still alive are indeed in sin-ongoing adultery. Just like every other sin, it must be repented of and forsaken. Divorce is an act of unforgiveness. To think that there is a sin that justifies unforgiving bitterness and hate and promotes ongoing adultery, discord, and ongoing unforgiveness is not biblically sound. Many pastors have accepted exception clauses and even promote them Bc they’ve been indoctrinated by the recent teachings of seminaries who sadly depend on these corrupt texts for truth. Not only Christians, but even 25 Greek and Roman early church leaders were in unison in their writings when explaining 1 Cor 7:10-11, Mark 10:1-12, Matthew 5:27-32, 19:1-12, LUKE 16:18 (ever so clear), Eph 4&5, and so forth. Jesus didn’t misspeak when he listed fornication and adultery as two separate sins with the others that can keep a person out of heaven. Paul reiterated all that Jesus taught as well….all Scripture is God-breathed. Recall in Jeremiah 3 that the Lord called for repentance regardless of a divorce decree and calls Israel to “return To Me for I am your Husband.” It amazes me that Deut 24:1-4 was never what Christ went to, but plainly stated marriage was permanent according to the vows God is a witness to Gen 2:24, Mal 2:16 and exposed the real issue was “hardened hearts”
Let us not be fooled any longer by the corrupt scheme of the devil and research the truth.
Gen 45, Joseph mirrors forgiveness which needs to be our example today, but more importantly, we need to heed to Christ’s teaching 70×7….this commandment applies to our spouses. All the times Jesus says, “But I say to you….” is worth examining for those who still argue that they are in a “marriage” which the Lord calls adultery. To repent means to turn away, you can’t remain in sin and believe that it is God’s will for you to remain in it. For those who believe this, they are saying that adultery is actually the one sin that does not require repentance! Peace to you all.
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I’ve been researching this myself and absolutely agree!! What’s even more astonishing and heartbreaking is that for the first 1500 years of all Christians understood that only death dissolves a marriage and that Jesus clearly spoke an exception “fornication” which all knew and understood (prior to Erasmus) that fornication is not something that can ever be committed after marriage. After marriage it is called adultery. Jesus clearly spoke that all who divorce and “remarry” while their covenant spouse is still alive are indeed in sin-ongoing adultery. Just like every other sin, it must be repented of and forsaken. Divorce is an act of unforgiveness. To think that there is a sin that justifies unforgiving bitterness and hate and promotes ongoing adultery, discord, and ongoing unforgiveness is not biblically sound. Many pastors have accepted exception clauses and even promote them Bc they’ve been indoctrinated by the recent teachings of seminaries who sadly depend on these corrupt texts for truth. Not only Christians, but even 25 Greek and Roman early church leaders were in unison in their writings when explaining 1 Cor 7:10-11, Mark 10:1-12, Matthew 5:27-32, 19:1-12, LUKE 16:18 (ever so clear), Eph 4&5, and so forth. Jesus didn’t misspeak when he listed fornication and adultery as two separate sins with the others that can keep a person out of heaven. Paul reiterated all that Jesus taught as well….all Scripture is God-breathed. Recall in Jeremiah 3 that the Lord called for repentance regardless of a divorce decree and calls Israel to “return To Me for I am your Husband.” It amazes me that Deut 24:1-4 was never what Christ went to, but plainly stated marriage was permanent according to the vows God is a witness to Gen 2:24, Mal 2:16 and exposed the real issue was “hardened hearts”
Let us not be fooled any longer by the corrupt scheme of the devil and research the truth.
Gen 45, Joseph mirrors forgiveness which needs to be our example today, but more importantly, we need to heed to Christ’s teaching 70×7….this commandment applies to our spouses. All the times Jesus says, “But I say to you….” is worth examining for those who still argue that they are in a “marriage” which the Lord calls adultery. To repent means to turn away, you can’t remain in sin and believe that it is God’s will for you to remain in it. For those who believe this, they are saying that adultery is actually the one sin that does not require repentance! Peace to you all.
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Thanks for the comment.
I’m pretty hardcore about divorce and remarriage. I do think it’s clear in Matthew 5:32 that if your spouse cheats on you, then you are free to divorce them and remarry, but not in any other circumstance.
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Thank you for your research, and for posting it. In response to your previous comment on divorce and remarriage, please consider something about the ‘exception clause’. Jesus is stating here that if any man puts away his wife, he causes her to commit adultery, saving for the cause of porneia. So then, if a woman has committed poreia, he does not cause the adultery if he puts her away. But even in this ‘exception’ and other passages related to it, the Lord does not give license to remarry, seeing that it would also be adultery.
Please keep up the work. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Jeremy
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Thanks bro.
My question is – if the man is no longer legally or spiritually bound to the wife who committed adultery, and he then marries a virgin, how is that relationship adulterous given that he is no longer bound, per Jesus Christ himself, to his ex?
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This is a duplicate comment of the one posted on December 14, 2015 at 11:59 AM
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Thank you for standing firm on this!
WHAT ITS NOT ABOUT
It’s not about Gail Riplinger. Nor is it about “KJVOnly” whatever that is.
Nor is it about “dynamic translation”.
All of these are red herrings. Some of these things seem to play directly into the hands of those who would ridicule those like yourself who want to defend God’s Word.
WHAT IT IS ABOUT – PRESERVATION
The only issue is Preservation. Did God preserve his words in the New Testament Greek. Or not?
There seem to be very, very few in the evangelical community (whatever that is) who believe that God can and has preserved his Words. Compare these
“Evangelical church a”:
Scripture. (2 Tim 3:16) The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. It contains the whole counsel of God
“Evangelical church b”:
The Bible is the written word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts.
With this from a typical confession from the Protestant Reformation:
The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations), being immediately inspired by God, and by his singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical; WCF 1,VIII
The apostasy on this point is so widespread that people don’t even see it – nor will the accept it if they are questioned. This crosses all boundaries – reformed, arminian, baptist, presbyterian, lutheran, confessional, bible-only, etc.
If you can’t trust the Bible you hold in your hand, than you are a sorry, sorry Christian. Thankfully, my God preserves his Word, and had it faithfully translated into English in the King James Bible. Let God be true and every man a liar. Even professing Christians.
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Great comment. Amen to all of it. The lazy and the ignorant try to make it all about Riplinger and unnecessary divisiveness…but the charts and the backgrounds of the editors tell the tale. Satan’s schemes are brilliant and he easily corrals the proud and the foolish.
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Sola Scriptura – And – it is not only Gail Riplinger who is being attacked in many lying and constantly increasingly viciousness and sheer malevolence
– but against all (or nearly all) of us who have chosen “by faith” to publicly make known our belief in “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ as they are written in “the word of the Lord” ~ as they are Divinely preserved in the English language ONLY IN the Holy Bible [AV]
A true brother “in Christ Jesus our Lord” of mine from Britain made the very telling comment several months ago
– that we are now living in the generation when it is now ‘fashionable’ to embrace the occult
– BUT it is very unfashionable to truly believe “the word of God”
– So – It is increasingly ‘unpopular’ to actually dogmatically believe that
“Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”
(Proverbs 30:5-6 ~ AV)
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Amen. I have “friends” who mock me and push me away for daring to discuss the difference between the two Bible foundations – Antioch and Alexandria. The evidence is clear…one foundation is rock and the other is sand. History and textual changes tell the tale loudly and clearly…As much as I loved my NIV 84, it is absolute, unadulterated trash, as are all of the new versions. I can prove it in about 20 minutes, and I bet you can too. 🙂
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I totally agree, I am so tired of protestant evangelical churches hiding behind that statement of the original manuscripts, it truly is about preservation. I would like one of these churches to show me a verse that said God does not preserve his word,because I can show them versus very clearly that says God does preserve his word forever. Let’s start with some psalm12:6&7.
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Amen. Sadly, most seminarians love the pseudo academic criticism of the 47 outstanding and brilliant scholars who translated the KJV. Slander, pride, along with an ignorance of true biblical manuscript history, have allowed satan’s false Bibles to reign. It is not a close call.
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Yes and amen. The more I studied the perverted modern Bible version deception issue the more I cling to my KJB. After sharing what I learned with my son (who is Bible college trained) sees the deception and has come around to the KJB also!
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Praise God. It is very very difficult to even want to study the issue. But, as a former NIV lover, I can tell you, once the facts are presented, it’s impossible for an intellectually honest person not to see it and switch. I did not want to see it, yet it was far too obvious to ignore. Thanks for commenting!
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Against the backdrop of these passages of scripture the disciplined reader should take pause.
Love never fails; but whether there be prophecies, they will fail; whether there be tongues, they will cease; whether there be knowledge, it will vanish. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when what is perfect is come, then what is imperfect will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a mirror darkly; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I will know even as I am also known.
And now remain faith, hope, love, these but the greatest of these is love.
Three things here to illuminate. One is that all knowledge will vanish, second is we all know in part and we prophecy in part, third is the greatest of these things is love.
What is he actually saying here? And why should take pause.
OK lets take knowledge first. Staying inside the lane of the bible as it was written aside from all of the noise in the channel around the thousands of gutter balls running down along the lane of the bible.
Lets examine just two passages or what can be seen as book ends of scriptures to inform us who have partial knowledge or see in part.
One is Revelation 10:8-11 and the other is Daniel 12:4. I can assure you that these are in all of the “contested versions” which are in distribution throughout the world.
Daniel is told during the zenith of the Babylonian empire to:”But you, Daniel, seal these words and be silent, and seal this book even to the time of the end; many will want to know the end, and knowledge will be increased.Dan.12:4.
Here is the other book end of this theology.
And the same voice which I had heard from the skies spoke to me again saying, Go and take the little scroll, which is open in the hand of the king which stands on the sea and on the land. And I went to the king, and as I was about to say to him, Give me the little scroll, he said to me, Take it and eat it; and it will make your belly bitter, but it will be sweet as honey in your mouth. So I took the little scroll out of the hand of the king, and ate it; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth; but as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Then he said to me, You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and the heads of nations and kings.
Do you see that we all have been ingesting what can only be called ‘ Sealed Bibles”. Partial knowledge and seeing and prophesying in part.
Now do not attempt to get me to choke on a gnat by throwing the passage of scripture in Rev. 22:18 where it states”I testify to every man who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll, If any man will add to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll; and if any man will take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the tree of life and from the holy city and from the things which are written in this scroll.
Yes this is referencing what is contained in the little scroll. Not the sealed book from Daniel.
Truly a time to step back and reflect as to what is coming on the earth soon not because it is to unseal what was sealed but because of the greatest thing Paul penned about which is the greatest…. love.
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I’m not sure your point my man. The new versions have deleted out or edited hundreds of verses….yes hundreds, which explain sin, repentance and the sound doctrine of Jesus. Men will be and are being led far from the love of Christ expressed thru his death in the cross for our sin, due to edited bibles…bibles written by the very men Jesus spoke of clearly in Rev. 22. Rev. 22 says what it says – and it is not ambiguous. Therefore, I will fight against wicked gnostic and Catholic oriented bibles until my last breath is gone.
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Here is the back story pertaining to the subject of sealed bibles( book).Isa. 29
1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David lived. Add year to year; let them keep festivals. 2Yet I will distress Ariel, and there will be heaviness and lamentations; and it will be to me as Ariel.
3And I will camp against you all around, and I will lay a siege against you with ramparts, and I will raise forts against you. 4And you will be brought down, and will speak from the land, and your words will be low out of the dust, and your voice will be heard from the ground like that of a diviner, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
5Moreover, the multitude of your oppressors will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones will be as the chaff that passes away; yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly. 6You will be visited by Yahvah of hosts with earthquakes, thunder, and great noise, with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire. 7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Zion, even all the armies and multitudes that distress her, will be as a vision in the night. 8And it will be, even as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating, and when he awakes he is weary and famished; or as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but when he awakes, he is faint, with his thirst not quenched; so will be the multitude of all the nations that fight against mount Zion.
9They are dumbfounded and amazed; they are troubled and stagger; they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10For Yahvah has poured out on them a spirit of deep sleep, and it has closed their eyes, and also the eyes of the prophets and rulers, and the seers, who see the hidden things.
11And the vision of all is become to them as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned saying, Read this, and he says, I cannot; for it is sealed; 12and the book is given to him who is not learned saying, Read this, and he says, I am not learned.
13Therefore master said, Since this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their reverence toward me is taught by the precepts and doctrine of men; (41.15:8, 42.7:6) 14therefore look, I will proceed to set apart this people by a great wonder, and in a marvelous manner, and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be taken away. (50.1:19)
15Woe to those who act perversely to hide their counsel from Yahvah; and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? Who knows what we do corruptly? 16Surely you are esteemed as the potter’s clay; for will the work say of him who made it, He did not make me, or will the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has not fashioned me wisely? (53.9:20)
17Look, a little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be reared as a forest. 18And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of darkness and obscurity. 19The meek will also increase their joy in Yahvah, and the needy will rejoice in the holy one of Israel. 20For the oppressor is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that incite to iniquity are cut off, 21those who cause men to sin by the word, and lay a snare for him who reprimands, and turn aside the righteous into darkness.
22Therefore, Yahvah who saved Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob will not be ashamed now, nor will his face grow pale now. 23But when his sons see the work of my hands in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name and sanctify the holy one of Jacob and will glorify the god of Israel. 24The foolish ones whose spirit also erred will come to understanding, and fools will learn to be obedient.
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I still don’t understand your point. Heaven and earth will pass away…but his word will never, ever pass away. Thus, I reject all versions edited by men who despise sound doctrine and love seances.
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ALL Doctrines in circulation at this juncture of time are edited by man aka sealed bibles. Which are being unsealed per rev 10.
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I’ll trust the words of Moses,David, Isaiah, Jesus and the apostles with great delight. Psalm 12 and 1 Peter 1:23-25 say it all. The ONLY way can can OBJECTIVELY know God is through his written word. Otherwise anyone can make up a Jesus to conform to their sin, as we see with Joel Osteen, Copeland, Jakes, Dollar, the Catholic Church and Islam
to name a few. They ignore the word to fulfill their wicked desires. The word tells us who God is. Our deceitful hearts tell us what we want to hear…things that puff us up or make us wealthy. You are deceived if you believe anything else.
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Isaiah 29 says it all.
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There is ONLY ONE AUTHENTIC Holy Bible [AV]~[KJV]~KJB]~[AKJV]
– SO – ALL of the the ‘Other Bible’ versions \ translations \ editions \ revisions \ updates \ paraphrases \ and The computer-generated Bibles’ are Satanically inspired shallow \ counterfeit \ variations of “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ As they are written ONLY in the 66 Books of “the law of God” ~ And Divinely preserved ONLY in the Holy Bible [AV]
“Lucifer”, “the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan”, “Beelzebub” is an extremely “subtil” \ cunning \ master counterfeiter who is a very-very ‘smart’ and intelligent being who chose to rebel against “the only wise God”
– And he and his multitudes of willing followers have been using their wicked “wiles” for a long-long-long time in their intentional nefarious spiritual deceptions and causing of confusion by “deceiving, and being deceived”
– AND their many-many-many ‘small actions’ have been going on for a long-long-long time
– For they know that – ‘It’s easier to fool people. . . . . . than it is to convince them they have been fooled’ –
– “Yea, hath God said, . . . . . .
– ONE WORD – at a time
– ONE meaning – at a time
– ONE doctrine – at a time
= All working together so that
– ONE more confused and lost person chooses ETERNAL DAMNATION – at a time
– FOR ‘things that are different are not the same’ . . . . . .
– AND there are 380+ ‘Other Bibles’ in the English language since the publication of the Holy Bible [AV]~[KJV]~[KJB]~[AKJV] in 1611
– Huge list of 405 Bibles! {Sorted by YEAR of Bible} – BIBLEs in ENGLISH: TRANSLATIONS, EDITIONS, REVISIONS, VERSIONS & UPDATES
– By Jim Shook – Last Update 12/4/2015 –
net-comber.com/bible-year.html
BUT – How many people actually believe the Biblical WARNING about the very real DANGERS of the proliferation of these hundreds of wicked variations – especially ‘The computer-generated Bible’
– New Bible Versions Create Wicked Doctrines, Your Very Own Custom Bible – Dr. David Peacock –
youtube.com/watch?v=zqCKDmHdvmA&t=5s
– For the real “reverence and godly fear” of “the Lord God Almighty” (Hebrews 12:28-29 ~ AV) is practically non-existent amongst the vast majority of those who call themselves ‘Christians’ – especially here in ‘Amerika’ – the home of ‘Cafeteria Christianity’
Cafeteria Christianity (Pastor Charles Lawson) –
youtube.com/watch?v=6HLjylysYF8&t=2s
And there are large numbers of ‘Religious Leaders’ who are helping in the formation of ‘the One-World church’ of ‘Lukewarm CoeXist Ecumenical Pluralistic Laodiceanism’
– For how many ‘Christians’ – be they ‘Theologians’ \ or ‘Clergy’ \ or ‘Laity’ even know about \ or care \ or believe in “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ As they are written ONLY in the 66 Books of “the law of God” ~ And are Divinely preserved ONLY in the Holy Bible [AV]
– AND that there are ‘Biblical WARNINGS AGAINST changing any of “the words of the Lord” ?
These are the WARNINGS that I am aware of: Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32 | Proverbs 30:5-6 | Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 | Jeremiah 23:35-36; 26:2 | Galatians 3:15
– AND the strongest WARNING of all is written in Revelation 22:18-19 [AV] :
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall ADD unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.
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So, since I’m learning Greek, where do suggest I look for an uncorrupted, reliable Greek manuscript? Seriously, where can I find one other than the Westcott & Hort translation? I have an Interlinear Greek/English New Testament, but the problem is it’s an NIV which I distrust. I find myself going back to the KJV for reference and study, but I still want a reliable Greek NT. I would appreciate your recommendations.
Thank you.
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The Trinitarian Bible Society can send you a hard copy TR. I’ve talked to them on the phone and they are hoping to put one online soon. 616-735-3695 The current online TR’s are not reliable.
Cambridge University Press also published a KJV TR put together by Dr. Fredrick Scrivner back in 1891 I think. See if you can find one of those online. That would be best. Let me know what you find.
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I want to thank you for taking a stand on the right side of the Bible version issue. Many years ago the Lord put a call upon me to research and write on this matter. I have written two books on this issue. I offer these two book for FREE on my website.
http://www.paulbenson.me
They are available in PDF, E-pub, and Kindle formats.
The first, ‘Is the Bible you read: The True Sayings of God?’, is a reference manual showing nearly 500 alterations to the new bibles with commentary. It is a comparative examination of 10 popular versions.
The second is a EZ-Read (88 page) condensed version: ‘Should the be Changing the Holy Bible?’.
Blessings
Paul
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Thanks man. I’ll check it out. It was a war to even get me to investigate the issue since I adored my NIV. Now anything g other than the Kjv makes me ill.
It sounds like you have some great charts, so I will probably link your article to mine. It is z blessing to meet others on the narrow path, who have also uncovered satan’s brilliant scheme to destroy the word of God from the inside. Thanks for commenting my man.
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I also blog on Christian issues at pbenson.me but be forewarned I speak very strongly against the pre-trib rapture theory, as I believe it is one of the most damaging teachings warring against the Body of Christ today.
Blessings
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Interesting. I’ll check it, hopefully this week. I have some fairly well developed thoughts on the issue as well, and recently changed from what I thought was an immovable position on the issue. I look forward to checking out your writings.
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Which kjv bible do i get or know it’s right one?
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That is a good question because publishers are starting to edit them more in accord with the new versions. I have a Holman KJV that I bought off amazon. It’s in brown leather with a cross carved into the front. It’s a pretty good one. I can email you a picture of it if you email me.
eelane3@gmail.com
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Paul – Thank you for the ‘link’ – I’ve already downloaded 2 of your .pdf books
– Bro. Nick
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Paul Benson – I did not realize when I made my previous comment to you in December 2016 that you are so adamant in your stand against the Biblical Doctrine of ‘The pre-Tribulation Rapture’
– New Featured Sermon – The Curse of the Pre-Trib Rapture!
– The Pre-Trib Rapture – A Bucket Full of Holes
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I have done a lot of personal Biblical reading – and studying – and thinking – and praying that “the Comforter” will give unto me the true understanding of the meaning of “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ As they are written in the Holy Bible [AV]
– SO – I AM NOT looking for “that antichrist” (1 John 2:18 ~ AV) – For I “believeth” that which is written in Titus 2:13-15 [AV] – For I am:
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.
Let no man despise thee.
– And that which is written in Luke 21:34-36 [AV] have much personal Prophetic significance and comfort for me:
And take heed to yourselves,
lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting,
and drunkenness,
and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
WATCH YE THEREFORE,
AND PRAY ALWAYS, that ye may be ACCOUNTED WORTHY to escape all these things that shall come to pass,
AND TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.
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Here is a specific illustration of the terrible dangers of the changes that “Satan”, who is a “SUBTIL”, CUNNING, ‘MASTER COUNTERFEITER’ has moved proud men and women to make in the 400+ other Bible ‘new’ ‘so called – ‘more accurate’ – ‘better’ – ‘more literal’ translations – editions – revisions – versions – updates – paraphrases in the English language listed (as of 4 Dec 2015) @ http://www.net-comber.com/bible-year.html
That which has been intentionally and lyingly so called the ‘new King James Version’ Bible is – in my personal opinion – one of the most DANGEROUS English language Bibles
– for the ‘nkjv’ HAS NO legitimate relation to “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ as they are written in the Holy Bible [AV] ~ the ‘King James Version’
This is most certainly “the truth” for those few and ever-fewer of us who are truly Biblically “born again” believers and followers of “our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” who have personally “by faith” made the choice to believe “the certainty of the words of truth” ~ as they written in the Holy Bible [AV] ~ that:
“Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”
(Proverbs 30:5-6 ~ AV)
– In the ‘nkjv’ it is perversely written in 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12;
‘And for this reason God will send them strong delusion,
that they should believe THE LIE,
that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’
~ In the Holy Bible [AV] “the certainty of the words or truth” are written in 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12:
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe A LIE:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
– FOR – The specific words ‘THE LIE’ ARE NOT written in the Holy Bible [AV]
– BUT – The specific words “A LIE” are written 6 + 6 + 6 = 18 times
In the OLD Testament [AV] “A LIE” = 13 times – {13 is the Biblical number of “rebellion”}
First instance: Psalm 62:9 | Last instance: Zechariah 10:2
In the NEW Testament [AV] “A LIE” = 5 times:
John 8:44 | Romans 1:25 | 2 Thessalonians 2:11 | Revelation 21:27, 22:15
Oh what a difference ‘JUST’ ONE WORD makes – “a” ~ vs – ‘the’
– which shows “the truth” – that “Lucifer”, “the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan” and his evil malevolent followers attack from many different directions, manners, times, etc . . . . . .
– And about the arch-enemy of all men’s souls “the certainty of the words of truth” are written in the Holy Bible [AV]:
“Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh A LIE,
he speaketh of his own:
for he is A LIAR,
and the father of it.”
(John 8:44 ~ AV)
Also –
“A LIAR” is written in the Holy Bible [AV] 13 times – {13 is the Biblical number of “rebellion”}
– but – ‘THE LIAR’ IS NOT written in the Holy Bible [AV]
– CAPITALization of “A LIE” and “A LIAR” ~ as they are written in the Divinely preserved “words of the Lord” in the Holy Bible [AV] are mine – Bro. Nick
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Very glad that you took the time to publish this and to comment on servus cristi’s video. You have edified and strengthened me in a much needed time of discouragement.
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Thank you my brother. You have done the exact same thing for me. I almost never ever see people on YouTube comment threads who understand the brilliance of Satan’s scheme to undermine God’s word – as obvious as it is once one digs into it. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It means a great deal to me to hear from another true brother in this dark time. I loved what you wrote in your own YouTube channel. You straight up nailed it. I’ll see you on the other side amigo…hopefully soon.
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Please contact me via email when you can. I’d love to fellowship at least on the phone and share with each other some of the most important things of the faith, as well as encourage one another.
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I too must confess that previously I had been unimpressed with the KJV only crowd. A small article about identical verses and words missing in both the NIV and the ESV. got me to doing some homework.of my own. My first thought was to bypass the KJV and look for manuscript evidence. I kept coming across other articles such as you have written. Sad to say we have been hood winked. The biggest lie the devil ever told is summed up in this oft repeated asterisk * NOT FOUND IN EARLIER MORE RELIABLE MANUSCRIPTS. Why have so many millions of us, including major scholars assumed this unproven premise to be be true?
The translations stemming from 1500’s despite what we are told are indeed better than those that came during or after the 1800’s
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When Erasmus put together his Greek editions of the NT in the 1400’s he used manuscripts in 12 languages, all of which had been translated from Greek centuries before. This establishes that the Majority Text was used worldwide over 1000 year before the Alexandrian texts gained prominence. Below is an incredible website I found yesterday, covering many of the key Bible version issues in a far more professional and comprehensive way than I:
https://av1611.com/kjbp/
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Thank you for your work and dedication on the Bible version issue, Ralph
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Great stuff about the KJV! Lots of countries have their own “KJV” in their language; thats clearly God’s work! But somehow, new translations are made creating lots of confusion. Wake up everybody and do your work by comparing the different Bible versions in prayer and you will find the Truth!
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Reblogged this on Jesus Christ – The Way The Truth and The Life and commented:
Bibles – Many Versions
I believe the KJV to be the inspired Holy Bible for the English Speaking people.
It was God who confused the languages at Babel.
Surely, God can ensure His Word be preserved for each nation and language.
Excellent Article regarding the validity of the KJV
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Amen! I didn’t believe it for 26 years. It seemed ridiculous, but with just a little bit of studying, hoping to find that my NIV was best, Satan’s scheming against the words of God became obvious. Thanks for reblogging!
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Hi Sola S…. Wow! Thank you so much for all your efforts to provide unbiased and accurate info on the historicity of the Bible. In much prayer and diligence, I have been doing a deep dive into this topic for quite a while. I have seen your “moniker” a few times and read your comments which led me to this site. It seems we are of like mind and I find your explanations and evaluations spot on. I can’t wait to read further.
I have read the KJV for well over 50 years, thank God, and it has become ingrained in my spirit and afforded me greater discernment. I watched Gail Riplinger’s 2 hour exegetical comparison of the NIV et al, vs. the KJV some time ago. It really inspired me to dig further into this topic as it is of critical importance.
I am not impressed by anyone’s’ credentials or celebrity personality, but am impressed with the truth. Thanks again for providing clear, concise and accurate information. My prayers are with you.
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Bro – thank you so much for the enx
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…The first one was sent by accident. 😱. Thanks again it’s such a blessing when people take time to exhort and encourage. This Bible is the sharp two-edged sword of truth, and there is no other. ✝️⚔️✝️
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Excellent article. David Sorenson has also written a very lot of great books on the issue.
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Thank you very much for your work and your stand!
I wrote a story describing the step-by-step journey that God led me through over a year’s period of time to arrive at the destination of perfect confidence in the KJV as God’s very Word.
I took God at His word when he said,
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Jeremiah 33:3
And He answered me!
I used my previous experience as the foreman in a felony criminal jury trial as a “template” for this story. I objectively listened to the “prosecution” and the “defense”, weighed evidence, judged the credibility of witnesses, etc. Most of all, I submitted myself wholly unto the Judge (God Himself) and I begged for His help (I was very aware that I was unable to get through this trial by depending upon my own intellect and abilities).
David Cloud’s work on this subject was extremely helpful to me, especially his book, “For Love of the Bible”. God allowed me the joy of writing down the events of this journey in a manner that I believe can be a blessing to others who struggle with this critical issue. It exposes my own helplessness to resolve this on my own, and it gives God all of the glory for leading me to the truth. If you, or anyone else would like to read this (relatively short) story, I’d be more than happy to pass it along (for free of course). It’s in MS Word or PDF. I’m not sure of the best way to do this, but I’d be happy to provide contact info.
May God bless you mightily, and those who have provided great comments, as you serve our Saviour.
Brother Bruce
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I’d love it. Email it to me at eelane3@gmail.com, and feel free to post it here in the comments section as well.
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Thank you for this post a real blessing to me , I have using a KJV bible for sometime now this blog helped me to understand how the bibles have been changed , now I can share this with others thank you so much . God Bless
Annemarie
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Thanks for the comment! It encourages my heart to know that this article has helped you see what took me 26 years to see. Bless you dear sister!
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Question: what about the New King James? Is it reliable?
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No. The new king james is a very clever fraud. It claims to follow the Greek Textus Receptus (used by the king james), but departs from it over 1000 times without notifying the reader. There are many key deletions, such as repentance and the blood of Christ, in important places. Below is a chart containing many of the departures. The worst thing about it is that they make these changes but don’t disclose it. Why would they do that??
Thanks for asking!
Click to access preview.PDF
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Thank you for your fast response! I thought of another one… Strong’s Concordance… I thought it was based on King James Bible…
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Strong’s is based on the new versions, sadly. People treat it as holy writ. It’s simply one modern scholar’s work.
One particular issue that is a huge travesty is the translation of the Greek word doulos. It is wrongly translated by All modern translations as meaning slave, which is very Catholic and Calvinist. Every single English version prior to Rome taking control of them in 1881, translated it as servant(that includes Tyndale, The Great Bible, the Geneva committee, and the KJB).
It changes the tenor of our relationship with God by calling us his slaves rather than willing servants. It paints the picture Satan wants painted of an angry slave master barely tolerating wicked sinners, when in fact, he loves us, and because he first loved us, we willingly and joyfully serve him.
Thanks for commenting. It’s always a blessing to get feedback.
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I have very little to add to this conversation except to say that I took two semesters of inspiration of the Scriptures which focused heavily on how we got our Bible in English. The classes were taken at Landmark Baptist College in Haines City Florida.
This article that you have written as an excellent article. I am impressed with how concise and yet comprehensive it is. The conversation in the comments section is also an excellent read. Thank you for putting stuff like this out.
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Thanks amigo. I started out as a full-on KJB hater…but with just a little research I knew we had all been duped by false scholarship so I dug deep to get as much of the story as possible. My goal was to make an easy read article with all of the facts. It matter – a lot. I appreciate your comment. His word is truth.
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