Today’s post is really tucked neatly inside this pdf (the link is at bottom of this post). I just ran out of time to put it all in a post in addition to the printable form. I really want you to have the printable form to use in your personal study.
As you’re looking over these verses keep in mind that newer modern versions have changed the bible. I believe this is because many if not all of these versions use a different text to translate from – a text different from what was used in the KJV transliteration. Did you know that the KJV comes from more accurate texts than what Westcott & Hort used? I believe I read the reliability of the KJV text was around 96% whereas I think Westcott & Hort’s text was maybe 1%. Pretty scary to think so many people are trusting in such a terrible, awful “translation”.
There’s so much information about the issues underlying the reasons we have so many bible versions. Information Christians need to know, but it seems to me that it might not be “mainstream” for pastors to teach this to their church members. If your pastor uses a different version of the bible than the KJV then perhaps he hasn’t taken this seriously or just doesn’t believe it.
Does it really matter? Yes, it does. And I’m going to share with you just some of the information I have because I go to a bible-believing church that believes God means what he says and our pastors teach us the bible and how it relates to history. When you look at the world through the bible you see more clearly how God is at work.
And just some fyi, though our church is a Baptist church we are not from the protestant line of churches, we are not part of the Reformed churches and we do not accept Calvinism (TULIP) – and as if I need to add, we are not part of Catholicism. There’s more to church history than what you probably learned in school 😉 . If I can get “that” scanned into a printable I might just do it so you can see the difference.
We are bible believers just like the Christians in the very first New Testament church in Antioch mentioned in the book of Acts (and no we aren’t Jews) 🙂 .
Download and save or print the 2 page bible study below. I’ve numbered the pages so I can continue the study and you can keep them in order if you want to save them.
KJV Q&A Series: Revealing the holes in modern bible version and why they should not be trusted.
Now I need to get ready for bed, its very late. Good-nite or good-morning…whatever 🙂 .
*Sharing at the following link-ups: Women Living Well .
There’s worse than this in modern versions. Stay tuned… I won’t exhaust the subject but I do hope to reveal to those who have never known of these differences, enough information that they can consider whether they are trusting in the preserved words of God or not, and why. I want to arm believers with enough information so they can do their own study. I believe well-meaning Christians who consider themselves teachers and leaders will be held accountable for how they are handling God’s word or false words. All versions do not teach the same thing because they’ve been changed.
Compare Malachi 4:2 in the KJV, NIV, and ESV.
I’ll probably post about this one too. Thanks for the comment!
I like the King James Version, but I don’t necessarily think that all other translations are corrupted. They just use different words, but the meaning is the same. I have never seen any major Christian doctrine that is compromised by the NIV, ESV, or other major translations. There are some new “paraphrases” that do corrupt the text by inserting gender neutral terms for God or leaving out other important concepts. But most real translations do not do this.
In this case of Romans 6:22, the original word in Greek (according to Strong’s dictionary) means to be enslaved, either figuratively or literally. It comes from a root that means a slave. However, you must realize that a slave, in Biblical terms, was a person who was indebted and must work off their debt. The slavery that was allowed by God in the OT was not like the black slavery we know of in the early US, which was perpetrated on a people due to their race and was lifelong. In the Jewish culture, slavery was more like indentured servitude in which a person might sell their labor for a certain number of years to pay a debt. Never was slavery seen as a selling of people like property to be used and abused by their owners. This definition of slavery was not developed until fairly modern times. So, in today’s language, servanthood (voluntary service) is probably a better concept for our relationship to God than our understanding of slavery is. But the term “slave” is also correct when understood Biblically to mean a person working to a pay a debt (which in our case, can never be paid off because we are immeasurably unworthy of God’s grace).
Vickie, if all these sincere Christians who love the Lord and his word only knew what we knew… And they can. The info is out there, they just need to look at it, then study. I plan to share more of this info so hopefully some of them find it here, if no where else.
I too believe the in the KJV and it is appalling all the differences the new versions have. They leave out the Deity of God and the virgin birth of Jesus. If you are ever in the St. Louis area let me know. I would love for you to visit our Church and if you are ever in or around Greenville, Mississippit I know of a great church there too. (My brother is the Pastor0
Apparently so- according to the false Greek text these versions are using. But it obviously wasn’t to the translators of the KJV 400 yrs ago, which was about 300 yrs before Westcott & Hort’s greek text of the 1880’s. There has to be one true book of scripture that doesn’t contradict itself and that is the KJV.
I hope you downloaded or printed off the study I provided. Thanks for the comment. There’s more info to come so I hope you follow 😉 .
I agree that you musst discern between all the bibles written but, concerning Romans 6:22. You must remember that the original text was written in Greek, so the the word, ” doulōthentes” is translated as enslaved.
Hey Denise, I recognized that email! We go to the First Baptist Church of Jackson http://www.fbcj.com
I’ll shoot you an email, thanks.
I greatly appreciate your comments on this subject! It sounds like we are in agreement. If you are ever in the Indianapolis area, I know of a good church of like faith! I’d like to know what church you attend and in what area, if you don’t mind sharing, because we sometimes travel through Ohio and may need to find a good church. 🙂