There is much confusion on which books belong in our Bible. There are a lot of liberal scholars who try to claim that there are other books in the Bible such as the book of Enoch, that the Orthodox Christian Church has rejected.

The reason why they are pushing that is because they know that those books in our Bible contradict Christian doctrine, and they want to use that as an excuse to teach some liberal teachings and to criticise Christianity. We’re going to look at the Bible to see that the books in our King James Bible, and the books that traditional Protestant Christianity has always used, are the right books in our Bible.

What books did God approve in the Bible?

The reason why we believe we have the right books in our Bible is simply, what did God think about it. What books did God approve of in our Bible?

If God says that the book of Genesis is right, then that means that is the right book of the Bible. If God says it is the book of Revelation, or the book of Daniel, then that will be the right book of the Bible. But if God did not mention those as not the right books of the Bible, then we know those are not the right books in our Bible.

So let’s see what Jesus said in Luke 4:17-21.

Luke 4:17-21 “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”

So notice right here, which are the books that God approved as part of Scripture?

The first one is definitely Isaiah. So we do know that the book of Isaiah is the right book of the Bible. Liberal scholars give this weird theory that there are two different Isaiah who wrote the book of Isaiah, trying to make the book not legit. However, who cares what scholars say! Jesus didn’t see it that way! He thought Isaiah is legit and real genuine scripture. We can discover which books are the right books in our Bible, simply by seeing what Jesus thought.

Jesus also thought that the books of Jonah and Daniel are the right books in our Bible as well.

Matthew 12:39 “But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:”

Notice here that Jesus Christ called Jonah a prophet.

Matthew 24:15 “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)”

Jesus recognised Isaiah, Jonah and Daniel as legit. When you hear these weird arguments and so-called historical explanations, they can’t prove it. They will try to say that the language eludes, and they will give some kind of historical background and information, but all of it is theory. They will try to forcibly connect some historical background and illusion in the verse language to prove a theory.

Matthew 4:4 

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

Jesus considered the book of Deuteronomy to be legit. Jesus is quoting from the text, what He believed to be the right Bible.

Matthew 4:5-6 “Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”

Notice right here that the devil is even quoting scripture, he is no fool either. He knows which book belongs in your Bible. If liberals are dumb enough to not figure out which book is in the Bible, the devil is smart enough to figure it out.

Matthew 4:7 “Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

Notice that response, it shows that Jesus Christ does not deny the verse that Satan is quoting. He recognises that the first part is scripture, that’s why He says it is “written again”, following that, Jesus is going to respond with a different verse. Jesus quoted a verse in response to the devil quoting a verse.

Matthew 4:10 “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

All these verses quoted by Jesus Christ are found in Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Psalms, Zechariah, and 1 Samuel as well. All of these are in your Bible.

Luke 24:44 “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”

Scriptures in three sections, the law of Moses, in the prophets, and the Psalms. The Law of Moses, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, were written by Moses. The prophets are going to cover from the books of Joshua to Daniel, as well as the twelve minor prophets in your Old Testament. The Psalms cover the book of Psalms down to the Song of Solomon.

In a book called “Bible Doctrines”, page 53, Josephus the historian, a non-Christian and respected first-century history, also recognised these quotations of the Law of Moses, prophets and Psalms.

Matthew 23:30 “And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.”

Matthew 23:35 “That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.”

Abel was mentioned in the book of Genesis. “Zacharias son of Barachias” refers to the book of 2 Chronicles, where the Israelites killed him.

The King James Bible is translated from the Masoretic text, “Hebrew text”. The order is different, but it has the same books. The books include Genesis to 2 Chronicles.

Which books are in the New Testament?

Now let’s talk about the New Testament. The Gnostics were very infamous for providing wrong books in the Bible, confusing many people with the apocryphal books, and the book of Enoch, gospel of Thomas, Judas Iscariot and Mary Magdalene. These books were implanted by the Gnostics and these were the enemies of early Christians of which Paul warned about. The devil has been attacking your Bible ever since the beginning.

John 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

We can believe the words of Jesus Christ to be true, because Jesus Himself proclaimed that the Holy Spirit will bring the words to remembrance. The liberal scholars will try to say that Jesus was a good guy, and the disciples misunderstood Him. That’s not what Jesus said, Jesus said that they will remember exactly what He said, by the Holy Spirit.

John 16:13 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”

God is going to speak His words, the Holy Spirit will speak His word. The Scriptures are given by inspiration of God, God-breathed from the Holy Spirit. The words spoken by the Holy Spirit will become part of scripture, and be passed on to the disciples.

The liberal schools are going to attack the apostle Paul the most. Paul’s writings are also considered to be part of scripture.

2 Peter 3:15-16 “And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

You’ll notice that the chief leader of Christianity, Peter, recognised Paul’s writings to be part of scriptures. You’ll see right here that the Word of God already showed us which books God had approved as part of our Bible.

historical proofs of biblical books

Biblical Books

There is much evidence to prove that we have the right books in our Bible, not just because the Scriptures show it (which was shown in previous article), but there is also historical evidences. In other words, we can rely on the books of the Bible that Christianity has to be true, not only because the Scriptures show it, but also because of purely historical and manuscript evidences, which is what this article is going to show. Even secularly speaking, we’ve got good evidence that we have the right books in our Bible as well. We are going to look at several of the cases here.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Firstly, one of the biggest evidence that we got the right books in our Bible is the ancient manuscripts called ‘the Dead Sea Scrolls’. A lot of manuscript scholars dated these scrolls to go all the way back from the BCs. They contain all the Old Testament books that the King James Bible has, with the only exception being the Book of Esther. One can look up the book ‘the Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls’ by James Vanderkam which shows the evidences thereof.

Jews as keepers of the Scripture

We have another evidence, which is the Jews as a group of people. If one looks at historical evidences and uses some common sense, one would know that Jews were the people to whom the words of God was given to at the beginning, and they are the ones who took care of the words of God ever since the BCs. From the history of the Jews, we know that they took copies and writings of the Scripture, every single word of it seriously.

Let’s look at Deuteronomy 31:24-26

Deuteronomy 31:24-26

“And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.”

The first books of the Bible that Moses wrote since the beginning were carried on by the Jews. Ever since the beginning, they were in charge of holding the Scriptures. Moses told them to take care of this book so that it can be a witness for you.

Ever since the beginning of the Jewish nation, to the time period when they lost their nation after the Babylonian captivity, they still have Scriptures. The Levites kept them all that time.

Let’s also look at Nehemiah 8:7-9  

Nehemiah 8:7-9

“Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebian, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.”

Therefore, the Jewish people had it all that time, this is recognized not only by the Old Testament, but also the New Testament.  

Romans 3:2

“Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.”

What do the ‘oracles of God’ mean? ‘Oracle’ means something divine, or a word from the divine God. The ‘oracles of God’ were given to the Jews  

Early Scholarly Evidence

Another evidence is from Edward F. Hills, a Harvard scholar even before Dr. Ruckman’s time period, a man who not only defended the right books in the Bible, but also defended the KJV itself. Dr. Ruckman referred to him quite often as evidence.

In his book ‘Believing Bible Study’ pages 5 through 9, he gives detailed historical explanations for all the books in the King James Bible, while talking about Masoretus Text and going through the Textus Receptus manuscripts. He shows from beginning to end that we have all the right books in our Bible. Because of these historical manuscript evidence from the scholars, we ended up with the books of the Bible in the KJV.

Early Christians’ Recognition

Although there are some church fathers and early Christians who recognized some books outside of our King James Bible, for example, the Book of Enoch, the Book of Abraham, Gospel of Barnabas, Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas etc., the majority of early churches and early Christians recognized the books in our Bible today as the right words of God.

Why else did we have these books in the Bible for the past nearly two thousand years, if we didn’t have the majority of early churches who took these books as part of the Bible? Why did we lose these other epistles or books? Because the majority of early churches did not think these books were important or were the words of God. The books that we have in our hand is evidence itself, that majority of, not only early churches but also today’s, Christian churches recognize which books are the right books in our Bible. This argument can be found in Dr. Lee Martin McDonald’s book ‘the Biblical Canon’.

The Bible also supports this view in Acts 13:49. How do we know that we got the right words of God is because of early Christians back then. They had it. One needs to use some common sense here. Who are the ones who had the words of God during the early centuries? Was it Gnostics who talked about strange foreign books in the Bible or would you trust the early Christians? Who’s more reliable? Obviously the early Christians, to whom the word of the Lord is given at that time throughout that area.  

Acts 13:49

“And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.”

Acts 11: 22, 26:

“Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. And when he had found him, he brought hi unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”

These people in Antioch were first called Christians. These people were very dependable people.

Acts 11:24

“For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.”

Acts 11:20

“And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch……”

Acts 11:19

……and Antioch, preaching the word ……

In the area of Antioch, they were first called Christians. Everyone is imperfect and these people in Antioch were no exceptions. But can’t God use imperfect people for His glory?

These people during the early centuries of church history don’t have the luxury like we do with concordances, technology, and the past more than one thousand years of knowledge where we could accumulate all the right doctrines. These early Christians were facing persecution as well so they don’t have the luxury of much time.

There is no doubt that this is a group of people in early church history. The Antioch churches were the ones that spread out the most; they were the ones who had zeal that would evangelize the most. They are the people where the manuscript evidence of the New Testament came from. Majority of Greek manuscripts support the manuscripts of this area, that’s where the Textus Receptus, Byzantine manuscripts came from, the Syrian area, Antioch Syria. There’s a wealth of evidence here and the above is just part of it.

Other manuscript evidence

One can also find evidence in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan in Italy. They discovered in 1740, in the Ambrosiana library in Milan Italy, a second century list that contains the 27 books in the New Testament Bible.

Conclusion

We have historical manuscript evidence as well for the books of the Bible. In the previous video, I showed you that the Scriptures show we got the right books in our Bible, but also historical and manuscript evidence as well in this article.

God’s promise is to give us a perfect Bible and He promised to preserve His words. It’s not the Bible itself, but God’s words in the Bible. When you see the Scriptures in this way, they are even more powerful! The words we read in the King James Bible, that dictate our faith, are words spoken out of God’s very mouth. That’s enough reason to devote our lives to what the Bible says.

Psalm 119:89: “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.” Verse 160 reads, “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”

Ever since the original, God’s Word has carried on. He has promised to retain it forever.

Here are more verses to commit to memory to help hold firm your belief in the perfect Word of God.

Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”

Psalm 12:6-7: “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.”

Matthew 24:35: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

1 Peter 1:25: “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”

Proverbs 30:5-6: “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.”

Every word of God is pure. Not even just the general Word, the Bible, but every word that God has spoken.

Matthew 4:4: “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Jesus believed that every word had to stand, because they come out of God’s mouth.

Isaiah 59:21: “As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.”

Matthew 5:18: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

Deuteronomy 4:2:´” Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Psalm 138:2: “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”

His words are above His name. Do you think you would change His words? His name is taken with all seriousness by the Jewish people. But God says His words are above His name!

Revelation 22:18-19 shows us a curse. This verse shows the reader the seriousness God has for the preservation of His words. Why do modern Bible translators believe they can play around with God’s words? Wouldn’t you think twice about doing this if it were you?

What do the ancient manuscripts, called Papyri say about the KJV?

The most ancient manuscripts are called Papyri. They were made from watergrass in Egypt. Because of how they were prepared, they lasted a long time. Just because of their age alone, scholars assume they are the most accurate version of the text.

These papyri manuscript fragments are much older than the manuscripts used for the KJV.

Can we trust Egypt?

But where did the Papyri come from? The Christian church?

No!

Critical scholars in Egypt!

Do you trust them with Alexandrian features with maintaining the accuracy of the Bible?

Even the textual scholars criticize Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus

Origen was the textual scholar at that time,

“The differences between the manuscripts have become great either through the negligence of some copyists or through the perverse audacity of others. They even neglected to check over what they transcribed or in the process of checking, they lengthen or shorten as they please.”

It seemed like there were careless scribes in the ancient manuscripts.

Dean Bergen said,

“Those four are what are discovered on careful scrutiny to differ essentially not only from the 99 out of 100 of the whole body of manuscripts but even from one another.”

Papyri 75 is used for most modern Bibles. It is the oldest and most famous. It is often a source of justification for many advocates of modern Bibles. But even when you look past the flagrant changes and corruption of the scholars behind it in Alexandria, this manuscript still supports the legitimacy of the KJV almost three to one!

The Bible says Preservation of His word is not on grass (papyri)

All in all, we must be wary of the modern Bibles based on the corruptions and agenda of the Alexandrian scholars. God has even warned us of it in His word.

Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”

God’s Word does not depend on grass! God Himself said told us this. Another note about grass (which withers and God’s word endures forever is made in the following passage.

1 Peter 1:24: “For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”

For those who still insist to argue that the age of the papyrus proves the legitimacy of modern Bibles, here are some hard numbers relating to Papyrus 45, 66, and 75 (some of the most famous fragments) to show the overwhelming support they still show for the King James Bible.

Hands down, the King James Bible has the best evidence when one combines the papyri collections.

Matthew 26:22: “And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?”

In the video at 14:00, the Pastor Kim explains the Greek word in the above text, which has been translated correctly in the KJV, but not so in the critical text.

It is plain and clear to see. Anyone saying otherwise is simply trying to use rhetoric to skew your perception. But I implore you to dig into the evidence yourself!

You will find the incredible truth that God has already given us His perfect Word and has preserved it and kept it pure throughout the generations.

Comedy and fairy tales corrupting the bible

How does one know if we got the right books in our King James Bible? Because there are many other books, the Catholics and the church considered the Apocrypha part of the Bible.

Some people might say that the King James Bible used to have the Apocrypha, so the Apocrypha should be legit. The easy answer to that is that if you look at the Apocrypha in the original King James Bible, they are literally titled “Apocrypha” on every single page of the Apocrypha. But in the Old Testament and New Testament, they didn’t title it on every page, showing that they considered the Apocrypha not part of the Bible, unlike the Old Testament and the New Testament. They considered it just as a reference book like the Bibles that we have today; we have an appendix page at the end, and it will be labelled “Appendix” or “Map” at the top.

But that’s a totally different argument; the point is, how do we know that these books are not recognized? It’s because the content just plainly contradict the scripture; they’re ridiculous, and they’re heresy.

The Heresies and Inaccuracies in the Apocrypha

Here we have several examples; one of them is Tobit. In Tobit 6:5-7, it is condoning witchcraft. In pastor’s native country, Korea, where his ancestors came from, they endorsed shamanism for centuries and millenias, and you’re going to hear a little bit of that in this book.

Tobit 6:5-8 “Then the angel said to him: Take out the entrails of the fish, and lay up his heart, and his gall, and his liver for thee: for these are necessary for useful medicines.And when he had done so, he roasted the flesh thereof, and they took it with them in the way: the rest they salted as much as might serve them, till they came to Rages the city of the Medes.Then Tobias asked the angel, and said to him: I beseech thee, brother Azarias, tell me what remedies are these things good for, which thou hast bid me keep of the fish?And the angel, answering, said to him: If thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them.”

Doesn’t this sound like shamanism and witchcraft? What they would do is take a creature’s insides to drive away spirits. That’s what shamanism and druids do.

Here’s another one; this contradicts scriptures, and you will know why the Catholic church wants to keep this. The verse talks about alms for forgiveness. That’s not true, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sins in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1).

Tobit 12:9 “For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.”

Wrong call.

Here’s another one; the Apocrypha says that the Babylonian captivity went on for seven generations. Well, that’s a long time. But if you know your Bible stories, did Israel’s Babylonian captivity lasts for seven generations? No. If you read Jeremiah 29:10, it was only 70 years. It must be that every generation is only 10 years. Do you see how ridiculous this nonsense is?

Baruch 6:2 “And when you are come into Babylon, you shall be there many years, and for a long time, even to seven generations: and after that I will bring you away from thence with peace.”

Here’s another one; what one’s going to find out here is how this man died.

2 Maccabees 9:5-6 “But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: or as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts; And that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.”

2 Maccabees 9:9 “So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.”

So this guy, his flesh was falling away, and all of a sudden, worms started popping out. Not only that, it says ‘the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army’. This is a comedy show.

2 Maccabees 9:18 “But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner:”

The verse is saying that while the man is ‘melting’ here, he’s writing a letter to the Jews with worms crawling all over his body. This is hilarious.

Here’s another one – wrong calculation of years and date. This is way off.

Tobit 1:3-5 “I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians. And when I was in mine own country, in the land of Israel being but young, all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the temple of the habitation of the most High was consecrated and built for all ages. Now all the tribes which together revolted, and the house of my father Nephthali, sacrificed unto the heifer Baal.

Tobit 14:11 “Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.”

Notice that this man died at 158 years old, and this happened long after Genesis. This is ridiculous. Not only that, he claimed to be alive when Israel revolted and when Assyrians conquered Israel. One has to realize that Israel revolted in 931 BC, and Assyria conquered Israel in 722 BC. These two events were separated by over 200 years. He wasn’t old enough when he died.

Would one really consider this as part of the Bible? No wonder atheists make fun of the Bible as being fairy tale. If you want a Bible that’s fairy tale, the Apocrypha is a fairy tale right here.

Here’s another one; the verse here condones suicide.

2 Maccabees 14:41-46 “The soldiers were about to capture the tower where Razis had gone. They were forcing open the gates to the courtyard, and the order had been given to set the door on fire. Razis realized there was no escape, so he tried to commit suicide with his sword, preferring to die with honor rather than suffer humiliation at the hands of evil men. Under the pressure of the moment, Razis misjudged the thrust of the sword, and it did not kill him. So, while the soldiers were swarming into the room, he rushed to the wall and jumped off like a brave hero into the crowd below. The crowd quickly moved back, and he fell in the space they left. Still alive, and burning with courage, he got up, and with blood gushing from his wounds, he ran through the crowd and finally climbed a steep rock. Now completely drained of blood, he tore out his intestines with both hands and threw them at the crowd, and as he did so, he prayed for the Lord of life and breath to give them back to him. That was how he died.”

Catholicism condemns suicide. They say that it’s a sin that’s not pardoned and yet they put this as part of their Bible.

This is literally a cartoon. He commits suicide, but the sword did not hit him accurately. Then he ran and jumped off the wall while he was bleeding, and like in the cartoons, these people see him flying off the wall, and they all moved back, left him an open space, and he goes on the pavement. But he was still alive, ran through the crowd, tore out his intestines, and threw them at the crowd. This is hilarious.

The Book of Enoch

Pastor received a lot of comments about the book of Enoch, so he added in the book of Enoch here. One has to realize that the book of Enoch is not considered a true part of the Bible either. Just because Enoch was quoted, Jasher was quoted, and not only that, 3000 proverbs and 1000 songs of Solomon, the Bible also mentions the epistle to Laodicea from Paul, but those were not part of the Bible. Why? Because God did not choose them as His preserved words. That’s what one has to understand. Not only that, if the majority of early Christians thought those were the true words of God, why didn’t they pick them? The issue here is: are they the preserved words of God or are they lost?

But Enoch is definitely not part of the Bible, excluding the previous passage. Let’s look at the book of Enoch:

This passage is heresy.

1 Enoch 40:9 “He said to me: ‘The first is Michael, the merciful and patient; the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael; the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel; and the fourth, who is set over the repentance that leads to hope for those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.’ These are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits, and the four voices I heard in those days.”

Look at this fourth angel. This is heresy. One does not receive eternal life from an angel. One does not receive forgiveness of sins from an angel. One receives it from the Lord Jesus Christ. This is plain heresy.

One definitely knows it’s one of those Gnostics. These guys are pagans, mystics. During the days when the Bible was written in the first century, there were many false books of the Bible. Do you know what the Gnostics believe (which Paul warned about)? Worship of angels. These doctrines where people uphold angels on a high ladder, a high plane. Not only that, what did Revelation talk about when John bowed before the angel? The angel said, Don’t bow before me.

These so-called books of the Bible, including Enoch, are all heresy. Some of them are comical too. Whoever wrote the book of Tobit and Maccabees must have thought that the guy died like the Wizard of Oz, they must have watched cartoons.

Acts 19:37: “For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.”

Detractors of the King James Bible will say that there is an error in this verse in the King James Bible. It should say “temples,” and not churches. This is because historically, the pagans did not have church buildings yet. What they had were temples. So they say there were no churches at that time.

If you look up the word in Greek in Strong’s Concordance, it translates to “sacred place.” If you look at Kittles Lexicon, it shows that “churches” are also “a sacred place.” The Oxford Greek Dictionary defines the Greek word as “temple, churches.” In Greek languages, temple and church could be the same thing! The King James Bible translators did not inaccurately translate the Bible. Temples and churches mean the same thing in Greek: “a sacred place.”

Webster’s Dictionary 1828 defines church as “a temple of God,” or “a house consecrated as a worship of God.” A house consecrated is a sacred place. There are a wealth of other resources which use “church” and “temple” interchangeably (Matthew Henry commentary, etc.). This means that this supposed “error” in the King James Bible is not an error at all.

How do they know historically that the pagans didn’t have buildings at the time? Just because they don’t have documents and evidence does mean it didn’t happen. Also, there was paganism going on in the church at the time!

Revelation 2:12-23: “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.”

This passage shows that there was paganism going on in a multitude of churches at that time. That’s what Jesus is calling out in this passage. So, this supposed “error” in the King James Bible once again only goes to show a more profound revelation: this time, of paganism within churches themselves.

One of the criticisms of the King James Bible is the use of italics. Those italicized words represent the fact that those words were not in the original. The KJV critics say they added words, getting rid of the true original. But this is not true. When translating something into another language, sometimes adding words is necessary to make a sentence make sense because of the changes between grammar and syntax.

Let’s look at an example to get some context.

Zechariah 11:12-13: “And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.”

In this passage, the word “pieces” is italicized. This shows the amount of silver. Isn’t that important information? It could be 20 bags without it! If the word “pieces” wasn’t added, how would we know what the amount of silver?

A word-for-word translation would be literal jargon. They had to add words to make it make sense. It’s common sense and an essential aspect of translation. A straight word-for-word translation is not possible as it would come out a mess. Part of translation involves piecing things together in the language that the text is being translated into because the words do not match up one for one between languages.

If we look at the Gospel of Matthew, we can see why distinguishing the amount of silver in Zechariah 11:12-13 was so important.

Matthew 27:9: “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value.”

“Pieces” is not italicized in this verse, but the apostle Matthew used the italicized word because the value it represented was important. This is clear evidence of the value of the italicized words.

Let’s look at another example.

Habakkuk 1:5: “Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.”

”You” is italicized in this verse. It’s important because it tells us who the person is. Without this word, we wouldn’t know who the subject of the sentence was.

Acts 13:41: “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.”

Luke revisits the verse from Habakkuk, using the italics from the referenced verse. Those italicized words are essential and corroborated by their use later on in the Scriptures.

Why KJV Should “Add” to God’s Word Part 2

1 Corinthians 9:9: “For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?”

This verse is referring to Deuteronomy 25:4, which says, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”

Modern Bible scholars would say that using the word “corn” was an error in the King James Bible in Deuteronomy 25:4 because the word “corn” did not exist in that century. But that’s not true! Paul uses the same word when referring back to that verse! So, I ask you this: are you going to believe Paul, who wrote so much of our New Testament, or modern Bible scholars on this matter?

Matthew 4:4: “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (not italicized)

Deuteronomy 8:3: “And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.” (italicized)

In this verse, “word” is italicized. How do we know that it is correct? All we have to do is look back at Matthew 4:4. When referring back to this verse, Jesus uses “word” when He repeats the verse.

2 Samuel 21:19: “And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”

In this verse, the word brother is italicized. So if you take out the word “brother,” it then says that Elhanan killed Goliath! But we know this to be not true. David killed Goliath. We all know that beyond a shadow of a doubt. So these italicized words are essential.

1 John 2:23: “Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”

Modern Bible scholars say the second half of this verse should not be there because most Greek manuscripts do not support it. But this verse is endorsed by the precious Alexandrian manuscripts they hold so dear.

Psalm 7:11 and Psalm 34:16-17 are both Bible verses that have italics. If the italics are removed, we’ll have a major doctrine problem.

Roman Catholics influence many modern Bibles. Modern Bible scholars work with modern Catholic scholars. Today’s Catholics are working on the doctrines in your Bible! We know how different our doctrine is from theirs. Why then would we be so accepting of people practicing a heretical faith working on the text of our Bibles?

Does a Christian want the doctrine of the Catholics showing up in their Bible? Absolutely not! These are the same “Christians” that worship Mary as divine, praying to her, confessing our sins to priest (who they call Father!), and hold so many other doctrines that are not compatible with our faith. When these Catholic scholars are working on our Bibles, it’s an open door to their views of the faith creeping into our own.

Kurt Aland (of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament) himself wrote, “By this we mean the text officially published and distributed by the United Bible Societies and also officially by the Catholic Church, a significant new factor in the present scene. In an event, the new present standard text is a reality and as a sole text distributed by the United Bible Societies and by the corresponding offices of the Roman Catholic Church, an inconceivable situation until quite recently.” He admits that this partnership is happening, and also its inconceivable nature! It’s inconceivable between two opposing doctrines are meshing in an unfortunate and harmful way to the true doctrine of the Bible.

1987 annual report of the United Bible Society, page 193: “Of the 573 current UBS projects of Scripture translation, there is active Roman Catholic participation in 161, and there have been 160 interconfessional Bibles published since 1968.” This shows the massive influence of Catholicism on modern Bible translations. It’s not just a small, isolated group. This is an issue that is much bigger than we could ever imagine. The influence of Catholicism on our modern Bibles is rampant.

Let’s see how this Catholic influence has affected modern Bible translations.

Salvation is difficult?

Matthew 7:14: “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

The modern Bibles change “narrow” to difficult. Is salvation difficult? Not at all! All we must do is accept Christ’s free gift. This “difficultness” of salvation is the influence of Catholic doctrine on modern Bibles!

Catholic doctrine of confession

James 5:16: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

They have changed it to “confess your sins to one another.” We confess what kind of fault we’ve done to each other, but we shouldn’t be confessing our secret sins! In the NKJV it says, “confess your trespasses, one to another.” Who teaches about confessing your sins? Catholics! Never confess your sins to man, only God. They confess their sins to their priests, but this is not the biblical way. Even so, their doctrine on confession is penetrating modern Bibles and perverting the Word of God.

Work for your salvation

The Catholic scholars involved in the work of translating modern Bibles also want you to believe that you have to work for your salvation, even after coming to the faith.

1 Corinthians 1:18: “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

Christians ARE saved. Our salvation is done. It is not a process. Christians ARE saved, not “being” saved, as the modern Bibles have changed it to.

Baptism is required for salvation? No!

Acts 8:36-38: “And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.“

Acts 8:36-38, which we discussed earlier, supports the Catholic doctrine of baptism for salvation. You have to believe in Christ for salvation, and then you get baptized. Modern Bibles have taken out verse 37! The NKJV and NLT mark verse 37 in brackets and casts doubt as to whether or not it should be in there. This promotes the Catholic doctrine of baptism bringing salvation and not simply accepting the free gift given by Christ.

The King James Bible is a translation. We’re not claiming that it’s not. We’re claiming that God’s Word is the perfect translation, as we don’t have the originals anymore. We get our translations from copies of the original. Modern Bible scholars say that only the originals are perfect and the copies and translations cannot be perfect. But we believe that inspiration is perfect in the copies, and that preservation has kept them intact. We believe that every verse of the King James Bible has been preserved and is by divine inspiration. We believe that the translation is perfect too.

The King James Bible comes from the Textus Receptus (TR), which are copies. We believe that perfection has been preserved all the way through to translation.

Translation has to be perfect

The New Testament has verses translated from a different language in Old Testament.

Matthew 4:10: “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

Here, Jesus is speaking a verse from the Old Testament. Matthew is translating it into Greek, though it was originally written in Hebrew! We take this verse to be divinely inspired Scripture, even though it is a translation. So why can’t the translation of the King James Bible likewise be perfect? Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6:13, which says, “Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.”

Luke 4:12: “And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6:16: “Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”
So many verses in the New Testament are Greek translations of Old Testament Hebrew.

1 Corinthians 9:9: “For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?”

Romans 9:17: “For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.”

Ezra had to translate from another heathen language into the Hebrew Old Testament.

Ezra 4:7-16: “And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort. Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.”

This was originally written in Syrian but translated into Hebrew for the Old Testament. Modern scholars will “chop” off these sections since they do not affect doctrine. So we see that translations being perfect and divinely inspired is not just a New Testament phenomenon.

Another Old Testament passage that we know to be translated from another language into Hebrew is:

Genesis 42:23: “And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.”

Joseph himself spoke to his brothers through an interpreter. This passage is further proof that God can divinely inspire translations and has done so throughout the Old and New Testaments.

Even God Himself translated from a heathen language into His own language.

Exodus 14:1-4: “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.”

If God Himself translated from Egyptian into His own language, why do some deny that translations are imperfect?

Acts 21:40-Acts 22:1-21: “And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.”

This ENTIRE passage was originally spoken in Hebrew but then translated into Greek for the New Testament, and it is still considered perfect, divinely inspired Scripture.

All the Bible versions except the King James Version of the Bible are Satanic. Pastor Gene Kim emphasizes that the modern Bibles have manipulated the teachings and message of Jesus, especially on topics of eternal salvation. He discourages this perception that it is just a conspiracy theory rather than a Satanic act.

All the modern Bibles are paving the way to the New World Order, and Satan uses it. For manuscript evidence, you can read this article. God promised to preserve His word, and that is found in the KJV.

Here are some verses from the modern version of Bibles that altered the literal meanings of the scriptures, and after having read these altered verses, anyone would think deeply.

1) Divine exchanged with divination

Proverbs 16:10 “A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.”

On the contrary, the New King James Version (NKJV) says that “Divination is on the lips of the king.”
Here, the word `divine` is exchanged with `divination.` divination refers to something cultic.

2) Lucifer takes the place of Jesus

Isaiah 14:12 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations”.

The New International Version of the Bible (NIV) did something terrible. It says, “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn.” It is a massive mistake because “Morning star” in the KJV refers to Jesus Christ.

Revelations 22:16 “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”

KJV says that Jesus is the morning star but NIV says Lucifer is the morning star, which means that NIV is saying that Jesus Christ is the Lucifer. It is rubbish.

The English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV) says “how are you fallen from heaven, O day star, son of dawn.” `Day star` must be Jesus Christ because in 2 Peter 1:19 we read that “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.” So it is clear that `Day star` is Jesus Christ. Many other modern versions of the Bible have made the same awful mistake and have made Satan, the day star.

Can anyone say that it is just a conspiracy theory and is not a satanic act? Can you believe for even a moment that Satan becomes the morning star or day star?

To read more about how Satan has an “elevated” place in modern Bibles, go to this article.

3) God is a spirit or God is spirit

John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

Here King James Version has associated a distinction with the God that he is ‘a Spirit.` He is not like other spirits nor is an ordinary spirit but he is ‘a spirit.` This `a’ is the distinctive word, but again modern versions of the Bible made the same horrifying mistake.

For instance, New International Version (NIV) says, “God is spirit.” NIV has removed the distinction of being unique from God and says he is just spirit, not ‘a spirit.’ God is not all the spirits in the universe, unlike what the New age people believe in.

Many other bibles, such as New Living Translation (NLT), English Standard Version (ESV), New American Standard Bible (NASB), New King James Version (NKJV), Living Bible, etc., made the same error, removing the divine nature of God.

For more “mistakes” in the modern Bible concerning the divinity of God, please read this article.

4) Is the Mark of the Beast on you or in you?

The next verse would make you think about what New World Order would want you to do.

Revelation 13:16 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.”

It is because of this verse that people are concerned about the implantation of chips. Fox News has reported that by implanting a chip in your hand or in your forehead, you will be able to buy and sell whatever you want. This implantation of a chip will surely change the credit card system.

Now, look at the modern versions of the Bible. The New International Version (NIV) says, “to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead.”

Behold! Did you see what just happened? NIV altered the wording again. KJV said in their right hand or in their forehead, but NIV noted on his right hand or on his forehead. Someone may conclude after reading this verse from the NIV or other modern versions that some sticker or a tattoo is the mark of the beast. Similarly, the American Standard Version, The Bible in Basic English, ESV, God’s Word Translation, Good News Bible, The Message Bible, New Century Version of the Bible, New King James Version of the Bible, New Living Translation, New Revised Standard Bible all made the same mistake.

An occultist defends the modern Bibles

Manley P. Hall is an occultist, and he says “To make things right we will have to undo much that is cherished error. The problem of revising the Bible shows how difficult it is to do this. For the last hundred years, we have been trying to get out an edition of the Bible that is reasonably correct, but nobody wants it. What is wanted is the good old King James version, every jot and tittle of it, because most people are convinced that God dictated the Bible to King James in English.”
He is clearly insisting that it was the KJV believers who slowed down the works of the modern Bible. Those Christians who force other Christians to have a firm belief in modern versions of the Bible will surely be accountable for their sin.

Manley P. Hall again said that “The King James Version of the Holy Bible, this translation teams with error and is hopelessly unreliable from a scholastic viewpoint, yet popular acceptance has caused this version of the Holy Writ to become to be recognized as infallible so that the religious public will now reject a correct translation. In fact, it has already shown its attitude in the matter by refusing a revised edition for over 300 years. Erroneous theological notions have been circulated, deriving their authority from the King James translation of the Bible.”

He believed that the verses in the KJV taught these doctrines that he didn’t agree with, that is why he put out another bible to correct those “wrong theological notions.”

Other Frightening Changes Found in Modern Bible Verses

1) Study, not just “be diligent” about the BIble

2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

All modern Bibles change “study” to “be diligent.” This verse tells us how we are to approach Scripture! We must be more than being diligent. We must study the Bible. This is the only verse that tells you how to study the Word as a dispensationalist! This verse tells us we must be “rightly dividing” God’s Word, not “rightly handling,” as modern Bibles will put it.

What it all boils down to is that Christians have to study and rightly divide Scripture. Modern Bibles won’t tell us that.

2) Abstain, not reject all appearance of evil

1 Thessalonians 5:22: “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”

There are certain things we won’t say, watch, or do as believers because we must avoid appearances of evil. We are committed to providing a true testimony of Christ to the world. Modern Bibles translate this as “form” or “kind” of evil. This verse is crucial for our lives as Bible believers! The meaning is changed too drastically to ignore.

Avoiding an appearance of evil is much different than the NIV telling us to “reject every kind of evil.” The KJV speaks to our witness as believers, while the NIV points to something else entirely.

3) Fast and pray to remove demons

Mark 9:29: “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”

Our next example, Mark 9:29, doesn’t even exist in modern Bibles! This verse is crucial because it tells us how to rid ourselves of demonic influences. Jesus tells us that it is by fasting and prayer combined that we remove demons.

4)Again, fasting is removed

Matthew 17:21: “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”

Matthew 17:21 removes fasting. But we must not forget the importance of fasting! Jesus tells us it’s an essential part of casting out demons! How are we to follow His guidance as our healer and teacher when His words are misconstrued in this way?

5)The Bible warns about science!

1 Timothy 6:20: “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.”

This is the only verse in the entire Bible that warns about false science. In modern Bibles, “science” is replaced with “knowledge.” We must understand the difference between science and knowledge. They are two entirely different things. The Oxford dictionary defines knowledge as “facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.” Science, on the other hand, is a discipline in which we attempt to ascertain an understanding of the physical world through observation. These are entirely two different things, but modern Bibles would have you think they are one and the same.

6) Evidence of the Trinity

1 John 5:7: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

It has been removed in modern Bibles. Without it, we completely lose the right and crucial doctrine of the Trinity!

7) Calvary is in the Bible

Luke 23:33: “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.”

“Calvary” is replaced with “the skull” in modern Bible translations.

This is just bizarre. The place was known as Calvary. Calling it “the skull” is looking at it solely from a Hebrew context, but we are not reading a Hebrew Bible: we are reading an English one.

As we know from Matthew 7:18, a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. How do the above translations stack up to the KJV?

People have a hard time with the words thou, thee, and ye. Modern Bibles use “you” to simplify it. This is a problem. Greek has many forms of the word “you.” There is a singular form, a plural form, a subject form, and an accusative form. God has a purpose for having different types of “you.”

Thou=singular subject.
Thee= singular accusative (direct object).
Ye=plural subject.
You=accusative (direct object) plural.

KJV is closer to Greek because Greek has all these forms of “you.”

Exodus 16:26: “Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.”

Ye here means that God is speaking to all of the children of Israel. God says Ye to Moses because it’s not just Moses who disobeyed, but all the children of Israel! If we change that to “you,” it makes Moses the only one who was disobedient! That’s not true—examples like this show how the King James Bible is closer to the original Greek.

John 3:4-5,7: “Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

In verse 7, Ye is used (everyone). I say unto thee (singular, speaking to Nicodemus in verse 5). Verse 7, “ye” must be born again, not “you.” Everyone must be born again! Not just Nicodemus. When you replace these differing words with a simple “you,” this verse sounds like Jesus is saying that only Nicodemus must be born again, not everyone.

Matthew 26:64: “Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”

When Jesus says, “Thou hast said,” Jesus is speaking to Caiaphas, the High Priest. When He says “ye”, He is addressing the rest of the Sanhedrin judging Him. If you replace both of these words with “you,” it will make it impossible to distinguish who He is speaking to at any given moment.

Luke 9:40: “And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.”

Jesus was speaking to His disciples (you which is plural), and then he was speaking back to the father (thy son).

Isaiah 33:2-4: “O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.”

Was he speaking to the people, or was he speaking to God? In verse 2, he spoke to God, and in verse 4, he spoke to the people! Making these necessary types of distinctions is not possible with a general “you.” Generalizing things in such a way can seriously inhibit our comprehension of Scripture in the correct way.

Some certain phrases and idioms exist in different times and places. There were some in ancient times that we don’t have today and vice-versa.

“To cut the same in his teeth” is found in the KJV (Matthew 27:44), which means “to abrade or abuse one for something”, but that is not an accurate translation from Greek. “God forbid” is found in the KJV. But in Greek, that phrase would be translated to “may it not be so.”

Critics will argue that the KJV does not always follow the original Greek. That’s true! These types of idioms would not have existed in those times. So, does that mean that the King James Bible is mistaken and false for translating these passages in this way?

When we find Greek and Hebrew errors in the KJV, the best argument to combat them is to ask the following question:

Is the King James Bible a Greek Bible or a Hebrew Bible?

No! It’s an English Bible! If it’s an English Bible, shouldn’t it be written in the type of language that English-speaking people understand, including the idioms of that language?

You see English idioms in the KJV because it’s an English Bible. If God’s going to give you the best Bible, He’s going to give you the best Bible in your language. If one dumbs down the language of the King James Bible, they are taking away the beauty and power of the language. If God wants to give Christians the best Bible, which era of English language will He give them? The version of English that scholars say is the best form of the English language: Shakespearean, Elizabethan English.

Many people think that different Bible translations are not an issue, but they are. Satan himself is the author of modern Bible translations. We believe that God NEVER lies. Keep that in mind as we look through some Bible verses together.

Hebrews 3:15-17: “While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?” 

Not everyone came out of Egypt safely into the Promised Land. Some perished along the way. But modern Bible translations write that all the Jews were killed and that none of them entered the Promised Land. We know that’s not true! These modern Bible translations are making God out to be a liar. 

Mark 1:2-3: “As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” 

Modern Bible translation will not say “written in the prophets” but rather “written in Isaiah.” The problem with this is that verse 2 is quoted by Malachi, and verse 3 by Isaiah. It would be a lie to say written in Isaiah since Malachi also prophesied the same.

2 Chronicles 35:20: “After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.”

2 Kings 23:29: “In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.”

Modern Bibles actually say that he went up to the aid of the king of Assyria, making these two passages contradict one another! It is an error in multiple ways. 

2 Samuel 21:19: “And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.” 

Notice that Elhanan killed the brother of Goliath. The modern Bible translations say that Elhanan didn’t kill Goliath’s brother, but Goliath himself!

1 Chronicles 20:5: “And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.” 

This verse is further evidence of God’s truth. 

John 7:6-10: “Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Lo ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.” 

Modern Bibles omit the word “yet.” That makes the verse contradictory in and of itself, making a liar out of Jesus.

Modern Bibles lie constantly

In John 8:44, Jesus makes it abundantly clear who the author of lies truly is:

“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.” 

Modern Bibles are of the devil because they push the lies of Satan to the masses.

As Bible-believing Christians, we believe the KJV (King James Version) is the perfect word of God. If we believe that all Bibles are all the same and that there is no single perfect Bible then we will come across contradictions and problems when determining whether or not we are following the correct doctrine. This encompasses the importance of demanding a perfect Bible. That being said, modern Bibles cannot be the perfect word of God since they have many doctrinal errors which will be covered.

Those who believe in KJV only are criticized for being biased. However, it only takes one look at other verses in these modern Bibles to know that all other versions except KJV have doctrinal issues. Even James White knows that there are doctrinal issues with the modern versions but falsely believes these mistakes do not affect doctrine.

These are some of the modern Bibles that have doctrinal issues, and not necessarily with the verses presented here (some preserve these verses but may alter another one and vice versa).

• NIV
• ESV
• NLT
• NKJV
• NASV
• + Modern Bibles

Doctrinal issues presented by modern Bibles

#1 God is removed

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Beginning with 1 Timothy 3, we see that verse 16 begins with ‘God’. Modern Bibles cross out “God” and replaced it with ‘He’. By replacing ‘God’ with ‘He’ the divinity of Jesus is taken away. This is seen in Jehovah’s Witnesses’ bibles.

#2 “yet” is removed

John 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

Even a single word that is replaced or omitted changes the meaning of a verse. For instance, look at John 7:8. The word ‘yet’ is omitted from the verse, so the meaning changes as well. Originally, Jesus states that he will not go to the feast presently (in the context of the verse) but later in verse 10 it states that he goes to the feast. There is no contradiction here because he mentioned the word ‘yet’ in verse 8 so it makes sense that he was going to the feast at a later time. Modern versions portray Jesus as a liar when they omit yet. Verse 8 states that Jesus will not go to the feast and later in verse 10 it mentions that he went to the feast, which is a contradiction.

#3 “prophets” is removed, which makes the Bible a liar

Mark 1:2-3 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

In this verse, God is made a liar when modern translations replace ‘prophets’ with ‘Isaiah’, This is incorrect because it is not just Isaiah speaking but Malachi as well. Malachi is speaking in verse 2 while Isaiah speaks in verse 3.

#4 Who killed Goliath?

2 Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

God, again, is made a liar by these modern translations when they fail to recall who killed Goliath (David obviously). It would seem that italicized words are not inspired by God but added by KJV translators so the words “the brother of” were omitted, making Elhanan the one who killed Goliath.

#5 The king of Egypt went to the aid of or against Assyria?

2 Kings 23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

2 Chronicles 35:20  After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

Not all Bibles are the same, especially not the KJV and the NKJV as some may claim. To prove this, first, we need to look at 2 Kings 23 where verse 29 states that king Josiah was against Necho king of Egypt, even stating that king Josiah had killed him. The same story is repeated in 2 Chronicles 35 where king Josiah goes against the Egyptian king. The NKJV however, replaces the word ‘against” and states that Josiah went to aid Necho which is not true.

#6 Joshua and Caleb died in the wilderness?

Hebrews 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.”

What this verse is saying is that some (Israelites) that heard, provoked God so not everyone came out of Egypt by Moses. If you recall, Joshua and Caleb were some of the few (not including those 20 and under at the time) that came out of the wilderness with Moses. Hebrews 3:16 is reiterating the fact that not everyone came out of Egypt, meaning that there were some survivors. Contrary to this, modern translations state that everyone died in the wilderness including Joshua and Caleb.

#7 “Jesus’ blood” is removed

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

As Christians, the blood of Jesus is very important to us since it is what washes away our sin. Modern translations don’t see the importance in Jesus’ blood and they demonstrate that by dropping ‘through his blood’ in this verse.

#8 No difference between hell and grave?

1 Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Some people, like Jehovah’s Witnesses, deny the existence of Hell, instead, they call it Hades, which refers to the grave. Looking at the KJV, we notice a difference between Hell and the grave, specifically in 1 Corinthians and the book of Luke. Modern translations, however, do not make a distinction between Hell and the grave and just replace either word with Hades. This is wrong because there is a clear difference between the grave and Hell.

#9 Is the trinity one God, or not?

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

This verse supports the Holy Trinity or the Godhead. The modern translations get rid of the doctrine of the Trinity being one God.

#10 Did Jesus cast off His deity?

Philippians 2:5-7 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Again, these modern versions fail in that they make Jesus deny his own divinity. This verse clearly states that Jesus is God as he did not think it was “robbery to be equal to God”. Modern versions, however, state that Jesus cast off his deity.

More examples

All modern bibles have these sort of doctrinal errors which is why it is such a big deal that we follow the correct bible, namely the King James Bible.

If that wasn’t enough, modern bibles omit a big part of Mark 16 as well as some verses from John 7 and 8. Acts 8 provides another big doctrinal error when we examine modern translations, namely water baptism for salvation, which we know is not necessary. As Christians, we know that our salvation is tied with our belief in Jesus Christ and once we believe (and are consequently saved), then we can get baptized. Modern bibles completely get rid of the faith in Jesus-based salvation in Acts 8 and simply state water baptism as the means for salvation. Yet another example of how omitting or changing words in Scripture changes right doctrine.

Acts 8:36-37 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

The Bible forces victims to marry rapists?

Deuteronomy 22:28-29 (NIV) says, “If a man happens to meet a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and RAPES her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.”

The NKJV, the ESV, the NASB and other modern Bibles say “if a man… SEIZES her and lies with her” rather than raping her.

This doesn’t make it better as it allows criminals to kidnap women and have sex.

The KJV says, “If a man LAY HOLD on HER and THEY be FOUND,” the KJV shows consent since BOTH are caught together in the act.

Also, the Bible shows this to be normal since the man is just holding a woman.

Like Proverbs 3:18 says, “she is a tree of life to them that LAY HOLD upon her: and happy is everyone that retaineth her.”

It doesn’t show something abnormal or forced.

To the Bible Believers, the King James Bible encompasses the perfect word of God. It is necessary to demand a perfect word of God because if we do not, we make the mistake of assuming God’s word has errors and will be unable to determine whether or not correct doctrine is taught.

A common criticism against the KJV as the perfect word of God is that it has been changed various times. A person can become scared and nervous when presented with this argument but fear not! Before we get to what those thousands and hundreds of changes are, let’s identify the difference between an edition and a revision. 

A revision occurs when there is a dramatic change in an idea. 

An edition is not the changing of ideas but typographical errors and sometimes of word spellings, as is in the case of the KJV. 

See how the argument falls through once you know the difference between revisions and editions? Critics will try to convince you that editions = revisions, but now you know they are not. 

There are many spelling changes because the words of 1611 English had different spellings as time progressed, hence the different editions. Another reason for these various editions, as stated before, are typographical errors. Even now, we can still see some typographical errors in our KJV, but can you imagine how many more were present in earlier times when printing machines were unavailable? Even with our advanced printing technology we still see some of these printing errors. This is, however, not a reason to throw your Bible away.

Let us now have a look at these so-called “erroneous changes” in the Bible (the more “serious” ones are the typographical ones).

Ruth 3:15 “Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.”

Before the change, it read ‘he’. The difference of one letter did not change the idea of the verse.

Matthew 26:36 “Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.”

Had Judas for Jesus

Exodus 20:14 “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

Omitted ‘not’

Revelation 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”

Omitted ‘no’

1 Corinthians 6:9 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”

Omitted the word ‘not’

Psalms 119:161 “Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.”

‘Printers’

Isaiah 57:12 “I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”

Omitted ‘not’

John 5:14 “Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”

‘no’ was ‘on’

Luke 20 

Parable of the ‘vinegar’ instead of ‘vineyard’

Mark 7:35 “And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.”

‘Sting’

Luke 22:34 “And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.”

Philip denied Jesus instead of Peter

Jude 1:16 ”These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”

‘Murderers’

1 Timothy 5:21 “I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.”

‘Discharge’

1 King 8:19 “Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.”

‘Lions”

Galatians 4:29 “But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.”

The phrase ‘to remain’ was inserted instead of a comma (,)

Ezekiel 47:10 “And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.”

‘Fishes’

Matthew 13:43 “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

‘Ear’

Luke 14:26 “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”

‘Wife’

Other instances include ‘camels’ instead of ‘damsels’, ‘not cause to bring to birth’ instead of ‘not to cause to bring forth’, ‘the fool has said in his heart there is a God’ instead of ‘there is no God’, and ‘yea further to yet he shall not find it’ instead of ‘yea farther’.

Now that we have seen examples of these typographical errors corrected throughout the editions, it is important to bring up another argument critics will try to use. Aside from the 6 or 7 editions since the 1800s, critics will bring up the Cambridge KJV versus the Oxford KJV edition of the 1900s. Critics will try to attack the Oxford version and say that the Cambridge version should be used instead because it had mistakes in it. 

If we take a look at these ‘serious mistakes,’ they are nothing more than typographical errors that do not take away from the idea of the verse. These are some of the typographical mistakes found in the Oxford version that are a cause for debate. When looking through these ‘mistakes’ yourselves, you’ll come to see that the typographical and spelling errors are not as serious as one may have you think.

Joshua 19:2 “And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,”

‘or Sheba’

2 Chronicles 33:19 “His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.”

‘Since’

Job 33:4 “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”

G in God lowercase

Jeremiah 34:16 “But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.”

‘whom ye’

Ezekiel 11:24 “Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.”

G in God lowercase

Nahum 3:16 “Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.”

‘flyeth’

Matthew 4:1 “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

Spirit not capitalized

Matthew 26:39 “And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

‘further’

Matthew 26:73 “And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.”

‘betrayeth’

Mark 112, Acts 11:28, 1 John 5:8

Spirit not capitalized

The greatest verse concerning the Trinity has been CUT OFF by modern Bible translators. 

1 John 5:7-8: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” 

For example, this is from the NIV:

1 John 5:7-8 (NIV): “For there are three that testify:8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.”

This is sound Christian doctrine about trinity. How could scholars possibly believe there would be any reason to omit it? The influence of Satan only can do this kind of thing.

The scholars claim that this verse should be omitted because of the Johannine comma and most Greek manuscripts do not support it. But there is so much other manuscript evidence that does support this verse.

The early church fathers also support it

They are the early church fathers. They come before the manuscripts of the modern Bible translations. They include Athanasius, Origen, Gregory of Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Zacharias, Rhetor, Andrew of Crete, John of Damascus, Ignatius of Antioch, Phoebadius, Priscillian, Augustine, Ephrem the Syrian, etc. The modern scholars may claim that the early church fathers did not really quote 1 John 5.

At the Council of Carthage, they quote 1 John 5:7-8 as it is shown in the King James Bible! All the way back in the 3rd century! This is proof that this verse is not to be removed. 

Old manuscripts support it

The argument against this verse is that it isn’t supported by the majority of Greek manuscripts today. However, very ancient manuscripts such as Old Syriac Peshitta (170 AD) and Old Latin (157 AD) support this KJV’s verse.

Greek manuscripts back then are in a more superior shape than today’s

We have no idea what Greek manuscripts they had back then. We can be sure they had far more than we do now, in superior shape as well. It is arrogant and ignorant to take what we have today and treat it like we know better than the people of those times who had so much more at their fingertips. 

John Calvin recognized that this verse was omitted and said that it was probably by design and NOT mistake. He also said this omitted phrase appears in the best and most accurate manuscripts of the time and should probably be included! John Calvin himself said this, yet so many like James White will argue against it even when they idolize John Calvin. 

James White is gaining momentum among Calvinists because of his debates. Calvinists love to debate and they always argue against KJV-onlyists. They are hypocrites because they take any harsh comments against them personally, when they are constantly attacking the true Word of God!

In James White’s recent debates he seems like a nice guy, but he was a sarcastic bully in previous videos. That’s precisely why Gene Kim is justified in using sarcastic language back at him.

Let’s look at preaching in the Bible. There are so many instances where righteous anger is justified. We see it throughout the Prophets who are trying to defend the Word of God and set the people they love back in the right direction. Perhaps the most famous story comes when Jesus overturns the tables in the temple and drives out the sellers with a whip.

Matthew 21:10-17: “And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.”

Would you dare call Jesus childish for his actions in this story? Absolutely not! Jesus was completely justified in everything He did. Jesus did what He did in the temple because He was defending the Word of God against those who would make a mockery of it. There is a time and place that you have to put your foot down and defend the truth. That’s precisely what Jesus was doing.

In preaching in the Bible, you see sarcasm. You see people being mean and what people today would call “childish.” It was once wisely said that if you want the truth that bad, you won’t care how it’s given to you. Embrace the truth of the King James Bible as the perfect Word of God. God elevated His Word above His own name. It is sacred and perfect.

2 Corinthians 2:17: “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” If we hide behind politeness and fake love, we are a fake person. As children of God, we must defend His Word with everything we have, if other people appreciate it or not.

It is essential to demand a perfect word of God. As Bible believers, we believe it is the King James Bible. If we do not believe in a perfect word of God, we will be unsure as to whether or not a verse means what it says. This confuses people in determining the correct doctrine and where one questions if their Christian faith is correct. 

A common criticism against the KJV is that it is difficult to read. If we recall our first time reading a KJV, we can say that it was difficult. Because it is difficult to understand, some use this as an excuse to turn toward modern versions. However, this is unwise since it gives us an excuse to sin with the claim that the KJV is not understandable or clear. Sin is not justifiable in any context, and modern bibles present the wrong doctrine, leading to sin. We should avoid modern Bibles.

Mark 9:30: “And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.”

Taking a look at the passage above, let us assume Jesus spoke plainly to the disciples in their language. Even though they understood Jesus, it was still difficult to understand what he meant when speaking to the disciples. The point is that even if God spoke to anyone in their native language, especially those that are starting out in their faith, that person would still have trouble understanding or rather comprehending some things that God was saying.

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.  For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

These verses are pretty plain, detailing how human beings will crucify Jesus and that he will raise himself from the dead.

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

However, the disciples did not understand what Jesus meant, despite speaking in their language.

Now, let us assume that God speaks directly to one of us via vision revelation. If we are honest, we still would not understand what we saw. Take Daniel, for instance.

Daniel 12:4-5,7-8: “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.  And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?”

Even Daniel had a difficult time understanding God’s revelation!

The point here is that the words of God are difficult, period. We overcome this difficulty in understanding by growing spiritually. We grow spiritually by hearing the teaching and preaching of our pastor, using other doctrinally sound resources, and reading the KJV repeatedly so we can get used to the language, thus making it easier to understand. If you take a difficult book and read it over and over, you are going to understand more of it than the first time you read it. This is common knowledge/practice when reading something difficult: you read it until you understand. Then, when you have grown spiritually from how many times you read the KJV, a lot of the language will become common sense.

1 Corinthians 2:12-14: “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world,

Because we live in this world, we are used to the world’s communication/language. When reading God’s word, a Christian should not apply a worldly understanding/communication to God’s word because it will not make sense to them.

but the spirit which is of God;

This contrasts the spirit of the world previously mentioned.

that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

And this is how we gain understanding (of God’s word), by God’s spirit who gives understanding.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth

In other words, we do not need modern Bible scholars to give us more accessible English to understand the word of God. That is not how God operates.

but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The only way we can truly understand God’s word is through spiritual discernment given to us by the Holy Ghost inside us. This happens with spiritual growth, and when that happens, you’ll understand the KJV in its simplicity.

Ecclesiastes 8:4: “Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?”

We should ask why God gave us the King James Bibles in Elizabethan English to read and not the English of today? The answer is in Ecclesiastes, where it says:

Where the word of a king is, there is power

King James Version. God’s word is found in a king.

Who is our King of Kings?

God Almighty.

His word has authority and power, so it makes sense that His perfect word would be written in an English form that would exude authority and power, unlike today’s modern English. The difference in power and authority is apparent between the KJV and modern Bible versions.

This is why people curse with the word ‘Hell” instead of “Hades” and take Jesus’ name in vain, among other things. They know that it exudes authority, whether consciously or not. Modern Bibles replace Jesus’ name to diminish His authority while unbelievers mock Christians with “thee” and “thou”https://realbiblebelievers.com/original-greek-supports-kjv-words-ye-you-thou-thee/ because they recognize that they are authoritative for the Christian faith.

The point is that God gave us a King James Bible with Elizabethan English for a reason; He wants to provide us with the best authoritative kind of English in existence. English scholars recognize Elizabethan English as authoritative as well, so why can’t believers?

1 Samuel 9:6-11: “And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.  (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?”

This passage gives us insight into what people of King Saul’s time thought about archaic language or how they reacted to its use.

(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

We establish that the current word is ‘Prophet’ and the archaic word is ‘Seer’.

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

King Saul himself did not make a big deal out of archaic language because he and his company both used the archaic word ‘Seer’ when enquiring about a Prophet. If the Bible doesn’t make a deal out of archaic words, then we shouldn’t either.

Bible believers trust the KJV Bible as the perfect word of God. Demanding a perfect Bible/Word of God is essential to having correct doctrine. After all, how can you trust an imperfect Word to base your doctrine?

KJV-Only critics often ask a specific question to attack the KJV-Only belief because to most people, this is an unanswerable question:

“Where was the perfect Word of God when editions of the KJV, such as the 1611 and 1769, were published?”

These skeptics may follow with the questions “Which KJV edition is perfect?” and “Where was the Word of God back then?” If you answer them with a specific version, they’ll make sure to point out the typographical errors/spelling changes in an attempt to overthrow your faith in the Word of God. They may also say that these editions indicate the KJV does not contain the pure words of God. 

If we concede to the critics by telling them we cannot answer this question, they may feel like they have won this argument. But you have the opportunity to ask them a follow-up question:

“Where can I get the perfect words of God in my hands?”

You will find most KJV-Only critics cannot answer this question or will reply with “there is none available/we cannot find the right words of God.” This leaves a problem: Where can we find the perfect word of God? How can we know the correct meaning of a specific verse? Many preachers correct the Bible using the Greek/Hebrew context, but how do they know their meaning is correct unless they knew it already? 

Many Scholars’ Religions are Based on Biased Belief

Scholars often pick and choose which words they feel are correct, and they’ll usually try to support their beliefs using Greek/Hebrew context. Scholars will look up certain words in lexicons or ancient dictionaries for the Old Testament (Hebrew) and New Testament (Greek). In their minds, they can choose which words are correct for the Bible. But when they find the words in the lexicon, there are often many different definitions for each word. Also, not all of the lexicons agree. Biased scholars pick and choose which definition they want to apply to a certain word in the Bible. 

Who is the Final Authority?

For these biased scholars, the final authority is not God but themselves. People can pick and choose which word they feel is most applicable whether it’s the Nestle Aland text or the Greek/Hebrew lexicons. As a result, fifty independent people would likely have fifty different definitions of the correct Word of God. This is why there are over 200 translations of the Bible. The final authority is themselves. 

No Answer from the Skeptics

You will find the KJV-Only skeptics cannot answer where they can find the perfect Word of God. If they do try to answer, they will have to admit that they are the ones who decide and are biased. How can you debunk wrong doctrine with a verse if you biasedly picked the word’s definition of the verse?

So even if neither you nor the skeptic can answer the question, this does not change the fact that we believe we have the perfect Word of God that will correct us while correcting the book. So if they can’t answer our question and we can’t answer their question. Who do you think is in a better position? 

KJV-Only Believers are in a Better Position than the Skeptics

These skeptics are biased and think they can correct the words of the Bible. Therefore, they cannot have faith that every word God says is right, and they cannot trust their doctrine on it. We KJV-Only believers still have our faith secure and strong because we believe the KJV Bible is perfect. We do not use biased beliefs and instead let the book correct us. 

Every high educated scholar knows there are things in life we cannot answer. Just because there are things we cannot answer, it does not overthrow truth and fact. 

Ephesians 1:2-3: “Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”

Why should we bless God? He deserves blessing, honor, and praise. He is the one that gave us the blessing to begin with, who gave us power when we needed it.

Now, the first part of verse 3 is important. It says, “The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 

Titus 2:13: “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

Here is an important rule of interpretation, “Hendiadys.” Hendiadys is a figure of speech that is used as a collective form that is referring to the one and same person. Sometimes it can be two titles for the same person. It is putting the great God and the Saviour Jesus Christ together. 

Jehovah witnesses will say Titus 2:13 is about two separate beings. The evidence that Ephesians 1:3 is about the one and same person is: “blessed be the God and Father.” 

If Jehovah witnesses disagree about Titus 2:13, “great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, “being the same person, show them Eph 1:3. If they say Titus 2:13 is about two separate beings since it says, “and”, then God and the Father in Eph 1:3 should also be two separate beings.

Continuing on verse 3, we see that we are blessed in heavenly places in Christ. This is a huge blessing. Right now, we have a reservation made up in heaven. That means we now have access to these spiritual blessings. 

Ephesians 2:6 “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”

Notice it is in the past tense; it says we already have a seat in heaven. One may say, “But I am here on earth.” The real “you” is the spiritual nature within. This spiritual nature is already in heaven. So, right now, you are tasting your spiritual blessings in heaven. If you are in Christ, you must know that the Holy Spirit can be everywhere. He is not bound inside your body and can be at many places at the same time. Your spirit is currently connected with the Holy Spirit in heaven.

This is one of the promises of salvation that a saved Christian receives upon being saved.

Bible believers believe that the King James Bible is the perfect word of God. In the case of Dr. Gene Kim,  it is a book that is against the KJV that made him KJV only, Nestle-Aland’s. This particular text presents its reading in a shocking way with some disturbing quotes, those of which will be presented below.

“The text shared by these two additions was adopted internationally by Bible societies and following an agreement between the Vatican and the United Bible societies it has served as the basis for new translations and for revisions made under their supervision.“

This text admits that modern Bibles and their revisions are Roman Catholic, plain and simple.

Other passages admit that KJV has the majority of manuscript evidence or the majority of witnesses. In spite of this, they go with the modern versions that have the minority of witnesses because they claim are older, which is not true.  In short, the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus have deliberate additions and tampering in the form of varying degrees of coloration of some pages and different styles of handwriting, both of which suggest that some pages/text are newer than others.

Not only that, when discussing the antiquity of texts, the Syriac Peshitta and Old Latin are two 2^nd century manuscripts that often come up. The antiquity of these texts is supported by the people studying the events of those living in the medieval era. Edward F. Hill, a scholar with ties to Harvard and other higher education institutions, pointed out a papyrus manuscript called the Bohairic manuscript which competes with other papyrus manuscripts as well as other 2^nd century manuscripts for the oldest manuscript. Funny enough, Alexandrian manuscripts, which are those that originate from Alexandria, Egypt where modern versions stem from, actually support KJV readings rather than modern Bibles.

Another quote from Nestle Aland’s text supports the majority of witnesses, a characteristic we attribute to the KJV. They use the symbol TR, which “indicates readings supported by the majority of all manuscripts always including manuscripts of the Koine type”.

In other words, TR is supported by the majority of witnesses, much like the manuscripts that support the KJV and unlike the Alexandrian modern versions. Another thing is that these TR manuscripts include those of the Koine Greek type, which the scholars support. This begs the question of why scholars support modern versions with two manuscripts to back them up as opposed to the KJB which has multiple supporting manuscripts, some of which are written in Koine Greek. Dishonesty of scholars at its best.

“Finally a word of thanks is due to the scholars who have reviewed and criticized our work, we have learned much from them and we earnestly request they and all our readers will continue to contribute toward the improvement of this edition. That the cause of New Testament scholarship may be advanced”.

Interestingly enough, these scholars do not take the above text in their foreword literally since they cannot in fact take criticism when pointing out corruption in their modern Bibles. The immediate defense is that those accused were not deliberately tampering with God’s word but were possibly confused when translating the original texts. If this is the case, does corruption exist to these scholars seeing as anyone can make a “mistake” when translating the bible and if corruption does not exist then why would Paul make a mention of people perverting the word of God in 2 Corinthians 2? Given their lack of a final authority through a perfect word of God it is no wonder they accept any version of the Bible except the KJV.

2 Corinthians 2:17 “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”

Paul mentions that there are many who corrupt God’s perfect word, meaning that corrupt Bibles did and still do exist today.

Revelation 22:18-19 “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.”

John warns about adding or subtracting from the word of God (whether it pertains to the entire bible or just Revelation is irrelevant since it should not be done either way). A perfect example of this is when one compares the Western manuscripts and the Alexandrian manuscripts to Byzantine manuscripts, those of which either added more, subtracted more, or left it as is, respectively. The Byzantine manuscripts are where we get our King James Bible.

Psalm 12:6-7 “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.”

Through this verse we can be sure that God will preserve His word forever, meaning that any past, current, or future generation cannot do anything to prevent it.