WITH PRINTINGS IN THE BILLIONS
VS. THE 30+ OTHER TRANSLATIONS

WITH PRINTINGS IN THE MILLIONS

     One thing the bewildering 30+ translations all agree upon: The King James Version is wrong. And the Bible believing Christian needs to know the source of this antagonism against the Greatest of Protestant Bibles.

An Excerpt from the Preface to the NIV:

“The Greek text used in translating the New Testament was an eclectic one. No other piece of ancient literature has such an abundance of manuscript witnesses as does the New Testament. Where existing manuscripts differ, the translators made their choice of readings ac- cording to accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where there was uncertainty about what the original text was. The BEST current printed texts of the Greek New Testament were used.”

A Few Statements from the Historian, Benjamin Wilkinson

“This volume [Our Authorized Version Vindicated] is written in the fervent hope that it will confirm and establish faith in God’s Word, which through the ages has been preserved inviolate. In these days when faith is weakening and the Bible is being torn apart, it is vital that we enter into fields which can yield up their evidence of how God, through the centuries, intervened to transmit to us a perfect Bible.

“With regard to the different versions, it is necessary, while confirming the glorious inspiration of the Bible, to warn the people against Bibles which include false books, and, especially at the present time, against the dangers of false readings in genuine books. There are versions of the Bible, prepared by men of scholarship, with certain books and readings we cannot accept. Such versions may be of use for reference or comparison. In certain passages, they may give a clearer rendering. But it is unthinkable that those who use such versions would be unwilling to have the public informed of their dangers.”

One author writes: ‘There is the idea in the minds of some people that scholarship demands the laying aside of the Authorized Version of the Bible and taking up the latest Revised Version. This is an idea, however, without any proper bases. This Revised Version is in large part in line with what is known as modernism, and is peculiarly acceptable to those who think that any change, anywhere or in anything, is progress. Those who have really investigated the matter, and are in hearty sympathy with what is evangelical, realize that this Revised Version is a part of the movement to ‘modernize’ Christian thought and faith and do away with the established truth.”—The Herald and Presbyter (Presbyterian), July 16, 1924, p. 10.

“Many individual efforts produced different Greek New Testaments. Likewise furious attacks were made upon the Old Testament in Hebrew, from which the King James and other Bibles had been translated. None of these assaults, however, met with any marked success until the Revision Committee was appointed by the southern half of the Church of England under the Archbishop of Canterbury, — although the same church in the northern half of England under the Archbishop of York, refused to be a party to the project.

“This Revision Committee, besides the changes in the Old Testament, made over 5000 changes in the Received Text of the New Testament and so produced a new Greek New Testa- ment. This permitted all the forces hostile to the Bible to gather themselves together and pour through the breach. Since then, the flood gates have been opened and we are now deluged with many different kinds of Greek New Testaments and with English Bibles translated from them, changed and mutilated in bewildering confusion.”

AN OPEN CONFLICT

     The 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 is the one and only Bible prophecy telling the whole world through simple arithmetic the exact year our Savior would begin His ministry (v.25) and the exact year in earth’s history the Creator of heaven and earth would be crucified (v.27). Associated texts: Ex. 13:4; Lev. 23:5; Matt. 26:19, 27:46-50. The NIV translators teach that Dan. 9:27 is not referring to when Christ would die on the cross of Calvary, but to Rome’s fabricated Antichrist of the future. By promoting this “Futurism” theology they have defiled the most provable prophecy showing that Jesus Christ is who He says He is. This “future Antichrist” & “seven year tribulation” doctrine was first devised by the Jesuit, Francisco Ribera, in 1575, to disannul the Protestant view that the pope of Rome is “the Son of Perdition,” “that Man of Sin,” whose official title, “Vicarious felii Dei” numerically adds up to 666 in each of the three Biblical languages of Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Counter-reformation theologians have deliberately removed the most important Bible prophecy ever given to man: the exact year in history Christ would die for the sins of the world! When the KJV says, “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself” (but for your sins and mine), this reveals the self-sacrificing love of GOD within the prophecy. The NIV cut out the very heart of GOD’S love in verse 26, changing the words to their abbreviated: “and will have nothing.”

Here is a brief list of words and verses deleted from the NIV in capital letters:

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. AMEN.” Matt.6:13
“THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET” Matt.27:35
“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD.” Lu.4:4
“FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COME TO SAVE
THAT WHICH IS LOST.” Matt.18:11
“THOU ART THAT CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.” Jn.6:69
“A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER.” Jn.16:16
“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY JESUS CHRIST.” Eph.3:9
“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners TO REPENTANCE.” Matt.9:13
“And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, EXCEPT YE BE CONVERTED, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matt.18:2,3

     The NIV has removed the converting power of the Holy Ghost: “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof” (2. Tim. 3:5). Today, many theologians take glory to themselves in their Christian experience insisting that they can convert themselves. “You have the power within” is the new age concept of Christian living. Modern philosophy says the same. The NIV treats Mark 4:12; John 12:40 and Acts 28:27 the same way. But Scripture leads us to take another view: “I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.” “LORD...thou also hast wrought all our works in us.” “The LORD hath appeared ...saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” “For without me ye can do nothing.” Ps.119:32; Is.26:12; Jer.31:3; Jn.15:5.

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day HIS THOUGHTS PERISH.” Ps.146:3,4
“He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and REVEREND is his name. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS: his praise endureth for ever.” Ps.111:9,10
“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD SHALL BE AS THE FAT OF LAMBS: THEY SHALL CONSUME; INTO SMOKE SHALL THEY CONSUME AWAY.” Ps.36:20
“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE PUNISHED” II Pet.2:9
“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Rev.22:14

     The NIV translators condemn themselves! They include Deuteronomy’s and Revelation’s warning to never add or subtract to the Word of GOD, then they casually omit whole texts, portions of texts, etc.

They omitted: 17 whole verses 18 portions of verses.

They omitted names of our LORD: Jesus Christ 173 times.

     By omission or change of wording they have changed the meaning of texts in at least 229 verses in the New Testament alone!

     They have attacked the Deity of Christ, the Creatorship of Christ, the Prophecy of Christ, the Commandments of Christ, the Love of Christ, and mock at the warnings of Christ: all under the guise of religious scholarship.

     One thing the Christian learns about the greatest created intellect, Satan: high intelligence is no measuring stick of godliness. All of this confusion has its origin in the very first words of Satan recorded in Genesis: “Hath God said...”

     The confusion and contradictions found by comparing modern translations to that of the King James Version has but one purpose: to keep the student of Scripture illiterate in their understanding of salvation and the perplexing questions facing society today. This is all by design of those who “deceive the world” whose sole intention is to perpetuate sin forever.