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Why do I use the King James Bible
The reason is because they changed the Bible after 1881 AD. Many think it is only a difference in the translation from the Greek into the English language. What is not realized is that they changed the Greek text while they were updating the English.
1. Here is one example. Col.1:14
Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD. Bible Scholars, Theologians, and Editorial Committees say that
"through His blood" is "now recognized as not adequately supported by the original manuscripts."1
a. This is corrupting God's Word! (2Cor.2:17)
The apostle Paul told the Corinthian Church, " For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have
espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ. For
if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached,
or
if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye
might well bear with him." (2Cor.11:2-4)(2Cor.2:14, Gen.3:1, 2Cor.11:3)
(1) Leaving out "redemption through His blood" is "another Jesus.
(a) Peter warned about this
But "there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers
among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought
(1Cor.6:20, 1Peter.1:18-20) them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." (2Peter.2:1)
(b) Jude warned about this
For "there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." (Jude.1:4-5)
(2) As the serpent "beguiled Eve"
The serpent (Devil, Dragon, Satan Rev.12:9) has not changed his tactics. (Tricks, wiles, deceptions)
Today he is still saying, through his "ministers of righteousness" (2Cor.11:15) "Yea hath God said?"
Does God really mean that, or are you sure you have the correction translation?
(3) Without the "blood" you are dead in your sin!
(a) No atonement without the blood
For "the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an
atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." (Lev.17:11-12)
(b) The only atonement is in the "precious blood of Christ"
Forasmuch "as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from
your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." (1Peter.1:18-20)
(4) To say in Him we have redemption, leaves a question?
Do I have redemption through my good works, or how much offering do I put in the collection, or if I
finance the new Church building, or if dedicate myself to some cause, or "if i bestow all my goods to feed
the poor, and if I give my body to be burned" (1Cor.13:3) or do something good for my fellow man.
b. This change was not the purpose of the Revision Committee in 1870 AD.
They said "We deplore any recasting of text." If an alteration was made, it would be in the margin.2 However,
something happened that caused them to change scripture concerning Christ's Redeeming Blood, Deity and
Resurrection.
2. Another example. John.1:18
Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD., every translation has changed the "only begotten Son" to the only
begotten "God." Their claim is that this is supported by "a great mass of ancient evidence," [Vincent] that is more
faithful to the original scriptures.
a. If this is true
Then Jesus would be a created being and not the creator, because He was begotten.
b. If this is true
Then God would be contradicting Himself! The Bible says that "all things were created by him, (Jesus) and
for him: And he is before all things and by him all things consist." (Col.1:16-17) "In the beginning was the Word
(Jesus), and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God." (John.1:1,14; 17:5, Isa.42:8,
Heb.1:1-2) To proclaim anything else is "another Jesus...another spirit...and...another
gospel." (2Cor.11:1-4)
c. Two examples of over 400 changes that downgrade the Deity of Jesus3
Without the Deity of Christ, (i.e. Jesus being God manifest in the flesh - 1Tim.3:16) and His bodily
resurrection we are yet dead in our sin, (1Cor.15:17, Rom.10:9) "having no hope, and without God..."
(Eph.2:1-12) bound for hell.
(1) Bodily resurrection
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Rom.10:9)
(2) 1st. Century Church preached the "bodily resurrection"
"And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees,
came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection
from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now
eventide." (Acts.4:1-3) (Acts.2:22-36; 4:2,33; 17:18,32; 23:6,8; 24:21)
3. Here is another example: Acts.2:30
Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD. every translation deletes "according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ"
without any footnote except the "The New Testament from 26 translations." These editors say, these words are
"now recognized as not adequately supported by original scriptures." Ask yourself this question, "Would God
inspire men to delete these words? I think not! Without the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ we cannot
be saved. (Rom.10:9, 1Cor.15:16-17)
4. Here is another example: Luke.24:40
Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD. the words,"and when He had said this, He showed them His hands and
His feet" have either been deleted or footnoted in every translation. This is a proof scripture that Jesus rose bodily
from the grave which sets Christianity apart from all other religions. The New American Standard deletes these
words with this footnote. "Some manuscripts add verse 40, and when he had said this he showed them his hands
and his feet."
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The reason is because they found a new Greek text!
According to modern day Bible translators this new Greek Text is older, and more faithful to the original manuscripts. They all exalt this new Greek Text to a higher authority than the Greek Textus Receptus that the Bible has always
been translated from since the Reformation. This is a "radical Greek Text," which was introduced to the Revision Committee in 1870 AD. by Dr. F. A. Hort. "By the middle of the 19th.century Tischendorf and Tregelles had convinced many British scholars that the Textus Receptus was a late and inferior text and that therefore a revision of the King James was highly necessary."5
1. This "radical Greek Text," (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus)
This text deviated "the fartherest from the Received Text."4 (i.e. The Textus Receptus, the Greek Text of
the Reformation)
This is the "root" of the tree
that has produced all these changes, (Matt.7:15-20) evidenced in these footnotes
2. Where did this Greek Text come from?
In order to understand where this new Greek Text came from, there needs to be a understanding of how the
Bible became the Bible as we know it today.
a. To understand this we must beginning with the original scriptures
The original scriptures were letters (epistles) written to the Churches "by the inspiration of God." (2Tim.3:16)
These "inspired" letters (epistles) were hand copied and distributed amongst the Churches, because there was
no printing press invented yet. (It was not invented until 1450 AD.6) It was in the hands of the people, not
the Scholar, Intellectual, Seminary or College Professor. This was according to the pattern that God gave the
Levitical priesthood, the "shadow of good things to come." (Heb.10:1) The "priests the sons of Levi" were
charged with protecting, guarding, teaching, supervising the copying of God's Word. (Deut.17:18; 24:18; 31:9-11,
2Chron.15:3; 34:15, Neh.8:2, Mal.2:7, 1Peter.2:5-9, Rev.1:6; 5:10) This responsibility continued in the hands of
the people of the1st.Century Church as "a royal priesthood." The same is true today!
b. The apostle John put the first canon of scripture together.
(Canon meaning, what belongs in the Bible and what does not) This was done again in 367 AD. and 382 AD.
with the same results.7
c. After the death of John (approx.100 AD.)
A spiritual decline began to happen in the Church and they began to "turn aside" from God's Word.
(Review: Samson / Church History)
d. Within a 100 years corrupt manuscripts began to "leaven" the Church. 12
The Church was reaping this "notorious" corruption because they "turned aside" from truth of God's Word.
Agreement between copies was hopeless, and each one was claiming to be correcting the manuscripts.
Sounds like today! (Review: Samson)
e. This gave prominence (fame, notoriety) to the "Ebonite" and Gnostic" heresies
(The denial of Christ's Deity and His bodily resurrection) which came from Origen and Clement. (202-325 AD.)
f. Who was Origen?
(1) A Theologian
Origen was the "most important theologian and biblical scholar of the early Greek Church." A early
(foremost) Christian Theologian, a celebrated Christian writer teacher and Theologian of antiquity.8
(2) Origen and Clement
They were "two of the most prominent fathers...chief representatives of the School of Alexandria, the
great melting pot of Greek philosophy and Judaism."
(3) Origen was a Preacher
Because of his reputation, Origen was much in demand as a preacher.
(4) Origen was a Platonist.
He believed that Jesus was "subordinate to the father in power and dignity."9 He taught that Jesus was
created, not eternal.10 Origen believed that if Satan fell by will, even he can repent. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Origen"
(5) Influenced by a semi-Gnostic writing
Origen believed that Hell cannot be an absolute since God cannot abandon any creature.
(6) After Origen's death
Opposition steadily mounted, respectful in the Greek Christian Methodius of Olympus' criticism of
his spiritualizing doctrine of the Resurrection.
(7) Ambrose provided Origen with short hand writers
A wealthy Christian named Ambrose, whom Origen converted from the teachings of the heretical
Valentinus and to whom he (Origen) dedicated many of his works, provided him with shorthand writers.
This resulted in a "stream of treatises and commentaries that began to pour from Origen's pen."11 and
altered manuscripts in accordance with his belief's.
g.The Church was declining fast. (30-100 AD.)
The ministries of the apostle and prophet was gone. (130 AD.) The laying on of hands had become a ritual.
(150 AD.) The Baptism of the Holy Ghost and the Gifts of the Spirit gone. (160 AD.) The plurality of eldership
in the local Church replaced with monarchical bishops. No leading of the Spirit, therefore man began to lead.
By this time many churches were looking to Rome for direction. By (185 AD.) infant baptism replaced Water
Baptism by immersion. By (200 AD.) a gap began to form between doctrine and experience. This was the time
of Origen and Clement, Arius (Arianism) The denial of The Deity of Christ, and His bodily resurrection.
This was the time of the altering of God's Holy Word!
h. By 325 AD. This corruption was so "notoriously corrupt"
Constantine13 who was by that time, ruler of the Roman Empire and the Church14) called for the Council
of Nicaea. (325 AD.) and those corrupt manuscripts were thrown out!15 Then Arius, the Christian priest of
Alexandria, Egypt, whose teachings (Arianism) gave rise to this corruption was denounced by the early
church as a heretic.16
(1) One of the chief accusations against Origen's teaching
He was making the Son inferior to the Father and thus being a precursor of Arianism (Arius)
(2) It should be noted
Constantine rejected Arius (Arian) and his doctrine under pressure of the Nicaean Council.17
Constantine was not a born again believer, he "chose Christianity as the best of possible religions". Constantine was the "wolf of paganism openly assumed the sheep's clothing of the Christian
religion."18 The Emperor Constantine II, Constantine's son supported Arianism, as did Valens, one of
his successors.
i. The solution of Constantine was to make fifty (50) official Bibles for the Church
This was to eliminate the "notoriously" corrupt manuscripts.19 The individual that Constantine selected to bring
uniformity of the manuscripts was Eusebius. (Remember there was the "canon" of scripture, but not a printed
Bible as we have today)
a. Eusebius was a Christian theologian, most learned man of his age
(1) Eusebius wrote the most ancient history of the Christian Church
(2) Eusebius was called the father of Church History
d. Eusebius was a chief figure at the Council of Nicaea and stood with Constantine because
Eusebius was classified as in Arian.20
c. Eusebius selected manuscripts from Origen's 5th.column as text for the 50 Bibles
Eusebius selected manuscripts using Origen's 5th.column out of Origen's "Hexapala," because he was
a great admirer of Origen and a student of his philosopy. (Arianism) Eusebius also used alternative
readings from the other columns in the Hexapala, and material from the Apocryphal tradition.
Also used the legendary Hegesippus.21
Note: How all this corruption is coming from within the Church, not from the outside. The apostle Paul warned
the Church saying, "For I know this, that after my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing
the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after
them." (Acts.20:29-30)
Now Jerome enters the picture 382 AD.
Needless the say, the doctrine of Justification by faith in Christ's Redeeming Blood was no longer emphasized by 350-392 AD. By 484 AD. the Church was into the "dark ages" for a thousand years. (500-1500 AD.)
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1. The Amplified Bible - Explanation of Arbitrary Punctuation. Italics
2. God Only Wrote One Bible, J.J. Ray, p.23 / English Revised Version, Preface, pp.9-10 / Westscott. History of the
English Bible, pp.321- 325
3. Evaluating Versions of the New Testament, E.W. Fowler, p.13
4. Samuel Hemphill - History of the Revised Version, p.54-55 / Evaluating Versions of the New Testament, p.4
5. The King James Defended - E. F. Hills, Chap.8,6.(a),p.225
6. Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, Vol.21, p.288
7. Eusebius. Ecclesiasstical History, Book 3, Chap.24
8, 9, 10. Funk & Wagnalla, Vol.19. p,441
11. Encyclopedia Britannica, (Origen)
12. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol.1, pp.434-435
13. Present day Truths - Iverson, p.14-15
14. Compton's Interactice Encyclopedia, "Constantine"
15. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, Chap.8 / Encycloptian Tatian
16. 15. Encyclopedia Britannica. "Arius" Arius was a ascetical, moral leader of a Christian community in the area of Alexandria,
and attracted a large following through a message integrating Neoplatonism, which accented the absolute oneness of the divinity as the highest perfection, with a literal, rationalist approach to the New Testament texts.
17. "Constantine" - Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996
18. Sir Robert Anderson, L.C.B.L.D. p.48, The Church and the Bible / E. H. Broadbent - The Pilgrim Church, pp.21-22
19. Dr. Ira M. Price - Ancestary of the Englisah Bible, p.70 / God Only Wrote One Bible- J.J. Ray, p.18
20. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Eusebius"
21. Dr. Ira M. Price - Ancestry of the English Bible, p.70 / Hurst - History of the Christian Church, Vol.1 pp.36-37 / God Only Wrote One Bible J.J. Ray, p.18
