[PREFACE] Over the past few years, I have come across irrefutable evidence that the King James Bible is the ONLY authorized, uncopyrighted, accurately preserved, infallible, inerrant, inspired, living Word of God and that ALL other versions have been corrupted, missing verses pointing to Jesus’ deity, blood atonement removed, changed/reworded, verses cut in half, watered down, and so on. This is an absolute atrocity!
Below is an excerpted article that explains it. You will clearly see how God’s Holy Word has been corrupted. [NOTE: I have taken several liberties with the content. The original article can be found in the source link at the end of this post.]
God does not want us to read any of the other versions, as they are NOT His inspired, preserved Word. God’s Word is very precious to me. I am unwavering in my support of the King James Bible. Thank you. Angela
God Promised to Preserve His Words
Psalm 12:6-7 says, “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.” Then we read in Psalm 100:5 that “…his truth endureth to all generations.” And in John 17:17, Jesus said, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
These verses state very clearly that God’s preserved Word is available to us today, because God promised to preserve His words, and we believe He has done just that. If all Bible versions are the Word of God, then where are the “corrupt” and “perverted” versions that we are warned about in 2 Corinthians 2:17 and Jeremiah 23:36? God wouldn’t have warned us about Bible perversion if it wasn’t going to be a reality. God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).
Those who “use” the modern versions believe they are good and reliable translations, but they do not believe them to be INFALLIBLE translations. I know many people who believe that the King James Bible IS the infallible Word of God. Why? Because they KNOW that the One True God has ONE TRUE BOOK. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35).
The Authorized Version Was Translated Under A God-Ordained English King
The main subject of the Bible is the kingdom which God intends to give to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as stated in Revelation 19:16: “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS”. Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, “Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?” Unlike the modern versions, the King James Bible was translated under a king. In fact, the king’s name was “James,” which is the English word for “Jacob,” whom God renamed “Israel,” because he had power with God and with men (Genesis 32:28).
The new versions have been translated in America, which is not a monarchy. God’s form of government is a theocratic monarchy, not a democracy. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that His Word would be translated for the English-speaking people under a monarchy with an English king.
The King James Bible Has No Copyright
The original crown copyright of 1611 does not forbid anyone today from reprinting the Authorized Version. It was only copyrighted then for the purpose of allowing the printer to finance the publication. For nearly four hundred years now, we have been printing millions of copies of the King James Bible without requiring permission from anyone. Over eight hundred million copies of the Authorized Version have been printed without anyone paying royalties. This cannot be said of any of the new translations.
The new “bibles” are the work of MEN, but the King James Bible is a divine work of the Holy Spirit. The term “Authorized” has traditionally been applied to the King James Bible alone, for this is the one Book which the Holy Spirit has blessed and used for so long. The fact that it bears no copyright allows printing ministries throughout the world to print millions of copies each year for the mission field.
God Always Translates Perfectly
The words “translate” and “translated” occur three times in the Bible, and God is the Translator each time. Here is what God has to say about translating:
- In 2 Samuel 3:10, it was God Who translated Saul’s kingdom to David: “To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
- Colossians 1:13 says that Christians have been translated into the kingdom of Jesus Christ: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:”
- Hebrews 11:5 tells us that God translated Enoch, that he should not see death: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
God was the One doing the translating each time. A translation is perfect when God is involved in the translating.
When the New Testament writers would quote the Old Testament (Matthew 1:23; Mark 1:2; Luke 4:4; John 15:25; Acts 1:20; Acts 7:42; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Galatians 3:13, etc.), they had to translate from Hebrew to Greek, because the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, but they wrote in Greek. Obviously, God assisted the writers in their translating by the leadership of the Holy Spirit, and He assisted the King James translators as well.
The Holy Spirit inspired the Word of God through “holy men of God” (2 Peter 1:21) and is quite capable of guiding His servants to keep the words which Jesus told us to keep (John 14:23). In essence, the King James Bible translators were merely INSTRUMENTS which God used in translating and preserving His Word. In fact, they said this themselves in the Dedicatory to the Authorized Version: “…because we are poor instruments to make God’s holy truth to be yet more and more known to the people…” God can use anyone He pleases as His very own instruments of righteousness in order to preserve His Word.
The King James Bible Produces Good Fruit
The Lord Jesus said that every good tree will bring forth good fruit, and we can know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:17-20).
God had the King James Bible translated for the purpose of bringing forth fruit, and it has been very obedient to the call. The greatest preachers of the past four centuries have been King James Bible believers. God has richly blessed the ministries of such men, because they stayed busy OBEYING His Word, rather than questioning its authority.
The King James Bible produces good fruit. The Holy Spirit doesn’t bear witness to the modern versions, but He DOES bear witness to the King James Bible like no other Book in the world. It’s easier to memorize than any new version, and the beautiful old English language gives the reader the impression that he is reading a Book very different and far superior to the rest. It reads different, because it IS different, and it IS different because it has a different Author.
The modern versions produce NEWER versions, which produce MONEY for the publishers, and 1 Timothy 6:10 tells us that “…the love of money is the root of all evil…”
The King James Translators Believed They Were Handling the Very Words of God
One can see this truth by reading the Prefatory and Dedicatory remarks in the Authorized Version. These men didn’t believe they were handling “God’s message” or “reliable manuscripts.” They believed they were handling the very Words of God Himself. As 1 Thessalonians 2:13 says, they “…received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”
The King James translators remained humble and allowed God to use them in order to produce an infallible masterpiece. They didn’t set out to “judge” and “correct” the Word of God. Their purpose was to translate God’s Word for the English-speaking people, as they were told to do by their appointed king.
The King James Translators Were Honest In Their Work
The words in italics were added by the King James translators, which PROVES that the translators were honest in their work. When translating from one language to another, the idioms change, thus making it necessary to add certain words to help the reader grasp the full meaning of the text. The translators added such words in italics so that we would know these words were added, unlike so many new versions today, which do not use italics.
We know for sure that the translators were led by the Holy Spirit to add at least some of the italicized words. One good example of this is found in 2 Samuel 21:19. When the translators came to this verse in the Hebrew text, they noticed that an exact translation would give Elhanan credit for slaying Goliath, but we know from 1 Chronicles 20:5 that he actually slew the brother of Goliath. So the King James translators added the words “the brother of” to 2 Samuel 21:19. If the Lord had not led them to do so, then 2 Samuel 21:19 would contradict 1 Chronicles 20:5 (as it DOES in the New World Translation and other versions).
Another example is 1 John 2:23: “Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” The last half of the verse was missing at the time, but the King James translators inserted it anyway (in italics), feeling that it was necessary. This naturally disturbed many people, but since that time, new manuscripts have been found which CONTAIN the last half of 1 John 2:23. The translators were RIGHT in adding the italicized words.
One last example of the Holy Spirit’s guiding influence on the King James translators is found in Psalm 16:8, which says, “I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” As you can see, the words “he is” are in italics. According to many scholars, they should be omitted, but according to the Apostle Peter, they should not be omitted. Peter quotes Psalm 16:8 in Acts 2:25, and he USES the italicized words! How did the translators know this if the Lord didn’t lead them?
The italics in the King James Bible are the marks of an honest translation, for no one added these words to mislead us or to change the Word of God. They added the words to help us, and they set the words in italics so we would know they were added.
All New Versions Compare Themselves to the King James Bible
The new versions do not compare themselves with each other, but they do compare themselves with one Book—the King James Bible. This fact alone proves that there is something very special and unique about the King James Bible.
Why does everyone line up in opposition AGAINST the King James Bible? Why not attack one another? That’s easy: Satan has no desire to divide his own kingdom. In Matthew 12:26, Jesus said, “And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?” His desire is to discredit the Word of GOD, not himself, so he attacks only one Book—God’s Book, the King James Bible.
The King James Bible is the Word of God, because it’s the standard which all others use for comparison. Those who oppose the King James Bible will stop short of nothing in their efforts to rid the Body of Christ of that Book.
The Time in History in Which It Was Translated
The King James Bible was not translated during the apostate and lukewarm Laodicean church period, like the new translations. The Laodicean period is the last church period before the Second Coming of Christ. It is the last of the seven church periods in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. One can clearly see that we are living in the Laodicean period today by simply comparing modern churches to the church of the Laodiceans in Revelation 3:14-22. This lukewarm period began toward the end of the 1800’s and will continue until Christ returns. The new versions fit well into the lukewarm churches, because they are lukewarm bibles.
The Authorized Version, however, was translated LONG BEFORE the Laodicean churches appeared. It was translated during the Philadelphia church period. It was the Philadelphia church that the Lord Jesus COMMENDED for KEEPING HIS WORD (Revelation 3:7-10).
In 1611, when the King James Bible was completed, the scourge of lukewarm Laodicea had not yet swept over the world. There was no “scientific” crowd around in 1611 to put pressure on the translators. There was no civil rights movement going on at that time to influence the work of these men. The open public denial of God’s Word and the Deity of Christ were practically unheard of among ministers. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that professing Christianity became flooded with lukewarm preachers who would be willing to compromise the Word of God for self-gain.
The King James Bible Exalts the Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus said, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” (John 5:39)
A REAL Bible will testify of the Lord Jesus Christ. The true Word of God will always EXALT Jesus Christ, and it will NEVER attack His Deity, His Virgin Birth, His Blood Atonement, His Bodily Resurrection, His Glorious Second Coming, or any other doctrines concerning His Person. However, the new versions attack ALL of the fundamental doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ at one time or another.
By perverting the many important verses of scripture which deal with the fundamental doctrines of Christ, the new bibles have a CONTINUOUS ATTACK launched against our beloved Savior, and this is NOT an overstatement! Here are just SOME examples:
- His Virgin Birth is under attack in Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:34, and Luke 2:33.
- His Blood Atonement is under attack in Colossians 1:14, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:7, and Revelation 1:5.
- His Bodily Resurrection is under attack in Matthew chapter 28, Mark chapter 16, Luke chapter 24, John chapter 20, and Acts 1:3.
- His Deity is under attack in Acts 8:37 (this verse has been REMOVED from many of the modern versions), John 9:35, and 1 Timothy 3:16.
- The new versions attack His Second Coming in Revelation 11:15 and Titus 2:13.
And the list goes on, because Satan has an extreme bitter HATRED toward the Authorized Version and the way it gives the Lord Jesus Christ the preeminent place.
If anyone reading this has doubts, please feel free to take whatever version you want and compare the above verses in it to the same verses in the King James Bible. The new versions have a very consistent record of attacking the Lord Jesus Christ, so they cannot possibly be “the scriptures” that He said would testify of Him in John 5:39. They testify AGAINST Him!
The King James Bible NEVER attacks our Lord. More than any book in the world, the Authorized Version EXALTS the Lord Jesus Christ. If we had no other reason for receiving the Authorized Version as the Word of God, this reason alone should be enough to convince any true believer, for how could we not become suspicious of the new versions for making such changes?
The Manuscript Evidence
Ninety five percent (95%) of all evidence SUPPORTS the text of the King James Authorized Bible. The new versions are supported by the remaining five percent (5%) evidence.
The new “bibles” are supported by two very corrupt fourth century manuscripts known as the “Vaticanus” and the “Sinaiticus.” (IMPORTANT: Read about Westcott and Hort.) These manuscripts are filled with many text alterations to meet the demands of Roman Catholic tradition. They also include the Apocrypha, which the Lord Jesus Christ EXCLUDED from the Old Testament in Luke 24:44. All new versions contain readings from these corrupt manuscripts, and all new versions use their 5% evidence to attack the 95% majority text of the King James Bible.
The Textus Receptus (Latin for “Received Text”) from which the King James Bible came can be traced clear back to Antioch, Syria, where the disciples were first called Christians and where Paul and Barnabas taught the Word of God for a whole year (Acts 11:26).
The other bibles do not come from Antioch. They come from Alexandria, Egypt and from Rome. We don’t need an Egyptian version, for Egypt is a type of the world in the Bible. God called His people OUT of Egypt (Exodus 3-14), and God called His Son out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1, Matthew 2:15). The Bible says in Genesis 46:34 that“…every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians”; the Lord Jesus Christ is called a SHEPHERD in John chapter 10. Furthermore, Alexandrians are found disputing with Stephen in Acts 6:9.
Then there’s the Roman text, also called the “Western Text.” It was ROMAN soldiers who nailed our Lord to the cross. The Roman Catholic Church has persecuted Christians for thousands of years. In 70 AD, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem. It has been estimated that Rome is guilty of the blood of some 200 million people who have rejected her corrupt system. A bible from Rome is another thing we can do without.
There’s only one line of manuscripts that we can trust, and this is the line from Antioch called the “Syrian” or “Byzantine” type text. The Word of God speaks POSITIVELY of Antioch, and NEGATIVELY of Rome and Egypt.
The differences are staggering! Important doctrines are changed! The blood atonement is one. In Colossians 1:14, the King James Bible says, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:” New versions REMOVE the phrase, “through his blood”, destroying the blood atonement. This is not surprising, since some of those who edited the Alexandrian texts did not believe in the blood atonement.
In 1 Timothy 3:16, the King James Bible says “God was manifest in the flesh…” This is one of the boldest pronouncements of the Deity of Christ. But new versions water it down and say, “He was manifest in the flesh.” That “he” could be anyone. It could be Jesus, when the point is, God was manifest in the flesh (through Jesus), asserting Christ’s Deity. Again, many of those who worked on the Alexandrian line of bibles didn’t believe in Christ’s Deity.
Matthew 18:11 in the King James Bible says, “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.” That verse isn’t even in the NIV. The NASB places it in brackets with a note, “most ancient manuscripts do not contain this verse.” The truth is, 90-95% of the ancient manuscripts DO contain that verse.
IN CONCLUSION
The differences between the two lines of manuscripts are confusing and may cause us to ask, “What can I believe? What did God really say?” One thing we know God said, “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:8)
If you don’t have a King James Bible, get one! If you have a King James Bible, love, cherish, defend, and memorize it, for the Word of God is our Life (John 6:63, John 1:1-3, John 1:14, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Peter 1:23).
This King James Bible Dictionary is a very handy reference tool for looking up words used in the King James Bible because of its thorough explanation of the many definitions of each English word used at the time.
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