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Majestic, eternal immutable BOOK, Inspired, inerrant, complete. The Light of my path as I walk on lifes way, The Guide and the Lamp to my feet. Its writings are holy and verbally true, The unalterable Statute of Light, For profit, for doctrine, for correction, reproof, Infallible Guide to the right. My Treasure, my Comfort, my Help, and my Stay, Incomparable Measure and Rod, Each page is replete with its textual proof, The BIBLE, the exact WORD OF GOD! Gertrude Grace Barker Sanborn
Bible Preservation
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. Psalm 12:6, 7 He hath remembered His covenant FOR EVER, the WORD which He commanded TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS. Psalm 105:8
Bible Preservation
Have not I WRITTEN to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, That I might make thee know that CERTAINTY of the WORDS OF TRUTH; that thou mightest answer the WORDS OF TRUTH to them that send unto thee? Proverbs 22:20-21 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. Matthew 5:17-18
Bible Preservation
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY WORDS shall not pass away. Matthew 24:35 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the WORD of God, which liveth and abideth FOR EVER But the Word of the Lord ENDURETH FOR EVER. And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you. 1 Peter 1:23-25
A Fearful Warning
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. Revelation 22:18,19
KJV FREQ.
1 3 27 6 3 6 35 77 55 15 3 3 19 44 8 5 9 22 5 3 46 5
NIV FREQ.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3
NCV FREQ.
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEV FREQ.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOCTRINAL TERM
*unrighteousness *reconciliation *sanctify *unrighteous filthy *justify lust ordained ungodly purge *cleanse *repentance firstfruits flesh *repent *saints seed (children) *perish *gospel *salvation *mercy *grace *judgment
KJV FREQ.
20 8 65 9 16 11 18 35 24 15 32 26 30 148 43 94 254 118 95 150 261 150 285
NIV FREQ.
3 4 4 4 5 7 13 15 15 16 20 21 29 34 38 68 75 82 91 118 121 123 128
NCV FREQ.
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 38 0 1 0 0 2 67 175 106 38
CEV FREQ.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOCTRINAL TERM
walk (figurative) *righteousness *redemption *righteousness *redeem covet
KJV FREQ.
203 285 20 225 40 7
NIV FREQ.
133 230 23* 284* 44* 8*
NCV FREQ.
111 0 0 2 0 0
CEV FREQ.
0 0 0 0 0 0
Easy Reading?!
NIV
Exodus 32:6, 1 Cor. 10:7 Leviticus 14:2, 57 Leviticus 11:30 2 Chronicles 2:2 Romans 1:28 Ephesians 4:16 Luke 10:35 Luke 11:26 indulge in revelry (6) regulations for infectious skin diseases and mildew (15) Skink (1) constipated (3) Think it worthwhile (4) supporting ligament (6) reimburse (3) final condition (5)
KJV
rose up to play (4) law of leprosy (5) snail (1) told (1) like (1) joint (1) repay (2) last state (2)
5.8
8.4
6.1
7.2
6.9
Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do whats best As above, so below. Matthew 6:9-13
KJV
Watch and pray This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting In fastings In fastings This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting Give yourselves to fasting and prayer Four days ago I was fasting and prayed That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. desire the sincere milk of the word
KJV
Holy men holy angels holy brethren holy prophets holy apostles and prophets Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Holy Ghost
KJV
gospel of Christ gospel of Christ doctrine of Christ heir of God through Christ Jesus Christ is come in the flesh Truth in Christ The kingdom of God the Spirit of God the love of God The angels of God gospel of the kingdom of God offerings of God
Matthew 6:33 Romans 15:19 1 John 3:19 Matthew 22:30 Mark 1:14 Luke 21:4
1. 2. 3. 4.
Hell is omitted 50% in the New Testament Hell is omitted 100% in the Old Testament New versions omit the 2 main characters of the Old Testament, Jehovah and Lucifer Heaven is also greatly reduced
NIV
Father Father Father Son of Man Son of Man Angels Omit Temple Mark 11:26 Luke 11:24 Matthew 5:48 John 3:13 Matthew 24:30 Mark 12:25 Matthew 25:11 Revelation 16:17
KJV
Father who is in heaven Father which art in heaven Father which is in heaven Son of Man which is in heaven Son of man in heaven Angels which are in heaven Kingdoms of heaven Temple of heaven
KJV
He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted Be of good comfort Mercy Power to heal the sick the lame man which was healed grieved chastened Nurture and admonition humble Touch me not bush
How does one get saved in the New Living Translation? 1 Timothy 4:16 says, Stay true to what is right and God will save you.
For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost gospel of Christ
Luke 9:45
OMIT
Jude 19
this light which you produce A message to obey OMIT fruit of the Spirit obeying the truth through the Spirit who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit
Falling Away #1
Neither repented they of theirFORNICATION. Revelation 9:21 Webster: Fornication: Illicit sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person
Falling Away #1
NASB
OMIT Immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality immorality Romans 1:29 1 Corinthians 5:1 1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 6:18 2 Corinthians 12:21 Ephesians 5:3 Colossians 3:5 Revelation 2:14 Revelation 2:20 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 14:8 Revelation 17:2
KJV
fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication fornication
NASB
immorality immorality immorality Immoral act immorally immoral people immoral people immoral people immorality immorality immoral men immoral person immoral persons Revelation 18:3 Revelation 18:9 Revelation 19:2 Hebrews 12:16 1 Corinthians 10:8 1 Corinthians 5:9 1 Corinthians 5:10 1 Corinthians 5:11 Galatians 5:9 Ephesians 5:5 1 Timothy 1:10 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15
KJV
fornication fornication fornication fornicator commit fornication fornicators fornicators fornicator Adultery, fornication Whoremonger whoremonger whoremonger whoremongers
Falling Away #1
Websters Immorality: The state of being immoral Immoral: Not moral
Falling Away #2
Men Shall Be Unholy This know also that in the last daysmen shall be. UNHOLY. 2 Timothy 3:2
Falling Away #2
NIV, NASB et al.
Then come, follow me Men heart Adequate called Mark 10:21 2 Peter 1:21 1 Peter 1:22 2 Timothy 3:17 Jude 1:1
KJV
And come, take up the cross and follow me Holy men pure heart perfect sanctified
College students may complete their degree, but are not necessarily blameless or perfect.
KJV
perfect perfect perfect blameless perfect
Career Fortune 500 managers may get an award of excellence, but not of virtue.
Excellence Phil. 4:8 virtue
Centenarians (100 years old) may be mature, but are not necessarily perfect.
maturity mature mature Hebrews 6:1 Ephesians 4:13 1 Cor. 2:6 perfection perfect perfect
Falling Away #3
Another Gospel If he that cometh preachethanother gospel. 2 Corinthians 11:4
Falling Away #3
NIV, NASB
Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God. Difficult is the way (NKJV) Obey (NASB) disobedience disobedient disobedience disobedience disobedient (NASB) faithfulness faithfulness Mark 10:24
KJV
Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God Narrow is the way
KJV
Little ones that believe in me Mark 9:42 whosoever believeth in him John 3:15 He that believeth on me hath everlasting life
John 6:47
Matthew 7:14
John 3:36 Romans 11:32 Hebrews 3:18 Hebrews 4:6 Hebrews 4:11 Romans 15:31 Matthew 23:23 Galatians 5:22
believeth unbelief believed not unbelief unbelief do not believe faith faith
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything Gal.6:15 the blessing of the gospel of Christ
Romans 15:29
Falling Away #3
The Beast
NIV, NASB, et al. in whom we have redemption
The Blood
KJV in whom we have redemption through His blood Colossians 1:14 through faith in His blood Romans 3:25 washed us from our sins Revelation 1:5 blood which is shed Luke 22:20
Faith freed us from our sins Cup which is poured (not NIV)
Falling Away #3
New Age Avatar
NIV, NASB, et al. This is my body which is for you Christ also died He had made purification of sins Christ hath suffered has been sacrificed
Suffering Saviour
KJV This is my body which is broken for you. 1 Corinthians 11:24 Christ also hath once suffered. 1 Peter 3:18 by Himself purged our sins Hebrews 1:3 Christ hath suffered for us 1 Peter 4:1 is sacrificed for us 1 Corinthians 5:7
Falling Away #4
This know also that in the last daysmen shall beFIERCE 2 Timothy 3:1-3
Falling Away #4
NEW VERSIONS
OMIT Matthew 5:44
KJV
Do good to them that hate you But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses
OMIT
Mark 11:26
KJV
Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and.. Despitefully use you.
KJV
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
John 9:35
OMITTED
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.
Acts 8:37
KJV
an heir of God through Christ God who created all things by Jesus Christ The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Son of God Christ the Son of the Living God
John 6:69 Acts 3:26 Matthew 18:11 Matthew 24:13 John 16:16 2 John 3 John 8:29 Mark 11:26
the Son of the Living God his Son Jesus the Son the Son because I go to the Father Son of the Father Father Father
KJV
[I]s not this the Christ? Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Christ Jesus Christ Thou art that Christ
KJV
Lord Jesus Christ Lord Jesus Christ Jesus Christ our Lord Lord Jesus Christ Jesus Christ our Lord our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord Jesus Christ
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. the gospel of Christ
Revelation 1
The deity of Christ is uprooted seven times in one chapter.
PROBLEM
Gender inclusive feel it DEITY? continuity royalty? blood? temporal DEITY? Power Rangers? watered down? DEITY? works DEITY? DEITY? DEITY? DEITY? pantheism? purgatory?
NIV
the one take to the heart seven spirits first born the ruler freed us a kingdom his God and Father power mourn OMIT perseverance Jesus Jesus OMIT A son of man I am the Living One Hades
REV. 1
1:3 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:5 1:5 1:6 1:6 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9 1:9 1:9 1:11 1:13 1:18 1:18
KJV
he keep those things [do it] seven Spirits first begotten the prince washed us kings God and his Father dominion wail The beginning and the ending patience Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last the Son of man I am he that liveth hell
Certain men crept in unawaresungodly mendenying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ
Jude 4
Rev. 19:1 Acts 7:37 1 Cor. 15:47 Rom. 14:6 Acts 7:30 Matt. 28:6 Heb. 10:30 2 Tim. 4:22 1 Cor. 16:42 Rom. 16:24 Rev. 1:11 Col. 1:2 Eph. 3:14 1 Thess. 1:1 Eph. 3:9 our God God Christ, the second man came from heaven OMIT an angel his body was lying I will take vengeance Lord Lord OMIT OMIT peace from God our father Father May his grace and peace be yours God, the creator of all things Lord our God the Lord your God the second man is the Lord from heaven and he that regardeth not the day to the Lord he doth not regard it an angel of the Lord The Lord lay I will recompense saith the Lord Lord Jesus Christ Lord Jesus Christ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last Peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ God who created all things by Jesus Christ
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Luke 9:57 Acts 9:5 Acts 9:6 I will follow thee Sir OMIT
Romans 10:13
Lord, I will follow thee Lord
It is hard for thee to pick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him Lord, I believe 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. Lord Lords And the Lord said And the Lord said that cometh in the name of the Lord
Mark 9:24 Acts 8:37 Luke 13:25 1 Cor. 10:29 Luke 22:31 Luke 7:31 Mark 11:10
KJV
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: 1 John 4:3
KJV
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. he was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped Him. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God. God wasreceivedinto glory. the Son of man which is in heaven For we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
Luke 24:51,52
Mark 16:9-20
KJV
Jesus, Thou Son of God Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus knew their thoughts Good Master thy Lord Jesus JESUS Lord Jesus Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Jesus Christ the Lord Jesus Christ Lord Jesus Christ the Lord Jesus Christ
Salvation by works! #8
KJV
Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God In your patience possess ye your souls believeth faith But if it be of works then it is no more grace The gospel of Christ I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God In whom we have redemption through his blood believe in me He that believeth on me hath everlasting life calling on the name of the Lord and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God Doctrine of Christ truth in Christ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ an heir of God through Christ God who created all things by Jesus Christ our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God
2 Timothy 3:4
KJV
the gospel the words the God the Son the Saviour the world
KJV
From the beginning of the world the world began since the world began from the beginning of the world since the world began
KJV
end of the world end of the world
Matt. 13:39 Matt. 13:40 Matt. 13:49 Daniel 12:13 1 Cor. 3:18
end of the world end of this world At the end of the world End of the days this world
Before the world began since the world began The (second, third, fourth, fifth) day Builder and maker
end of age This age
Changing of the Gods by New Age author Naomi Goldenberg asserts: God is going to changewe women are going to bringthe end of Him.
NASB (NIV et al.)
Luke 10:16 Luke 12:5 Matthew 13:37 Matthew 24:13 John 4:25 John 6:46 John 7:18 John 15:21 John 12:45 Rejects the One the One the One the one who endures One The One the one the One he who beholds me beholds the One (NIV)
KJV
despiseth him Him He He he he his him he that seeth me seeth him 1 Cor. 15:28 Acts 7:38 Acts 10:21 Acts 10:42 Acts 22:9 Col. 3:10 Heb. 5:7 Heb. 7:21 Rev. 2:1 Rev. 1:18 1 Peter 1:15
KJV
unto him he he It is he him him unto him him he he that liveth he which
Triskele Symbol
The Triskele (Tri-Skell) is an ancient Celtic symbol representing all trinities. Three is seen as a magickal number by many ancient cultures, especially the Celts. Many of their gods appeared in triple-form. One belief is that doing something thrice makes it so. In numerology, three represents creative power and gheshtalt (when two things become more than the sum of their parts).
The Grand Architect of the Universe Masonic ritual is concerned with the recovery of the Lost Word, presumed to be the name of God supposedly lost through the murder of the architect, Hiram Abiff, during the building of Solomons Temple. This quest is attained during the ritual of the ROYAL ARCH DEGREE.
The immense Krupp Werke was one of the most important weapons producers for Hitlers senseless attempt to dominate the world. Its logo was this ancient symbol.
Led Zeppelin is a heavy metal Rock group with an album called Presence.
Esoteric Christianity The lesser mysteries By ANNIE BESANT A QUEST BOOK This publication made possible with the assistance of the Kern Foundation THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Wheaton, Ill., U.S.A. Madras, India/London, England His the Presence that cheered the solitary mystics, the hunted occultists, the patient seekers after truth. The deities who are worshipped are, for the most part, the veriest devils, but behind, beyond all these, there is a dim but glorious overarching Presence seldom or never named, but whispered of as source of all, as power and love and goodness, too tender to awaken terror, too good to require supplication.
The Presence is another name for Lucifer Annie Besant is a Luciferian
In Wiccan and Neopagan belief, the triqueta symbolizes the triple aspected goddess (maid, mother, and crone). Some Christians have protested this "appropriation" of the symbol...however, ironically enough, the original Christian fish symbol was derived from an early symbol of venus, one representing female generative organs- making the triquetra perfectly appropriate symbol for a Goddess revival. The triquetra is also considered to represnt the triplicities of mind, body, and soul, as well as the three domains of earth according to Celtic legend- earth, sea, and sky.
The triquetra also appears on the television series Charmed, probably as a less threatening alternative to the pentacle (the preferred emblem of witches real and imaginary). In the show, it represents the "power of three, acting as one " which in turn represents the three sisters. The triqueta symbol predates Christianity and was likely a Celtic symbol of the Goddess, and in the North, a symbol of the god Odin
Use of number symbols (like this 666) can he traced back to Pythagoras (582 B.C.), initiate into the Egyptian Mysteries (very heavy occultism!).
"We ought not to think the Godhead is like [anything]... graven by art..." Acts 17:29
KJV
Lord and worshipped him saying, Lord worshipping Him Right hand of power God will provide himself a lamb the Son the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ (Trinity) Master Good Master Master one is your Master, even Christ Neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, even Christ
KJV
Godhead God and our Father God and his Father God and the Father by him Comforter Comforter
his Son Jesus His Son Jesus holy child Jesus holy child Jesus the firstborn of every creature
from the beginning of the world Adam was made a living soul
WHY does the NKJV use harder words than the KJV?
The derivative copyright law insists that: To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a new work or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes.
NKJV
Acts 21:34 Acts 26:20 Jeremiah 29:26 Jude 2:14 Proverbs 7:7 Titus 1:6 Jeremiah 51:7 Ezra 4:19 Jeremiah 31:22 Daniel 5:16 Hosea 9:7 Lamentations 2:14 Hosea 10:1 Exodus 23:11 1 Kings 4:22 Jeremiah 46:21 1 timothy 3:11 Psalm 55:8 ascertain befitting demented despoiled devoid dissipation deranged fostered gad enigmas enmity envisioned embellished fallow kors mercenaries temperate tempest
KJV
know meet mad spoiled void riot mad made go doubts hatred seen made still measures hired men sober storm
It is also found as the logo of the new Catholic Bible, the Jerusalem Bible!
To make of life one harmonious whole, to realise the invisible, to anticipate the transfiguring majesty of the Divine Presence, is all that is worth living for. B. F. W.
Westcott & Hort Denied the Inerrancy of the Original Greek N.T.
Little is gained by speculating as to the precise point at which SUCH CORRUPTIONS CAME IN. THEY MAY BE DUE TO THE ORIGINAL WRITER, OR TO HIS AMANUENSIS if he wrote from dictation, or they may be due to one of the earliest transcribers.
F. J. A. Hort, & B. F. Westcott, Introduction to Their Greek New Testament, 280
Their involvement in the ghostly guild prior to the release of their text
This may sound cowardice- I have a craving that our text should be cast upon the world before we deal with matters likely to brand us with suspicion. I mean a text issued by men who are already know for what will undoubtedly be treated as dangerous heresy
Their involvement in the ghostly guild prior to the release of their text
will have great difficulty in finding its way to regions which it might otherwise hope to reach and whence it would not be easily banished by subsequent alarms.
Life of Hort Vol I, 445
HERMAS CLUB
WESTCOTT A.SIDGWICK FREDRIC MYERS
GHOSTLY GUILD
A.JOHNSON WESTCOTT HORT BENSON (married H.
Sidgwicks sister, Mary)
H. SIDGWICK
(Westcotts student, married Gerald Balfours sister, Eleanor)
LIGHTFOOT
A.JOHNSON ED GURNEY
APOSTLES
ARTHUR BALFOUR ARTHUR BALFOUR HORT H. SIDGWICK HORT H. SIDGWICK
ERANUS
WESTCOTT
SYNTHETIC SOCIETY
ARTHUR BALFOUR FREDERIC MYERS
REV. 16:13 THE DRAGON (OCCULTISTS LIKE H. SIDGWICK, G. BALFOUR, F MYERS THE BEAST (A. BALFOUR, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND) THE FALSE PROPHET (WESTCOTT, HORT)
UNTIL THE TIME OF THE NEW ORDER (HEBREWS 9:10 NIV)
What Westcott & Hort Believed About the Vatican (B) and Sinai (Aleph)
Speaking of when B & Aleph were in agreement, they wrote: but the fullest comparison does but increase the conviction that THEIR [B & Aleph] RELATIVE PURITY IS LIKEWISE APPROXIMATELY ABSOLUTE,
What Westcott & Hort Believed About the Vatican (B) and Sinai (Aleph)
A TRUE APPROXIMATE REPRODUCTION OF THE TEXT OF THE AUTOGRAPHS,
Introduction to Their Greek New Testament, 276
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1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven. Greek Texts: -B/ALEPH English: (-4) NIV,-NASV,-NKJV-FN,-NB 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. Greek: -ALEPH (No B in 1 Timothy) English: (-4) NIV, -NASV, -NKJV-FN, -NB 1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that {spirit} of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Greek Manuscripts: -B (No ALEPH here) English: (-2) NASV, -NKJV-FN Matthew 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her Firstborn Son: and he called His name JESUS. Greek Manuscripts: -B/ALEPH English versions: (-3) NIV, -NASV, -NKJV-FN
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Matthew 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. Greek Manuscripts: -B/ALEPH English Versions: (-3) NIV, [-NASV], -NKJV-FN Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save {them}. And they went to another village. Greek Manuscripts: -B/ALEPH English Versions: (-3) NIV, -NASV, NKJV-FN Luke 2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present {him} to the Lord; Greek Manuscripts: -B/ALEPH English Versions: (-3) NIV, -NASV, -NB 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. Greek Manuscripts: -ALEPH English Versions: (-2) NASV, -NKJV-FN
Westcott & Hort Believed That the Vatican Manuscript (B) Was Genuine
Now every such BINARY GROUP [that is B plus another primary manuscript] containing B is found by this process to offer a LARGE PROPORTION OF READINGS WHICH on the closest scrutiny HAVE THE RING OF GENUINENESS,
Westcott & Hort Believed That the Vatican Manuscript (B) Was Genuine
while IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY READINGS SO ATTESTED WHICH LOOK SUSPICIOUS after full consideration.
Introduction to Their Greek New Testament, 227
N.T. Manuscripts
TOTALS
PAPYRUS UNCIALS CURSIVES LECTIONARIES TOTALS: 81 (88) 267 2764 2143 5255 # of MSS WH/TR 13/75 9/258 23/2741 0/2143 45/5210 % of MSS WH/TR 15%/85% 3%/97% 1%/99% 0%/100% 1%/99%
N.T. Manuscripts
TOTALS
PAPYRUS UNCIALS CURSIVES LECTIONARIES TOTALS:
1. 2. 3. 4. Gothic (350 A.D.) (UFALIS) Anglo Saxon (600) Bede Wycliff 1381 Tyndale 1526
Fathers: He found the church fathers agreeing 2:1 (151 for; 84 against) before 225 3:2 (before 400) 3:1 (for doctrinal verses)
OLD TESTAMENT
NIV/KJBO.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -552,580 words (NIV) -58,673 words shorter NRSV/KJVO.T. Words 611,253 Words (KJV) -571,632 words (NRSV) -39,621 words shorter RSV/KJVO.T. Words 611.253 words (KJV) -585,687 words (RSV) -25,566 words shorter SPAN/KJVO.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -582,052 words (SPAN) -29,201 words shorter NCV/KJV O.T. Words 611,253 Words (KJV) -571, 052 words (NCV) -40,201 words shorter NKJV/KJV O.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -594,598 words (NKJV) -16,655 words shorter
NEW TESTAMENT
NIV/KJV N.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -175,421 words (NIV) -5,417 words shorter NRSV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -176,820 words (NRSV) -4,018 words shorter RSV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -173,769 words (RSV) -7,069 words shorter SPAN/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -178, 592 words (SPAN) -2,246 words shorter NCV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -191,765 words (NCV) + 10,927 words longer NKJV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -178,378 words (NKJV) -2,460 words shorter
WHOLE BIBLE
NIV/KJV OT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -728,001 words (NIV) (8% less) -64,090 words shorter (-109 pp) NRSV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -748,4542 words (NRSV) (5.5% less) -43,639 words shorter (-75 pp) RSV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -759,456 words (RSV) (4% less) -32,635 words shorter (-54 pp) SPAN/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -760,644 words (SPAN) (3.9% less) -31,447 words shorter (-53 pp.) NCV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -762,817 words (NCV) (3.7% less) -29,274 words shorter (-50.6 pp) NKJV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -772,976 words (NKJV) (2.4% less) -19,115 words shorter (-32.8 pp)
OLD TESTAMENT
NASV/KJVO.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -600,425 words (NASV) -10,828 words shorter
NEW TESTAMENT
NASV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -184,568 words (NASV) +3,370 words longer
WHOLE BIBLE
NASV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -784,993 words (NASV) (.89% less) -7,098 words shorter (-12.1 pp)
ASV/KJVO.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -607,635 words (ASV) -3,618 words shorter
ASV/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -180,515 words (ASV) -323 words shorter
ASV/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (1,368 pp) -788,150 words (ASV) (.49% less) -3,941 words shorter (6.7 pp)
HEB/st/KJVO.T. Words 611,253 words (KJV) -791,680 words (HEB/BHS) +180,427 words longer
SCR/KJVN.T. Words 180,838 words (KJV) -154,603 words (SCR) -26,235 words shorter
HB/SC/KJVOT/NT Words 792,091 words (KJV) (19.46% more) -946,283 words (HEB/SCR) +154,192 words longer (+266 pp)
Abbreviations: NIV=New International; NRSV=New Revised Standard; RSV=Revised Standard; SPAN=Modern Spanish; NCV=New Century; NKJV=New King James; NASV=New American Standard; ASV= American Standard; HEB/st=Hebrew Stuttgart; SCR=Greek Scrivener
The NIV is an ongoing transdenominational effort by more than a hundred top Bible scholars, working from the original languages to translate Gods Word afresh. Its history goes back into the fifties, although the major work was begun in 1967 when the New York Bible Society agreed to sponsor the project. The New Testament portion was successfully introduced in 1973: the Old Testament is currently being translated and will be released in 1978. Governing body for the entire project has been the committee on Bible Translation, formed in 1965 from a group of scholars of diverse denominational backgrounds. These include:
Kenneth L. Barker Dallas Theological Seminary Ralph Earle Nazarene Theological Seminary Burton L. Goddard Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary R. Laird Harris Covenant Theological Seminary Earl S. Kalland Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary Youngve R. Kindberg President, New York International Bible Society Richard N. Longenecker Wychille College, University of Toronto William J. Martin Regent College, Vancouver Stephen W. Paine Houghton College Philip S. Clapp Western Evangelical Seminary Edmund Clowney Westminster Theology Seminary Ralph R. Covell Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary John J. Davis Grace Theological Seminary Wilber T. Dayton Houghton College Raymond Dillard Westminster Theological Seminary Milton Fisher Reformed Episcopal Seminary Lewis A. Foster Cincinnati Bible Seminary Francis Foulkes Bible College of New Zealand Frank E. Gaebelein Arlington, Virginia Richard B. Gaffin Westminster Theological Seminary Wesley L. Gerig Fort Wayne Bible College Donald Glenn Dallas Theological Seminary Louis Goldberg Moody Bible Institute Clarence B. Hale Wheaton College Murray J. Harris Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Everett Harrison Fuller Theological Seminary Roland K. Harrison Wychille college, University of Toronto Gerald F. Hawthorne Wheaton College Walter L. Liefeld Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Calvin Linton George Washington University G. Herbert Livingston Asbury Theological Seminary Kathryn Ludwigson Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College Allan A. MacRae Biblical School of Theology Donald H. Madvig Bethel Theological Seminary W. Harold Mare Covenant Theological Seminary Alvin Martin Fuller Theological Seminary Thomas W. McComiskey Trinity Evangelical Divinity School J. Ramsey Michaels Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary A.R. Millard University of Liverpool, England
THE TRANSLATORS
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THE TRANSLATORS
Virginia Mollenkott William Paterson College Leon Morris Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia Robert Mounce Western Kentucky University Roger Nicole Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary John Oswalt Asbury Theological Seminary J. Barton Payne Covenant Theological Seminary Palmer Robertson Westminster Theological Seminary Walter R. Roehrs Concordia Theological Seminary
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NIVS Dr. Virginia Mollenkott jabs, My lesbianism has always been a part of me. (Episcopal, Witness, June, 1991) Her pro-homosexual book, Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? echos the NIVs assertion that the Bible censures only criminal offences like prostitution and violent gang rape, not sincere homosexualsdrawn to someone of the same sex.
Shrine prostitutes
sodomites
In cooperation with the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Munster/Westphalia Under the direction of Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland Third Edition (Corrected) UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES
THE BATTLEGROUND
(7/16/92BY Dr. D. A. Waite, 900 Park Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108)
Textus Receptus T. R. = 140,521 words T. R. = 647 pages T. R. = 217 words/page Westcott/Hort Changes in T.R. Changes 5604 places Includes 9970 words This is 15.4 words/page This is 7% of words This is 45.9 pages
A.
Historical Evidences for the Received Text during the Apostolic Age (33-100 A.D.) 1) All of the Apostolic Churches used the Received kind of Text. 2) The churches in Palestine used the Received kind of Text. 3) The Syrian Church at Antioch used the Received kind of Text. Historical Evidences for the Received Text During the Early Church Period (100-312 A.D.) 4) The Peshitta Syriac Version, (150 A.D., the second century.) This was based on the Received kind of Text 5) Papyrus #66 used the Received kind of Text. 6) The Italic Church in Northern Italy (157 A.D.) used the Received kind of Text. 7) The Gallic Church of Southern France (177 A.D.) used the Received kind of Text. 8) The Celtic Church in Great Britain used the Received kind of Text. 9) Church of Scotland and Ireland used the Received kind of Text. 10) The Pre-Waldensian churches used the Received kind of Text. 11) The Waldensians (120 A.D. and onward) used the Received kind of Text.
B.
C.
Historical Evidences for the Received Text During the Byzantine Period (312-1453 A.D.) 12) The Gothic Version of the 4th century used the Received kind of Text. 13) Codex W of Matthew in the 4th of 5th century used the Received kind of Text. 14) Codex A in the Gospels (in the 5th century) used the Received kind of Text. 15) The vast majority of extant New Testament manuscripts all used the Received kind of Text. This includes about 99% of them, or about 5,210 of the 5,255 MSS. 16) The Greek Orthodox Church used the Received kind of Text. 17) The Present Greek Church still uses the Received kind of Text. Historical Evidences for the Received Text During the Early Modern Period (1453-1831 A.D.) 18) The churches of the Reformation all used the Received kind of Text. 19) The Erasmus Greek New Testament (1516) used the Received kind of Text. 20) The Complutensian Polygot (1522) used the Received kind of Text. 21) Martin Luthers German Bible (1522) used the Received kind of Text.
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William Tyndales Bible, (1525), used the Received kind of Text. The French Version of Oliveton (1535) used the Received kind of Text. The Coverdale Bible (1535) used the Received kind of Text. The Matthews Bible (1537) used the Received kind of Text. The Taverners Bible (1539) used the Received kind of Text. The Great Bible (1539-41) used the Received kind of Text. The Stephanus Greek New Testament (1546-1551) used the Received kind of Text. The Geneva Bible (1557-60) used the Received kind of Text. The Bishops Bible (1568) used the Received kind of Text. The Spanish Version (1602) used the Received kind of Text. The Beza Greek New Testament (1598) used the Received kind of Text. The Czech Version (1602) used the Received kind of Text. The Italian Version of Diodati (1607) used the Received kind of Text. The KING JAMES BIBLE (1611) used the Received kind of Text. The Elziver Brothers Greek New Testament (1624) used the Received kind of Text. The Received Text in the KJV New Testament is the original Received kind of Text.
19 Things Used by the New Versions to CORRECT the Original Hebrew Text
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) The Septuagint (LXX) Greek O.T. Conjecture (No reason given) The Syriac Version A Few Hebrew Manuscripts The Latin Vulgate The Dead Sea Scrolls Aquila (Greek O.T.) The Samaritan Pentateuch Quotations from Jerome Josephus 11) An Ancient Hebrew Scribal Tradition 12) The BIBLIA HEBRAICA (Kit. Or Stutt) 13) A Variant Hebrew Marginal Reading 14) Consonantal text divided differently 15) Symmachus (Greek O.T.) 16) The Hebrew Targums 17) Theodotian (Greek O.T.) 18) The Juxta Hebraica of Jerome (Psalms) 19) A Different Set of Hebrew Vowels
There has been a remarkable recent discovery, which made front page news in the London Times and is now documented in the recent book Eye Witness to Jesus by Dr. Carsten Thelde. The oldest remains of any New Testament were discovered. Using an epiflouriscent confocal laser scanning device, the fragment was dated A.D. 66. It contains the KJV reading from Matthew 26:22, which is every one of them (hekastos auton). It proves WRONG the reading in NIV and NASB, and the critical Greek texts, which read each one or one after the other (auto heis hekastos). The author says, It is self-evident that this original readingmust replace the text in two most widely used versions of the Greek New Testament, that of the United Bible Societiesand so-called Neste-Alandnow in its 27th revised editionThe Munster Institute refuses to acknowledge the changeit is a form of intellectual resistance which cannot last; the facts are now beyond dispute. Other newly evaluated fragments are discussed in another book called The First New Testament. It reveals an A.D. 50 or 60 date for some fragments of Mark, 1 Timothy, and James. Upon examination, letter by letter, these match the KJV readings. The author says, It behoves the layman and woman who sit in the pews and pay the bills to demand that their clergy and denominational professorsgive the date and the authority of the New Testament a new and reverent consideration All the contemporaryviews will come crashing down in one inglorious heap.
N E STLE ALAN D
NAME Ankerberg (anti KJV) host White (anti KJV) writer Wallace (anti KJV) D.T.S. Barker (anti KJV) NIV Gipp (pro KJV) Chambers (pro KJV) Farstad (anti KJV) NKJV Wilkins (anti KJV) NASV Strouse (pro KJV) TOTALS:
MINUTES 42 minutes
NAMES
IN.
MIN.
Ankerberg (anti KJV) host 27 minutes 22 minutes 19 minutes 16 minutes 13 minutes 10 minutes 6 minutes Wilkins (anti KJV) NASV 5 minutes 160 minutes TOTALS: Barker (anti KJV) NIV White (anti KJV) writer
168
26
42 mins.
112
17
27 mins.
88
14
22 mins.
76
12
19 mins.
42
10 mins.
28
6 mins.
514
79
126 mins.
PARTICIPATION DATE FOR THE 3 PRO-KJV SPEAKERS (HIGH TO LOW): NAME (PRO-KJV)
Gipp (Pro-KJV) Chambers (Pro-KJV) Strouse (pro-KJV) TOTALS:
INCHES
67 54 21 142
PERCENT
10% 8% 3% 21%
MINUTES
16 minutes 13 minutes 5 minutes 34 minutes
THE FAIRNESS FOR AND AGAINST THE KING JAMES BIBLE NAMES
SIX ANTI-KJV TOTALS: THREE PRO-KJV TOTALS: GRAND TOTALS:
INCHES
514 142 656
PERCENT
79% 21% 100%
MINUTES
126 minutes 34 minutes 160 minutes
A Preponderance of Evidence!