Grailhunter
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Nope...my position is that the kjv is superior to all other versions.
Other translations can give insight into the meaning of what it says in the kjv...
But where there is discrepancy, the kjv has the truest rendering of the original Greek and Hebrew (and Aramaic) manuscripts.
It is the mormon cult that denies this, in saying that the scriptures are "correct only insofar as they are correctly translated".
To which, I would say, that the kjv is correctly translated.
For God is both Omnipotent and sovereign and loving.
And the common people heard Jesus gladly while the educated scribes and Pharisees rejected Him.
Therefore I am not going to rely on an educated Greek or Hebrew scholar to tell me what is the meaning of the unadulterated word of God....because that unadulterated word is found in the kjv through and through...
God in His love and sovereignty and Omnipotence could not have it any other way.
Because it is clear that many of the modern translations are watered down, taking out words, phrases, sentences, and even entire passages from the things that the Holy Spirit, inspired to be written to us so that we might receive the full message of what He wanted to say.
At one time the Catholics believed that St. Jerome's Latin version was the true testament. Being translated around 380 ad.
Now the early Protestants...lol Puritans were fond of the Geneva Bible, circa 1560 ad ~ Which was based on the hand written William Tyndale Bible of 1535 ad. Of course when they came out, the Catholics thought both were a corruption of the true scriptures.
Then came the King James Version which came out with it own style of poetic language in 1611 ad. Both the Catholics and those fond of the Geneva Bible considered the KJV a corruption of the scripture. And some of those that like the KJV do not like the NKJV lol. It's just something people do.
As it is today we have actual scriptures that are older than any of those that these earlier translators had. So it is a matter of if you just like to argue or are to lazy to go look it up yourself. Since at no time did God come down and endorse any one of the translations it is up to you to find out for yourself. You cannot justifiably say that any one of the translations is better than another unless you have a working knowledge of the biblical languages and compare the translations to the ancient scriptures.
Unlike any other Bible in some ways the KJV is its own religion, even with in Protestantism. Those that still believe that the world is flat, adhere to the KJV. And really what is wrong with that? Believe what you want. But the fact is the truth is out there, all you have to do is get off your duff and start looking for it.
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