CoreIssue
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Let me just say that it is my experience that tells me this.
I started with the kjv; but someone suggested that I use a different translation, which I did. My walk with Christ went downhill from there, until I returned to the kjv, at which time things began looking up again concerning my walk with Him.
Someone with a hardened heart to the reality of this may try to attribute the changes in my walk to other factors; but I am pretty certain that it has everything to do with the fact that the kjv is better all-around, even the best translation out of them all.
To the extent that if you do not go by it, you are not walking down the narrow path that leads to life, Matthew 7:13-14.
That's just what I believe (see Hebrews 11:1). You can take it or leave it; leave it at your spiritual peril. Because just as the Lord bases eternal life on faith in Him, I base eternal life on accepting the full authority of the kjv; because it is the only version that accurately portrays sound doctrine to the extent that it will bring salvation in the final end. See 1Ti 4:16, Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
I have more experience and you do and my growth in Christ increased when I switched to the NIV.
Experience proves nothing.
On KJV versus NIV which uses the oldest manuscripts? NIV
Which uses English that we actually talk today?
NIV
Which one doesn't change words to something else to please Catholicism. Such as Passover to Easter, a Catholic invention that didn't even exist at the time of the apostles. NIV
And a lot more.
Which is more important, accuracy or experience? Accuracy
Use whichever version you wish but don't try to promote the one with more issues as being superior.
As for 1 Timothy, the NIV says it much more clearly and accurately.
You're just arguing personal taste.