Thursday, July 12, 2007

Read Your Bible........but NOT the NIV (New International Version)

Did you know that the NIV Bible has 2000 DELIBERATE changes from the KJV from the singular "thee" to the plural "thou"?????????????? The statement of the translators regarding this is that it was to "soften the accountability"!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. *

Excuse me??????????????????

Deut. 4:2 2"(A)You shall not add to the word which (B)I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Rev. 22:18 18I testify to everyone who hears (A)the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone (B)adds to them, God will add to him (C)the plagues which are written in (D)this book;

I have begun to appreciate the KJV of the Bible (though true, some of the wording IS hard to understand - it is then that I go to my NASB, or MKJV for clarification). My favorite study Bible is the NASB.

If you are interested in how our Bible was put together, Dr. Missler has a wonderful briefing pack called How We Got Our Bible. Free to listen or read online here.

*Dr. Chuck Missler. Romans ch. 2 study

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