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Biblical Teachings and Doctrines Affected in the New International Version
By Dr. Ken
Matto
One of the most
egregious lies told to people is that “the modern versions do not affect any
doctrine or cardinal teachings in Scripture.”
I am going to openly show what a false
statement that is and how the New International Version (NIV) is one of
the most corrupt counterfeit Bibles on the market and has been around since 1973
and recently revised in 2011.
On 9/1/2009 USA Today contained an
article entitled “Update of Popular NIV Bible due in 2011.
The article quotes Keith Danby, who is President and CEO of Biblica,
which formerly was the International Bible Society.
Danby is quoted as follows concerning the upcoming NIV 2011;
“And we’ll make sure we get it right
this time.” This means that
they didn’t get it right the first time.
According to their own admission the 1984 NIV was incorrect.
Yet this version is used by many Christians simply because they
believe they will have better understanding of the Scriptures.
They were also conned into believing it is an accurate version.
If you use an NIV because your pastor says to use it and you refuse to
check it out for deficiencies, then you are a collaborator with Satan who has
infiltrated Christianity for the purpose of weakening it.
Here are 50 attacks on both doctrine and teachings by the NIV.
If you can look at these attacks and still use the NIV then you have lost
total discernment.
Unless noted
all Scripture quotations are from the King James Bible (KJB).
(1) Doctrine of Prophecy – Matthew
27:35
(KJB) And they crucified him,
and parted his garments, casting lots:
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
(NIV)
When they had crucified him, they
divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Matthew 27:35 is a fulfillment of the Prophecy of Psalm 22:18. They part my
garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. (Psalm 22:18)
By removing the twenty words in the
Greek which in turn deletes the twenty five English words, it denies the literal
fulfillment of the prophecy of Psalm 22 at the crucifixion of Christ. By
removing the fulfilling part of the verse, they are in essence, trying to convey
to us that the Bible is not a prophetic book and is incapable of being
fulfilled. The crucifixion of Christ had fulfilled about three hundred
prophecies. When any of these are attacked by elimination, the verity of the
event is truncated and then the rest of the prophecies are open for attack.
Where does it end? If biblical prophecies are questioned and eliminated, then
that begins to chip away at the supernatural character of the Bible. The second
century Gnostics and the modern theologians have attempted to make the Bible
just another secular religious book akin to the book of Mormon or the Vedic
writings. One of the greatest hopes the Christian has is to read the many
prophecies which have come to pass, which piles hope upon hope for future
prophecies to be fulfilled. When the unbelieving theologians and publishers
remove passages like this, they also make God out to be a liar, in that He has
not fulfilled the prophecies of Scripture. The NIV removes hope from the pages
of holy writ but the King James Bible retains it. Which would you rather have in
your time of need? A counterfeit version or the preserved Word of God?
(2) Doctrine
of Salvation – Matthew 5:22
(KJB) But I say unto you,
That whosoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
(NIV) But I tell you that
anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again,
anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And
anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
(Ephesians 4:26) Ephesians 4:26 teaches us to be angry but to sin not.
According to the NIV if we are angry, then we are in sin and heading for hell.
It also intimates that a person can lose their salvation because of anger.
So according to the NIV how do you homogenize oil and water? Here we have
another dilemma. The NIV tells us that if I am angry with my brother, then I am
in danger of heading for hell which leaves no place for the eternal security of
the believer, thus exalting works. In fact the NIV tells us that we will be
subject to Judgment. Now we have an additional dilemma because in Matthew 23,
the Lord Jesus Christ really let go on the Pharisees. Now according to the NIV
Jesus had sinned. If He sinned, then His sacrifice to pay for our sins has been
made null and void and therefore we are still in our sins without any
possibility of salvation. Let us look at the contradictory nature of the NIV:
Ephesians 4:26 NIV "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down
while you are still angry,
Matthew 5:22 (NIV) But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother
will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,'
is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in
danger of the fire of hell.
The NIV contradicts itself. Either I am
to abstain from being angry or I am to control my anger and properly channel it.
Which is it? According to the NIV there is no definite answer because the modern
versions void themselves of absolutes in many areas.
When we look at Matthew 5:22 in the King James we are told that we are not to
have anger against a brother “without a cause.” Christians are permitted to be
angry but that anger must never become rank hatred. If I am counseling a
Christian who has been delivered from alcohol and then I find out that he went
to a bar and got drunk, then I am permitted to be angry with him because his
actions give me cause. The anger is then properly channeled at the sin and at
the brother who committed the sin. Then proper and more stringent steps can be
taken for his restoration. So when the NIV leaves out that vital phrase, they
are completely distorting the meaning of what the Lord was teaching which is
typical for the modern versions. The King James teaches that anger is proper but
only if it has a legitimate cause and the effect will be the rectifying of the
situation which caused the anger. Once again the King James leaves nothing to
guesswork and that is the way it should be.
(3) Doctrine of Prophecy – Matthew 15:8
(KJB)
This people draweth nigh unto
me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart
is far from me.
(NIV)
“‘These people
honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,
and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
(Isaiah 29:13)
The Lord takes a quote
directly out of Isaiah 29:13 but if you notice the NIV omits the part where the
people draws nigh unto Him with their lips. In Isaiah’s time, God was indicting
Israel that they were keeping all the rituals of the law but their heart was far
from the Lord. In other words, they were doing the works of the law but in their
unbelief they were as far from God as a person can get. Now Jesus indicts the
Scribes and Pharisees that they are doing the same thing. They work out all the
rituals of the law, and by the time the Lord came on the scene they had added
much more to the law of God, but their hearts were far from the Lord. In fact He
stated that their worship was in vain (useless) because they were teaching the
doctrines of men for the doctrines from the Scriptures. The phrase that is left
out of the passage is important to us today for there are many who stand in
churches every Sunday and are vain in their worship. That phrase is a warning to
us that we may draw close to the Lord with our mouths because of ritual but it
is more important that we draw close to the Lord because of being saved. Those
who are truly saved worship in Spirit and not ritual and we all need a cudgel to
make sure we do not worship the Lord in ritualistic ways. Once again the King
James Bible makes sure we examine ourselves so that we can be sure if we are in
the faith.
(4) Doctrine
of Christ – Matthew 11:29
(KJB) Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
(NIV)
Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for
your souls.
This
exposé concerns a single word switch which has a dramatic effect upon the
meaning of this verse. In the four translations below, you will see the same
rendering as we have in the King James Bible. The Wycliffe Bible which was
printed in 1384 predates the King James Bible by 227 years. The Revised Version
of 1881 and the American Standard Version of 1901 use the phrase “learn of me”
instead of “learn from me.” For 631 years of English language translations, the
true Scriptures read “learn of me.”
1384
Wycliffe - Take ye my yok on you, and lerne ye of me, for Y am mylde and meke in
herte; and ye schulen fynde reste to youre soulis.
Tyndale Bible 1526 - Take my yoke on you and lerne of me for I am meke and lowly
in herte: and ye shall fynd rest vnto youre soules.
Matthews Bible 1537 - Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; that I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
1881
RV - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
1901
ASV - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
The
Greek word in question is “ap” which may be translated “from” or “of.” So then
what is the problem if the word can be legitimately translated “from?” If you
notice that in the Bibles leading up to and including the King James Bible plus
the false versions of the RV, ASV, and 1881 Revised Version are telling us that
we are to learn “of” the Lord Jesus. The modern versions, probably from the RSV
on, are telling us to learn “from” the Lord Jesus.
The
problem is that you can learn from anyone including atheists, religious
unbelievers, questionable radio and TV preachers, etc. In today’s society there
is a plethora of people with opinions ready to disseminate them. However, when
we hear those opinions and set out to “learn of them,” we will uncover facts
about them which will cause us to separate ourselves from them. If someone
listens to the late Robert Schuller or late Norman Vincent Peale, their message
may have sounded good but when we investigate them further, we would find that
they were mostly psychology and New Age based which are both antithetical to
true Christianity. Hence, the difference about learning “from” and learning
“of.”
Now
enter the Lord Jesus Christ. When we look at the four Gospels we read much
teachings and acts of compassion on His part. However, when we investigate Him
or learn of Him, we find that He is God, He is our Savior, He is our Redeemer,
He is our Friend, He is the Great I Am of Sinai, The Son of God, The Way, The
Truth, The Life, The Narrow Way, the Head of the Church, etc. This is what the
modern theologian fears that Christians will study the Lord Jesus and find that
He is the only way to Heaven. Many modern theologians believe there is more than
one way to Heaven, especially by adding works to Grace. So if one learns “from”
the Lord Jesus Christ, then they will emulate the good works that He did. Good
works are at the source of salvation plans for many different denominations and
world religions. Pure Grace is hated by the modernist for they feel they must
add something to ensure their salvation but the problem is that many believe
that they have no assurance of salvation, even with their own works included.
This
word switch is a very subtle way of bringing the Lord Jesus down from Deity to
the human position of just a teacher, where the New Age places Him. Even the
unbelievers and the New Age crowd give credence to the good works and teachings
of Jesus. It is when we study Jesus and find that He is God, then the road
splits and the Gnostics, New Agers, and unbelievers reject Him. This is why this
word change is important to unbelievers because good works are part of the
equation of a man-based salvation plan while pure Grace is of the Heavenly based
salvation plan. A very big difference! Those of us who are saved can learn from
Jesus but not without knowing “of Jesus.”
And I will give them an heart to know me,
that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for
they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jeremiah
24:7)
But let him that glorieth glory in this,
that he understandeth and knoweth me,
that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
(Jeremiah 9:24)
Notice
these two verses from Jeremiah are stating that the Lord is going to give a
heart to His people that they may “know Him.” Notice it does not say that they
will know about Him or from Him, but that we will know Him. That lines up
perfectly with the believer learning “of Him” rather than learning “from Him.”
Notice Jeremiah 9:24, it states that we will know that He IS the LORD. What a
big difference one word makes and how it changes the whole complexion of the
verse.
(5) Doctrine
of Scripture – Mark 1:2-3
(KJB) As it is
written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
thee. {3} The voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
(NIV)
as it is written in
Isaiah the prophet: “I will
send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”
The words in the Greek for “the prophets” have been changed to “Isaiah the
prophet.” The verse in question is not a quotation from a single prophet but is
a quotation from two prophets. This is why the King James uses the plural “the
prophets.” It is a combined quotation from Malachi in verse 2 and Isaiah in
verse 3.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and
the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of
the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of
hosts. (Malachi 3:1)
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3)
[Malachi]
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee. {3} [Isaiah] The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight. (Mark 1:2-3)
Isn’t it amazing that none of those who translated the NIV knew the difference
between a quote from Malachi and a quote from Isaiah? This is just another
subtle deception found in the NIV. The interesting thing is that they never
correct any of these errors, instead they just perpetuate them and then in the
prefaces of the modern versions they proclaim how inaccurate the King James
Bible is. In the opening statement of the preface in the seventh paragraph in
the Revised Standard Version, it states this, “Yet the King James Version has
grave defects.” The RSV is one of those that claim the Mark 1:2 quote is from
Isaiah. Sounds to me like the RSV is the one that has the grave defects. Once
again the King James Bible shows its superiority by giving the proper
translation to Mark 1:2.
(6) Doctrine
of God – The Kingdom - Mark 1:14
(KJB)
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom of
God,
(NIV)
After John was put in prison,
Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
(Mark 1:15) Verse 14 removes a very important phrase, “of the kingdom.” In Mark
1:15, the verse teaches that the Kingdom of God is at hand, in other words, it
had come, not in the future, but now. The Lord Jesus Christ was the entrance to
the Kingdom of God and that was a major teaching point of John the Baptist. It
is the teaching of the Kingdom of God which sets Christianity apart from the
world’s religions. If verse 14 is left as is in the modern versions, then it
opens the door for the belief that false religions can speak truth about God. In
every religion in the world, the name “God” is used throughout. It is the name
of Jesus that is anathema to world religions. The Hindu believes that they can
teach about God. The Buddhist believes they can teach about God. The Roman
Catholic believes they can teach about God. The New Ager believes they can teach
about God, of course, in the New Age, man is considered divine and called God.
Judaism believes they can teach about God.
Many world religions think they can teach about God but the reality is that not
one of them know God because one comes to know God only through the Lord Jesus
Christ and world religions reject Him and even attempt to reject His divinity
thus bringing him down to a human level. The Kingdom of God is totally
associated with Christ and those in Christ, who have become saved through Him,
are in the Kingdom of God. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Romans 14:17)
The Kingdom of God is not of the
physical realm but is only for those who have the Holy Spirit and those are the
saved ones whom the Holy Spirit indwells eternally in salvation. The NIV leaves
the door open for false religions to claim God but the reality is that only
those who are in Christ are in the Kingdom of God.
(7) Doctrine of Christ – Miracle of Healing - Mark 1:31
(KJB) And he
came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and
immediately the fever left
her, and she ministered unto them.
(NIV) So he went to her,
took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on
them.
This verse not only teaches that Jesus healed the sick when He was here on earth
but a verse like this has a parallel meaning. When the Lord Jesus Christ healed
the sick, it typified what happened when He saves a person.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead
to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1
Peter 2:24)
Both of these verses state that we are healed by his stripes, that is, we are
healed from the sickness of sin. These verses in no way teach that we are healed
from physical sickness, although if it is according to God’s will, He does heal,
and He even heals the unbelievers. If these verses taught that physical healing
is part of the atonement, then why do churches have cemeteries? The charismatic
churches teach healing as part of the atonement and if that is true, then why do
most of the charismatic preachers wear glasses and their churches have
cemeteries? They should be able to heal their eyes so they will not need glasses
and heal their people so they will not die. Of course their next comment is that
people are sick and die because they do not have enough faith.
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and
Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer;
thy sins be forgiven thee. (Matthew 9:2)
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be
forgiven thee. (Mark 2:5)
Matthew 9:2 speaks about some friends who bought a man who had the palsy for
Jesus to heal him. Mark 2:5 speaks about four friends who disassembled a roof to
let down their friend so Jesus would heal him. Both of these verses have a
common thread running through them. In both instances, Jesus did not speak of
the faith of the one who was sick but He responded to the faith of the people
who brought them to Him. So it was not the faith of the sick people but of their
friends that moved Jesus to heal them. Maybe there isn’t enough faith in these
charismatic congregations to heal their own sick and that is why they need
glasses and cemeteries.
I threw that in for free, so let us go back to Mark 1:31. The key word omitted
in this verse is “immediate” and that is important. When Jesus healed Peter’s
mother-in-law, she was healed immediately. There was no process or time lapse
between Jesus lifting her and her healing. This gives us an important lesson
concerning salvation. The moment a person becomes saved, they are totally saved
with the indwelling Holy Spirit. Salvation is immediate just as the healing of
Peter’s mother-in-law. This is why when the word “immediate” is omitted, anyone
can claim there is a time lapse between a person being called and being saved.
Instantly our sins are forgiven and we are then in the Kingdom of God, and like
Peter’s mother-in-law, we can begin serving the Lord Jesus Christ. We need not
wait many years to start serving because “immediately” we become saved and then
we can start working in the Kingdom. How nice the King James maintains the
parallel picture of a person’s salvation.
(8) Doctrine of Christ - Sufferings – Luke 22:64
(KJB) And when they had
blindfolded him, they struck him on
the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
(NIV) They blindfolded him
and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”
In
Luke 22:64, we have another attack upon the Lord Jesus Christ. This time they
have attacked and removed the part where the Lord Jesus Christ began to suffer
at the hands of the people. We are told here that they had blindfolded Him and
struck Him on the face. According to Matthew 26:67-68, after the rulers of the
Jews had examined Jesus, they began to spit on Him, hit Him with their fists,
and struck Him on the face. All of this was even before He was delivered unto
Pilate. To remove the section of Scripture in Luke where we read that Jesus was
being struck on the face, is to remove part of the suffering He underwent for
the sins of His people. Probably this portion of Scripture was removed in the
second century by a man named Marcion who was a heretic and had a copy of the
book of Luke which he mutilated until it fit the pattern of the Arian and
Gnostic beliefs. Once again we are seeing that the NIV is a descendant of the
Arian and Gnostic views. Unfortunately, the NIV editors heartily agree with
these antichrists of the second century as they have continued to include their
ungodly attacks. Luke 22:64 is a fulfillment of two Old Testament Prophecies, so
not only are they attacking the sufferings of Christ, they are also attacking
the verity of Scripture.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair:
I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6)
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against
us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. (Micah 5:1)
How
can anyone, who uses an NIV, actually think they are using a “Holy Bible” since
it has been engineered to fit world belief systems outside of Christianity?
(9)
Doctrine of Christ – Galatians 6:15
(KJB)
For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
(NIV)
Neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
By removing “in Christ Jesus” they are removing the only way a person can become
a new creature. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
The same Greek word “ktisis” is used
in both Galatians 6:15 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 which means “creature or
creation.” The Gnostics would have deleted this phrase simply because their idea
of salvation is to increase in knowledge of God. So their persistent attacks on
the Lord Jesus show here that they disbelieved that the Lord Jesus Christ is the
only way one can become a new creature.
In Galatians 6:15, by removing “in Christ Jesus” the verse really makes no
sense. The NIV speaks of a new creation in this verse but does not tell you how
to be a new creation by being in Christ Jesus. By removing that pivotal phrase,
a person may try to become a new creature through Yoga, Eastern Meditation,
Ritualistic Religion, Cult involvement, or many other ways. Many years ago John
Denver sang a song called “Rocky Mountain High” where he speaks of a man going
to the Rocky Mountains and the phrase was “might say he’s born again.” People
are trying to become new creatures in a thousand different ways but God only has
one way for a person to become a new creature and that is being in Christ Jesus.
This deletion is an attack upon the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. Once again
modern theologians and publishers agree with their second century Gnostic
counterparts. You know, it is interesting that these theologians keep telling us
that we have much more manuscripts available to us today than the King James
Translators had and yet it seems we have a smaller Bible with every new
translation. More manuscripts - less Bible, go figure!
(10) Doctrine of God - Salvation – Ephesians 4:6
(KJB) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
you all.
(NIV)
one God and Father of all, who is
over all and through all and in all.
Before we look at the seriousness of this one word omission and what it
proclaims, let us look at the following 100% comparison of three versions which
hold complete agreement with the Roman Catholic Bible, the NAB. The next time
someone tries to claim that the modern versions do not agree with the Roman
Catholic Bible, show them this word for word agreement found in the ESV, NASV,
and the 1901 ASV.
(NAB) --------
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
(ESV) --------
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
(NASV) ------ one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in
all.
(1901 ASV) --one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in
all.
Pantheism and Hinduism teaches that God is in everything. By omitting the word
“you” in Ephesians 4:6, the modern versions are teaching that God is in
everything and everyone which gives credence to the New Age tenet that God is in
everyone therefore everyone is God. Many years ago in a movie, Shirley MacLaine
claimed that she was God. What Paul is focusing on in this verse is that God
dwells only in the true believers and not everyone in the entire world. The word
“you” is a qualifying word telling us whom God truly indwells. When left out, as
in the NIV, it augments New Age Teaching and that is why New Agers have no
problems with the modern versions since they were translated out of manuscripts
by two of their own, Hort and Westcott, who were necromancers and occultists.
God is the God of all people but He is not the Father of all people. Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it. (John 8:44) Unbelievers, of whom the majority
of people are, do not have God as their Father but Satan. Therefore, God is not
the Father of the unbelievers, only the believers.
First of all, this verse also teaches Pantheism and Hinduism by stating that God
is in all. Secondly, it also claims that God is the Father of all people in the
world but we saw John 8:44 quash that belief very quickly. Thirdly, the second
sentence in this verse has extreme New Age connotation as we read that
everything you are and think is permeated with “Oneness.” Probably the most
noticeable teaching of the New Age Movement is that a person can become one with
the godhead and become god themselves. The New Age adherents are looking for
“The Coming One” which is their avatar or “The Christ” which is so prevalent in
their teaching. “The Christ” that they are looking for is not the Lord Jesus
Christ but an ascended master from the seventh plane which is going to come back
and put all of humanity on the right path, according to their beliefs. According
to New Age teachings, the Lord Jesus Christ is an ascended master who is equal
with Buddha and Confucius and others.
The more new versions which come out the more they are leading toward New Age
and one world beliefs. Look at the word Universal>> uNIVersal
Coincidence? There is no such thing as a chance coincidence.
The New King James Version uses the term “Coming One” and has a satanic Mobius
on its cover which should send caution into the minds of every true Christian
who has one. It also seems that with every new version which appears, it shows
the King James Bible to be the great stabilizer of Christian beliefs and
stability is a core tenet of the true Christian faith. Why? God does not change
and neither should we!
(11) Doctrine
of Salvation and Prophecy – Luke 4:18
(KJB)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised,
(NIV)
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good
news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set
the oppressed free,
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to
preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound;
(Isaiah 61:1) Luke 4:18 is a
quote of Isaiah 61:1. The Lord Jesus Christ was in the Synagogue on the Sabbath
day and He was handed the scroll of Isaiah. He read Isaiah 61 which was the
description of His own ministry. In Isaiah 61:1 the phrase “bind up the
brokenhearted” carries with it the meaning of “to wrap firmly or gird about
those who are destroyed or broken.” It carries with it the idea that the Messiah
will bring salvation to those who are downtrodden. That can be applied to every
human being in this world as depression runs high and people can put on a happy
exterior but inside they may be crushed. In Luke 4:18 carries the same meaning
that Christ is going to heal or make whole those who are broken or shattered in
heart. He is not speaking of a physical sickness but a depressed spirit can lead
to physical sickness instead what is in view here is the healing of salvation.
Christ makes us whole through salvation. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a
worse thing come unto thee. {15} The man departed, and told the Jews that it was
Jesus, which had made him whole. {16} And therefore did the Jews persecute
Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath
day. (John 5:14-16) This is the whole essence of what is in view in
Isaiah 61:1-3 and Luke 4:18. Why this section was omitted in the modern versions
is a mystery. Apparently the Gnostic mutilators did not think that Christ could
heal the brokenhearted through salvation. They did not think of Him as deity, so
any way they could put a doubt on His ministry they would. He was the complete
fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1.
(12) Doctrine
of Christ – Healing - Luke 6:10
(KJB)
And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch
forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole
as the other.
(NIV)
He looked around at them
all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
He did so, and his hand was completely restored.
This verse shows Jesus as the Creator and Healer. The verse tells us that the
hand was restored as whole as the other one. The NIV leaves off the last phrase
that his arm was now made whole “as the other” which shows Jesus restoring the
arms as not only healing the man but as the Creator who creates the human body.
Jesus designed our arms and here he restores the man’s arms as a whole pair.
Omitting the last part does not give information concerning the fact that the
arms were now healed and equal. A surgeon can restore an arm but that does not
mean it is as good as if it was never injured. By omitting that important part,
Jesus is denied the glory as our Creator. There is no reason as to why that
phrase has been omitted in the NIV. It just another attack on the Lord Jesus
Christ. Remember it was the heretic Gnostic Marcion (circa 85-160 A.D) that
butchered the Gospel of Luke and I would not doubt for a minute that this was
his handiwork.
(13) Doctrine
of Christian Living – Romans 8:1
(KJB) There is therefore now
no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit.
(NIV)
Therefore, there is now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
The
Jehovah’s Witnesses version and the Roman Catholic version have absolute
agreement with five major versions used in the Protestant Church, and by most
Christians. This portion of Scripture is missing in both Vaticanus and
Sinaiticus. In the footnotes of the United Bible Societies fourth revised
edition, the names of Marcion and Origen appear as those who are the ones
responsible for removing the above part of this verse. Both of them were
heretics and Gnostics. It is interesting to note that a fifth century (maybe
earlier in date) manuscript entitled Alexandrinus (A) contains the removed
portion, yet the modern scholars of today have chosen to leave it omitted since
it does not appear in the two crowning manuscripts of modern scholarship.
The Roman
Catholic institution would love nothing more than to leave out that portion
because if a person is walking according to the Spirit, it means they are saved
and indwelled by the Holy Spirit. If a person is walking after the flesh, it
means they are unsaved but it also means they are able to be brought under the
bondage of works gospels, such as Roman Catholicism, who keep their adherents
fastened to a system of rituals and works. A person who is in the flesh, will
continue to work for their salvation according to the dictates of their church
or institution. They may work for it, but will never attain it.
That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(Romans 8:4) The fulfillment of God’s
righteous law comes by being indwelled with the Holy Spirit through salvation.
Christ fulfilled the requirements of God’s Holy Law for all His people. So those
who are walking in the Spirit through salvation have also, in Christ, fulfilled
the demands of God’s Holy Law. To remove that part of Scripture gives a person,
who is involved with false gospels a false assurance that just because they are
doing religious works, they are in Christ Jesus. This is one of the grave
dangers of tampering with the Word of God because those who use these versions
do not have the entire Word which means they are being deceived by a corrupted
version. God gave every word in the Bible for a purpose and for someone to
remove anything is to endanger the eternal souls of people.
By
removing that part of verse one, it conveys to those working for salvation that
they are not under condemnation. Every person who is not born again is under the
wrath of God. No human being can work themselves out from under the wrath of
God.
He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God. (John 3:18)
He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son
shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36)
The next
time you get a letter from some Bible society or ministry asking for money to
help send Bibles abroad, find out what manuscripts or what version they are
using, before you send money. Why would any Christian want to help foster
corruption and deception upon unknowing Christians in other lands? We have a
responsibility to other Christians, whether we see them face to face or never
see them till eternity.
(14) Doctrine
of Salvation – Body of Believers - Romans 8:28
(KJB)
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
(NIV) And
we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Here is a
case where the NIV editors ignored a very important word in this verse. It is
only one small word yet when omitted it changes the meaning of the entire
passage. It is the Greek word
“tois” which is translated “to the.” It is a definite article in the dative
case. The dative case is the case of “for whom the action is being done for.”
The King James rightly translates it as “the” because it is showing for whom all
things work together. The verse states that the condition is that those who love
God and who are the ones who love God? They are the true believers and they are
the specific group in view being known as “the called.”
In Matthew 22:14, Jesus states that, “For
many are called, but few are chosen.” This verse states that the Gospel call
goes out to the world and within that call are those who are chosen to be saved.
So this is a generic call to the world and only those who respond are those who
are qualified to respond. So by the NIV omitting “the” it is basically stating
that all things work together for good to those who love God and they would
include the unbelievers in that. This is erroneous as “the called” is referring
only to the body of believers. Based on John 15:18, I seriously doubt that God
is going to work things out for the unbeliever, seeing that they hate Him.
If the world hate you, ye know that it
hated me before it hated you. (John
15:18)
(15) Doctrine
of the Bodily Resurrection – Romans 14:9
(KJB)
For to this end Christ both died,
and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and
living.
(NIV)
For this very reason, Christ died
and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the
living.
This is one of the most subtle yet blatant attacks on the bodily resurrection of
Christ. The King James Bible specifically states that Christ “both died and
rose.” This tells us in no uncertain terms that Christ rose physically from the
dead. By omitting “and rose” it can give credence to the long held belief that
Christ did not rise physically from the grave but rose spiritually. The
Discovery Channel aired a program trying to convince the world that the earthly
tomb of Jesus was discovered and that He did not bodily rise from the dead. This
would add weight to the belief that he only rose spiritually. There are many
cults which believe this. The great hope of the Christian is that if we die
physically before the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will experience the
resurrection of our bodies unto eternal life. When the NIV omits the fact that
Jesus bodily rose from the dead, they are also removing the great hope of every
Christian. Sure, in this verse, the NIV says He “returned to life” but they
neglect to say that He lived again by His bodily resurrection from the dead. The
KJB states “he revived” which means basically the same thing as “returned to
life” but the omission of “and rose” the NIV neglects to state how he revived.
It can be easily interpreted that He lived again spiritually instead of
in His fleshly body.
(16) Doctrine of the Gospel of Christ – Romans 15:29
(KJB)
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of
the blessing of the gospel of
Christ.
(NIV) I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the
blessing of Christ.
This verse conveys a very important truth. The blessings from Christ comes
through the true Gospel and not just indiscriminately. By the NIV omitting this
great fact, false preachers can claim they have the blessing of Christ on their
ministries just because they have a big church. A Catholic Priest may think he
has the blessing of Christ on him because he has a big parish or because he has
many converts. When we compare the false religions who think they have the
blessing of Christ on them to the Scriptures, we find they have the curse of
Christ upon them. The true blessings of God comes through the true Gospel and it
is a travesty that the NIV omits this fact. It is really an amazing fact to me
that many men in media ministry are big proponents of the NIV.
They claim to know so much Gospel, yet accept the horrible butchering of
the Bible. It is obvious that all these “geniuses” really do not know the Bible.
Jesus had it so right when He said: At that time Jesus answered and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these
things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
(Matthew 11:25) We can be so thankful that God has preserved His Word in the
King James Bible and has not left us at the mercy of the “intellectual elite.”
(17) Doctrine of the Gospel – Preaching - 1 Corinthians 1:21
(KJB) For after that in the
wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching to
save them that believe.
(NIV)
For since in the wisdom of God the
world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the
foolishness of what was preached
to save those who believe.
Here is one of those verses which have words added to them in the English which
should not be there. The King James Bible teaches us that it is through the
proclamation of the Gospel how God saves a person.
So then faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God. (Romans 10:17)
The NIV calls the message of the
Gospel foolishness. The wording no way implies that the message which is
preached is foolish but the method whereby a person is saved will seem like
foolishness. The world thinks they can do works to please God and make it to
Heaven but the foolish aspect is that God saves through the proclaiming of His
Word and to the world that would seem foolish.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
(Romans 1:16) The Gospel is the power
of God unto salvation and therefore the message would not be considered
foolishness only the method of delivery because it completely excludes any kind
of works. Once again the NIV completely destroys the biblical message in this
verse while making an attack on the Gospel by labeling it as “foolishness.”
(18) Doctrine of Christ – 1 Corinthians 5:4
(KJB)
In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
(NIV)
So when you are assembled and I am
with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
This verse has
been severely mutilated in the NIV.
First they leave out an important principle for the believer by omitting the
first part of this verse “In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
True believers gather in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name,
he may give it you. (John 15:16)
Both times the name “Christ” is removed from the text.
The name “christos” in the Greek is written both times in the verse in
the Textus Receptus.
For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
(Matthew 18:20) The
believer also has the promise that if we are gathered in his name, he is
present, no matter how large or small the gathering.
(19) Doctrine of Grace – Galatians 3:17
(KJB)
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God
in Christ, the law,
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should
make the promise of none effect.
(NIV) What
I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the
covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
This is
one of the most subtle yet serious deletions in the New Testament. Galatians
3:17 is teaching us plainly that the covenant of Grace that God made with
Abraham, before the law was given, would never be affected by the Law. God had
already named those whom He was going to save before the foundation of the
world. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of
the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. (Revelation 17:8)
Therefore
Grace would never be annulled by the Law. Here is the subtle omission. The NIV
leaves out the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was through Him that Grace
came. This also gives us insight into the salvation of the Old Testament Saints.
Many Christians get tripped up thinking that the Old Testament Saints were saved
in a different manner than those on the New Testament side of the cross. God
saves only through Grace and that Grace came through the Lord Jesus Christ. The
Bible teaches us that the Lord Jesus Christ was slain in principle from before
the foundations of the world. This means that everyone who was saved from the
Old Testament and New Testament eras, were saved only through the grace of God
which came through the Lord Jesus Christ. And all that dwell upon the earth
shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world. (Revelation 13:8)
Revelation
13:8 teaches us plainly that Christ was crucified, in principle, before the
foundation of the world. According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love: (Ephesians 1:4) Ephesians 1:4
confirms the fact that all God’s believers were chosen, in Christ, before the
foundation of the world. It is a shame that the NIV omits the name of Jesus
Christ as God’s only channel of grace for the true believer. By mutilating this
verse, the translators and editors of the NIV show they have no understanding of
God’s salvation program and are only out to make money.
(20) Doctrine of the Covenants –
Galatians 4:24
(KJB)
Which things are an allegory: for these are
the two covenants; the one
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
(NIV)
These things are being taken
figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount
Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
Here is a case of one small word changing the entire understanding of this verse
and the section in view. Remember when we looked at Romans 8:28 where one word
changed the entire meaning of the verse.
It is the same in this verse.
God made only two covenants, the one from Sinai which was the first and
the covenant of Grace which was the second and final one. The word “the” is a
definite article which means that this verse is pointing to the fact that God
had made only two covenants. This is important because some years ago, I heard
Harold Camping on the radio claiming that God was dissatisfied with the second
covenant and therefore made a third covenant. This is impossible since the final
covenant of grace was to cover all the saved and a third covenant was
unnecessary. This would also be blasphemous because the second covenant was
instituted by Christ via His sacrifice upon Calvary. God was pleased with that
sacrifice, raised Him from the dead and now every believer is covered by the
grace of God. This verse in the NIV leaves room for a third covenant because
there is no definite article emphasizing the fact that God made only two
covenants. The NIV leaves the door open for all kind of spurious additions and
interpretations and we wonder why the church is in such disarray.
(21) NIV Endorses Bodily Mutilation – Galatians 5:12
(KJB)
I would they were even cut off
which trouble you.
(NIV)
As for those agitators, I wish
they would go the whole way and
emasculate themselves!
This verse has to be one of the most sloppiest yet
typical translations in the NIV. Many of the modern versions are advocating
castration and mutilation. The CEV advocates the cutting off of the male organ.
God strictly forbids mutilation of the human body in any form.
Ye are
the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any
baldness between your eyes for the dead. (Deuteronomy 14:1)
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the
dead, nor print any marks upon you: I
am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:28)
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,
and said, Cry aloud: for he is
a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey,
or peradventure he sleepeth,
and must be awaked. {28} And
they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets,
till the blood gushed out upon them. (1 Kings 18:27-28)
Since the Gnostics believed in castration and mutilation
of the body, it is not surprising that this teaching has been maintained by the
modern translators and their bootleg versions. We can read in 1 Kings 18 when
Elijah challenged the false prophets on Mt. Carmel, that one of the responses
the false prophets did to call upon their god was to cut themselves till the
blood gushed out. The word “gushed” carries with it the meaning of “pouring out
like a libation.” Nowhere in the pages of Scripture (real Scripture that is) do
we find God advocating the mutilation of the human body. We were made in the
image of God and are not to mar that image by any type of pagan slashing of the
body.
Let us look at the Greek word behind “even cut off” to see if the modern
translators are misunderstanding the meaning. It is the word “apokopto” which
carries with it the meaning of “cut off or cut loose.” Now Classical Greek in
the fourth to the fifth century BC added another meaning to this word and that
is “to castrate or make a eunuch of.” In the Koine Greek, the style in which our
New Testament is written, the word maintained the definition of “castrate” from
Classical Greek. Now the question remains, would God the Holy Spirit, violate
the Scriptures He penned in the Old Testament by advocating bloodletting from
the body? Also would Paul, a trained Jew in the Hebrew Scriptures, write
something which would violate the Scriptures? The answer, of course, to both
these questions is no.
(22) Doctrine of Christ - Galatians 6:15
(KJB)
For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
(NIV)
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new
creation.
By removing “in Christ Jesus” they are removing the only way a person can become
a new creature. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians
5:17)
The same Greek word “ktisis” is
used in both Galatians 6:15 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 which means “creature or
creation.” The Gnostics would have deleted this phrase simply because their idea
of salvation is to increase in knowledge of God. So their persistent attacks on
the Lord Jesus show here that they disbelieved that the Lord Jesus Christ is the
only way one can become a new creature.
In Galatians 6:15, by removing “in Christ Jesus” the verse really makes no
sense. The NIV speaks of a new creation in this verse but does not tell you how
to be a new creation by being in Christ Jesus. By removing that pivotal phrase,
a person may try to become a new creation through Yoga, Eastern Meditation,
Ritualistic Religion, Cult involvement, or many other ways. Many years ago John
Denver sang a song called “Rocky Mountain High” where he speaks of a man going
to the Rocky Mountains and the phrase was “might say he’s born again.” People
are trying to become new creations in a thousand different ways but God only has
one way for a person to become a new creature and that is being in Christ Jesus.
This deletion is an attack upon the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. Once again
modern theologians and publishers agree with their second century Gnostic
counterparts. You know, it is interesting that these theologians keep telling us
that we have much more manuscripts available to us today than the King James
Translators had and yet it seems we have a smaller Bible with every new
translation. More manuscripts = less Bible, go figure!
(23) Doctrine of Christ - Ephesians 3:14
(KJB) For this cause I bow my
knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
(NIV)
For this reason I kneel before the Father,
The omission of the last part of that verse removes the relationship between God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God. When that verse is
shortened after the word “Father” it could be made to mean any father. In the
Roman Catholic system the term “Pope” means “papa.” Throughout the ages
adherents to the Roman Catholic system have bowed before the Pope. The shortened
version of Ephesians 3:14 would give credence to that action. The word “father”
could also be made to say the father of any religion or system. It could also
imply the universal fatherhood of God. This verse specifically states that God
is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It also removes the specificity of who the Lord Jesus Christ belongs to. Notice
it says “of our Lord Jesus Christ” which means that He is not the Universal
Savior of everyone but is the Savior of the Elect of God only. The Gnostics
would have chopped up this verse because they did not believe that the Lord
Jesus Christ came from Heaven as God’s begotten Son. So naturally they would
want to remove anything which taught this truth. In the four Gospels, the Lord
Jesus uses the term “my father” 47 times plus 3 times in the book of Revelation.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again. (John 10:17)
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father:
but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and
your Father; and to my God, and
your God. (John 20:17)
Ephesians 3:14 also speaks of whom the Apostle Paul prays to. By bowing the knee
he is speaking of praying to God the Father and also deference before God the
Father. A person could supplant that meaning and claim that we are to pray to
the father of the saints or the father of some religion as many do in the East,
such as Buddha or Confucius. There is also much ancestor worship which goes on
today and the patriarch of the family may be worshipped. This is why the ending
of that verse is so important because it makes specific what otherwise would be
nebulous.
This verse is mutilated in P46 (circa 200 A.D.), Aleph (Sinaiticus), B
(Vaticanus), C fifth century, P ninth century. So we can see that this
corruption dates back to the second century when the Texts were mutilated to fit
the Gnostic heresy of the Alexandrian school in Egypt.
Something to think about here. When we see all these omissions, how does
it affect us? Do we take it in stride or do we cringe at the realization that
Christians are being lied to. To those who feel the omissions and deletions are
acceptable, let me ask you a question. If you had to go to the hospital for an
operation, such as a gall bladder operation. Would you feel confident if the
Surgeon and Anesthesiologist both used textbooks in school which had as many
omissions and deletions as your NIV has? Well, if you won’t trust your temporary
physical body to a surgeon who studied from inferior textbooks, why would you
trust your eternal soul to an inferior version with many omissions and
deletions?
(24) Doctrine of the Body of Christ – Ephesians 5:30
(KJB)
For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his bones.
(NIV)
for
we are members of his body.
Now the Bible is teaching us that those who are in Christ are members of His
body. This we understand, but of his flesh and bones? When the Lord Jesus Christ
rose from the dead, He came out of the grave bodily, not a spirit. Some teach
that Christ only rose in Spirit. If that is the case, then His grave would be
with us today, and believe me the enemies of Christ would have definitely handed
down the location of His grave to every generation, but they can’t, because
wherever it was, it is now empty.
When Eve was formed from Adam’s rib, the Scripture teaches: And Adam said,
This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man. (Genesis 2:23) God took Eve from
the rib of Adam and when the church was formed, the side of the Lord Jesus was
punctured by the soldier with the spear and out came water and blood. The church
was formed the same way Eve was. We are one flesh with Christ as we are married
to him, just as Eve was one flesh with Adam when they were married. It is the
principle that we have seen in this chapter. There is such an intimacy between
Christ and the church, that it is symbolized as us being a member of his
physical body. Remember in John 6, when the Lord Jesus Christ was speaking of
eating His flesh and drinking His blood? This was also symbolic of being such an
intimate part of the Lord Jesus. The church as the wife of Christ, are enjoined
as one, which is symbolized by the marriage relationship.
When the NIV removes the portion of the verse concerning the flesh and bones,
they remove the intimacy between the believer and the Lord Jesus Christ. By
ending the verse with “body” it can be made to sound like the believer is just
part of a large body. That large body can be a large body of believers of which
the true believer is a part, but the portion about flesh and bones explains and
enhances the first portion of the verse and teaches us that we are as close to
the Lord Jesus Christ as the flesh and bones of His body. Once again the King
James Bible gives us a very thorough teaching whereas the NIV makes it a
nebulous one.
(25) Doctrine of the Final Judgment – Colossians 3:6
(KJB) For
which things' sake the wrath of God cometh
on the children of disobedience:
(NIV) Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
This omission in the NIV attempts to hide the fact that the wrath of God will
come upon the unbelievers which are described in this verse as “children of
disobedience.” If I was a Bible mutilator I would definitely not want a verse
like this kept in its entirety. This verse teaches that every unbeliever will
come under the wrath of God. This verse and the previous one is a warning to
Christians to forsake the sins of the flesh because it is these sins that cause
the wrath of God to come upon the unbelievers. Once again the NIV omits needed
truth but the King James Bible does not leave us wondering.
(26) Doctrine of God and Christ – 1 Thessalonians 1:1
(KJB) Paul, and Silvanus, and
Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and
in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace,
from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
(NIV) Paul, Silas and
Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace and peace to you.
By omitting this part of the verse the NIV leaves out the fact that grace and
peace are sourced out of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and
peace do not come by words of a prophet or Bible teacher but they come by the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. By omitting this part of the verse, it looks like
Paul is giving his personal greeting when that greeting is coming from God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Once again the NIV brings the word of God down
to man’s words. Once again the King James Bible gives us the truth in a very
serious teaching. The greeting in verse one is much more than a greeting because
it contains biblical truth concerning Grace, which is the only way a person
becomes saved.
(27) Doctrine of Christian Living – 1 Timothy 6:5
(KJB)
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth,
supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself.
(NIV)
and constant friction between
people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that
godliness is a means to financial gain.
This verse ends a three verse warning to the believer concerning the unbeliever
and their false teachings. Not only are we warned to be on guard for false
teachings and teachers, but we must heed the warning in verse 5 commanding us to
withdraw or leave such a person. The word for “withdraw” in this verse is
“aphistaso” which is in the Imperative Mood. This means it is a command for us
to leave and depart from those who teach false teachings, it is not a
suggestion. Listening to false teachers is actually a sin for the believer since
God commands us to depart from those who hold not to the true doctrine of the
Bible. These false teachers have an
agenda to draw you away from the truth.
God even commands the believer to withdraw from other believers who are walking
disorderly and not according to the Scriptures. The word for “withdraw” in this
verse carries with it the meaning of “shunning.” We are to actually shun the
disobedient believer. Normally
disobedience begins with adapting to false doctrine.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after
the tradition which he received of us. (2 Thessalonians 3:6)
Now why does God want us to withdraw and shun false teachings?
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Corinthians 15:33)
God reminds us that if we allow any evil teachings or teachers into our lives,
we will become corrupted. You also cannot allow evil or corrupt teachings to
linger in any church or they will begin to chip away at the true teachings. The
word “manners” carries with it the meaning of “habits.” Once false teachings
begin to pervade a church, the acting out of habits in concert with those false
teachings begin to happen, and any false teaching will cause people to walk
differently from the biblical norm. You cannot associate yourself with bad
teachings and expect to walk a solid Christian walk. We see this today as many
Christians are carried away by false teachings which sound good.
This is why God gave the command in 1 Timothy 6:5 for believers to disassociate
themselves from false teachings and teachers. No wonder the false teachers love
the NIV, the phrase to withdraw ourselves from them has been deleted. When we
look at 1 Timothy 6:5, we can see that the TV hucksters of today, especially
those of the Charismatic movement, view wealth and health as a blessing from
God. This verse warns us that those who think gain is godliness are severely
deceived. If this world goes on for another 100 years, who do you think will be
remembered the poor widow who gave her 2 mites or the ugly $1000 tailored suits
of some of the media preachers? Believe me, gain does not represent godliness or
else 99.9% of the Christians in the world, even the suffering Christians, would
be considered ungodly, and this is nowhere taught in Scripture. Let us stay with
the King James Bible and let the dead bury their dead!
(28) Doctrine of Christian Service – Office of Bishop - 1 Timothy 3:3
(KJB) Not given
to wine, no striker, not greedy of
filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(NIV)
not
given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of
money.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
(1 Timothy 3:2)
Here is the verse which precedes 3:3.
It speaks about a man desiring to be a Bishop which is normally the Chief
Elder of the local congregation. A
Bishop is not one who is in charge of many churches as we know today but each
congregation had a Bishop or Chief Elder.
He was the ruling elder in the congregation and the Pastor was subject to
his leadership. If the Pastor did
not teach want was biblically correct, the Bishop could fire him.
In today’s churches the Pastor has unconditional rule and that is not how
a church is to be run according to the Bible.
The Bishops must not be men who are greedy of dishonest gain. If they see evil
people prospering, they must never be envious and desire to make money or any
type of gain by any other manner than legally. They must not pursue anything
dishonest. “Filthy lucre” is a phrase which means not only money but also a gain
in goods by means of evil methods. The Roman Catholic church would not want that
phrase in their bibles because they were heavily engaged in the acquisition of
property around the world. As we see many preachers in the Charismatic movement
today who take the donations of their people and use it on themselves to build
their empires. Many TV preachers, both charismatic and non-charismatic are
living on exorbitant incomes from their ministries. So many people use
“religion” to become rich and that is “filthy lucre.” It has a much wider
meaning than just lover of money.
(29) Doctrine of Christ and the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit – Luke 9:55-56
(KJB)
{55} But he turned, and rebuked them,
and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
{56} For the Son of man is not
come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another
village.
(NIV) {55}
But
Jesus turned and rebuked them.
{56}Then he and his disciples went to another village.
These
are two of the most destroyed verses in the New Testament of the modern
versions. Between the two verses, in the Greek 20 words have been omitted making
28 less words in the English. Let us look at the context of these verses.
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he
stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, {52} And sent messengers before his
face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready
for him. {53} And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he
would go to Jerusalem. {54} And when his disciples James and John saw this, they
said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume
them, even as Elias did? {55} But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know
not what manner of spirit ye are of. {56} For the Son of man is not come to
destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. (Luke
9:51-56)
Looking at the context of these verses and we will see that the deletion of
those 28 words are an important part which gives us understanding of two vital
biblical truths. The nature of the Holy Spirit and the mission of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Jesus had sent some messengers before him as He was ready to go to
Jerusalem but since the Samaritans were not accepted by the Jews, the Samaritans
did not accept Jesus so the disciples, in hopeful retribution, had remembered
what Elijah did to the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel and to the two companies
of men who were messengers of the King of Samaria, whom Elijah destroyed by
bringing fire down from Heaven on them (2 Kings 1).
1).
They wanted to repeat that action by calling fire down from Heaven to destroy
these Samaritans. As usual the Disciples did not understand what was happening.
They were looking at vengeance on the Samaritans but Jesus had corrected their
attitude for three major reasons.
1) All
sin will be judged at the last day and not now. Let both grow together until
the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the
wheat into my barn. (Matthew 13:30)
2) The
Holy Spirit was not a vengeful spirit. He was going to guide them into a new way
of thinking. No longer would they think vengeance, instead they were to think
mercy, truth, and love. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever
he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
(John 16:13) This is why the Lord was emphasizing the fact that they did not
know what Spirit they were of. Satan is the destroyer, the Holy Spirit is the
life giver.
3) The
mission of the Lord Jesus was to save the souls of His Elect. And she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21) Some of those
Elect were probably among the Samaritans and Jesus did not come to destroy them,
but to save them. The Disciples did not understand this yet. They had to be made
aware that their primary responsibility was to be witnesses for the Lord Jesus
Christ and not to return evil for evil.
The
NIV holds a consistency in its attacks on the Lord Jesus. Matthew 18:11 is
omitted in the NIV:
For
the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. (Matthew 18:11)
In
this verse we see the mission of the Lord Jesus. If you notice, the teaching is
parallel to that of Luke 9:56, of which, that part is omitted from the text.
Gnosticism attacked the idea of Christ being God in the flesh and the idea of
Him being the Savior, so it follows that they would destroy whatever teachings
there were concerning the salvation mission of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a
shame that the editors and writers of the NIV agree wholeheartedly with the
Gnostics. A major principle emerges here. In Genesis 1 we see a principle of
creation. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and
it was so. {25} And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:24-25) When we look at these
verses, we see that like begets like. Cattle do not bring forth baby monkeys,
and vice versa. That principle is important when we look at Bible versions. True
Christians brought forth true bible versions. Unbelievers brought forth false
versions. This means that those who bring forth these corrupted versions are
unsaved people. Why would a true Christian choose to deceive another true
Christian, unless the one deceiving is a Christian in name only.
There
were two manuscript lines. The bottom line, is that both cannot be correct.
Luke 9:55-56 are mutilated in the Sinaiticus manuscript and the Alexandrinus
manuscript. The first part of verse 56 is also missing in the Vaticanus
manuscript. All the other manuscripts which contain the Gospel of Luke include
these verses in its entirety. It is found in the Old Latin Vulgate (c. 150 AD)
and the Peschito (c. 150 AD) plus the Armenian Coptic, Georgian, Slavonic, and
Ethiopic versions plus many church fathers such as Tertullian. The Eastern
Church reads this portion of Scripture after the day of Pentecost. Westcott and
Hort relegated these two verses to their pile of “rejected readings.” Westcott
and Hort were two closet Catholics but Hort came out as early as 1847 in hatred
of the Textus Receptus and his adoration of Mary. Today, Protestant scholars
laud these two men as great Christians. It is obvious that they do not know of
what spirit they were of! As true Christians we must choose this day whom we
will serve, either the dedicated Roman Catholic deceivers who continue to give
us these false versions like the NIV or the true Christians who literally bathed
the lineage of the King James Bible in blood to keep the words of God for
subsequent generations. I guess there must be some reason that the Vatican hates
the King James Bible but has no opposition to the NIV. Think about it!
(30) Doctrine of God and Eschatology – Revelation 21:4
(KJB) And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away.
(NIV) He will wipe every tear
from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for
the old order of things has passed away.”
Here is another example of the NIV changing a noun to a pronoun. God always
writes in specifics and that is why “God” has placed His name here. The problem
with replacing a noun with a pronoun is that the verse then goes from specific
to ambiguous. In fact, the name “theos” in the Greek is in the nominative case
which means God is the subject of the sentence. When you take His name out and
replace it, then the subject of the sentence is removed. God is going to be the
one who will completely wipe away all tears and when you remove Him, you remove
the source of the believer’s joy. This is an attack on God the Father and it is
good we have the King James Bible to bring us the truth.
(31) Doctrine of God & The Final Judgment – Revelation 20:9
(KJB) And they went up on the
breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
beloved city: and fire came down from
God out of heaven, and devoured them.
(NIV) They marched across
the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he
loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
This verse teaches us that Satan will make one last great sweep of the earth in
an attempt to deceive all the nations with his false religions and false
gospels. His main point of attack will be the body of Christ where he will
attempt to separate the believer from the Lord Jesus Christ through false
teachings. The camp of the Saints and the beloved city are one and the same as
both describe the body of believers. The camp is where the body of believers
dwell on earth but they are part of the beloved city, the New Jerusalem which is
the body of believers. Then comes the end for Satan. God himself then sends fire
down from heaven and devours Satan and all his cohorts. The word for “devoured”
in the Greek carries with it the meaning of “destroy or consume.”
For our God is a consuming fire.
(Hebrews 12:29)
It is the end for Satan and all of his
evil. The NIV removes the fact that this judgment is coming from God Himself and
not someone else. By removing the source of the judgment, the NIV removes the
fact that God is personally vindicating His children and protecting them from
Satan. The verse as read in the NIV is an attack on the Doctrines of God and the
Final Judgment.
(32) Doctrine of Imputation – Revelation 19:8
(KJB)
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
(NIV)
Fine linen, bright and clean, was
given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the
righteous acts of God’s holy
people.)
The Greek text is the same but the English wording has
created a wrong picture in the NIV. The word “dikaioma” may be translated as
“righteous or equitable deed, commandment, and the act of justification brought
about in and for the sinner” but must be translated according to the context.
Now all the modern versions translated this word as “righteous act or deed.”
What must be understood is how the word is to be translated in Revelation 19:8:
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
(Revelation 19:8)
Revelation 19:8 speaks of fine linen, which is clean and
white and this linen is the righteousness of the Saints. Isaiah 61:10 gives us a
good understanding of what that fine linen is.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be
joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath
covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorneth herself with
her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10)
In Isaiah 61:10, we read that God has covered us in the
robe of righteousness which is the garment of salvation. Now you will notice
what is missing and that is any type of works which the believer does to gain
salvation. The believer is totally passive in this verse because it is God doing
all the action. The body of believers is referred to as the “bride of Christ”
and we are seeing this clearly in this verse. The fine linen in Revelation 19:8,
is not referring to any works the believer does simply because it is speaking of
the imputed righteousness of Christ to His children. No work can ever gain the
righteousness needed to become saved. There is a passage in Revelation which
speaks of the works of the believers, not those working for salvation.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from
their labours; and their works do follow them. (Revelation 14:13)
If you notice in this verse, the works which are spoken
of are those of the believers on earth and there is no mention of any of those
works causing a Christian to be righteous. The works we do on earth are those
that the Lord has commanded us to do. So
likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you,
say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
(Luke 17:10) The key to understanding
Revelation 19:8 is found in Romans 5:16-18:
And not as it
was by one that sinned, so is
the gift: for the judgment was
by one to condemnation, but the free gift
is of many offences unto
justification. {17} For if by
one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
{18} Therefore as by the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one the
free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. (Romans 5:16-18)
If you will notice that the term “righteousness” is used
two times and that is the same word in the Greek that is found in Revelation
19:8. You will notice in verse 17, that the gift of righteousness comes by Jesus
Christ and not by any type of works that we do. It states that righteousness
came by “one” and that one is the Lord Jesus Christ apart from any works.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for any type of works to be equated with
the righteousness of Christ.
Righteousness is not something that is earned but
something that is bestowed upon the believer upon the moment of their salvation.
The Roman Catholic Church and many apostate Protestant churches teach that works
are a necessary part of a person’s salvation. However, we cannot find one verse
in Scripture which teaches that works are needed for salvation, all we find is
that works are a result of salvation. People may think they are working for
salvation but the true Bible teaches the opposite. This creates a fearful
situation in telling people that their righteousness is based upon their works.
This is fallacious as stated in Isaiah 64:6:
But we are all as an unclean
thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy
rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have
taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
Yet the Bible is replete with the proclamation of the
righteousness of the true believer.
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let
thy saints shout for joy. The believers are a nation of Priests and would be
clothed with the righteousness of God causing joy in the believers. (Psalm
132:9)
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in
it, they should deliver but
their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 14:14)
When the Lord was speaking about the coming destruction
of Judah, He makes a statement that if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the land,
then they would be delivered by their own righteousness. How could that be? It
is because they have the imputed righteousness of Christ and that is how the
saved are delivered among an evil generation.
So the word in Revelation 19:8 should not have “acts or deeds” added on because
it contradicts the entire Bible by making people believe that their works can
gain enough righteousness to get them into Heaven. Those works can never equate
to the righteousness that the Lord Jesus Christ bestows upon a true believer.
Once again the NIV gives us a teaching which has eternal consequences for those
who follow them. The King James gives us the true teaching. Revelation 19:8 in
the NIV is probably one of the most subtle change the translators have ever
made.
(33) Doctrine of Heaven – Revelation 16:17
(KJB) And the seventh angel
poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple
of heaven, from the throne,
saying, It is done.
(NIV) The
seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a
loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
Once again we see an attack on the place of Heaven. The Gnostics did not believe
in such a place so they removed the location of this temple. By removing, “of
heaven” they are removing the fact that this judgment is coming from God who is
in Heaven. Without “of heaven” this could refer to any temple that one wishes to
make, whether in heaven or on earth. Is it the temple of Diana?
The temple of Dionysus? The temple of Zeus?
It could be any temple when specific wording is reduced to nebulous
wording. This is a matter of
removing prophetic doctrine from the Scriptures. And the temple of God was
opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and
there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great
hail. (Revelation 11:19)
(34) Doctrine of Christ and Eschatology – Revelation 14:15
(KJB) And another angel
came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come
for thee to reap; for the
harvest of the earth is ripe.
(NIV)
Then another angel came out of the
temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take
your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the
earth is ripe.”
And I looked, and behold a
white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his
head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. (Revelation 14:14)
In Revelation 14:14, we are seeing that the Lord
Jesus Christ is the one who is sitting on a cloud and in his hand is the sharp
sickle. This sets up the scene for the next verse.
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with
a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for
the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
(Revelation 14:15)
Here an angel now approaches the Lord Jesus Christ
and conveys to Him to put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe. “Thrust” is in
the Imperative Mood making it a command or instruction. Since no angel ever has
any authority over the Lord Jesus Christ, this angel is no doubt bringing the
command from God the Father and he is just relaying it.
Now there is going to come a time right at the end
when the last one whom the Father named will be brought to the Lord Jesus Christ
and then comes the harvest of the earth. Now this harvest does not only include
the Elect of God, the unbelievers will also be harvested from the earth and will
stand before the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: {32} And before him shall be
gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats:
(Matthew 25:31-32)
So here we have the sickle being cast
into the harvest and all things in the fields will be harvested.
The field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of
the wicked one; {39} The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the
end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
(Matthew
13:38-39) Matthew 13:38-39 teach us what
the field is and what the harvest is so there can be no guesswork.
By the NIV omitting the phrase “for thee” it takes
out the specific person who will be doing the reaping of the earth. That person
is the Lord Jesus Christ who will be doing the reaping. Revelation 12-14 is the
third parallel vision which culminates in the reaping of the world, which is the
end of the world.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: {17} Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
(35) Doctrine of the Bible - Numbers in Scripture – 1 Samuel 6:19
(KJB) And
he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the
LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten
men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people
with a great slaughter.
(NIV)
But God struck down some of
the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they
looked into the ark of the Lord.
The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had
dealt them.
The text states “shivim ish
chamishim eleph ish” which translates literally “seventy men fifty thousand
men.” The NIV reduces the
severity of looking into the Ark by omitting the fact that in addition to the
seventy which perished, another fifty thousand perished.
Remember how God struck Uzzah when he steadied the Ark?
Remember when the Philistines took the Ark and placed it next to Dagon?
Dagon kept falling to the floor.
The Ark was a very holy symbol and was not to be touched by anyone.
Here God shows the severe penalty for men attempting to violate His
holiness. So the 50,000 number is
definitely in the text but is omitted in the NIV.
When we look further into this verse we find corroborating evidence in the King
James Bible itself. The NIV
proponents tell us that the town of Beth-shemesh was not big enough to validate
the 50,070 number. Well, let us
once again show how the King James Bible is its own interpreter.
Check out the following verses:
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs,
and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (Joshua
21:16)
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her
suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:59)
In both these verses, we see that Beth-shemesh was not a
singular city but had suburbs which made them part of the city itself.
There are many cities around the world which have a business district and
many suburbs making them part of the city itself.
So it would definitely not be out of the question that Beth-shemesh would
have been set up the same way, a business district and outlying communities.
Take New York City for example.
The borough of Manhattan is where the main business district is, as you
can easily see by the amount of skyscrapers.
There are also four outlying boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and
Staten Island. When you combine all
5 of them you have a population of 10 million.
(36) Doctrine
of the Bible - Improperly Translated Words – Hosea 10:1
(KJB)
Israel is an empty
vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his
fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they
have made goodly images.
(NIV)
Israel was a
spreading vine; he brought
forth fruit for himself. As his
fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his
sacred stones.
This is one of those verses which is reversed in meaning in the NIV. In the King
James Bible and the 1611 King James Bible, the word “empty” is properly
translated. The word for “empty” in the Hebrew is “baqaq” which means “to empty
or lay waste.” The word in no way can be translated “Spreading.” God was chiding
Israel for their idolatry and this verse is no way a positive reassuring verse
that God is favoring what they are doing. The word “baqaq” is translated
elsewhere in the following manner:
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh
it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof. (Isaiah 24:1)
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this
place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by
the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. (Jeremiah
19:7)
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of
Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and
marred their vine branches. (Nahum 2:2)
These verses contain the word “baqaq” exactly as it is used in Hosea 10:1. So we
see that this word is never used in a positive light concerning the prophecies
about Judah and Israel. The NIV reverses the meaning of a verse by using the
wrong English words or we are seeing inept translators at work. I think it is
quite sad that the modern translators tend to believe they have more insight
than the KJB translators had. I
think we are seeing just the opposite.
(37) Doctrine of God – Matthew 6:13
(KJB)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
(NIV)
And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
In the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Jesus Christ is exalting His heavenly Father by
stating that His is the Kingdom, which is the Kingdom of God plus God is the
rightful owner of the entire universe. Then the Lord states that He has the
power. The very power which created the universe and the earth. Then the Lord
Jesus states by reason of God being God, He is entitled to all the glory and all
the praise for all eternity. For it is the hand of God which created us and
saved us, so we give Him all the glory. It is unfortunate that the NIV removes
this section of Scripture because it is a fitting end to the prayer by our Lord.
This is another vicious attack on the person of God the Father. Instead of the
NIV bringing glory to Him, they omit Him. Woe unto them on Judgment Day!
(38) Doctrine of Forgiveness –
Matthew 6:15
(KJB)
But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
(NIV)
But if you do not forgive others
their sins, your Father will
not forgive your sins.
The word
“trespasses” in the Greek is the word “paraptoma” which carries with it the
meaning of “misdeeds, trespasses, or offences.” It does not carry a meaning of
“sins.” That is because we cannot forgive sins, only the Lord Jesus Christ can
forgive sins. That concept would play right into the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church where they believe the priests can absolve a person from their
sins. The right teachings is that those who commit trespasses against us or
misdeeds is what we forgive. If they are children of God, then their sins are
already forgiven. One of the characteristics of the unsaved is an unforgiving
spirit. If they are hurt in some manner, the world’s way is to exact revenge
upon the other person and get even. That type of spirit shows that a person has
not become truly saved and in essence, God has not forgiven their sins. If they
never become saved, then the Father has not forgiven their trespasses and they
will die unsaved. A true believer always exhibits a spirit of forgiveness. We
have been forgiven much and therefore we forgive others who trespass against us,
whether they are saved or unsaved. Even the 1828 Webster Dictionary does not
equate trespasses with sins. Another blunder by the NIV translators.
(39)
Doctrine of God – The Kingdom - Matthew 6:33
(KJB)
But seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
(NIV)
But seek first
his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
When seeking the Kingdom, the NIV leaves it up to you as to what kingdom to
seek. The King James Bible makes it clear that we are to seek the Kingdom of
God. In today’s confused society, there are many false religions, like New Age,
who would have you seek the universe or seek some ascended master in some
mythical kingdom like Shangri La. For salvation we must seek the Kingdom of God
and there is no other kingdom to seek. There are only two kingdoms on this
earth, the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. If you are not seeking the
Kingdom of God, then you are seeking the kingdom of Satan. Once again the King
James Bible points us to the correct teaching.
(40) The Doctrine of Christ – His Deity – Matthew 8:29
(KJB)
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God? art
thou come hither to torment us before the time?
(NIV)
“What do you want with us, Son of
God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed
time?”
Here is another attack on the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. His name “Jesus”
has been omitted from the three basic corrupted manuscripts, Sinaiticus,
Vaticanus, and C04 but no reason is given for this omission. In fact, there is
nothing mentioned as to why his name was omitted. This omission attempts to
detach the Lord Jesus Christ from His divine title as “Son of God.” This verse
is one of 102 verses in the New Testament in which the NIV omits some part of
His divine title. The demons knew exactly who He was since they were up in
Heaven with Him before the rebellion of Satan and their expulsion from Heaven.
This is why they specifically mentioned Him by name and they also knew that they
were heading for eternal judgment and that is why they questioned Him on that
subject.
(41)
Doctrine of Christ – Teaching His Disciples - Matthew 13:51
(KJB)
Jesus saith unto them,
Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord.
(NIV)
“Have
you understood all these things?” Jesus
asked. “Yes,” they replied.
Here is a verse which has been subjected to both sides of the Gnostic hatchet.
In the first part of the verse Jesus is asking the question to His disciples if
they understood the parables which He just taught them. Their response was “Yes
Lord.” If you notice the NIV omits “Jesus said unto them.” This identifies Jesus
as the one asking the question. Then they omit “Lord” which is His title of
deity by which His disciples are addressing Him. The Gnostics did not believe
that Christ was the Lord from Heaven so they have deleted His divine title in
this verse. “Jesus saith unto them”
identifies the fact that Jesus is the “Lord.”
Once again the King James Bible gives us the complete picture and leaves
nothing to speculation and that is how the Word of God should be, not chopped up
according to unbelievers.
(42)
Doctrine of the Bible – Matthew 15:8
(KJB) This
people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far
from me.
(NIV)
“‘These people
honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,
and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
(Isaiah 29:13)
The Lord takes a quote directly
out of Isaiah 29:13 but if you notice the NIV omits the part where the people
draws nigh unto Him with their mouth. In Isaiah’s time, God was indicting Israel
that they were keeping all the rituals of the law but their heart was far from
the Lord. In other words, they were doing the works of the law but in their
unbelief they were as far from God as a person can get. Now Jesus indicts the
Scribes and Pharisees that they are doing the same thing. They work out all the
rituals of the law, and by the time the Lord came on the scene they had added
much more to the law of God, but their hearts were far from the Lord. In fact He
stated that their worship was in vain (useless) because they were teaching the
doctrines of men for the doctrines from the Scriptures. The phrase that is left
out of the passage is important to us today for there are many who stand in
churches every Sunday and are vain in their worship. That phrase is a warning to
us that we may draw close to the Lord with our mouths because of ritual but it
is more important that we draw close to the Lord because of being saved. Those
who are truly saved worship in Spirit and not ritual and we all need a cudgel to
make sure we do not worship the Lord in ritualistic ways. Once again the King
James Bible makes sure we examine ourselves so that we can be sure if we are in
the faith.
(43) Doctrine of God – Matthew 19:17
(KJB) And he said unto him,
Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one,
that is, God: but if thou
wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
(NIV)
“Why
do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus
replied. “There
is only One who is good. If
you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
By the NIV removing the reference to God in this verse, they are removing a
vital part. The rich young ruler came to the Lord Jesus Christ and asked Him how
he could inherit eternal life. In his approach to the Lord Jesus, he calls Him
“Good Master.” Then the Lord Jesus gives him a very puzzling answer, “Why
callest thou me good?” Now we know that the Lord Jesus Christ is good but why
this answer to this man? The reason is that the man was looking at Jesus as a
man and not the Savior. The Bible tells us that there is not one good man upon
earth.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there
is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Romans 3:12)
The Lord Jesus was diverting his attention from man to God. In other words,
because this man was looking at Jesus as a man rather than God in the flesh,
Jesus wanted to teach him that there is no good man on earth and only God is
good. The reason for this is that this understanding will stem the desire for
preacher worship. This is something the modern translators love. They love to be
seen of men with all their Ph.D.’s but when the phrase “that is, God” is left
intact, it then teaches the believer that man is not to be trusted, especially
those who have the innate arrogance to change the word of God without
conscience.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. {9} It is
better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. (Psalm 118:8-9)
So when the NIV leaves God out of this verse, they completely ruin and shroud
the meaning of this verse. By replacing God with “One” it can allow a person to
place anyone in that category such as dead saints of Rome or new age avatars.
Once again the King James shows its superiority by removing all doubt as to who
we are to focus our spiritual eyes on.
(44) Doctrine of Christ – Son of God - Acts 13:33
(KJB) God hath
fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus
again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee.
(NIV) he
has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in
the second Psalm:
“‘You are my son;
today I have become your father.’
This corruption
is also in the following counterfeit versions, “this day have I begotten thee”
is changed to “today I have become your father” in the CEB, CEV, GNB, HCSB, NCV,
NET, NIRV, NLV, NLT, VOICE
One of the main arguments from those who favor the modern versions is that no
doctrines are affected. Well they have not looked at Acts 13:33. Since when did
Jesus only become the Son of God at His resurrection. But when the fulness of
the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
(Galatians 4:4) Notice that Galatians 4:4 states that God “sent forth His
Son” which means Jesus was already the Son of God. God had fulfilled the promise
to their present generation because they were the ones who lived to see the seed
of Abraham and the fulfillment of the promise physically walk on earth. It was
their generation that saw Jesus die and be raised from the dead. Paul then
reaches into Psalm 2 and brings up the following verse. I will declare the
decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten
thee. (Psalm 2:7) This does not mean that Christ became the Son of
God upon the resurrection, because He is the eternal Son of God, but it carries
with it the meaning that because He conquered death, it confirmed His deity and
who He stated that He was. God is giving testimony that Jesus is exactly who He
stated He was, even though the world hates and rejects Him, His true testimony
comes from the Father. And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
(Romans 1:4) If Jesus would have remained dead, then His testimony would
have been proven false and the Pharisees correct but we all know that is not
what happened. So when you hear
cults claim that Jesus became the Christ during his earthly life you will know
it is false. Christian Science is
one cult that teaches that Jesus became Christ on earth but the King James Bible
teaches us that he was already the Son before he came to earth.
(45) Doctrine of Christian Living – Service – Acts 15:34
(KJB)
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to
abide there still.
(NIV) Omitted
There is no reason as to why this verse was omitted. Hort and Westcott had
omitted it from their version but they retained the verse in the margin, which
is the same as a total omission. Theoretically the omission is dated back to the
fourth century. Silas chose to stay in Antioch and he became a companion with
Paul as they had ventured into Philippi. When the narrative progresses into
Chapter 16, we find that it was Paul and Silas who were the two principal
prisoners in the Philippian jail when the earthquake happened at midnight while
they sang songs of praise. This lead to the conversion of the Philippian Jailer.
Obviously this was a Divine appointment for Silas to stay behind in Antioch so
he could become Paul’s partner in ministry as they went to Philippi. It is still
a mystery as to why this verse was omitted in the corrupt manuscripts but then
again, that is why they are called corrupt manuscripts. Once again the King
James Bible gives us an ongoing flow of a very important event.
(46)
Doctrine of Salvation – Acts 22:16
(KJB) And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized,
and wash away thy sins, calling on the name
of the Lord.
(NIV)
And now what are you
waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall
be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the
LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. (Joel 2:32)
And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall
be saved. (Acts 2:21)
For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
(Romans 10:13)
Here we have three verses, one in the Old Testament and two in the New Testament
where we are specifically told that those who call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. Yet, in this verse we have seen how the NIV removes that vital
piece of information. The Lord is the only one who can give a person salvation.
Removal of “the name of the Lord” would play perfectly into Roman Catholic
belief. For their adherents call on the name of many dead saints. It is
important for all to know that there is no other name under Heaven for a person
to be saved. The pronoun “him” can be applied to anybody the reader wishes to
apply it to. This is why it is so vital to keep “the name of the Lord” in this
verse but with the various belief systems tied to the modern versions, it is not
surprising why they kept the Gnostic mutilation alive. The Lord has preserved
His Word in the King James Bible and given us the true rendering. Let us stay
with the King James Bible and we will never have to worry about Gnostic
mutilations of any verse. What a great legacy to hand down to our children.
(47) Doctrine of Marriage – Earthly - 1 Corinthians 7:39
(KJB) The wife is bound
by the law as long as her
husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to
whom she will; only in the Lord.
(NIV) A
woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she
is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
The NIV omits the fact that marriage is a covenant by removing the phrase “by
the law.” When we were unbelievers we were under the law but when we became
saved, we were freed from that law by the death of Christ who became our new
husband. Previously, we were married to the law but when Christ went to the
cross and died for His people, then we became dead to our first husband, the
law, because Christ fulfilled all the requirements of God’s holy law and we
became known as the Bride of Christ. Like the wife who is bound by the law to
her first husband and then when her husband dies she is free to marry in the
Lord, all are bound to the law of God but when one becomes saved they are freed
from the demands of the law because Christ already fulfilled it. So the first
marriage is a marriage of bondage to the law, but the second marriage is a
marriage of freedom in grace. Not only must we born again, we must also be
married again. Great truths are compromised because of one omitted phrase.
(48) Doctrine of Christ – Lordship – 1 Corinthians 15:47
(KJB) The first man is
of the earth, earthy: the second man is
the Lord from heaven.
(NIV)
The first man was of the dust of
the earth; the second man is of heaven.
There is no reason given as to why the words “the Lord” was removed from the
above manuscripts except the Gnostic refusal to recognize Christ as the Lord
from Heaven. By removing these words, they have removed the heavenly testimony
of the Lord Jesus Christ because these words specifically identify Him as the
second Adam which came from Heaven to redeem His Elect. The removal of these
words also attacks the deity of Christ because He is the Lord from Heaven. This
way they make the Lord Jesus just another man without any divine attributes.
(49)
Doctrine of Christian Living – Obedience – Galatians 3:1
(KJB) O foolish Galatians,
who hath bewitched you, that ye
should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been
evidently set forth, crucified among
you?
(NIV)
You foolish Galatians! Who has
bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as
crucified.
In the Galatian church, Paul had to chide the Christians because it seemed they
had been bewitched. The word “bewitched” in the Greek carries with it the
meaning of “to mislead by hypnotizing or fascinating.” These Galatians had the
gospel presented to them in such an intense manner, no doubt by the Apostle
Paul, that it was like Christ being crucified in their presence. These Galatians
were not obeying the truth of the Gospel of grace. Galatians brings forth the
great battle between law and grace. The Judaizers had attempted to teach that a
person must keep the law along with grace to effect salvation. No doubt the
false teachers were very eloquent and had placed the Galatian church in some
kind of stupor which caused them to drift from the truth of grace alone.
The Gnostics of the second century and the modern theologians are in agreement
that grace and works should be mixed to effect salvation. This is why they
omitted the part where the Galatians were not obeying the truth, the truth being
the gospel of grace alone. There are new movements occurring today that claim
you must have works added to grace to effect salvation. This is utter blasphemy
since no works that anyone can do can help in any way to effect salvation. They
are also teaching, by this method, that the sacrifice of Christ for His Elect
was insufficient to effect salvation alone. The idea that one needs works to
complete salvation is a completely false teaching and must be rejected.
Paul also chides them because their reception of the Gospel was so intense and
clear that it was like Christ was crucified among them. This is how clear the
Gospel of grace alone was given to them and they became corrupted with the
Judaizers who taught they must keep the law too. The reason why “among you” was
removed from the text is a mystery but it probably goes to the fact that the
Galatian Christians received the Gospel in a very intense manner and Paul was
driving home that fact. So in this verse we see an attack upon the Gospel of
Grace alone.
(50) Doctrine of Christ – Deity – Incarnation - 1 Timothy 3:16
(KJB) 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.
(NIV)
Beyond
all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:
He appeared in the flesh, was
vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy
3:16 is one of the clearest teachings on the incarnation of Christ and His
Deity. The Gnostics had removed “Theos” which is translated “God” and that is a
noun and changed it to “Hos” which is translated “He” which is a pronoun. This
is a glaring attack upon the Lord Jesus Christ by removing the fact that He was
and is God, and specifically as God being the Savior,
I
even I,
am the LORD; and beside me
there is no saviour.
(Isaiah 43:11)
If Christ,
as God, did not die upon that cross for His children, then we are still in our
sins. For no mere man can die for another and have their sins removed, for who
will remove the sins of the one sacrificing himself? Sinner cannot redeem
sinner!
Gnostic
teaching did not allow for any deity to dwell in sinful flesh, so they removed
the name of God and changed it to He, which can now make room to substitute
anyone else’s name. The problem here is that this attack is answered by another
verse of Scripture 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. (1 John 4:3)
Let us look at 1 John 4:3 in the NIV
and you will see a pattern emerge. “but
every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit
of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the
world.” (NIV - 1 John 4:3) What is missing from that verse? The part about
Jesus coming in the flesh! Do you see the underlying spirit of Satan which
permeates these modern versions? They remove “God” in 1 Timothy 3:16 and so no
one will question it, they remove the reference of Christ coming in the flesh in
1 John 4:3. It is a shame that so many churches and Christians are doing the
work of Satan by proliferating these evil books under the name of Christianity.
By
removing the name of God, in reference to the incarnation of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the authors of the modern Bibles are admitting their books are not from
God but from Antichrist, who is Satan himself. They are not confessing that
Jesus Christ came in the flesh, which makes these counterfeit versions, as
rooted in Satan and not in God.
Christians must begin to realize that these modern versions are not the Bible
and will not yield any fruit in the lives of any Christian or church which uses
them. In fact, if we use a version which is hostile to biblical truth, we are,
in essence, in rebellion against God, simply because we are accepting the false
teachings in the false versions and some Christians go so far as to defend these
Gnostic books, simply because they refuse to do any research into the versions
they use. They will research the stock market for investments, yet their
spiritual life seems very unimportant to them.
There is a footnote in the original 1881 Revised Version, which also appears
verbatim in the American Standard Version of 1901, which states that they claim
that “God” appearing in this verse “rests on no sufficient ancient evidence.”
This is probably one of the biggest lies attached to these versions. The truth
is that “God” is missing from only 4 of the manuscripts. Of course, the main one
that “God” is missing from is Aleph (Sinaiticus). The word “God” is found in
over 300 cursives (manuscripts written in script) and many lectionaries. “Theos”
in these lectionaries goes back as far as the first century with Ignatius who
died around 110 A.D. Lectionaries were used by the church for Bible lessons.
This means that “God” was in the original manuscripts but was removed by Satan’s
intellects in Alexandria and the horror of it is that the modern scholar agrees
wholeheartedly with Satan’s 2nd century intellects. If your Bible
reduces the Lord Jesus Christ to a mere man, then you do not have the Bible, you
have an inferior imposter.
Well Are you still going to continue using the NIV?