Welcome dear friends and thanks for stopping by. Bible versions are a huge issue these days. Many believe God's word is not preserved or inspired. Many seek to cast doubt on this most important promise of God. I've found that the best way to decide which is God's preserved word is to compare them side by side, word for word. The following is a tract by Terry Watkins. It gives examples of the differences between the King James Bible, and the New International Version. Before you go on, read this very important scripture:
Ps 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
This generation has a hunger for perversion. What was perversion just a few years ago, is now "normal". What was "hiding" in the closet is now "parading" in our streets.Perversion has found a welcome home-from the living room to the white house; from our churches-to even the word of God!
Our friend Webster, defines "pervert" as 1. to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true...2. to twist the meaning or sense of; misinterpret (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1977, p.856).
A perfect defintion of The New International Version (NIV):"to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true" and to twist the meaning or sense of".If you doubt that, before you start reading this tract-get the NIV and check it as you read this tract!
I TIMOTHY 3:16: The clearest verse in the Bible proclaiming that Jesus Christ was God. The King James Bible (KJB) reads,"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH..."The King James says, plainly,"GOD was manifest in the flesh".The NIV reads,"HE appeared in a body". The NIV "twists" "GOD" to "HE"."HE appeared in a body".? So What? Everyone has "appeared in a body"!"He" is a pronoun that refers to a noun or antecedent.There is no antecedent in the context! The statement does NOT make sense!The NIV subtily (see Genesis 3:1) perverts I Timothy 3:16 into utter nonsense!
PHILLIPIANS 2:6: The KJB again, clearly declares the diety of Jesus Christ: "who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD".The NIV reads, "Who, being in very nature God, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD something to be grasped". The NIV again stubily perverts the deity of Jesus Christ!
LUKE 2:33 The King James Bible reads, "And JOSEPH and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him."The NIV reads, "The CHILD'S FATHER and mother marveled at what was said about him." The "CHILD"S FATHER"? Was Jospeh Jesus's father? Not if you believe the virgin birth! Not if you believe John 3:16, that Jesus Christ was the Son of God! A subtil, "perversion" of the virgin birth. See also Luke 2:43.
COLOSSIANS 1:14: The KJB reads, "In whom we have redemption,THROUGH HIS BLOOD, even the forgiveness of sins." The NIV reads, "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." The NIV rips out the precious words "THROUGH HIS BLOOD"! Friend, redemption is ONLY "THROUGH HIS BLOOD". Hebrews 9:22, reads, "...without shedding of BLOOD is no remission." That old song says, "What can wash away my sins, NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS!"
JOHN 3:16: The NIV reads, "For God so loved the world that he gave his ONE AND ONLY SON, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" Jesus was NOT "the one and only son"-Adam is called the "son of God" in Luke 3:38; there are "sons of God" in Job 1:6 and Christians are called "sons of God" in Phil 2:15, I John 3:2-but Jesus was the "ONLY BEGOTTEN SON"! By removing the critical word "BEGOTTEN"-The NIV perverts John 3:16 into a LIE! The NIV does the same in John 1:14, 1:18, and 3:18.
The NIV perverts Mark 1:2,3 into a LIE! The NIV reads "it is written in Isaiah the prophet: I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way-a voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him."It is NOT written in Isaiah! "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way"- is found in Malachi 3:1! The King James correctly reads: "As it is written in the PROPHETS..." A better translation! Easier to read-BY A LIE!!!
Psalms 119:160 says, "Thy word is TRUE..." John 17:17 says, "...thy word is TRUTH." Titus 1:2 clearly says, "...God that CANNOT LIE." How could the God of Titus 1:2 be the God of Mark 1:2, 3 in the NIV!? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE! For Hebrews 6:18 clearly declaires, "it was IMPOSSIBLE for God to LIE". It is impossible for the LIES in the NIV to be the words of GOD! Who's words are they? I'll give you a hint-Jesus Christ calls him "A Liar, and the father of it" in John 8:44!
The NIV again openly LIES in 2 Samuel 21:19, "...Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weavers rod." What 8-year old doesn't know that David killed Goliath?
Romans 1:18-32 describes the "path to perversion" verse 25, tells their decline, "Who changed the TRUTH of God into a LIE..."! Not suprisingly, NIV perverts Rom 1:25 from "CHANGED the truth of God INTO a lie"to "EXCHANGED the truth of God FOR a lie"!
Romans 1, also shows the "fruits" of "sowing"- "the TRUTH of God into a LIE". Verses 26-27 says, "FOR THIS CAUSE (vs. 25 for "changing the TRUTH of God into a LIE") "God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly...."
The last few years homosexuality and sexual perversion have "exploded" into the mainstream. Legislation is now pending making same-sex mariages legal. Books such as Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roomate, promoting homosexuality, are in our schools. According the The Washington Post, bisexuality and homosexuality, ar the "in thing" in the public schools. And even churches are now welcoming homosexuals and are even ordaining them in the ministry!
A literary critic on the NIV translation was homosexual author Dr. Virginia Mollenkott. In Episcopal, Witness (june 1991, pp.20-23), she admits, "My lesbianism has ALWAYS been a part of me..." To no surprise, "sodomite" is completely removed from the NIV. (Deut 23:17, I Kings 14:24, 15:12, 22:46, II Kings 23:7) And in I Cor 8:9, "effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind" is replaced with the non-offensive "nor male prostitues, nor homosexual offenders" Notice the NIV in I Cor 8:9 does NOT condemn "homosexuals" or the "act of homosexuality"-but ONLY "homosexual OFFENDERS".
A little known fact: In 1988 Zondervan (who publishes the NIV) was purchased by Harper & Row, Publishers (now HarperCollins Publishers) HarperCollins publishes "pro-homosexual" books such as Making Out, The Book of Lesbian Sex and Sexuality described as "Beautifully illustrated with full-color photography,...Making Out is the complete illustrated guide to lesbian sexuality and relationships...the intricacies of love play..." and many other pro-homosexual books!
HarperCollins is a subsidiary of the global media empire, The News Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdock, The News Corporation empire include Fox Broadcasting, Twentieth Century Fox, and more than 128 newspapers. Fox Broadcasting produces some of the most sexually lewd shows on television. Murdock also publishes the British newspaper, the Sun, notorious for its nude pin-ups.
Now where is Don Wildmon when we really need him? Don was quick to boycott Kmart because susidiary Waldenbooks sold Playboy and Penthouse. Kmart can't "hold a candle" to the "filth" spewed by The News Corporation. Why isn't Don boycotting Zondervan and the NIV? Friend, every time you purchase the NIV you are giving to people who produce pro homosexuality, and pornographic material. "Cant two walk together, except they be AGREED?" Amos 3:3
Do you really believe God would ALLOW His HOLY word to be "published" by that group? "...for what fellowship hath RIGHTEOUSNESS with UNRIGHTEOUSNESS?" 2 Cor. 6:14
In Matthew 8:2, 9:18,18:26,20:20, Mark 5:6, 15:19 "worshipped him" is removed in the NIV! Why doesn't the NIV wan Jesus Christ to be worshipped?Hint: see Luke 4:7, Matt 4:9
Isaiah 14:14 reveals Satan's grandest desire, "I will be like the most High." And with a little subtil perversion-the NIV in Isaiah 14:12 grants Satan's wish!
ISAIAH 14:12: The KJB reads, "How art thou fallen from heave, O LUCIFER, son of the morning!..." The NIV PERversion reads, "How you have fallen from heaven, O MORNING STAR, son fo the dawn..." The NIV changes "Lucifer" into "Morning star". According to Revelation 22:15, the "morning star" is the Lord Jesus Christ! WHAT BLASPHEMY! WHAT PERVERSION! And Christians claim the NIV is a "better translation"!
ISAIAH 14:15: The King James Bible condemns Lucifer to hell: "Yet thou shalt be brought down to HELL..." The NIV does NOT condenmn Lucifer to HELL! The NIV reads, "But you are brought down to the GRAVE..." We all go to the GRAVE! Why doesn't the NIV want Satan in hell?
The word "hell" occurs 31 times in the Old Testament in the King James Bible. In the Old Testament of the NIV it occurs - ZERO! The word "hell" is NOT in the Old Testament of the NIV!
And what do they do with "hell"? Take PSALM 9:17 for example: The KJB reads, "The wicked shall be turned into HELL.." The NIV reads, "The wicked return to the GRAVE..." We ALL "return to the GRAVE"! By removing "hell" the NIV perverts Psalm 9:17 into nonsense!
In the New Testament the NIV zaps out "hell" 9 times. And what "clearer" "easier to understand" word does the NIV "update" hell with? Five times they use - HADES! (Matt 16:18, Rev 1:18, 6:8, 20:13,14) What "common person" understand HADES? Everybody knows what HELL is! Do you know what HADES is? Hades is not always a place of torment or terror. The Assyrian Hades is an abode of blessedness with silver skies called "Happy Fields". In the satanic New Age Movement, Hades is an intermediate state of purification! Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines HADES: "the underground abode of the dead in Greek MYTHOLOGY". The NIV perverts your Bible into MYTHOLOGY!
LUKE 11:2-4: The KJB reads, "...Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done , as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread, And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. The NIV removes everything that refers to a Holy God in heaven - "WHICH ART IN HEAVEN..Thy will be done, AS IN HEAVEN, so in earth..but DELIVER US FROM EVIL." Everything that distingueshes God from the Devil is REVMOVED! "OUR FATHER" of the NIV is "NOT IN HEAVEN" and "DOES NOT DELIVER FROM EVIL!" I wonder who it could be? (hint: see John 8:44),
Deuteronomy 4:2 reads: "YE SHALL NOT ADD unto the word which I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH ought from it..."
Proverbs 30:6, reads, "ADD THOU NOT unto his words."
And just in case you missed it, GOD'S LAST WARNING is Revelation 22:18,19, "...if any man SHALL ADD unto these things...And if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life..."
Jesus Christ, in Luke 8:12, gives a clear aim of Satan, "...then cometh the devil, and TAKETH AWAY the word..."
Wonderful and precious verses like:
MATTHEW 18:11: "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost".
ACTS 8:37: "And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
The NIV PERversion completely "TAKETH AWAY" Matthew 17:21, 18:11, 23:14; Mark 7:16,9:44, 9:46, 11:26, 15:28; Luke 17:36, 23:17, John 5:4, Acts 8:37, 15:34, 24:7, 28:28; Romans 16:24, and I John 5:7!
After Mark 16:8 the NIV says, "the most reliable early manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20." ZAP - There goes another 12 verses! And by the way, that is absolutely untrue! the book, The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel of Mark, by Dean Burgon contains over 400 pages of documented evidence for Mark 16:9-20, that has never been refuted, nor ever will!
After John 7:52 the NIV reads, "The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53-8:11." ZAP - There goes another 12 verses!
Matt 12:47, 21:44, Luke 22:43 and 22:44 are all removed in the footnotes!
Thats 45 complete verses the NIV removes from the text or in the footnotes!
Don't look for the "mercyseat" in the NIV - GONE!
Don't look for "JEHOVAH" in the NIV - GONE!
Don't lookf for the "Godhead" in the NIV - GONE!
The NIV removes wonderful Bible "terms" like remission, regeneration, impute, proptitation, new testament, and others!
Despite God's clear warnings about "taking away" from His words - the NIV removes 64,576 wors! Over 8 percent of God's word is "TAKETH AWAY"!
That equals REMOVING the books of Ruth, Esther, Ecclesisastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Malachi, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and more - COMBINED!!! The equvalence of ripping out OVER 30 BOOKS of the Bible!
In case you think it's significant words like 'thee' and 'thou'? Here's a small (very small) sampling of words removed in the NIV!
Matt 6:13, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen."
Matt 15:8, "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth"
Matt 19:9, "and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."
Matt 20:7, "and whatsover is right, that shall ye recieve."
Matt 20:22, "And he baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with"
Matt 25:13, "wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Matt 27:35, "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"
Mark 6:11, "Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city."
Mark 10:21, "take up the cross."
Luke 1:28, "blessed art thou among women"
Luke 4:4, "but by every word of God"
Luke 4:8, "get thee behind me Satan"
Luke 4:18, "he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted"
Luke 11:2-4, "Our...which art in...Thy will be done, as in heaven so in earth...but deliver us from evil"John 1:27, "is preferred before me"
John 3:13, "which is in heaven"
John 3:15, "should not perish"
John 11:41, "from the place where the dead was laid"
John 16:16, "because I go to the Father"
Acts 10:6,"he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do"
Acts 15:18, "Known unto God are all his works"
Acts 20:24, "But none of these things move me"
Acts 23:9, "let us not fight against God"
Rom. 8:1,""who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit"
Rom. 13:9, "Thou shalt not bear false witness"
1Cor. 6:20,"and in your spirit which are God's"
1Cor. 11:24,"Take eat...broken"
2Cor. 10:4, "but might through God"
Gal. 3:1, "that you should not obey the truth"
Eph. 5:30, "of his flesh, and of his bones"
Phil 3:16, "let us mind the same thing"
1Tim. 6:5, "from such withdraw thyself"
Heb 7:21, "after the order of Melchisedec"
1Pet 1:22, "through the Spirit"
1Pet 4:14, "on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified"
1John 4:3, "Christ is come in the flesh"
1John 5:13, "and that ye may believe on the Son of God"
Rev 1:11, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last"
Rev 5:14, "him that liveth for ever and ever"
Rev 14:5, "before the throne of God"
Rev 21:24, "of them which are saved"
Jesus Christ says, in Luke 4:4, "...It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD of God," Not according to the NIV! The NIV even removes the last half of luke 4:4 - "BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD"!And Jesus Christ was quoting Deuteronomy 8:3 to Satan! Dos the NIV PERversion seriously think the Lord Jesus Christ does NOT know Deut. 8:3???
LIE 1) The NIV "just" updates the "archaic" words and makes it "easier to understand". Nothing is "really changed".
FACT: The NIV denies the diety of Jesus Christ; the virgin birth; exalts Satan; openly lies; removes 17 complete verses and 64,576 words!
Lie 2) The NIV is easier to read and understand.
FACT: According to a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level research study, The King James Bible is by far the easiest! Out of 26 different categories - the King James graded easier in a whopping 23! In selected analysis, the KJB average grade level was 5.8 - the NIV was 8.4!(New Age bible Versions, Riplinger, pp. 195-209)
Lie 3) Older and more reliable manuscripts have been discovered since the King James Bible
FACT: Dr. Sam Gipp writes, "The fact is, that the King James translators had ALL OF THE READINGS available to them that modern critics have available to them today." (The Answer Book, Gipp, p.110) And furthermore, it is a well documented fact that 90-95 percent of all readings agree with the King James Bible!
Lie 4) The NIV is more accurate
FACT: The KJB is a literal word-for-word translation. When the translators added words for sentence structure, they are in italics. The NIV uses "dynamic equivalence". Rather than a word-for-word translation, they add, change, and subtract to make the verse say what they "think" it should! The Preface to the NIV even says, "...they have striven for more than a word-for-word translation..."
The New International PERVersion!
The words of the Lord are pure words:...Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalms 12:6,7
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