Whats your favorite translation?

[The Journey]

CWJ,

1. P66 exists.

Was it a forgery done somewhere around AD 100-150?

2. Which KJV do you use?

Is your revision better that the original?

3. How about before the KJV? Did God allow His Church to go without the Word of God?

4. Do you believe the English KJV corrects the Greek manuscripts.

I will stop here but you know there are many many questions.

- Steve

[ted]

Allow me to take a moment to apologize. I wanted to put a light spin on this one, but it seems that in doing so, this has turned into the same old debate. That was not my intention.

I use the KJV because I was led to it by God Himself. This was before I was Saved. I tried the other ones to a point, but something just seemed wrong and I returned to the KJV. This was all before Salvation or any other kind of teaching about God or Jesus.

For someone to question someone elses Salvation based on which version of God's Word he/she uses is childish and shows a lack of respect.

E4S, if you have accepted Christ as your Savior, then you are Saved, period. Don't let anyone tell you different, my brother.

My only concern with the newer versions is motive. Why are so many new versions being published recently?

I AM NOT SAYING THAT ANY OTHER VERSION BUT THE KJV IS OF THE DEVIL.

Are we really finding more and more scripture all the time? Is what we are finding scripture in the first place? Does God want other things in there?

I am afraid that the explosion of new versions is more profit driven than anything. Mankind is making a profit on just about everything now, and when something sells, you can bet that many will scamble to make different versions of the same thing.

Want some examples?;

Cola wars

Bottled water

fast food

cars

weapons

How many versions of the same thing can be produced? The sky is the limit when it comes to making money.

Just one more thought; why would a concerned publishing house print more than one version of the Bible if they believed that what they publish was the final authority of God's Word in the first place? How could Mr. publisher X say that he is convinced that version Y was the only Word of God and yet publish other versions if not his motivation being of profit? Many publishing houses are doing this and it is purely profit driven. Some publishers of the KJV are guilty of this same thing. When I notice that a company publishes more than one version, I question their motives.

The Bible is one of those things that inspires great passion on it's devotees, but , let us all keep the simple truth in sight. Jesus came and died for us on the cross.

That is God's Love for us in any language!

In His service,

t.

[endure4salvation]

E4S, if you have accepted Christ as your Savior, then you are Saved, period. Don't let anyone tell you different, my brother.

My only concern with the newer versions is motive. Why are so many new versions being published recently?

I AM NOT SAYING THAT ANY OTHER VERSION BUT THE KJV IS OF THE DEVIL.

He ted!

I just want to say that none of my posts in this thread have been directed towards you personally. I see why people are so adimant about the KJV of the Bible (evene if I kan't spel viry guud)--it just may be the best version out there.

However....when I come across a website like this, I cringe.

And Jack Chick is pretty extreme as well.

It is things like this that make me really sad. We are supposed to unite in the fullness of the truth, not divide over what tranlsation we read.

[The Journey]

Ted,

I think its an amazing blessing that we have so many Bible translations to choose from.

I wouldn't want just a KJV I really enjoy the NIV, NLT and my ESV.

There is no such thing as the "authoritative" version to judge the others by.

Each translation should be compared with the original Greek and Hebrew. Not some English translation.

We are not finding more and more Scripture. For example P66 simple gives us a very early translation of the Book of John and many of Paul's letters. They are not new Scriptures. The amazing thing is how God preserved the Scriptures even after they were copied thousands of times. The few scribal errors were minor additions seen in the late Byzantine manuscripts.

Bottom line....

There is not one authoitative translation. All versions (inlcuding the KJV) should be judged based on how well they translate the Greek and Hebrew into English. Thanks be to God that we live at a time where His Word is so readily available in many excellent translations.

- Steve

[Guest idolsmasher]

The only bible I read is "The Holy Bible." It says that right on the front.