Read the King James Bible only. The New-age Bible translations have perverted God's Holy Bible by omitting verses, deleting key words and phrases in order to diminish God's power, confuse Christians and redefine what sin is. See the link document for details. God bless you.
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The problem I have with the "King James is the only bible that should be read" crowd is that it is divisive.
The other problem is If you want to really know the text, it is imperative to learn ancient Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek... and... because a text out of context is a pretext... you must also learn and understand the ancient cultures of the old testament... in the different areas it all took place, understand the culture in the time of Christ and the early church after the resurrection (new testament), read the thousands of manuscripts yourself (papyri , uncials, minuscules , and lectionaries) and compile a full picture of what it all means and put it all together... in your own language. Luckily, there is a rich, documented history of this tedious work already being done with the ultimate goal of spreading the good news.
But for those who need more... The King James bible writers didn't have the number of manuscripts we have today. We have a better picture of the text now than the King James translators.
The most important manuscripts of the new testament are probably the uncial codices that date from around the fourth century. Notably, A, B, C, and Aleph being the most important. These were not available to the King James translators. The best Greek uncial manuscript available in 1611 was D, and it was barely used in the preparation of the King James Version. Based on that fact alone, the King James version needed to be, at the very least, revised because of the earlier better manuscripts.
The bible is not God and to treat a translation as such misses the point. I am a proponent of accurate translations that communicate what the author was actually saying. This is why translations are important, and if one needs to be corrected because of better copies and evidence of the authors intent, then that version needs to be corrected and revised. We can only go off of the evidence we have in front of us.
I do believe the bible is special, but here is what is special about it... it tells us a story of the redemptive grace our God has for His people through the gift of the King. We are the ones who have fallen, and our God has given us a gift to stand, be protected, and thrive in the Light of life. From dark to Light.
Anyway... Why is was post about the KJV stickied?
Yes—excellent!
So many people here would enjoy a good class or two on where the Bible came from. The KJV is a translation from a translation. Jerome translated the Greek and Hebrew into Latin around 400 AD, and it was called the Vulgate. KJV was translated from the Vulgate. Now, we have over 1,000 pieces of ancient manuscripts of the New Testament. There is NO other ancient work which has anything even close. It is really amazing.
The goal of any good translation is to understand the meaning. We have at our literal fingertips, so many resources. Download the Bible Hub app. Then you can go to Strong’s Concordance, look up the scripture in the original language, cross reference it with other verses, look up commentaries, Bible maps, etc.
But please—no more arguing over one translation—they are all translations. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and give you understanding as you read. Find a good teacher who can answer questions. God knows you are searching. He will guide you.
The King James was not translated from the Latin Vulgate. The King James is based on the Hebrew Masoretic OT and the Textus Receptus Koine Greek New Testament.
Erasmus based his compilation Greek translation of the New Testament on the Textus Receptus, the same texts as the King James Bible, but didn't have a full copy of Revelation in the original Koine Greek, and used the Latin Vulgate for just those passages, and just for his first translation.
Erasmus published his first Greek NT in 1516, nearly 100 years before the KJV was put together. His subsequent revisions to his Greek New Testament were not based on the Vulgate in any way.
Asked and answered elsewhere in this post. But to repeat: The moderator saw one of my comments here on another post and suggested that I create a separate post so he could sticky it. So I did.
ahh ok. It was a good discussion starter!