I apologize for not giving a response in full, but I just wanted to touch on the NIV, NLT, and ESV bibles that were quoted, and compare with the KJV as example.
Every translation needs to be looked at and compared with one another, like the greatest and most rewarding fitting together of pieces that one could ever hope to complete.
There are many verses omitted from the NIV, NLT, and ESV that are in the KJV, for example, but let's take these three changed verses from Timothy as example:
KJV:
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 1 Timothy 2:7
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:22
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. 1 Timothy 3:16
ESV, NIV, NLT
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Timothy 2:7
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16
This relates to the second half of your comment. What word do you notice that is missing or changed when comparing these three verses? What is the significance of this? Why are they trying to remove Jesus Christ from the Bible?
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: Hebrews 1:2-3
What a powerful verse; in one message, Jesus Christ is Creator, Jesus Christ is God, and Jesus Christ is Salvation.
I apologize for not giving a response in full, but I just wanted to touch on the NIV, NLT, and ESV bibles that were quoted, and compare with the KJV as example.
Every translation needs to be looked at and compared with one another, like the greatest and most rewarding fitting together of pieces that one could ever hope to complete.
There are many verses omitted from the NIV, NLT, and ESV that are in the KJV, for example, but let's take these three verses from Timothy as example:
KJV:
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 1 Timothy 2:7
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:22
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. 1 Timothy 3:16
ESV, NIV, NLT
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Timothy 2:7
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16
This relates to the second half of your comment. What word do you notice that is missing or changed when comparing these three verses? What is the significance of this? Why are they trying to remove Jesus Christ from the Bible?
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: Hebrews 1:2-3
What a powerful verse; in one message, Jesus Christ is Creator, Jesus Christ is God, and Jesus Christ is Salvation.