The most significant subject facing the Church at the beginning of
the new millennium: The Bible and what has been removed in modern
translations from the Word of God in the name of scholarship
By Myron Horst
Section 1
The Greek Text of the New International Version
The most significant subject facing the Church in the 21st
Century is the Bible, its Greek text, and the way it is
translated. Every Christian doctrine is based on the Bible. The
way the Bible reads, the words that it has and the words that it
does not have, the way the Greek words are translated or poorly
translated, all affect the doctrine of the Church. At one point I
thought that most translations of the Bible were basically the
same except for the modernization of the old English in the KJV.
As you will see for yourself, this is not the case. Most of the
modern translations do not have every thing that the KJV does, as
a result of changes in the Greek texts from which they are
translated.
God tells us that the Bible is pure, is truth, and words are
not to be added to or removed from it. However when two
translations of the Bible say two different things in the same
verse, subconsciously people's trust in the purity, and absolute
truth of the Bible is eroded. When two translations say different
things, which one is truth? Or are they both what God said?
Christians then have to become judges of Scripture and pick which
reading they like best. Therefore you hear "I like the way it
says it in this translation," rather than "This is what God
says."
As Christians we need to know what is truth, and what
translations of the Bible can be trusted as having all the
Words of God. We need a firm foundation, not the shifting
sand of Bible versions in which the words are continually
changing. My desire is that in the pages of this book you will
find which translations can be fully trusted as having all the
Words of God, and which translations are based on a Greek text
that is constantly changing and can not be trusted as having all
the Words of God.
The purpose of this booklet is to share with you what has been
removed from and added to the Word of God in the modern Greek
text, and to alert you to the seriousness of the problems that
result in the NIV as well as most of the other modern Bible
translations — The Contemporary English Version, The New
American Standard Version, The American Standard Version, The
Revised Standard Version, The Living Bible, The New Revised
Standard Version, The New Jerusalem Bible, The New American
Bible, and others. You will find that these translations, which
are translated from the same corrupt modern Greek text as the
NIV, are missing many of the same words, phrases, and entire
verses as the NIV.
The Greek texts
The main problem with the NIV is in the New Testament with the
Greek text that it was translated from.
The main issue is
not how the NIV translates words,
although there are also many problems there and many have
documented it, but the Greek text that the NIV was translated
from - the United Bible Societies 3
rd edition and (UBS
3
rd) and the Nestle-Aland text, 26th edition. (These
two texts have exactly the same wording.)
There are two main Greek texts used today for translating
English Bibles: The
Textus Receptus (The Received Text),
and the Nestle-Aland/UBS text. This may some times be referred to
as the NU text.
The preciseness of the Greek
language
It is interesting the way that God
chose the languages to write down His Word - Hebrew and Greek.
The following is from Wisdom Booklet One of the Advanced Training
Institute Curriculum:
"The Hebrew language is very picturesque. Its sentences are
short and intensely expressive. The Old Testament is primarily
biographical. Hebrew uses vivid and bold metaphor, graphically
describing events and their results. Hebrew is a very personal
language; even nations are given personality. God reveals Himself
in descriptive human terms - attributing to Himself human
characteristics and emotions - to aid man in understanding His
character.
"Greek is a precise, highly technical language. It leaves
little room for speculation regarding the intent of the
author.
"In the New Testament the explanation of ideas and concepts is
paramount. Many of the verses explain and amplify the rich
symbolism of the Old Testament.
"Whereas Hebrew was largely confined to the nation of Israel,
Greek was a worldwide language and was able to convey clearly and
accurately the good news of salvation."
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The preciseness of the Greek
language is an important concept for us to keep in mind. There
are those who would like us to think that there is a lot of
flexibility and or difficulty in translating from the Greek into
English. While that may be true for some Greek words, the
preciseness of the Greek language enables us to know with a great
deal of certainty what God's Word actually is.
There is no ancient manuscript that
reads the same as the modern United Bible Societies
3rd edition Greek text!
I discovered that there has
never existed an ancient Greek manuscript that reads the
same as the Nestle and United Bible Society's Greek text that the
NIV, NASB, and most other modern translations are translated
from. These modern translations have not been translated from an
ancient Greek manuscript, but from a
modern man made Greek
text that was compiled from a hand full of ancient manuscripts
(primarily from 2 manuscripts) which have many variant readings
and many omissions. The Nestle Aland and United Bible Society's
Greek text (NU Greek text) is the equivalent of a 20th century
Greek "manuscript" (The NU is a text, not a manuscript, because it
is not hand written.) since no one has an ancient Greek
manuscript that reads the same as it does. Therefore the NIV is
not translated from the oldest manuscripts but from a new Greek
text. This is an important point to remember.
The NU text is an eclectic Greek text. This is the term used
in the preface of the NIV Bible to describe it. The term
"eclectic" is defined
by The World Book Dictionary 1982
edition as: "Selecting and using what seems best from various
sources, systems, or schools of thought."
Webster's New
Twentieth Century Dictionary (Unabridged) defines eclectic
as: "Selecting; choosing; not original nor following any one
model or leader, but choosing at will from the doctrines, works,
etc., of others." The NU is a text that has been pieced together
by scholars with readings selected from various ancient
manuscripts in an attempt to assemble a text that that they think
is closest to the original manuscripts. This sounds like a noble
and righteous attempt at first until one realizes that the result
is a man made text that is different from all existing ancient
Greek manuscripts.
The UBS 3
rd and Nestle Aland texts are based on
only a few manuscripts that don't agree with each other or with
the majority. You will see how few in the chapter: Manuscript
evidence given by the UBS Greek text. You will also be able to
see that these manuscripts do not agree with each other. The few
number of Greek manuscripts that the changes in the NIV is based
on is shocking when one realizes that there are over 5000 New
Testament manuscripts and the weight of the rest has largely been
ignored even though there are other manuscripts that are of the
same age and the majority are in agreement.
A significant issue is that the Greek manuscripts that we are
being told are the "best"
do not agree with each other.
They do not read the same. The differences are significant
differences in reading. These are not minor differences, such as
differences in spelling, word order, or punctuation. Among the
two main manuscripts (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus) upon
which the NU text is based, there are many, many, many places
where one of them will omit a significant word or phrase and the
other will have the word or phrase. I have not found any scholar
that refutes the fact that among the Alexandrian manuscripts upon
which the modern NU Greek text (Nestle Aland/ United Bible
Society text) is based, that there are not two manuscripts that
read the same. In fact they testify to the fact that their "best"
manuscripts do not agree because they have had to compile an
eclectic Greek test. They have selected from the variant readings
what they think might be the best reading. The result is that not
only do their ancient manuscripts not agree with each other, but
the resulting Greek text from which the NIV is translated does
not agree with
any ancient Greek manuscript. It does not
read the same as any ancient Greek manuscript. (Note: this is in
sharp contrast to the agreement in reading of the large group of
manuscripts that the Textus Receptus is based on.)
The term "best manuscripts" needs to be understood from the
view point of highly educated scholars who are looking at the
quality of the manuscript parchment, how little is missing, and
the age of the manuscript. The term "best" is not how many
Christians interpret it in thinking about the Word of God, that
best means the text is very accurate and reliable.
The NIV's "best
manuscripts"
From my research in examining the
NU Greek text, most of what has been removed from the NIV, is
based on Codex Sinaiticus, and Codex Vaticanus. These are the
oldest manuscripts that are listed in the footnotes of the United
Bible Society's 3
rd. edition Greek text for the
majority of the passages where something has been
removed.
The following is what I have found about these two texts:
Codex Sinaiticus
This codex is an Alexandrian (Egyptian)
manuscript dating from the fourth century (350 AD; around 275
years after most of the New Testament books were originally
written). The scribe has many careless and transcriptional
errors. Letters, words, and whole sentences are written twice or
begun the second time and immediately struck out. There are 115
times in the N.T. where a clause is omitted because it happens to
end in the same words as the clause before it. It has had many
alterations to correct the careless mistakes. Dean Burgon, who
has studied it, says that eleven different persons have made
revisions and corrections on the manuscript itself down through
the ages.
3 It was discovered in a monastery trash
can.
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Codex Vaticanus
This codex is also an Alexandrian (Egyptian) manuscript dating from the fourth
century (350 AD; around 275 years after the most of the New
Testament books were originally written). It has been held by the
Vatican since the mid 1400's but was not released to Protestant
scholars until the late 1800's. The Vatican will not let scholars
study the original. Only a few have been allowed to see it, and
then only for short periods. Scholars have only had photocopies
to work from.
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There are literally thousands of omissions, additions, and
other changes in each of these manuscripts. What is significant
is that where they differ from the way the majority of the Greek
manuscripts read, the omissions, additions, and other changes are
not the same in both manuscripts. These two manuscript do not
read the same, they are not identical.
There are major gaps in the logic
supporting the NIV's Greek text
Those who write in support of the NIV sound convincing.
However, I encourage you to evaluate carefully what they are
saying. I have discovered that there are major gaps in the logic
for the modern eclectic Greek text. Often there are opinions that
are stated as facts without ancient manuscript proof given to
back up what they are confidently saying. An example of this is
in explaining why a particular phrase is not in the NU Greek
text, they state that a particular phrase is clearly an example
of a later scribe adding a phrase to make it read like another
passage. They do not give the manuscripts that contain the phrase
and the ones that do not, and the dates of the manuscripts so
that you can judge for yourself that it is clearly inserted by a
later scribe. When I would look up the evidence on the phrase, I
would find that it was not as they made it appear. Often I found
evidence (For example, the writings of the early church fathers)
that was at least the same age and sometimes older than the
manuscript that did not have the phrase, that included the
phrase.
They also write from the premise that the early
Alexandrian/Egyptian manuscripts, especially Codex Vaticanus and
Codex Sinaiticus, read closest to the originals. I raise this
question: "Why would the Alexandrian/Egyptian manuscripts read
closest to the originals when most of the original copies of the
New Testament books were sent to Asia which was on the other side
of the Mediterranean Sea?" None of the original books of the New
Testament were sent to Egypt.
In addition, those who write in support of the NIV do not
address several foundational issues:
1) None of Their Ancient Manuscripts Agree with Each
Other!!!
Each of the ancient Alexandrian manuscripts, upon which the
modern eclectic Greek text is based, have a significant amount of
differences in reading. None of them totally read the same as any
of the others. While the majority of over 5000 manuscripts read
essentially the same. John Burgon, who spent the last 30 years of
his life researching Greek texts states: (Note, the early
manuscripts are identified by a letter or number such as B, or
048.) "There are only 111 out of the 320 pages of an ordinary
copy of the Greek Testament in which these five old manuscripts
have corresponding pages. The serious deflections of A from the
Textus Receptus amount in all to only 842; in C they amount to
1,798; in B (Vaticanus) to 2,370; in
N (Sinaiticus) to
3,392; in D to 4,697. The readings peculiar to A within the same
limits are 133; those peculiar to C are 170. But the peculiar
readings of B amount to 197; while
N exhibits 443 and D no
fewer than 1,829 peculiar to themselves readings. These figures
come from merely referring the five manuscripts to one and the
same common standard. The differences between themselves would be
similar. This by no means will inspire confidence in codices
BNCD- codices, remember, which come to us without a character,
without a history, in fact without antecedents of any kind."
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To illustrate the diverse readings in the Alexandrian
Manuscripts, Burgon draws the following analogy using the quote
from Shakespeare "To be or not to be, that is the question":
"What would be thought of four such diverse copies of
Shakespeare?... Why, some of the poet's most familiar lines would
cease to be recognizable: For example, A might read, Toby
or not Toby; that is the question. B might read, Tob or
not, is the question. N might read, To be a tub, or
not to be a tub; the question is that. C might read, The
question is, to beat, or not to beat Toby? D might read,
The only question is this: to beat that Toby, or to be a
tub?"7
2) They do not give factual Manuscript Proof to support Codex
Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus.
No factual manuscript evidence is given to show why Codex
Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus are considered such great
manuscripts by scholars today. No explanation is given why Codex
Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus should carry so much weight when
they disagree so much with each other. It is implied that it is
because they are old but there are other manuscripts that are
older than they are as well as some that are of the same age.
They expect us to accept their value judgment without giving us
proof. From the passages that I have researched, many of the
omissions are based primarily on these two manuscripts with some
other later manuscripts supporting them. John Burgon states about
these two manuscripts: "And let it be remembered that the
omissions, additions, substitutions, transpositions, and
modifications are by no means the same in both. In fact it is
easier to find two consecutive verses in which these two differ
from one another, than two consecutive verses in which they
entirely agree!!"
8 Why should manuscripts like these be used
to change the way Scripture should read especially to remove
words, phrases, verses or entire passages?
3) The UBS 3rd Edition is a 20th Century
"Manuscript"
It is implied that the NIV is translated directly from the
oldest manuscripts but this is not the case. The NU Greek text
that the NIV is translated from is actually a 20th century
"manuscript" (text). There is not a single ancient Greek
manuscript that reads the same as it does! I repeat, there is not
a single ancient Greek manuscript that is identical to the NU
Greek text! The NU text is not a fixed Greek text. It is
continually changing. The Nestle Aland text has 27 editions. The
United Bible Societies text has four editions. There is already a
new addition of the modern NU Greek text that has come out since
the NIV was first translated. The NU text is like sand and is not
a firm rock. (see Matt. 7:24-27) Not near all of the thousands of
omissions and changes in the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus manuscripts
have been adopted in the NU text. There is much more that can be
changed even without any new manuscript discoveries.
You will be able to verify for yourself later in this book in
the chapter "Manuscript evidence given by the UBS Greek
text" that the manuscripts that the NIV is based on do not
read the same. You will also be able to see for yourself that
there is not even one manuscript that is listed for every verse
that was changed.
In the books that I have found, the writers who defend the NIV
often state things as fact without giving factual ancient
manuscript evidence to prove why what they are saying is true. If
you have read any of these books, you need to be very discerning
about what you have read because Satan wants to deceive us. If
you look up the ancient manuscript evidence and the writings of
the early church fathers who quote the phrases or verses that are
missing, you will soon see that what the NIV supporters are
stating is not the same as they make it sound. They are long on
rhetoric and they speak confidently that what they are saying is
fact. However, upon closer observation one realizes that they are
stating opinions as fact. They do not give factual ancient
manuscript evidence of the manuscripts that contain a variant and
those that do not, to prove what they so confidently affirm. They
give just enough information to get one to believe what they want
us to believe.
What does eclectic mean?
When the NU Greek text is
described as being eclectic, what does that mean? Because the
Greek manuscripts which were used to compile the NU Greek text do
not read the same, the compilers of the NU text needed to choose
which readings they would put in their version of the Greek text.
They were not able to follow any one manuscript completely
because each of the manuscripts had readings at various places
that they did not believe were correct. They therefore chose from
the various manuscripts the reading that
they thought was
best and what
they thought was most likely the original
reading. The process that they used is called the eclectic method
and the resulting text is called an eclectic text. The term
"eclectic" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as:
"Selecting; choosing; not original
nor following any one model
or leader, but choosing at will from the doctrines, works,
etc., of others." (emphasis added) The key to understanding the
eclectic method is understanding that it does not follow any one
manuscript, nor does it totally follow any set of rules, but that
it is choosing at will from the various conflicting manuscripts —
some from one manuscript and some from others. The following is a
simplified fictional example of how the eclectic process
works:
The traditional reading: "He ate an apple that was sour and it
set his teeth on edge." (the majority of manuscripts)
Manuscript #1 (a copy dated 350 years after the original): "John Doe ate a green apple."
Manuscript #2 (a copy dated 350 years after the original): "John Smith ate a green apple."
Manuscript #3 (a copy dated 400 years after the original): "John Smith ate an apple."
Man made eclectic text: "John Smith ate a green apple."
Reason given in the man made eclectic text for selecting
this reading:
(Note: This is wording that is taken from the companion book
for the USB 3
rd edition Greek text —
A Textual
Commentary on the Greek New Testament by Bruce Metzger — and
applied to this example. The underlined phrases which indicate
speculation and the subjective opinion of the Committee are found
over and over and over in that book. It is there that the
Committee explains why they chose or omitted some of the
different readings.):
"
In the opinion of the Committee, the name Smith is
probably more accurate than Doe since manuscript #1 is the
only place the name John Doe is found and Smith is a
more
likely name. The expanded reading 'and it set his teeth
on edge' was
most likely added by a later scribe to
explain what a green apple does since the oldest and
best
manuscripts do not have this reading." (emphasis added)
The eclectic method is not an exact science. It is very
subjective.
Is the Textus Receptus based on one
ancient Greek manuscript ?
No, the Textus Receptus is not
based on one ancient Greek manuscript. Of all the ancient Greek
manuscripts, there is not one ancient manuscript that contains
all of the books of the New Testament. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus
contain the most number of books, but they do not have all of the
books of the N.T. Some manuscripts contain only the Gospels, some
only the epistles or some of the epistles, some only the book of
Acts. Many are fragments in which parts are missing because of
their age. Therefore it is an impossibility for a Greek text, the
TR or the NU to be based on only one manuscript. An ancient
manuscript can read exactly the same as the TR for the passage it
covers, but that does not mean that the TR is translated only
from that one manuscript.
Why there is a need for a compiled Greek
text to translate the New Testament from
There is a need for a compiled
Greek text of the complete New Testament, because none of the
ancient Greek manuscripts contain the entire New Testament. That
is why the Textus Receptus and the NU Greek texts were compiled,
to give Bible translators a complete Greek text to translate the
New Testament into modern languages.
Is the Textus Receptus
eclectic?
No, the Textus Receptus is not an
eclectic text. This is a significant point. If the Textus
Receptus was also eclectic there would be little difference
between the TR and the NU texts because they would have the same
kinds of problems. The scholars who support the NU text often
lead a person to assume that the TR is also eclectic. They give
facts that lead to that conclusion. But if you observe carefully
what they say they are not foolish enough to state that the TR is
an eclectic Greek text. The TR is a compiled Greek text but not
an eclectic Greek text. There is a fundamental difference between
the way that the TR and the NU Greek texts are
compiled.
Because none of the ancient Greek manuscripts contain all of
the New Testament, in order to have all the books that have been canonized
in the New Testament, the New Testament has had to be compiled from a number of
ancient Greek manuscripts. The TR used manuscripts that have the
same reading as each other, where they contained the same
passages of Scripture. The TR is a compiled text because a number
of Greek manuscripts had to be used to supply all the books of
the Bible. At the same time, approximately 90-95% of the Greek
manuscripts have the same reading as the TR. These manuscripts
are not all identical in that they do not each contain the same
passages of Scripture, and misspellings, differences in
punctuation (things that fall under the category of "typos").
Where these manuscripts contain the same passages, the basic
reading is the same. This is the significant difference between
the majority of the manuscripts and the small group of
manuscripts that the NU text is based on.
Why aren't the same standards used to
discredit the TR as are used to discredit the NU?
The only reason the NU text can be
discredited is because the same standard is applied to the TR and
to the manuscripts it is based on. If both texts had the same
characteristics, the NU text could not be discredited. That is
why supporters of the NIV try to make the TR appear to have the
same characteristics as the NU text rather than prove the
allegations against the NU text are false.
Should the majority be considered right
when it comes to examining variations between
manuscripts?
An assumption should never be made
that the majority of manuscripts is always right. There are a
number of other things to also look at. There are a number of old
versions as well as some of the writings of the early Christians
which date from the same time as Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. Some
of the evidences are 100 years or more older than Sinaiticus and
Vaticanus. One example of this is finding I John 5:7-8 quoted by
Cyprian in AD 251.
A big consideration also is the characteristics of the
manuscripts that contain the variant reading. Sinaiticus,
Vaticanus, C, D, L, and W each have a large number of corrupt
readings that none of the other five have, as well as a large
number of corrupt readings in which only one or two of the other
five have. There are very few variant readings where all six have
the same reading - I believe there is only one!
A further testimony that the NU Greek text is not reliable
The NIV, NASB, and a number of
other modern versions do not completely follow the NU Greek text
in translating. Some places they use the Textus Receptus or other
sources rather than strictly translating from the Greek of the NU
Greek text. In researching what was changed in the Bible in the
NIV, it was not a simple matter of comparing the Textus Receptus
and the NU Greek texts and noting what was changed. There were
many places where something was removed or changed in the Greek
in the NU Greek text but it was not removed or changed in the
NIV. I also found that if something was missing in the NIV it did
not automatically mean it was also missing in the NASB and vice
versa. Each translation has done its own picking and choosing on
conflicting readings.
By not strictly translating from the NU Greek text, the
translators of the NIV, NASV, and others testify that the NU
Greek text is not completely reliable.
In many of the passages it is "meat"
that has been removed
There is a significant amount that has been removed in the
NIV from Scripture that has important information. In some cases
it may be only a word or two that was removed but it was part of
the "meat" of that verse. In most cases an entire phrase is
removed such as "For the son of man is come to save that which
was lost" Matt. 18:11!! The main issue with the NIV is
not
the modernization of the English and the modernizing of the
"thees" and "thous" but what the NIV has removed from God's
words.
A deceptive argument that no essential
doctrine has been removed
One of the key arguments in books supporting the NIV
translation is that no essential doctrine has been removed, and
that a particular phrase in question can be found elsewhere in
the Bible. This is an argument that I have heard and read many
times. This reasoning is used to make it appear insignificant
what the NIV has removed from God's Words. The reason this
argument is probably stressed is because some of the other
earlier translations that were based on earlier editions of the
modern eclectic Greek text totally omitted the virgin birth and
the blood of Jesus. The NIV to the best of my knowledge does not
totally remove any essential doctrine from Scripture.
However; that is part of Satan's deception. Satan learned from
his mistake and was more subtle in the NIV. The argument that it
is okay to remove something as long as all reference to a
particular doctrine is not removed is a poor argument when
applied to Scripture. God's Word is truth and is pure. "
Every
WORD of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put
their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his WORDS,
lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. "Prov. 30:5,6
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it:
thou shalt
not add thereto, nor diminish from it." Deut. 12:32 God has
commanded us over and over not to add to, or to take away from
His
Words.
The argument that something can still be found elsewhere in
Scripture is also a poor argument because one could remove
several entire books from the New Testament and you could still
find every essential doctrine. Because it can still be found does
not justify it being removed in a number of other passages. God
repeats things over and over for emphasis. There are also some
Christians who think that they should be able to find something
more than once in Scripture before they consider it important and
obey it.
The term "doctrine" has been almost
totally removed in the NIV
It is amazing, with the argument
that no essential doctrine has been removed, that the term
doctrine itself has been almost totally removed in NIV. The KJV
has the word doctrine 50 times. The NIV only has the word
doctrine 5 times! The NIV usually uses the words teaching or
instruction. These terms convey a somewhat different thought than
doctrine. Teaching and instruction is what one does. Doctrine is
what one believes. Today the Church focuses on issues and often
uses the term issues rather than doctrine. Issues are
controversial, each person has their own opinion. God says
doctrine is either sound doctrine or false doctrine.
In thinking of doctrine, as you look at individuals and
churches that you know that have made significant changes in what
they believe and practice in the last 20 years, what translation
of the Bible do they use? Is it a modern translation? Or is it
the KJV? The individuals and churches that have not made
significant changes in what they believe and practice, what
translation do they use? The KJV or a modern translation? What
you want to look for is a cause and effect sequence of the
majority of persons and churches. There are always a few
individual people or churches that do not fit into the pattern of
the majority. Wisdom is the ability to see cause and effect
sequences of things, actions, and teachings, and then make
decisions that steer us toward a closer walk with Jesus, rather
than on a course where the majority of the people on that path
are moving away from Him.
The phrase order of many verses has been significantly changed
in the NIV
The result of significantly changing the phrase order is that it is difficult for the
KJV/NKJV and the NIV to exist together in a congregation. If
someone is reading in the NIV translation, it is easy to get lost
following along in another translation and vice versa. What the
moving around of the phrase order does, is it hides what the NIV
has removed, added, and changed so that it is not readily
apparent. It makes the comparison of the NIV and the KJV much
more difficult. The moving around of the phrase order and hiding
the verse numbers in paragraph form has probably been the main
reason most of us never discovered all the phrases and verses
that had been removed before this.
The deception that people need us to make
the Bible easier to understand so that they can understand
it
One of the interesting things
about the Bible is that God wrote it in such a way that a person
cannot fully understand it without the Holy Spirit giving
understanding. Jesus also purposely used parables when speaking
to the multitudes so that they would not fully understand what He
was talking about
9. He would then reveal at a later time to
those who were totally committed to Him what He was saying (that
was before the Holy Spirit was given). Understanding of Scripture
is in relation to how much one hears and how much one wants to
hear what God is telling them. Jesus said "Take heed what ye
hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and
unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him
shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken
even that which he hath." (Mk. 4:24,25) One's ability to
understand what God is saying in the Bible is not in relation to
the Bible knowledge one has nor one's understanding of the
definitions of Bible words.
One of the main reasons that many have chosen the NIV is so
that it would be easier to understand and easier for new
Christians to understand. The NIV has been around now for about
20 years and it is time for some evaluating. Is the NIV resulting
in people better understanding God's Word than the previous
generation? The proof of true understanding is obedience. Is our
generation (the baby boom generation) walking in closer obedience
to the Word of God than the previous generation that had the KJV?
Does Generation X have a better understanding of God's
Word, and are they walking in greater obedience to the Word of
God than the previous generation? Is there a firmer belief that
the NIV has the very words of God and that they are valued,
memorized and meditated upon? My observation is that the NIV has
not resulted in greater understanding and obedience to God's
Word.
GOD'S WORD IS PURE, IS TRUTH, AND IS NOT
TO BE ALTERED
I originally thought that the main
verse in the Bible that said we should not add to or remove from
the Word of God was in Revelation 22:18,19. Since that verse was
in the context of the Book of Revelation, I assumed it only
applied to the Book of Revelation and that God did not say much
in the rest of Scripture about adding to, or removing from His
Word. What I discovered when I searched for verses on this
subject was that it is a concept that God gives us throughout all
of Scripture.
Why are we not to add to or remove from God's words?
- Because we are not to change God's commands. Deut. 4:2;
12:32
- So that we will keep the commands of the Lord our God.
Deut.4:2
- Because God's Word is already established in Heaven.
Changing God's Word on earth does not change it in Heaven. Ps.
119:89
- So that we will love God's Word. Ps. 119:140
- Adding man's words destroys the purity of every word of
God. Ps. 119:140; Pr.30:5
- Because God's Word is true from the beginning. Ps.
119:160
- So that God will not discipline us. Pr.30:5,6
- If we change God's words we are a liar (liars have no
inheritance with God). Pr.30:5,6
- God is against those who steal His words so that others can
not read them. Jer. 23:30
- Because we do not want to be called least in the kingdom
of Heaven. Mt. 5:18,19
- Because God's Word will outlast the earth and is not of
this earth. Mt. 24:35; Lk.21:33
- God's Word does not change over time. Lk. 16:17
- Because ALL Scripture was inspired by God, not by human
writers or translators. II Tim. 3:16
- Because every part of God's Word is profitable. II Tim.
3:16
- Because it is through the Word of God that the Gospel is
preached to others. I Pet. 1:25
- Because God will add unto us the plagues written in
Revelation if we add to it. Rev.22:18,19
- Because God will remove our name from the Book of Life if
we remove from it. Rev. 22:18,19
What happens when God's words are added to or
removed?
- People don't keep God's commands Deut.4:2
- It destroys the extreme purity of the words of God
Ps.12:6
- It keeps people from being changed 100% into the person God
wants them to be. Ps.19:7
- People won't love God's Word as much. Ps. 119:140
- God will reprove that person and they will be found a liar.
Pr. 30:5,6
- People lose their fear of God. Eccl. 3:14
- God is against those who remove His words. Jer.
23:29,30
- God will add to that person the plagues written in the Book
of Revelation and God will remove that person's name from the
Book of Life!!!
What does God say?
Note how often God speaks about His individual Words.
Deut. 4:2 "
Ye shall not add unto the
word
which I command you,
neither shall ye diminish ought from
it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God
which I command you."
Deut. 12:32 "What thing soever I command you, observe to do
it:
thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
Ps. 12:6 "
The WORDS of the LORD are pure
WORDS: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified
seven times."
Ps. 19:7 "
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting
the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple."
Ps. 89:34 "My covenant will I not break,
nor alter the
thing that is gone out of my lips."
Ps. 119:89 "
Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in
heaven. "
Ps. 119:140 "
Thy word is very pure: therefore
thy servant loveth it."
Ps. 119:152 "Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old
that thou hast founded them
for ever."
Ps. 119:160 "Thy word is true from the beginning: and
every
one of thy righteous judgments
endureth forever."
Prov. 30:5,6
"Every WORD of God is pure: he is a
shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not
unto his WORDS, lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar."
Eccl. 3:14 "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be
forever:
nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God
doeth it,
that men should fear before him."
Is. 40:8 "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
but the
word of our God shall stand for ever."
Jer. 23:29,30 "Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD;
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Therefore,
behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD,
that steal
my WORDS every one from his neighbour."
Matt. 4:4 "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall
not live by bread alone, but by
every WORD that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Matt. 5:18,19 "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall
break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven."
Matt. 24:35 "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my WORDS shall not pass away."
Mark 13:31 "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but
my
WORDS shall not pass away."
Lk. 16:17 "And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,
than one tittle of the law to fail."
Lk. 21:33 "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my
WORDS shall not pass away."
John 10:35 "If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God
came, and
the scripture cannot be broken;"
Roma 3:31 "Do we then make void the law through faith?
God
forbid: yea, we establish the law."
II Tim. 3:16 "
All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness"
I Pet. 1:23-25 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth
for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man
as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
thereof falleth away: But
the word of the Lord endureth
for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you.
Rev. 22:18,19 "For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book:
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, and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book."
How many variations and of what kind can
we tolerate in a text before we say it is the work of
Satan?
There will possibly always be some
question about the right wording for a few passages in the TR.
However, the NU has not followed the reading of even one manuscript, but
has added words to and removed words from each of the manuscripts that it
is based on. The NU text can not claim that it has neither added
nor removed words from each and every manuscript that exists. When we
look at the differences that exist between the TR and the NU, the
NU has made hundreds of significant changes in areas that Satan
wants to undermine -- the deity and Lordship of Jesus Christ,
salvation, and the Judgment, prayer and fasting, and
others.
Why the Textus Receptus can be trusted
as having the Words of God.
The Textus Receptus is an
established, fixed Greek text that has been held by Christians
for almost 500 years as having the very Words of God.
Approximately 95% of all known Greek manuscripts have the same
reading as the Textus Receptus. It is not an eclectic Greek text
that has been pieced together from conflicting manuscripts like
the NU Greek text.
Critics of the Textus Receptus throw a lot of mud at it. In
evaluating what they say, the majority of it is merely opinion
and personal biases. In checking out statements by critics about
particular phrases or verses that they say were clearly added by
a later scribe, without fail I have found that phrase or verse
was quoted as Scripture in the writings of one of the early
Church Fathers a hundred or more years before the date of the
earliest manuscript that did not have it. The phrase or verse was
not clearly added by a later scribe.
The vast difference in reading between Sinaiticus, Vaticanus,
A,C, and D when compared with each other, not to mention when
compared with the majority, tell us that these are inferior,
corrupt manuscripts that can not be trusted or relied on as
containing the very
Words of God. God tells us that He has
preserved the very
words of His Word. The majority of the
manuscripts agree with each other and the Textus Receptus is
based on these.
We have a choice between two Greek texts: The NU which is
based on a few manuscripts that have significant differences in
reading from each other and from the majority of manuscripts in
1000's of places, and the TR which is based on over 5000
Greek manuscripts which agree. The Textus Receptus is the one we
can put our confidence and trust in as containing the very words
of God's Word. It is not based on a handful of corrupt
manuscripts.
Section 2
What has been changed in the Modern Greek
Text
The following passages address facts that are easily
verified.
Because of the seriousness of the
situation with how God's Word has been handled the following
passages address only
facts that you can easily verify -
what has been removed from and added to the Bible in the NIV
translation. This section addresses changes that have been made
to the Bible because of the Greek text that the NIV is translated
from. Many of these words, phrases, and verses are also missing
in the NASV, the ASV, the RSV, the NRSV, the Contemporary English
Version, the New Jerusalem Bible, the Living Bible, the New
American Bible, and others which are translated from the same
incomplete Greek text as the NIV.
This section does not address the more subjective issues of
how Greek words have been translated. Where it is mentioned that
something is changed to a different reading,
it is the NIV's
Greek text that has also been changed. It is
not a
translation issue of how a Greek word should be translated.
For those who do not know Greek, a good way of evaluating the
differences between the Textus Receptus and the modern NU text is
to compare the NIV side by side with the KJV (or with the New KJV
which notes in the margin some of the following omissions); and
note what has been changed and removed in the NIV, since the NIV
is based on an eclectic Greek text which is different from the
Greek text that the KJV was translated from. Essentially what you
are doing is comparing the two different Greek texts in English
in addition to comparing the two translations. Then look at your
findings as a whole to see what the pattern is in the
differences. Are they petty differences, such as different ways
of saying the same thing? Or are they significant changes which
remove or alter important concepts in the Bible? You don't have
to be a scholar or know Greek to do it. Then you can go to the
Greek and research the differences further.
One problem you will encounter in comparing the NIV and the
KJV is that the NIV significantly changes the word order of many
verses. Sometimes it takes a while to discover what has been
removed and what has just been changed around. Don't give up. The
more verses you check out for yourself the more it will stand out
to you the broad scope of Satan's work in the NIV.
( * ) - indicates an entire verse that was removed.
The Deity of Jesus Christ and His
Lordship
Beware of books that are written
in support of the NIV. I have seen two different books that were
defending the NIV that took 8-10 verses on the Deity of Christ,
and put them into a table comparing the KJV and the NIV. The
verses were carefully selected so that it appears that the NIV is
stronger than the KJV on the Deity of Christ. If one looked only
at their table and did not look at the list of verses below, one
would be convinced that the NIV strengthens the Deity of Christ.
(Verses in the NIV that they say strengthens the Deity of Christ:
Jn. 1:18;Phil. 2:6; Titus 2:13; and II Pet. 1:1. Please note
"strengthen"
is an opinion of the writers in support of
the NIV. These verses in the KJV can also be interpreted as
supporting the Deity of Christ. Phil. 2:6 in the NIV, in my
opinion, weakens the Deity of Christ: "did not consider equality
with God something to be grasped.")
All of the passages listed below are not subjective opinions
of how a word or phrase should be translated from the Greek.
These are all
facts. The following is not in the NIV and
its Greek text, or has been added in the NIV and changed in its
Greek text.
Matt. 1:25 removed - "firstborn" (From "And knew her not till
she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his
name JESUS.")
Matt. 13:51 removed "Lord" (from "Jesus saith unto them, Have
ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord.")
Matt. 19:16 removed - "Good" (From "And, behold, one came and
said unto him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?")
Matt. 19:17 removed - "God" (From "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") Also part of v.17 is changed because "good" was
removed in v. 16.
Matt. 22:32 "God" is changed to "He" implying that Jesus did
not consider Himself as God.
Matt. 23:8 removed - "even Christ" (from "But be not ye called
Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are
brethren.")
Matt. 24:36 adds "nor the Son" (To "But of that day and hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only")
Matt. 27:24 removed - "just" (From "When Pilate saw that he
could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took
water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am
innocent of the blood of this
just person: see ye to
it
Matt. 28:6 removed - "Lord" (from "He is not here: for he is
risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the
Lord
lay.")
Mk. 9:24 removed - "and said with tears, Lord," (From "And
straightway the father of the child cried out,
and said with
tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.")
Mk. 12:29 removed - "Lord" (from "And Jesus answered him, The
first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our
God is one
Lord")
Lk. 2:33 "Joseph "is changed in the NIV's Greek to "the
child's father" implying that Joseph was Jesus' father. ("And
Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were
spoken of him.")
Lk. 2:43 "Joseph and his mother" is changed in the NIV's Greek
to "his parents", implying Joseph was Jesus' father. ("And when
they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus
tarried behind in Jerusalem; and
Joseph and his mother
knew not of it.")
Lk. 4:41 removed - "Christ" (from "And devils also came out of
many, crying out, and saying, Thou art
Christ the Son of
God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they
knew that he was Christ.") (Christ means Messiah)
Lk. 7:31 removed - "And the Lord said" (from "
And the Lord
said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this
generation? and to what are they like?")
Lk. 9:35 removed - "beloved"(from "And there came a voice out
of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.)
added - " whom I have chosen"
Lk. 22:31 removed - "And the Lord said" (from "
And the Lord
said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat:")
Jn. 1:27 removed - "is preferred before me"(from "He it is,
who coming after me
is preferred before me, whose shoe's
latchet I am not worthy to unloose.")
Jn. 3:13 removed - " which is in heaven" (from "And no man
hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man
which is in heaven.")
Jn. 6:69 "And we believe and are sure that thou art that
Christ, the Son of the living God" (KJV) is changed to
"We believe and know that you are
the Holy One of God."
(NIV)
Jn. 8:24 added - "the one I claim to be" ("I told you that you
would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am
the
one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."
NIV)
Jn. 8:28 added - "the one I claim to be" ("So Jesus said,
"When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that
I am
the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own
but speak just what the Father has taught me." NIV)
Jn. 8:35 "The Son abideth forever" is changed to "a son
belongs to it forever" ("And the servant abideth not in the house
for ever: but
the Son abideth ever."KJV)
Jn. 8:38 "My Father" is changed to "the Father" ("I speak that
which I have seen with
my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father."KJV)
Jn. 9:35 "Son of God" is changed to "Son of man" ("Jesus heard
that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said
unto him, Dost thou believe on the
Son of God?" KJV)
Jn .16:16 removed - "Because I go to the Father" (From "A
little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me,
because I go to the Father.")
Acts 2:30 removed - "according to the flesh, he would raise up
Christ" (From "Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God
had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on
his throne")
Acts 3:26 "his Son Jesus" is changed to "his servant" ("Unto
you first God, having raised up
his Son Jesus, sent him to
bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities."
KJV)
Rom. 6:11 removed - "our Lord" (from "Likewise reckon ye also
yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ
our Lord.")
Rom. 14:10 "Judgment seat of Christ" is changed to " judgment
seat of God" ("But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ." KJV)
I Cor. 5:5 removed - "Jesus" (from "To deliver such an one
unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may
be saved in the day of the Lord
Jesus.")
I Cor. 15:47 removed - "the Lord" (From "The first man is of
the earth, earthy: the second man is
the Lord from
heaven.")
Removed:
I Cor. 16:22 removed - "Jesus Christ" (From "If any man love
not the Lord
Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema
Maranatha")
Removed:
Gal. 3:17 removed - "in Christ" (From "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.")
Eph. 3:9 removed - "by Jesus Christ" (From "And to make all
men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things
by Jesus Christ")
Eph. 3:14 removed - "of our Lord Jesus Christ" (From "For this
cause I bow my knees unto the Father
of our Lord Jesus
Christ")
Col. 1:2 removed - "and the Lord Jesus Christ" (From "To the
saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father
and the Lord
Jesus Christ.")
I Thess. 1:1 removed - "from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ" (From " 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")
I Tim. 3:16 removed - "God" (From "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")
I Tim. 5:21 removed - "Lord" (From "I charge thee before God,
and the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou
observe these things without preferring one before another, doing
nothing by partiality")
II Tim. 4:1 removed - "Lord" (From "I charge thee therefore
before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;")
II Tim. 4:22 removed - "Jesus Christ" (From "The Lord
Jesus
Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.")
Titus 1:4 removed - "Lord" Also removed "mercy" (From "To
Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace,
mercy,
and peace, from God the Father and the
Lord
Jesus Christ our Saviour).
Heb. 2:7 removed - "and didst set him over the works of thy
hands" (From "Thou madest him a little lower than the angels;
thou crownedest him with glory and honour,
and didst set him
over the works of thy hands:")
Heb. 7:21 removed - "after the order of Melchisedec" also
removed: "For those priests were made without an oath"( From
"
For those priests were made without an oath; but this
with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will
not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of
Melchisedec")
I Jn. 4:3 removed - "Christ is come in the flesh" (From "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.")
*I Jn. 5:7,8 removed the entire verse 7 "For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one " also v 8 "in earth"
This is the clearest verse on the Trinity. Although it is
claimed by the supporters of the NIV that there are no early
manuscripts before the 16th century to support verse seven there
is a mystery here:
- It is also claimed in "A Textual Commentary on the Greek New
Testament", the companion book for the UBS 3rd edition
of the Greek Text that this passage is quoted by none of the
Greek Fathers.10 However, I found that Cyprian quoted it in
251 AD.
- Cyprian writing in AD 251 (100 years before the Sinaiticus
and Vaticanus manuscripts) quotes from this verse: "And again it
is written of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
'And these three are one'"11
- In the footnotes of the UBS 3rd edition Greek
text, the oldest manuscripts that they state do not have this
verse are Sinaiticus and Vaticanus - 350 AD. Most of the
manuscripts listed as not having it are late - 9th to 14th
centuries!
- Both the NIV and the NASB treat the elimination of this
verse in different ways. Other places they eliminate verses
without any attempt to reorder the verse numbers. Here the NIV
splits up verse eight to give the appearance that there is a
verse seven. The NASB divides verse six to create a verse
seven.
Salvation and the
Judgment
This section reveals some of the most significant phrases and
verses that have been removed in the NIV. It would be one thing
if a verse or two had been changed on the gospel message. Even
that would be serious. But verse after verse has been changed on
Salvation and the Judgment. You will see in the section
"Manuscript evidence given by the UBS Greek text" that these
words, phrases, and verses are missing in only a few manuscripts,
and that they are not always missing in the same manuscripts.
There is also a high number of passages where there is no
manuscript basis given for the phrases that have been removed.
The translators of the NIV lead us to believe that they have only
removed erroneous phrases. We raise this question: Why are these
words, phrases, and verses that were removed error?
Matt. 9:13 removed - "to repentance" (from "But go ye and
learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:
for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners
to
repentance.")
*Matt. 18:11 removed the entire verse - "For the son of man is
come to save that which was lost"
Matt. 20:16 removed - "for many be called, but few chosen"
(From "So the last shall be first, and the first last:
for
many be called, but few chosen.")
Matt. 22:13 removed - "and take him away" (from "Then said the
king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot,
and take him
away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.")
Matt. 24:42 "hour" is changed to "day" (in "ye know not what
hour your Lord doth come.")
Matt. 25:13 removed - "wherein the Son of man cometh" (from
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.")
Mk. 1:14 removed - "of the kingdom" (From "Now after that John
was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God")
Mk. 2:17 removed - "to repentance" (From "When Jesus heard it,
he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the
physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners
to repentance.")
Mk. 4:12 removed - "sins"; also "converted" is changed to
"turn" (From "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they
should be
converted, and their
sins should be
forgiven them.")
Mk. 6:11 removed - "verily I say unto you, it shall be more
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for
that city." (From "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear
you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet
for a testimony against them.
Verily I say unto you, It shall
be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment,
than for that city")
*Mk. 9:44 removed the entire verse - "where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched"
Mk. 9:45 removed - "into the fire that never shall be
quenched:" (From "And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is
better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to
be cast into hell,
into the fire that never shall be
quenched:")
*Mk. 9:46 the entire verse is removed - "where their worm
dieth not and the fire is not quenched."
Mk. 10:24 removed - "for them that trust in riches" (From "And
the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth
again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it
for them
that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!")
*Mk. 11:26 removed the entire verse - "But if you do not
forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses."
Lk. 9:55,56 removed - "and said, ye know not what manner of
spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's
lives but to save them." (From "But he turned, and rebuked them,
and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the
Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save
them. And they went to another village")
*Lk. 17:36 the entire verse is removed - "Two men shall be in
the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left"
Jn.3:15 removed - "should not perish" (From "That whosoever
believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal
life.")
Jn. 4:42 removed - "the Christ" (From "And said unto the
woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have
heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed
the
Christ, the Saviour of the world.")
Jn. 6:47 removed - "on me" (From "He that believeth
on
me hath everlasting life")
Acts 2:41 removed - "gladly" (From "Then they that
gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day
there were added unto them about three thousand souls.")
*Acts 8:37 removed the entire verse - "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"
Acts 19:10 removed - "Jesus" (From "And this continued by the
space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard
the word of the Lord
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks")
Acts 24:15 removed - "of the dead" (From "And have hope toward
God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a
resurrection
of the dead, both of the just and
unjust.")
Rom. 1:16 removed - "of Christ" (from "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.")
Rom. 9:28 removed - "For he will finish the work, and cut it
short in righteousness" (From "
For he will finish the work,
and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will
the Lord make upon the earth.")
Rom. 10:15 removed - "that preach the gospel of peace" and "of
good things" (Is. 52:7) (From "And how shall they preach, except
they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of
them
that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings
of good things!)
Rom. 11:6 removed - "but if it be of works, then is it no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work." (From "And if by grace,
then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.)
I Cor. 5:7 removed - "for us" (From "Purge out therefore the
old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For
even Christ our passover is sacrificed
for us")
I Cor. 9:18 removed - "of Christ" (From "What is my reward
then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the
gospel
of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power
in the gospel.")
Gal.4:7 removed - "through Christ" (From "Wherefore thou art
no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ")
Eph. 1:13 removed - "In whom ye also trusted" (From "
In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of
truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise")
Col 1:14 removed - "through his blood" (from "In whom we have
redemption
through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:")
Col. 3:6 removed - "on the children of disobedience" (From
"For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh
on the
children of disobedience:")
Heb 1:3 removed - "by Himself"; and "our"(From "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")
Heb. 8:12 removed - "and their iniquities" (From "For I will
be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins
and their
iniquities will I remember no more")
I Pet. 2:2 added - "up in your salvation" (NIV "Like newborn
babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow
up in your salvation")
I Pet. 4:1 removed - "for us" (from "Forasmuch then as Christ
hath suffered
for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise
with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath
ceased from sin;")
II Pet. 2:17 removed - "forever" (from "These are wells
without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom
the mist of darkness is reserved
for ever.")
II Pet. 3:10 "the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up" is changed in the NIV's Greek to: "and the
earth and everything in it will be laid bare"
I Jn. 4:19 removed - "Him" (from "We love
Him, because
he first loved us. ")
I Jn. 5:13 removed - "and that ye may believe on the name of
the Son of God." (from "These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye
have eternal life,
and that ye may believe on the name of the
Son of God")
Jude 1:23 removed - "with fear" (from "And others save
with
fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment
spotted by the flesh.")
added - "to others show mercy, mixed with fear"
Rev. 20:12 "stand before God" is changed to "standing before
the throne" ("And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works." KJV)
Jesus
Lk.4:41 removed - "Christ" (From,
"And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou
art
Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered
them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.")
Rom. 15:8 removed - "Jesus" (from "Now I say that
Jesus
Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:")
Rom. 16:18 removed - "Jesus" (from "For they that are such
serve not our Lord
Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and
by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.")
II Cor. 4:6 removed - "Jesus" (from "For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of
Jesus Christ")
Gal. 6:15 removed - "For in Christ Jesus" (from "
For in
Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing , nor
uncircumcision, but a new creature.")
Col. 3:13 "Christ" (forgave) is changed in the NIV's Greek to
"Lord" ("Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you,
so also do ye." KJV)
I Pet. 5:14 removed - "Jesus" (from "Greet ye one another with
a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ
Jesus. Amen.")
Rev. 12:17 removed - "Christ" (from "And the dragon was wroth
with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her
seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony
of Jesus
Christ.")
The Holy Spirit
Jn. 7:39 removed - "Holy" (From
"(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him
should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.")
Acts 8:18 removed - "Holy" (From "And when Simon saw that
through laying on of the apostles' hands the
Holy Ghost
was given, he offered them money")
Rom. 8:1 removed - "who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit." (From "There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.")
Rom. 15:19 removed - "of God" (from "Through mighty signs and
wonders, by the power of the Spirit
of God; so that from
Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ")
I Cor. 2:13 removed - "Holy" (from "Which things also we
speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.")
I Pet. 1:22 removed - "through the Spirit"; "a pure"(heart)
(from "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
see that ye love one another with
a pure heart
fervently")
Angels
Matt. 22:30 removed - "of God"
(from "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given
in marriage, but are as the angels
of God in
heaven.")
Matt. 25:31 removed - "holy" (From "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:")
Acts 7:30 removed - "of the Lord" (from "And when forty years
were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount
Sina an angel
of the Lord in a flame of fire in a
bush.")
Rev. 11:1 removed - "and the angel stood" (from "And there was
given me a reed like unto a rod:
and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and
them that worship therein.
Prayer and Fasting
Prayer and fasting are an important action in spiritual
warfare against Satan and his kingdom. The importance of prayer
and fasting is significantly weakened in the NIV by what is
removed.
Matt. 6:6 removed - "openly" (from "But thou, when thou
prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth
in secret shall reward thee
openly")
Matt. 6:13 removed from the Lord's prayer - "For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen"(from "And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.") Also adds - "one"("And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil
one." NIV)
Matt. 9:14 removed - "oft" (much) (From "Then came to him the
disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast
oft, but thy disciples fast not?")
*Matt. 17:21 removed the entire verse - "Howbeit this kind
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
Mk. 9:29 removed - "and fasting" (From "And he said unto them,
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer
and
fasting")
Mk. 13:33 removed - "and pray" (From "Take ye heed, watch
and pray: for ye know not when the time is.")
Luke 11:2-4 removed from the Lord's prayer - "our"; "which art
in heaven"; "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth"; and
"but deliver us from evil" (From " And he said unto them, When ye
pray, say,
Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in heaven,
so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 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.")
Acts 1:14 removed - "and supplication" (From "These all
continued with one accord in prayer
and supplication, with
the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren")
Acts 10:30 "fasting until this hour" is changed (in their
Greek text) to "praying at this hour" ("And Cornelius said, Four
days ago I was
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth
hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in
bright clothing" KJV)
I Cor. 7:5 removed - "fasting and" (From "Defraud ye not one
the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give
yourselves to
fasting and prayer; and come together again,
that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.")
Communion
Matt. 26:28 removed - "new" (from "For this is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of
sins")
Mk. 14:22 removed - "eat" (from "And as they did eat, Jesus
took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and
said, Take,
eat: this is my body")
Mk. 14:24 removed - "new" (from "And he said unto them, This
is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for
many.")
I Cor. 11:24 removed - "take eat"; and "broken" (from "And
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,
Take,
eat: this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do
in remembrance of me.")
I Cor. 11:29 removed - "unworthily" ("For he that eateth and
drinketh
unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body.")
Crucifixion and
Resurrection
A significant amount has been removed in the NIV from the
Crucifixion and Resurrection account.
Matt. 26:59 removed - "and elders" (from "Now the chief
priests,
and elders, and all the council, sought
false witness against Jesus, to put him to death")
Matt. 26:60 removed - "false witnesses" (from "At the last
came two
false witnesses")
Matt. 27:2 removed - "Pontius" (from "And when they had bound
him, they led him away, and delivered him to
Pontius
Pilate the governor.")
Matt. 27:34 "vinegar" is changed to "wine" (in "They gave him
vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink")
Matt. 27:35 removed - "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." (From "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.")
Matt. 27:42 removed - "If" (from "He saved others; himself he
cannot save.
If he be the King of Israel, let him now come
down from the cross, and we will believe him.")
Matt. 27:64 removed - "by night" (from "Command therefore that
the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his
disciples come
by night, and steal him away, and say unto
the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be
worse than the first.")
Matt. 28:2 removed - "from the door" (from "And, behold, there
was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from
heaven, and came and rolled back the stone f
rom the door,
and sat upon it")
Matt. 28:9 removed - "And as they went to tell his disciples"
(From "
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold,
Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by
the feet, and worshipped him.")
Mk. 14:19 removed - "and another said, Is it I?" (From "And
they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it
I?
and another said, Is it I?")
Mk. 14:27 removed - "because of me this night" (From "And
Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended
because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.")
Mk. 14:68 removed - "and the cock crew" (From "But he denied,
saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he
went out into the porch;
and the cock crew.")
Mk. 14:70 removed - "and thy speech agreeth thereto." (From
"And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by
said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a
Galilaean,
and thy speech agreeth thereto.")
*Mk. 15:28 removed the entire verse - "And the scripture was
fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors."
Lk. 22:64 removed - "they struck him on the face" (From "And
when they had blindfolded him,
they struck him on the
face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote
thee?")
Lk. 22:68 removed - "nor let me go." (from "And if I also ask
you, ye will not answer me,
nor let me go")
*Lk. 23:17 removed the entire verse - "For of necessity he
must release one unto them at the feast."
Lk. 23:23 removed - "and of the chief priests" (From "And they
were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified. And the voices of them
and of the chief priests
prevailed.")
Lk. 23:25 removed - "unto them" (From "And he released
unto
them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison,
whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their
will.")
Lk. 23:38 removed - "in letters of Greek, and Latin, and
Hebrew" (From " And a superscription also was written over him
in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE
KING OF THE JEWS.")
Lk. 24:1 removed - "and certain others with them." (From " Now
upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they
came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had
prepared,
and certain others with them.")
Lk. 24:4 removed - "much" (from "And it came to pass, as they
were
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by
them in shining garments")
Lk. 24:17 added - "They stood still, their faces" (Added in "
He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk
along?"
They stood still, their faces downcast" NIV)
Jn. 19:16 removed - "and led him away" (From "Then delivered
he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus,
and led him away.")
Divorce and Remarriage
See also the section "Inaccurate Translation of Words in the
NIV"
Matt. 19:9 removed one third of the verse- "and whoso marrieth
her which is put away doth commit adultery" (From "And I say unto
you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for
fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery:
and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery.") (By removing this phrase, the NIV removes the
reason why remarriage is sin.)
Fornication
See also the section "Inaccurate
Translation of words in the NIV".
Rom. 1:29 removed - "fornication" (from "Being filled with all
unrighteousness,
fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whispers,")
Gal. 5:19 removed - "fornication" (from "Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness")
Forgiveness
Matt. 5:44 removed - "bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you"; "which despitefully use you," (From "But I
say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;")
Matt. 18:35 removed - "their trespasses" (from "So likewise
shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother
their trespasses.")
Mk. 11:26 The entire verse was removed (It is also included in
the section on salvation and judgment) - "But if you do not
forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses."
Lk. 17:3 removed - "against thee" (from "Take heed to
yourselves: If thy brother trespass
against thee, rebuke
him; and if he repent, forgive him")
Rom. 1:31 removed - "implacable"(unforgiving) (from "Without
understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful:")
Heb. 10:30 removed - "saith the Lord" (From "For we know him
that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense,
saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his
people.")
Unity of thought
See also the section "Inaccurate Translation of Words in the
NIV".
I Cor. 3:3 removed - "and divisions" (from "For ye are yet
carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife,
and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?")
Phil. 3:16 removed - "by the same rule, let us mind the same
thing." (From "Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
let us walk
by the same rule, let us mind the same thing
")
Listening to God
Matt. 11:15 removed - "to hear" (from "He that hath ears
to
hear, let him hear")
Mk. 4:24 " and unto you that hear shall more be given" (KJV)
is changed to "and even more." (NIV) (Changed in: "And he said
unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you:
and unto you that hear shall more be
given. (KJV) "Consider carefully what you hear," he
continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to
you--
and even more. (NIV)
*Mk. 7:16 removed the entire verse - "If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear."
Pharisees and Scribes
Matt. 15:14 removed - "alone"; and "of the blind" (from "Let
them
alone: they be blind leaders
of the blind And
if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
ditch.")
Matt. 16:3 removed - "O ye hypocrites" (from "And in the
morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and
lowering.
O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face
of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?")
Matt. 23:4 removed - "and grievous to be borne" (from "For
they bind heavy burdens
and grievous to be borne and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them
with one of their fingers.")
*Matt. 23:14 removed the entire verse "Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for
a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation"
Matt. 23:19 removed - "fools and" (from "Ye
fools and
blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?")
Matt. 26:3 removed - "and the scribes" (from "Then assembled
together the chief priests,
and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was
called Caiaphas")
Mk. 7:2 removed - "And when" and "they found fault" (from
"
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands,
they found
fault")
Mk.7:8 removed - "as the washing of pots and cups: and many
other such like things ye do." (from "For laying aside the
commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,
as the
washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye
do")
Lk.11:44 removed - "scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" (from
"Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them
are not aware of them")
Lk. 11:54 removed - "and seeking"; "that they might accuse
him." (from "Laying wait for him,
and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.")
Lk. 20:23 removed - "Why tempt ye me?" (from "But he perceived
their craftiness, and said unto them,
Why tempt ye
me?")
Jn. 5:16 removed - "and sought to slay him" (from "And
therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,
and sought to slay
him, because he had done these things on the sabbath
day")
Acts 5:33 removed - "took counsel" (From "When they heard
that, they were cut to the heart, and
took counsel to slay
them.")
Additional Changes
One of the things you will observe in this section is that
there is a lot of significant information that has been removed
from the Word of God in the NIV. Satan's tactic has not
been to completely remove doctrines from the Bible, but to remove
parts of sentences here and there. The result is that what God
says in His Word is weakened in the NIV and most modern
translations. What is changed and removed in the NIV does not
strengthen God's Word. If it was error, the Scriptures
would be strengthened by it being removed.
Matt. 1:23 removed - "Behold" (from "
Behold, a virgin
shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with
us.")
Matt. 3:16 removed - "unto him" (From "And Jesus, when he was
baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened
unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:")
Matt. 5:22 removed - "without a cause" (From "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."))
Matt. 6:1 "alms" is changed in their Greek text to "acts of
righteousness" ("Take heed that ye do not your
alms before
men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven." KJV)
Matt. 6:4 removed - "openly" (From "That thine alms may be in
secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward
thee
openly.")
Matt. 7:8 added - "the door" (Added to: "For everyone who asks
receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks,
the
door will be opened.")
Matt. 7:28 removed - "And it came to pass" (from "
And it
came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people
were a astonished at his doctrine:")
Matt. 10:3 removed - "Lebbaeus whose surname was" (from
"Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James
the son of Alphaeus, and
Lebbaeus, whose surname was
Thaddaeus")
Matt. 10:42 removed - "only" (from "And whosoever shall give
to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water
only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.")
Matt. 11:2 removed - "two of" (From "Now when John had heard
in the prison the works of Christ, he sent
two of his
disciples")
Matt. 14:30 removed - "boisterous" (from "But when he saw the
wind
boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me.")
Matt. 14:33 removed - "came and'" (from "Then they that were
in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth
thou art the Son of God")
Matt. 15:6 removed - "or his mother" (from "And honor not his
father
or his mother , he shall be free. Thus have ye made
the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.")
Matt. 15:8 removed - "draweth nigh unto me with their mouth"
(From "This people
draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from
me.")
Matt. 16:4 removed - "the prophet" (From "A wicked and
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no
sign be given unto it, but the sign of
the prophet Jonas.
And he left them, and departed.")
Matt. 17:11 removed - "shall first" (from "And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Elias truly
shall first come, and
restore all things.")
Matt. 19:20 removed - "from my youth up" (from "The young man
saith unto him, All these things have I kept
from my youth
up: what lack I yet?")
Matt. 19:29 removed - "or wife" (from "And every one that hath
forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall
receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life")
Matt. 20:7 removed - "and whatsoever is right, that shall ye
receive." (From "They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.
He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard;
and
whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.")
Matt. 20:22 removed - "and be baptized with the baptism I am
baptized with" (From " But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink
of,
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.")
Matt. 20:23 removed - "and be baptized with the baptism that I
am baptized with" (From "And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink
indeed of my cup, a
nd be baptized with the baptism that I
am `
baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and
on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them
for whom it is prepared of my Father.")
Matt. 21:4 removed - "All" (from "
All this was done,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
saying,")
Matt. 21:12 removed - "of God" (from "And Jesus went into the
temple
of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought
in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and
the seats of them that sold doves")
Matt. 24:7 removed - "and pestilences" (from "For nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines,
and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places. All these are the beginning of sorrows")
Matt. 26:1 removed - "And it came to pass" (from "
and it
came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he
said unto his disciples,")
Matt. 28:20 removed - "amen" (From "Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.")
Mk. 1:2 added - "in Isaiah" (in "It is written in Isaiah the
prophet:" NIV) It is a quote from Mal. 3:1 not Isaiah!!
Mk. 1:42 removed - "And as soon as he had spoken" (From
"
And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the
leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.")
Mk. 2:2 removed - "and straightway" (from "
And
straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there
was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door:
and he preached the word unto them.")
Mk. 2:16 removed - "and drinketh" (from "And when the scribes
and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said
unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth
and drinketh
with publicans and sinners?")
Mk. 3:5 removed - "as the other" (from "And when he had looked
round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of
their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole
as the other.")
Mk. 3:14 added - "designating them apostles" (in "He appointed
twelve--
designating them apostles" NIV)
Mk. 3:15 removed - "to heal sicknesses"(from "And to have
power
to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils")
Mk. 3:16 added - "These are the twelve he appointed:" (in
"
These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom
he gave the name Peter);" NIV)
Mk. 4:4 removed - "of the air" (from "And it came to pass, as
he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls
of the
air came and devoured it up.")
Mk. 4:40 added - "still" (in "Do you
still have no
faith?" NIV)
Mk. 5:3 added - "any more" (in "no one could bind him
any
more" NIV)
Mk. 6:33 removed - "and came together unto him." (From "And
the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot
thither out of all cities, and outwent them,
and came
together unto him.")
Mk. 6:36 removed - "for they have nothing to eat." (From "Send
them away, that they may go into the country round about, and
into the villages, and buy themselves bread:
for they have
nothing to eat")
Mk. 8:26 removed - "nor tell it to any in the town." (From
"And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the
town,
nor tell it to any in the town.")
Mk. 9:38 removed - "answered him"; and "and he followeth not
us" (From "And John
answered him, saying, Master, we saw
one casting out devils in thy name,
and he followeth not
us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Mk 9:49 removed - "and every sacrifice shall be salted with
salt." ( From "For every one shall be salted with fire,
and
every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.")
Mk. 10:21 removed - "take up the cross" (from "Then Jesus
beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou
lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
take
up the cross, and follow me.")
Mk. 11:8 removed - "in the way" (From "And many spread their
garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees,
and strawed them
in the way.")
Mk. 11:10 removed - "that cometh in the name of the Lord:"
(From "Blessed be the kingdom of our father David,
that cometh
in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.")
Mk. 11:23 removed - "Be thou removed" (from "say unto this
mountain,
Be thou removed")
Mk. 12:4 removed - "and at him they cast stones"; "and sent
him away" (From "And again he sent unto them another servant;
and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head,
and sent him away shamefully handled.")
Mk. 12:23 removed - "when they shall rise" (From, "In the
resurrection therefore,
when they shall rise, whose wife
shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife")
Mk. 12:30 removed - " this is the first commandment." (from
"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength:
this is the first commandment.
Mk. 12:33 removed - "and with all the soul" (from "And to love
him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
and
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices.")
Mk. 13:8 removed - "and troubles" (from "For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines
and troubles: these are the beginnings of
sorrows")
Mk. 13:11 removed - "neither do ye premeditate" (From, "But
when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak,
neither do ye premeditate:
but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye:
for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.")
Mk. 13:14 removed - "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" (From,
"But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken
of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, let
him that readeth understand, then let them that be in Judea flee
to the mountains:")
Mk. 16:9-20 The NIV indicates that this passage is not part of
the Word of God. When I was told in college that this was
probably not part of the Bible, it subconsciously significantly
weakened my faith in the authority and reliability of the Bible.
What they have not told us is that this passage is missing in
only
two manuscripts - codex sinaiticus and codex
vaticanus. Even in those manuscripts there is evidence from the
spacing that it was intentionally omitted.
12
Lk. 1:28 removed - "blessed art
thou among women." (From, "And the angel came in unto her, and
said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women.")
Lk. 1:29 removed - "And when she saw him" (From, "
And when
she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her
mind what manner of salutation this should be.")
Lk. 2:40 removed - "in spirit" (from "And the child grew, and
waxed strong
in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace
of God was upon him.")
Lk.4:4 removed - "but by every word of God" (From, "And Jesus
answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by
bread alone,
but by every word of God.")
Lk. 4:8 removed - " and said unto him, Get thee behind me,
Satan: for" (From, "And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get
thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.")
Lk. 4:18 removed - "to heal the brokenhearted" (From, " 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,")
Lk. 5:38 removed - "and both are preserved." (From, "But new
wine must be put into new bottles;
and both are
preserved.")
Lk. 6:10 removed - "as the other" (From, "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.")
Lk. 7:28 removed - "prophet"; "Baptist" (from "For I say unto
you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater
prophet than John
the Baptist: but he that is least
in the kingdom of God is greater than he.")
Lk. 8:43 removed - "which had spent all her living upon
physicians" (From, " And a woman having an issue of blood twelve
years,
which had spent all her living upon physicians,
neither could be healed of any,")
Lk. 8:45 removed - "and they that were with him"; "and sayest
thou, Who touched me?" (From, "And Jesus said, Who touched me?
When all denied, Peter
and they that were with him said,
Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee,
and
sayest thou, Who touched me?")
Lk. 8:48 removed - "be of good comfort" (From, "And he said
unto her, Daughter,
be of good comfort: thy faith hath
made thee whole; go in peace.")
Lk. 8:54 removed - "And he put them all out" (From, "
And he
put them all out, and took her by the hand, and
called, saying, Maid, arise.")
Lk. 9:54 removed - "even as Elias did?" (From, "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?")
Lk. 11:11 removed - "shall ask bread of any of you ";and "will
he give him a stone?" (From, "If a son
shall ask bread of any
of you that is a father,
will he give him a stone? or
if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?")
Lk. 12:39 removed - "he would have watched," (From, "And this
know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the
thief would come,
he would have watched, and not have
suffered his house to be broken through.")
Lk. 17:9 removed - "I trow (think) not" (From, "Doth he thank
that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?
I trow not.")
Lk. 18:24 removed - "that he was very sorrowful" (From, "And
when Jesus saw
that he was very sorrowful, he said, How
hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of
God!")
Lk. 19:5 removed - "and saw him" (from "And when Jesus came to
the place, he looked up,
and saw him, and said unto him,
Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at
thy house.")
Lk. 19:45 removed - "and them that bought" (from "And he went
into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein,
and them that bought")
Lk. 20:30 removed - "took her to wife, and he died childless."
(From, "And the second
took her to wife, and he died
childless.")
Lk. 21:4 removed - "of God" (from "For all these have of their
abundance cast in unto the offerings
of God: but she of
her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.")
Lk. 22:14 removed - "twelve" (From, "And when the hour was
come, he sat down, and the
twelve apostles with him.")
Lk. 24:42 removed - "and of an honeycomb" (From "And they gave
him a piece of a broiled fish,
and of an honeycomb.")
Lk 24:49 removed - "of Jerusalem" (from "And, behold, I send
the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city
of
Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on
high.")
Lk. 24:53 removed - "and blessing" and "Amen" (from "And were
continually in the temple, praising
and blessing God.
Amen.")
Jn. 1:51 removed - "Hereafter" (from "And he saith unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see
heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of man)
*Jn. 5:3,4 removed an entire verse - " waiting for the moving
of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the
pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the
troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had."
Jn. 6:11 removed - "to the disciples, and the disciples" (From
"And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he
distributed
to the disciples, and the disciples to them
that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they
would.")
Jn. 6:22 removed - "save that one whereinto his disciples were
entered" (From "The day following, when the people which stood on
the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat
there,
save that one whereinto his disciples were entered,
and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but
that his disciples were gone away alone")
Jn. 7:33 removed - "unto them" (from "Then said Jesus
unto
them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto
him that sent me.")
Jn.7:53-8:11 The NIV indicates this is not scripture. They
fail to mention that it is present in over 900 manuscripts of
John, and that other ancient witnesses testify to its
presence.
13
Jn. 8:9 removed - "being convicted
by their own conscience" (From "And they which heard it
being
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by
one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was
left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.")
Jn. 8:10 removed - "and saw none but the woman" (From "When
Jesus had lifted up himself,
and saw none but the woman,
he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no
man condemned thee?")
Jn. 8:59 removed - "going through the midst of them, and so
passed by." (From "Then took they up stones to cast at him: but
Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple,
going through
the midst of them, and so passed by.")
Jn. 9:4 "I" is changed to "we" (From "
I must work the
works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh,
when no man can work." KJV)
Jn. 9:11 removed - "the pool of" (From " He answered and said,
A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and
said unto me, Go to
the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I
went and washed, and I received sight.")
Jn. 10:26 removed - "as I said unto you." (From "But ye
believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,
as I said unto
you.")
Jn 11:41 removed - "where the dead was laid" (From " Then they
took away the stone from the place
where the dead was
laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank
thee that thou hast heard me.")
Jn.12:1 removed - "which had been dead" (From "Then Jesus six
days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was
which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.")
Jn. 14:28 removed - "I said" (from "Ye have heard how I said
unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye
would rejoice, because
I said, I go unto the Father: for
my Father is greater than I.")
Jn. 15:7 removed - "ye shall" (from "If ye abide in me, and my
words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you")
Jn. 15:8 added - "showing yourselves to" removed - "so shall
ye" (This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples. NIV)
Jn. 17:12 removed - "in the world" (from "While I was with
them
in the world I kept them in thy name: those that thou
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.")
Jn. 21:3 removed - "immediately" (from "Simon Peter saith unto
them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
They went forth, and entered into a ship
immediately; and
that night they caught nothing.")
Acts 2:7 removed - "and marveled" and "one to another" (From
"And they were all amazed
and marvelled, saying
one to
another, Behold, are not all these which speak
Galileans")
Acts 2:47 "to the church" is changed (in their Greek text) to
"to their number" ("Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added
to the church daily such as
should be saved." KJV)
Acts 3:6 removed - "rise up" (From "Then Peter said, Silver
and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk")
Acts 5:24 removed - "the high priest" (From "Now when
the
high priest and the captain of the temple and the
chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto
this would grow.")
Acts 5:32 removed - "his" (From "And we are
his
witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom
God hath given to them that obey him.")
Acts 6:13 removed - "blasphemous words" (from "And set up
false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
law:")
Acts 7:37 removed - "him shall ye hear" (From "This is that
Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall
the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me;
him shall ye hear.")
Acts 9:5 removed - "And the Lord said"; and "it is hard for
thee to kick against the pricks." (From "And he said, Who art
thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest:
it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.")
Acts 9:6 removed - "And he trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him"
(From "
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou
must do.")
Acts 10:6 removed - "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to
do" (From "He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by
the sea side:
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to
do.")
Acts 10:12 removed - "and wild beasts" (From "Wherein were all
manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth,
and wild beasts,
and creeping things, and fowls of the air.")
Acts 10:21 removed - "which were sent unto him from Cornelius;
and said, Behold" (From "Then Peter went down to the men
which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said,
Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye
are come?")
Acts 10:32 removed - "who when he cometh shall speak unto
thee" (From "Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon,
whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a
tanner by the sea side:
who, when he cometh, shall speak unto
thee")
Acts 13:42 added - "Paul and Barnabas" instead of "Jews"
removed - "the Gentiles" (From "And when
the Jews were
gone out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles besought that
these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.")
Acts 15:18 "Known unto God are all His works from the
beginning of the world" is changed (in their Greek text) to "that
have been known for ages"
Acts 15:24 removed - "Ye must be circumcised, and keep the
law"
"To whom we gave no such commandment" is paraphrased (not word
for word): "without our authorization" (From "Forasmuch as we
have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you
with words, subverting your souls, saying,
Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law:
to whom we gave no such
commandment:
*Acts 15:34 removed the entire verse - "Notwithstanding it
pleased Silas to abide there still."
Acts 17:5 removed - "which believed not" (from "But the Jews
which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company,
and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.")
Acts 17:26 "blood" is changed in the NIV's Greek to "man" ("6
And hath made of one
blood all nations of men for to dwell
on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times
before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;" KJV)
Acts 18:17 "all the Greeks" is changed in the NIV's Greek to
"they all" ("Then
all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief
ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat.
And Gallio cared for none of those things." KJV)
Acts 18:21 removed - "I must by all means keep this feast that
cometh in Jerusalem: but" (From "But bade them farewell, saying,
I
must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:
but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed
from Ephesus.")
Acts 18:25 "Lord" is changed in the NIV's Greek to "Jesus" ("
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent
in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the
Lord, knowing only the baptism of John." KJV)
Acts 20:15 removed - "and tarried at Trogyllium" (From "And we
sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the
next day we arrived at Samos,
and tarried at Trogyllium;
and the next day we came to Miletus.")
Acts 21:8 removed - "we that were of Paul's company"; "entered
into the" (From "And the next day
we that were of Paul's
company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we
entered
into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the
seven; and abode with him.")
Acts 21:22 removed - "the multitude must needs come together:
for" (From "What is it therefore?
the multitude must needs
come together: for they will hear that thou art
come.")
Acts 21:25 removed - "that they observe no such thing" (From "
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and
concluded
that they observe no such thing, save only that
they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from
blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.")
Acts 22:9 removed - "and were afraid" (from "And they that
were with me saw indeed the light,
and were afraid; but
they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.")
Acts 22:20 removed - "unto his death" (from "And when the
blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and
consenting
unto his death, and kept the raiment of them
that slew him.")
Acts 23:9 removed - "let us not fight against God" (from "And
there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the
Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in
this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him,
let
us not fight against God")
Acts 23:15 removed - "tomorrow" (from "Now therefore ye with
the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down
unto you
to morrow, as though ye would enquire something
more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are
ready to kill him.")
Acts 23:30 removed - "that the Jews"; "farewell" (from "And
when it was told me how
that the Jews laid wait for the
man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his
accusers also to say before thee what they had against him.
Farewell.")
*Acts 24:6-8 removed - "and would have judged according to our
law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great
violence took him away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his
accusers to come unto thee"
Acts 24:26 removed - "that he might loose him" (From "He hoped
also that money should have been given him of Paul,
that he
might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the
oftener, and communed with him")
Acts 25:16 removed - "to die" (from "To whom I answered, It is
not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man
to die,
before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face,
and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid
against him.")
Acts 26:30 removed - "And when he had thus spoken" (From
"
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and
the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:")
Acts 28:16 removed - "the centurion delivered the prisoners to
the captain of the guard" (From " And when we came to Rome,
the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of
the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a
soldier that kept him.")
*Acts 28:29 removed the entire verse - "And when he had said
these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among
themselves
Rom 3:22 removed - "and upon all" (from "Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe: for there is no
difference:")
Rom. 4:11 removed - "also" (from "And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he
had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all
them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them
also:")
Rom. 9:31 removed - "of righteousness" (from "But Israel,
which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained
to the law
of righteousness.)
Rom. 9:32 removed - "of the law" (from "Wherefore? Because
they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works
of
the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;")
Rom. 13:9 removed - "Thou shall not bear false witness" (From
"For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it
is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.")
Rom. 14:6 removed - "and he that regardeth not the day, to the
Lord he doth not regard it." (From "He that regardeth the day,
regardeth it unto the Lord;
and he that regardeth not the day,
to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to
the Lord, or he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.")
Rom. 14:21 removed - "or is offended, or is made weak." (From
"It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended, or is
made weak.")
Rom. 15:29 removed - "of the gospel" (From "And I am sure
that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the
blessing
of the gospel of Christ")
*Rom. 16:24 removed the entire verse - "The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen"
I Cor. 1:4 removed - "my" (from "I thank
my God always
on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus
Christ;")
I Cor. 1:14 removed - "God" (from "I thank
God that I
baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;")
I Cor. 2:4 removed - "of man's" (from "And my speech and my
preaching was not with enticing words
of man's wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:")
I Cor. 6:20 removed - "and in your spirit, which are God's."
(From "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's")
I Cor. 10:28 removed - "for the earth is the Lord's, and the
fullness thereof:" (From "But if any man say unto you, This is
offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed
it, and for conscience sake: f
or the earth is the Lord's, and
the fulness thereof:")
I Cor. 14:34 removed - "Let your" (from "
Let your women
keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them
to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also
saith the law.")
II Cor. 5:18 removed - "Jesus" (from "And all things are of
God, who hath reconciled us to himself by
Jesus Christ,
and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation")
Gal. 3:1 removed - "that ye should not obey the truth";
and"among you" (From "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? ")
Gal. 5:21 removed - "murders" (from "Envyings,
murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do
such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.")
Eph. 4:6 removed - "you" (from "One God and Father of all, who
is above all, and through all, and in
you all")
Eph. 4:9 removed - "first" (from "Now that he ascended, what
is it but that he also descended
first into the lower
parts of the earth")
Eph. 5:30 removed - "of his flesh, and of his bones." (from
"For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his
bones")
Col. 2:2 removed - "and of the Father" (from "That their
hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto
all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgment of the mystery of God,
and of the Father,
and of Christ;")
Col. 2:7 removed - "therein' (from "Rooted and built up in
him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught,
abounding
therein with thanksgiving")
Col. 2:18 removed - "not" (from "Let no man beguile you of
your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels,
intruding into those things which he hath
not seen, vainly
puffed up by his fleshly mind,")
Col. 4:15 A man's name is changed to a woman's name and "his"
to "her" (house) ("Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and
Nymphas, and the church which is in
his house"
KJV)
I Thes. 2:15 removed - "their own" (from "Who both killed the
Lord Jesus, and
their own prophets, and have persecuted
us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:")
I Thes. 3:2 removed - "and minister of"; "and our" (from "And
sent Timotheus, our brother,
and minister of God,
and
our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you,
and to comfort you concerning your faith:")
added - "in spreading"
I Thes. 5:27 removed - "holy" (from "I charge you by the Lord
that this epistle be read unto all the
holy
brethren.")
II Thes. 2:4 removed - "as God" (from "Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he
as God sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God")
I Tim. 2:7 removed - "in Christ" (from "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.")
I Tim. 3:3 removed - "not greedy of filthy lucre" (a bishop)
(From "Not given to wine, no striker,
not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;")
I Tim. 4:12 removed - "in spirit" (from "Let no man despise
thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity,
in spirit, in faith, in
purity")
I Tim. 5:4 removed - "good and" (from "But if any widow have
children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home,
and to requite their parents: for that is
good and
acceptable before God.")
I Tim. 5:16 removed - "man or" (from "If any
man or
woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let
not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are
widows indeed.")
I Tim. 6:5 removed - "from such withdraw thyself." (From
"Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of
the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such
withdraw thyself.")
I Tim. 6:7 removed - "and it is certain" (from "For we brought
nothing into this world
and it is certain we can carry
nothing out")
I Tim. 6:19 "eternal life" is changed in the NIV's Greek to
"life that is truly life" ("Laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold
on eternal life." KJV)
II Tim. 1:11 removed - "of the Gentiles" (from "Whereunto I am
appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher
of the
Gentiles.")
Titus 2:7 removed - "uncorruptness" (from " In all things
shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing
uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,")
Heb.3:6 removed - "firm unto the end"; "his own" is changed to
"God's"
added - "faithful" ("But Christ as a son over
his own
house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the
rejoicing of the hope
firm unto the end. KJV "But Christ
is faithful as a son over
God's house. And
we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of
which we boast." NIV)
Heb. 6:10 removed - "labor of";and "name" (from "For God is
not unrighteous to forget your work and
labor of love,
which ye have shewed toward his
name, in that ye have
ministered to the saints, and do minister.")
Heb. 10:9 removed - "O God" (from "Then said he, Lo, I come to
do thy will,
O God. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second.")
Heb. 10:12 "man" is changed in their Greek text to "priest"
("But this
man, after he had offered one sacrifice for
sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;" KJV)
Heb. 10:34 removed - "in heaven" (from "For ye had compassion
of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods,
knowing in yourselves that ye have
in heaven a better and
an enduring substance.")
Heb. 11:11 removed - " also Sara herself received strength to
conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past
age, because she"
Added - "Abraham, even though he was past age--and Sarah
herself was barren--was enabled to become a father because he"
("Through faith
also Sara herself received strength to
conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past
age, because
she judged him faithful who had
promised." KJV)
Heb. 11:37 removed - "were tempted" (from "they were stoned,
they were sawn asunder,
were tempted, were slain with the
sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;")
Heb. 12:20 removed - "or thrust through with a dart" (From
"For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so
much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned,
or
thrust through with a dart:")
James 1:26 removed - "among you" (from " If any man
among
you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.")
James 4:12 added - "and Judge" ("2 There is only one Lawgiver
and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy.
But you--who are you to judge your neighbor?" NIV)
I Pet. 4:14 removed - "on their part he is evil spoken of, but
on your part he is glorified." (From "If ye be reproached for the
name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God
resteth upon you:
on their part he is evil spoken of, but on
your part he is glorified.")
I Pet. 5:10 removed - "Jesus" (from "But the God of all grace,
who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you.")
II Pet. 1:21 removed - "holy" (from " For the prophecy came
not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.")
I John 1:4 removed - "unto you"; "your" is changed to "our"
(from "And these things write we
unto you, that
your joy may be full.")
I John 2:7 removed - "from the beginning" (from "Brethren, I
write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which
ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which
ye have heard
from the beginning.")
I John 3:1 added - "And that is what we are!" ("How great is
the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called
children of God!
And that is what we are! The reason the
world does not know us is that it did not know him. (NIV)")
I John 3:14 removed - "his brother" (from "We know that we
have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
He that loveth not
his brother abideth in death.")
II John 1:9 removed - "of Christ" (from "Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine
of Christ,
hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath
both the Father and the Son.")
Jude 1:25 added - "through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all
ages" ("to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and
authority,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages,
now and forevermore! Amen.(NIV)")
Rev. 1:8 removed - "the beginning and the ending"(from "I am
Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty.")
Rev. 1:11 removed - "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first
and the last:"; and "which are in Asia" (from "
Saying, I am
Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What
thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto
Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.")
Rev. 1:20 removed - "which thou sawest" (from "The mystery of
the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are
the seven churches.")
Rev. 5:4 removed - "and to read" (from "And I wept much,
because no man was found worthy to open
and to read the
book, neither to look thereon.")
Rev. 5:14 removed - "four and twenty"; and "him that liveth
for ever and ever." (from "And the four beasts said, Amen. And
the
four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped
him
that liveth for ever and ever.")
Rev. 6:3 removed - "and see" (from "And when he had opened the
second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come
and
see.")
Rev. 7:5-8 removed - "were sealed" 11 times (from "
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Reuben
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad
were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Asher
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses
were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi
were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar
were
sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Zabulon
were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph
were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin
were
sealed twelve thousand.")
Rev. 8:7 added - "a third of the earth was burned up" ("The
first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire
mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth.
A
third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees
were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.")
Rev. 11:17 removed - "and art to come"(from "Saying, We give
thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast,
and art
to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned.
Rev. 14:5 removed - "before the throne of God." (from "And in
their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God.")
Rev. 14:15 removed - "for thee" (from "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.")
Rev. 15:2 removed - "and over his mark" (from "And I saw as it
were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten
the victory over the beast, and over his image,
and over his
mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God.")
Rev. 16:7 removed - "another out of" (from "And I heard
another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty,
true and righteous are thy judgments.")
Rev. 16:14 removed - "of the earth and" (from "For they are
the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the
kings
of the earth and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of that great day of God
Almighty.")
Rev. 19:1 removed - "the Lord" (from "And after these things I
heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia;
Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto
the Lord
our God:")
Rev. 21:2 removed - "John" (from "And I
John saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.")
Rev. 21:24 removed - "of them which are saved" (from "And the
nations
of them which are saved shall walk in the light of
it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour
into it.")
Rev. 22:1 removed - "pure" (from "And he shewed me a
pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.")
Section 3
Manuscript evidence given by the UBS Greek text
This chapter is probably the most important chapter in the
whole book. Here you can see for yourself the manuscript evidence
that the compilers of the NU text give for what they have removed
and changed in the Greek text. It is one thing to read a book in
support of the NIV and the reasonings that are given in general
and ambiguous terms. It is another to see the actual manuscript
evidence that is given for yourself. These are the only early
Greek manuscripts that NU Greek text quotes that did not have the
reading. When it is stated that the "best" manuscripts do not
have a particular reading, these manuscripts are what they are
referring to.
The following is the manuscript basis that the United Bible
Society's Greek text gives as the basis for why they did
not include the words, phrases and verses in the NU Greek text.
This information is taken from the foot notes in the UBS
3
rd Edition Greek Text and the companion book,
A
Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament by Bruce
Metzger. That book explains why something was removed, added or
changed in the NU Greek text.
Each manuscript is identified by a letter, number or a
combination of a letter and a number such as: C, 085, or p35. The
date of the manuscript is beside it so that for each passage you
can tell at a glance the age that they give for each
manuscript.
In this section I have stated what was removed, followed by
all the Greek manuscripts through the eighth century that are
listed in the two above mentioned books as the basis for why it
was removed or changed in the NU Greek text.
There are a number of things for you to observe in this
section:
- Notice that the two main manuscripts given as the basis for
removing something from the Word of God are the manuscripts
Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. But notice that they do not always have
the same reading (both are not always listed together). The
Sinaiticus and Vaticanus do not always have the same word,
phrase, or verse removed. Notice that they are not identical
manuscripts.
- Notice how only a few early manuscripts before 800 AD
support a word, phrase, or verse being removed.
- Notice how the same Greek manuscripts are not listed for
each verse.
-
- It illustrates what John Burgon stated that the main
manuscripts used to change God's Word, Sinaiticus,
Vaticanus, A, C, and D do not read the same. He only found one
place where they all five agreed together in respect to a
"various" reading. A "various" reading being a reading that is
different from the majority of manuscripts.14
- It indicates a significant amount of subjectivity on the part
of the compilers of the NIV's Greek text (The NU Greek text) as
to what would be removed.
- These manuscripts are not identical. They do not read the
same as each of the others.
- Observe how most of the manuscript evidence is around 300
or more years after most of the original manuscripts of the New
Testament were written. If you think back to what has happened
since 1701, you soon realize that 300 years is not very close to
the originals. The manuscript evidence used to change the words
of the Bible is not as ancient as the NIV supporters make it
sound.
- Note the frequency of no manuscript documentation for
something being removed. Of the 60 passages listed here, 28 of
them — that is almost half of the passages — do not have any
documentation by the UBS 3rd edition Greek text for
why it was removed from the Word of God! The UBS 3rd
edition Greek text has considerable documentation for phrases
with variant readings where it was decided to keep the
traditional reading. It surprised me how often it left out
documentation when it removed something significant.
- Notice for yourself that there has never been a single
ancient Greek manuscript that reads the same as the NIV's Greek
text! You will not find a single manuscript that is listed for
every verse!
To remove subjectivity on my part in the selection of verses
to use as examples here, I chose the first 30 verses in each of
the two most important sections: the Deity of Jesus Christ and
His Lordship, and Salvation and the Judgment. One would assume
that verses in these sections would be the best documented with
manuscript evidence because of the significance of what is being
removed or changed.
* indicates an entire verse that was removed.
** indicates that they give no manuscript basis for why it was
removed from their Greek text!
The Deity of Jesus Christ and His
Lordship
Matt. 1:25 removed - "firstborn"
(From "And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
071 5th/6th centuries
**Matt. 13:51 removed "Lord" (from "Jesus saith unto them,
Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Matt. 19:16 removed - "Good" (From "And, behold, one came and
said unto him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
D 5th/6th centuries
L 8th century
Matt. 19:17 removed - "God" (From "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") Also part of v.17 is changed because "good" was
removed in v. 16.
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
L 8th century
Matt. 22:32 "God" is changed to "He" implying that Jesus did
not consider Himself as God.
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
W 5th century
L 8th century
**Matt. 23:8 removed - "even Christ" (from "But be not ye
called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even Christ; and all
ye are brethren.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Matt. 24:36 adds "nor the Son" (To "But of that day and hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
D 5th/6th centuries
Matt.27:24 removed - "just" (From "When Pilate saw that he
could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took
water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am
innocent of the blood of this
just person: see ye to
it."
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
D 5th/6th centuries
Matt. 28:6 removed - "Lord" (from "He is not here: for he is
risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the
Lord
lay"
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
Mk. 9:24 removed - "and said with tears, Lord," (From "And
straightway the father of the child cried out,
and said with
tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed!
**Mk. 12:29 removed - "Lord" (from "And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is one
Lord")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Lk. 2:33 "Joseph" is changed in the NIV's Greek to "the
child's father" implying that Joseph was Jesus' father. ("And
Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were
spoken of him.")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
D 5th/6th centuries
W 5th century
**Lk. 2:43 "Joseph and his mother" is changed in the NIV's
Greek to "his parents", implying Joseph was Jesus' father. ("And
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child
Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and
Joseph and his
mother knew not of it.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was changed in
their Greek text!
**Lk.4:41 removed - "Christ" (from "And devils also came out
of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art
Christ the Son
of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they
knew that he was Christ.") (Christ means Messiah)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**Lk. 7:31 removed - "And the Lord said" (from "
And the
Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this
generation? and to what are they like?")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Lk. 9:35 removed - "beloved" (from "And there came a voice out
of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear
him.)
added - "whom I have chosen"
p45 3
rd century
p47 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
L 8th century
(over 2,200 Greek manuscripts have "beloved" and do not have
"whom I have chosen")
**Lk. 22:31 removed - "And the Lord said" (from "
And the
Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat:")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**Jn. 1:27 removed - "is preferred before me" (from "He it is,
who coming after me
is preferred before me, whose shoe's
latchet I am not worthy to unloose.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Jn. 3:13 removed - " which is in heaven" (from "And no man
hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man
which is in heaven.")
p66 2nd/3
rd centuries
p75 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
W 5th century
L 8th century
(over 2,000 Greek manuscripts have "which is in heaven")
Jn. 6:69 "And we believe and are sure that thou art that
Christ, the Son of the living God." (KJV) is changed to
"We believe and know that you are
the Holy One of God."
(NIV)
p75 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
C 5th century
D 5th/6th centuries
W 5th century
L 8th century
**Jn. 8:24 added - "the one I claim to be" ("I told you that
you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am
the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."
NIV)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was added to their
Greek text!
**Jn. 8:28 added - "the one I claim to be" ("So Jesus said,
"When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that
I am
the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own
but speak just what the Father has taught me. NIV)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was added to their
Greek text!
**Jn. 8:35 "The Son abideth forever" is changed to "a son
belongs to it forever" ("And the servant abideth not in the house
for ever: but
the Son abideth ever." KJV)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was changed in
their Greek text!
Jn. 8:38 "My Father" is changed to "the Father" ("I speak that
which I have seen with
my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father." KJV)
p66 2nd/3
rd centuries
p75 3
rd century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
C 5th century
L 8th century
Jn. 9:35 "Son of God" is changed to "Son of man" ("Jesus heard
that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said
unto him, Dost thou believe on the
Son of God?" KJV)
p66 2nd/3
rd centuries
p75 3
rd centuries
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
D 5th/6th centuries
W 5th century
**Jn. .16:16 removed - "Because I go to the Father" (From "A
little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me,
because I go to the Father.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Acts 2:30 removed - "according to the flesh, he would raise up
Christ" (From "Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God
had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on
his throne")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
p74 7th century (It gives apparent support for this to be
removed)
**Acts 3:26 "his Son Jesus" is changed to "his servant" ("Unto
you first God, having raised up
his Son Jesus, sent him to
bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities."
KJV)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Rom. 6:11 removed - "our Lord" (from "Likewise reckon ye also
yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ
our Lord.")
p46 2nd/3
rd centuries
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
D 5th/6th centuries
Rom. 14:10-12 "Judgment seat of Christ" is changed to "judgment seat of God" ("But why dost thou judge thy brother? or
why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand
before the
judgment seat of Christ." KJV)
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
D 5th/6th centuries
Salvation and the Judgment
**Matt. 9:13 removed - "to repentance" (from "But go ye and
learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:
for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners
to
repentance.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
*Matt. 18:11 removed the entire verse - "For the son of man is
come to save that which was lost"
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
L 8th century
Matt. 20:16 removed - "for many be called, but few chosen"
(From "So the last shall be first, and the first last:
for
many be called, but few chosen.")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
L 8th century
085 6th century
**Matt. 22:13 removed - "and take him away" (from "Then said
the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot,
and take him
away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**Matt. 24:42 "hour" is changed to "day" (in "ye know not what
hour your Lord doth come." KJV)
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Matt. 25:13 removed - "wherein the Son of man cometh" (from
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.")
p35 3-7
th centuries
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
D 5th/6th centuries
L 8th century
W 5th century
047 8th century
Mk. 1:14 removed - "of the kingdom" (From "Now after that John
was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
L 8th century
**Mk. 2:17 removed - "to repentance" (From "When Jesus heard
it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the
physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners
to repentance.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**Mk. 4:12 removed - "sins"; also "converted" is changed to
"turn" (From "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they
should be
converted, and their
sins should be
forgiven them.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**Mk. 6:11 removed - "verily I say unto you, it shall be more
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for
that city." (From "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear
you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet
for a testimony against them.
Verily I say unto you, It shall
be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment,
than for that city")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Mk. 9:44 removed the entire verse - "where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched"
v.45 removed - "into the fire that never shall be quenched:"
(From "And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for
thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast
into hell,
into the fire that never shall be
quenched:")
*v.46 the entire verse is removed - "where their worm dieth
not and the fire is not quenched."
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
C 5th century
L 8th century
W 5th century
Mk. 10:24 removed - "for them that trust in riches" (From "And
the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth
again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it
for them
that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
*Mk. 11:26 removed the entire verse - "But if you do not
forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses."
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
W 5th century
Lk. 9:55,56 removed - "and said, ye know not what manner of
spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's
lives but to save them." (From "But he turned, and rebuked them,
and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the
Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save
them. And they went to another village")
p45 3
rd century
p75 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
W 5th century
L 8th century
*Lk. 17:36 the entire verse is removed - "Two men shall be in
the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left"
p75 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
W 5th century
L 8th century
**Jn.3:15 removed - "should not perish" (From "That whosoever
believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal
life.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed! from
their Greek text
**Jn. 4:42 removed - "the Christ" ((From "And said unto the
woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have
heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed
the
Christ, the Saviour of the world.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Jn. 6:47 removed - "on me" (From "He that believeth
on
me hath everlasting life")
p66 2nd/3
rd centuries
p75 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
C 5th century
**Acts 2:41 removed - "gladly" (From "Then they that
gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day
there were added unto them about three thousand souls.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
*Acts 8:37 removed the entire verse - "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"
p45 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
p74 7th century
**Acts 19:10 removed - "Jesus" From "And this continued by the
space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard
the word of the Lord
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Acts 24:15 removed - "of the dead" (From "And have hope toward
God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a
resurrection
of the dead, both of the just and
unjust.")
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
p74 7th century
**Rom. 1:16 removed - "of Christ" (from "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.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Rom. 9:28 removed - "For he will finish the work, and cut it
short in righteousness" (From "
For he will finish the work,
and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will
the Lord make upon the earth.")
p46 2nd/3
rd centuries
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
Vaticanus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
**Rom. 10:15 removed - "that preach the gospel of peace" and
"of good things" (Is. 52:7) (From "And how shall they preach,
except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet
of them
that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings
of good things!")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Rom. 11:6 removed - "but if it be of works, then is it no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work." (From "And if by grace,
then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.")
p45 3
rd century
Sinaiticus 350 AD 4th century
A 5th century
C 5th century
D 5th/6th centuries
**I Cor. 5:7 removed - "for us" (From "Purge out therefore the
old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For
even Christ our passover is sacrificed
for us")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
**I Cor. 9:18 removed - "of Christ" (From "What is my reward
then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the
gospel
of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power
in the gospel.")
They give no manuscript basis for why this was removed from
their Greek text!
Section 4
The NIV is not a literal translation
The NIV is a thought for thought translation as opposed to a
literal translation. Each passage of God's Word is rich with
thoughts or insights. Each time you read it new insights stand
out. If you have ten people read a passage they might each have
something different that stands out to them. Of those insights or
thoughts, which one should a translator translate for? When the
translators translate for a specific insight (thought), it limits
the full range of insights and applications to our lives that
that can be gleaned and that God intended. When translators
translate thoughts rather than words they destroy the
translation's usefulness for Bible study. There are
many
places in the NIV where the thought is
similar but
words have been left untranslated from the Greek and others have
been added that are not in the Greek in order to give the thought
that they are "translating". The result is that there are many
filler words that are the words of men rather than the Words of
God.
Jay P. Green Sr. estimates that 20-25% of the English words in
the NIV were added without having a direct translation from the
Hebrew or Greek. In addition, he estimates that approximately 5%
of the original Greek words were not translated. This is in
addition to what was removed by their modern Greek text.
15
Because the NIV does not indicate
the words which were added like the KJV does, in reading only the
NIV, one has no way of knowing which words were added and are the
words of man and which words are the Words of God. Most
Christians have had no way of verifying the NIV's accuracy. They
have ignorantly relied heavily on it, assuming that it is a
literal translation.
There are a number of passages that I have memorized and
meditated upon and then read them in the NIV. I discovered that
not all the insights could be gleaned in the NIV because of the
way they had translated for a specific insight. I further
discovered in looking up the Greek that the NIV's selection of
words for those passages was not as accurate a translation. This
is the type of thing that one cannot discover by a casual reading
of the passage. At first glance they appear to say the same
thing. An example of translating for a thought rather than
literally is in Matt.19:9 (the exception clause on divorce) where
the word for fornication/adultery is translated "marital
unfaithfulness." At first glance the term seems to mean the same
as adultery. However, "marital unfaithfulness" is a broad term
that can give "license" in many situations. There is never a
divorce where marital unfaithfulness does not exist. The act of
divorce is the ultimate act of marital unfaithfulness. The term
"marital unfaithfulness" is not a literal translation from the
Greek.
The problem with the NIV is that we may be understanding what
the NIV is saying, but is it what God said?
Inaccurate translation of words in the
NIV
This section was included to show how the inaccurate
translation of words in the NIV is affecting the application of
God's Word in the lives of Christian's today. This is not a
complete list of inaccurate translations in the NIV.
Fortunately, today we have resources that we can find out what
the Greek words mean without needing to know Greek. It is easy
and fun to look up words in the back of the Strong's concordance
or to click on the Strong's numbers on a Bible computer program
and find out for yourself what the word really means. I am
including the Strong's numbers in parentheses following the word
being discussed. I strongly encourage you to look some of the
Strong's numbers up for yourself. It is one thing to read the
following, but when you check things out for yourself, you see
first-hand the poor translation and mistranslation of some of
the words in the NIV.
Deity of Christ
Rom. 5:19 NIV adds - "man" (in
"one
man the many will be made righteous.) "Man' is not in
any Greek text!
Salvation
Ps. 19:7 "The Law of the Lord is
perfect
converting (7725) the soul." (KJV) The NIV has
"reviving". The Hebrew word means a definite turning around,
getting back, not refreshing.
Divorce and Remarriage
Jer. 3:1 KJV - "
They say
(559), If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and
become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not
that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot
with many lovers;
yet return again (7725) to me, saith the
LORD." The words "they say" are removed in the NIV making Deut.
24:1-4 on divorce a command that God gave rather than a command
that Moses gave (see Mt. 19:8). Deut. 24:1-4 was not God's
command. "If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and
marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the
land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute
with many lovers--
would you now return to me?" declares
the LORD. The NIV's rewriting of this verse makes God contradict
Himself in verses 8-12,22; 4:1
Matt. 5:32; 19:9 The NIV uses the term "marital
unfaithfulness" (4202)
In doing a word study on the "exception" clauses (Matt. 5:32;
19:9), I have found no basis for the NIV's translation - "marital
unfaithfulness". It is more accurately translated "fornication,
prostitution, or adultery". The phrase "marital unfaithfulness"
allows for much more than adultery as a basis for remarriage.
As I stated earlier the term "marital unfaithfulness" at first
glance appears to convey a similar thought as the Greek word,
because we come from the perspective of knowing what it means and
read it as meaning adultery. However, for one who has not come
from a KJV background or for one who is going through a divorce
or who is divorced, the term "marital unfaithfulness" can have a
totally different meaning. It allows remarriage after every
divorce. Divorce is the ultimate in marital unfaithfulness. The
one who initiates the divorce is maritally unfaithful. In every
divorce, at least one spouse, if not both, view the other as
maritally unfaithful. If they are both committed to each other,
why would they divorce? If each one agrees to the divorce, they
are both maritally unfaithful.
The term "marital unfaithfulness" is a broad term that also
gives a license for a spouse to divorce and remarry because they
view the other spouse as not being faithful. Some examples are:
feeling rejected, an unwillingness to work together, separation,
or verbal or physical abuse. The Greek word does not give any of
these implications, nor does the rest of Scripture.
Prayer Veiling
I Cor. 11:1-16
The footnote in the NIV which indicates that this passage can
be translated to mean the woman's hair is the covering is wrong.
There is no Greek manuscript that contains this reading as they
imply. Rather they have added and deleted words to twist the
Scripture into having the "thought" that they wanted it to have.
The Mennonite church has had a rapid decline in women wearing a
prayer veiling, as women have adopted this interpretation since
the NIV came out. When something is continually before you as a
trusted source, you soon accept it to be true even if it is
error.
I Cor. 11:2 The NIV removes the word "brethren" (80) which
addresses this passage to men rather than women
Unity of thought
The NIV has changed a number of
passages that address unity of thought among Believers, to
conform with the modern interpretation of unity in the Church
that says we agree to disagree. These changes in the NIV hide
from Christians what God says about unity among
believers.
In the following passages in Acts, the phrase "with one
accord", Strongs #3661 — "unanimously, with one accord
(mind)" — is inaccurately translated "together" in the
NIV.
Acts 1:14 Acts 4:24
Acts 2:1 Acts 5:12
Acts 2:46
I Cor. 1:10 Lit "that you all speak(3004) the same thing(846)"
NIV "That all of you agree with one another". The word agree does
not give the complete thought. Everyone speaking the same thing
has greater implications than just agreeing. People agree to
disagree but they are not speaking the same thing.
I Pet. 3:8 "Be ye all of one mind(3675)" is changed to "live
in harmony" (NIV)
The Name "Jesus"
The following is a partial listing
where the name "Jesus"(2424) has been removed in the NIV even
though it is in the Greek!
Mt. 8:29
Mt. 16:20
Acts 3:26
II Cor. 4:6 I Pet. 5:10,14
Rom. 15:8 II Cor. 5:18
Rom. 16:18 Gal. 6:15
Child Training
Deut. 6:7 NIV - "
Impress
them on your children" is inaccurate and is much weaker than KJV
- "
Teach them diligently(8150) to your
children"
Corporal punishment
Heb. 12:6 "scourge"(3146) NIV
"punish" The NIV removes the only reference in the New Testament
to corporal punishment.
Forgiveness
Luke 11:4 (The Lord's Prayer) NIV
"we also forgive everyone who
sins against us". A literal
translation is "indebted"(3784) which includes "sins" but also
means much more.
Debt
Rom. 13:8 NIV "Let no debt remain
outstanding" (The NIV indicates that debt is okay as long as the
payments are current) The KJV - "Owe(3784) no man(3367)
anything(3367)"
Fornication
The term fornication, which means
sexual relations before marriage, is not used at all in the
NIV.
Additional Inaccuracies
Joshua 1:7 removed -
"observe"(8104) (from "
observe to do")
Joshua 1:8 removed - "observe"(8104) (from "
observe to
do")
Ps. 19:7 "the testimony(5715) of the Lord is sure, making wise
the simple" The NIV - "statutes". The Hebrew word means:
testimony, witness, the stories of how God worked in people's
lives (not statutes or commands)
Ps. 119 "testimonies"(5715) is changed in the NIV to
"statutes" every place the word "testimonies" is used.
Ps. 62:3 "How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
ye shall be slain(7523) all of you: as a bowing wall shall
ye be, and as a tottering fence."(KJV) The NIV inaccurately
changes it to :"How long will you assault a man?
Would all of
you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering
fence?"
Rom. 1:17 "the righteousness(1343) of God(2316) revealed from
faith(4102) to faith(4102)" is changed to "a righteousness from
God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to
last"
Rom. 10:16 "But they have not all obeyed(5219) the
gospel(2098) " is changed to "But not all the Israelites accepted
the good news" (NIV)
The word "behold" is left untranslated many times in the
NIV.
Beware of translations that do not indicate
what words are added
The KJV uses italics to indicate
words which are not in the Greek which the translators added to
make the English flow smoothly. When you see a word in italics
you know right away that it is not part of the Greek, and you
know not to base insights and interpretations on that word or
words. However, when a translation such as the NIV does not use
italics, a person does not know which words are translated words
and which words are filler words. Therefore a person may be
basing an insight or interpretation on the words of men rather
than on the Words of God and not know it. By not using italics in
a translation where the insight (thought) is translated rather
than the literal words (such as the NIV), the words of men are
elevated to the same status as the Words of God. That is wrong.
There are some verses where not using italics does not make much
difference. But there are other passages where it does,
especially in a translation like the NIV that is not a word for
word translation.
Section 5
The NIV is affecting the Church's doctrine and the
understanding of God's will on the major doctrines facing us today
Version: A different perspective, a different reading,
a different understanding, it says something different, a
different application can be applied.
Most churches & individuals who use the KJV, from what I
have observed, still believe and practice much the same way as
they did 20 or 30 years ago.
Many persons and churches who have made great changes in what
they believe and practice from 20 or 30 years ago have done so
after changing Bible versions. The NIV is more than just another
way of saying what the KJV says. Subconsciously, it undermines
the authority of God's commands (thus says the Lord) and it
subconsciously encourages one to interpret God's commands
in whatever way they would like. The New International
Version has added words, removed words, retranslated
words, and mistranslated words to create it's own version
of what God said. People then feel free to create their own
version of interpretation of what God says - everyone does
what is right in their own eyes.
When there are several different versions of the same thing,
which one is correct? Rather than create a better understanding
of what God has said, different versions of what God has said
undermines the authority of God's Word. Where there are two
different
versions of the same thing, what is truth? Which
one is right? Or is truth open for personal interpretation? Using
different
versions of the Bible undermines the authority
of the Bible; it has undermined the authority of preaching; it
has undermined the authority of preachers and teachers of the
Word. Change in beliefs and practice are a result, because there
are question marks put on what God has said- "Is that really what
God meant?" Instead of hearing, "This is what God has commanded
us," you hear, "I
like the way it says it in ______ version."
Thus the NIV and many of the other modern translations are
undermining the Church's doctrine and the understanding of God's
will on the major issues facing us today.
What does "I Believe what the Bible
says" mean?
When a person says that they
believe what the Bible says: what Bible are they talking about?
Which version of the Bible are they basing their beliefs on? The
NIV and KJV in many places do not say the same thing. Two totally
different interpretations and applications result from reading
and following the two different versions of the Bible. In
addition to the NIV and KJV, there are over 100 different English
versions of the Bible. With such a large number of versions and
many saying things different, especially the thought for thought
(dynamic equivalent) versions, what is the final
authority?
The standard response has been that the Bible is the final
authority. However, with such a large number of versions of the
Bible and many saying things different, that response has become
ambiguous. Each person can pick and chose from the smorgasbord of
Bible versions the readings what he or she likes best and then do
what is right in their own eyes. Subconsciously, each person
becomes the final authority rather than the Bible.
It is in the subconscious that the authority of the Bible has
been destroyed the most. Most Christians would still verbally say
that the Bible is still the final authority for faith and
practice. However, that is only lip service. When it comes to
specific doctrines (they are often incorrectly called issues- a
term that allows them to be viewed as controversial issues rather
than as sound doctrine or false doctrine), we soon see that each
person is setting themselves up as the final authority rather
than the Bible.
The Church needs one standard, one foundation, one version of
the Bible to stand upon as the final authority. Not that we hold
that English translation as an inspired English translation, in
which the translators were inspired in the same way the original
writers were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Church needs one
translation which we can hold as the infallible Word of God which
we can confidently trust in as having the very Words of God. We
need one translation upon which to stand as the final authority
rather than many in which to swim.
Of All the English versions, the KJV is still the best
translation for the Church to stand on. For many, many years the
KJV has been the foundation upon which the Church has stood. In
more recent years scholars have lead us to doubt its authority
and to question it. However, we see the scholars have led us in
error with corrupt Greek manuscripts, misguiding facts, and a man
made NU Greek text. When we strip away all that error and the
translations made from the man made NU Greek text, we see that of
the translations based on the Textus Receptus, the KJV is still
the translation that the Church trusts the most.
We Wrestle not against flesh and
Blood
God has told us that "we wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places" (Eph. 6:12). This is
especially true with a spiritual subject of this significance -
the Word of God. It is not man that we are dealing with, but
Satan himself who is behind all of this. Satan is out to destroy
everything that he can that is of God. God also warns us that
there "are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ. "And no marvel; for
Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end
shall be according to their works." (II Cor. 11:13-15)
The Ph.D. pedestal
The Church has put higher
education and those with doctor's degrees on a pedestal.
Higher Education has become a high place in the church.
Subconsciously those in the church today have taken the view that
those who are more educated are the ones who have the authority
to interpret the Bible and say how it applies to society today.
Those who are less educated are hesitant to speak authoritatively
on Bible doctrine because they do not have the education that
other's do. This view by Christians is a mistake. Jesus
rebuked the professors and scholars (the scribes and Pharisees)
over and over because they did not understand the Scriptures.
Jesus called these highly educated religious leaders: you fools,
hypocrites, blind leaders of the blind, whited sepulchers,
serpents, and brood of vipers (Matt. 23).
It would be a mistake to say that every highly educated person
teaches error. The Apostle Paul is a New Testament example of a
highly educated man who spoke the truth, and God used him
mightily. However, his education was not what qualified him for
the Lord's service. It is also a mistake to assume that a
highly educated person is best qualified to interpret Scripture
and to say what is truth and error. The error and misinformation
that the scholars have taught us about the NIV and the NU Greek
text is only the tip of the iceberg of false teaching that we are
receiving from scholars today. In researching other doctrines, I
am discovering that there are many, many things which are being
stated as fact and are believed as fact by many highly educated
people, but it does not line up with historical evidence or other
passages of Scripture. I am discovering that many are not true
scholars. They are merely puppeting what others have told them.
There are few who have searched the real evidence for themselves.
Many are relying on the research of others, and are merely
repeating what they have read or been told not realizing that it
is not accurate information.
We must be like the Bereans and search the Scriptures
diligently for ourselves to see if what we are being taught is
truth. A person does not need to be educated to understand
God's will and His Word. Jesus in one of His prayers 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. Even so, Father: for so it
seemed good in thy sight." (Matthew 11:25,26) Another place God
tells us, "
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the
wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?
hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" (I
Cor. 1:19,20)
As Christians we must reject the Ph.d. pedestal and not honor
one Christian's teaching over another because of their
higher education. In fact the opposite of what is commonly
believed is true, the more education that a person has, the less
likely they are to understand the truth of God's will and
His Word. God tells us in the above verses that He has hid His
things from the wise and prudent and has revealed them unto
babes. This is true today. There are many highly educated persons
who can speak in great and glowing terms but who do not
understand the truth of God's Word. If you evaluate what
they are saying closely, you will discover that they are
approaching the Bible as either a literary book or as a history
book; and not as a living book that contains the very Words of
God which applies directly to us and our culture today.
The NIV and KJV cannot both be called
good translations.
We have before us this situation:
The KJV and NIV do not totally have the same content. The NIV
does not have much that the KJV has. God has told us that it is
sin to remove from His words in the Scriptures. Because of this
we cannot call both the KJV and the NIV good
translations.
What translation should I use?
The most important consideration is not the translation one
chooses but the Greek text that was used by the translation to
translate from. At the present there are only a few translations
that are based on the traditional text (Textus Receptus): The
KJV, the New KJV, the Modern KJV, the Literal Translation and the 21st Century KJV. The
KJV is an excellent translation that has stood the test of time.
The "out of date" words are easily learned by expanding your
vocabulary to include them. I know a number of Christians who did
not grow up in a Christian home who use the KJV and have a better
grasp of Scripture than many Christians who grew up in Christian
homes and who now use the NIV. I had no problem understanding the
KJV language as a child.
The New KJV for the most part reads close to the KJV. However
there are some questions about its accuracy. I have discovered
that the Old Testament is translated from a modern Hebrew text. I
do not know much at this point what has been altered in this
text. I would appreciate seeing any findings that you have on the
NKJV.
Conclusion
Has the NIV been translated from
the best ancient Greek manuscripts? NO! It has been translated
from a modern Greek text that reads differently than
any
Greek manuscript that is in existence. It was translated from the
NU Greek text which is a modern eclectic Greek text that was
pulled together from a handful of ancient manuscripts, of which
not one of them reads the same as any other manuscript, while the
majority (Around 95%) of the existing manuscripts are in
agreement. The result is that the NU Greek text has removed,
added, and changed many words in the Bible. Any translation, the
NIV included, based upon the NU Greek text is therefore
unreliable and guilty of breaking God's command not to add
to, or remove His Words.
In addition, the NIV is not a fixed translation. It is still
open for additional changes. In the March 29,1997 edition of
World magazine they reported how the NIV was quietly going
"gender-neutral" in the US. The NIVI (New International Version
Inclusive Language Edition) was already being sold in England.
After an outcry from Christians, Zondervan and the International
Bible Society stated that they abandoned changes in the NIV in
the US — all the while maintaining that the gender-neutral
translation would have been more "accurate". In 1996 Zondervan
published the New International Reader's Version which was
gender-neutral. (They have since the outcry stated that they
intend to revise it to change the language.)
The NIV cannot be trusted. Its publisher (Zondervan) is
owned by non-Christians that have no interest in serving
Jesus as Lord and being faithful to His Word, but only in making
money off of gullible Christians. (Why should Christians go into
Satan's camp to get their Bibles?) Its Greek text is
corrupt and is being continually revised, leaving the NIV with a
corrupt and changing foundation. Jesus told us to be like the
wise man and build our house upon a rock and not upon shifting
sand.
What is your choice? Will you build your Christian life upon
the solid rock of God's Word which we find in the KJV and
the other accurate translations based on the TR, or will you
build your life on the shifting sand of the NIV and other modern
translations which are based on the NU Greek text?
Bill and Kate recently bought a brand new home and they are so
proud of it! A spacious house it is, complete with the wide front
porch and gingerbread trim they've always wanted. Preparing
to move, they chose the most professional, acclaimed movers in
town. These movers had been to college for their profession and
were THE movers in town. In Bill and Kate's 20 years of
marriage and in their many travels to other countries they had
acquired many valuable items. They wanted everything moved with
the greatest of care.
Moving day came and went and Bill and Kate were soon greatly
enjoying their new home. They enjoyed entertaining and were soon
having friends and neighbors over.
One day Ken and Judy, some old friends of theirs from another
state, came to spend a few days with them and to see where they
now lived. How happy they all were to see each other. Of course,
Bill and Kate immediately showed Ken and Judy through their new
home. And they told them how they were so happy with the movers.
They were so professional and even wore suits instead of T-shirts
and jeans. The movers had the best of manners and spoke with such
refined speech.
That night as Ken and Judy were getting ready to retire for
the night, they were talking about the house. "They sure do have
a nice house!" said Judy.
"Yes, they do," replied Ken. "But something seems a little
strange. Their last house was so cramped that they had a lot of
their belongings in storage. I would have thought all that stuff
would be displayed now that they have all this room. But the
rooms were surprisingly empty."
"You know, come to think of it," said Judy, "I didn't
see some of the things I liked so much. Like that antique mantel
clock, for instance, or the covered bridge painting. They must
have a bunch of things in the attic."
The next day as the two couples were visiting, Judy mentioned
that she missed seeing the antique mantel clock that she liked so
well. "Yeah," said Bill. "It's just one of those things.
When you move you always miss something or can't find it.
There have been a few things we haven't been able to
find."
"Would you like us to help you go through some boxes to look
for some things?" volunteered Ken. "I know there's a lot to
moving."
"Naw," replied Bill. "We have so much stuff it doesn't
really matter. Besides, there really isn't much in the
attic."
The longer Ken and Judy were there, the more things they
noticed were missing. Judy noticed that half of Kate's best
silverware was gone. There were other things such as the handmade
rug from India, a flowered fan from China, a hand blown vase, an
old afghan from Aunt Martha, a tiffany lamp, a drawer out of the
refrigerator, the rungs off a rocker, the piano bench, the
computer keyboard, and one string on the guitar. They kept
mentioning more and more things to Bill and Kate.
Finally, on their last day there, Ken and Judy told Bill and
Kate, "Look, someone has been pilfering in your belongings. Those
movers must have done a professional job of thievery. We think
you should go through everything and find out what all is missing
and report it. It's obvious something's been going
on."
This was too much for Bill. "Look, you guys," he bellowed.
"All this stuff isn't that important, okay? We've
been making do quite well. So half the good silverware is
missing; we'll use the other half. I never really liked
Aunt Martha's old afghan anyway. It really doesn't
matter! We don't really care! Those movers were the best
and very professional and knew what they were doing. Get off the
case! We don't like all this slanderous talk!"
"But Bill," persisted Ken, "you have many precious things
gone. Judy and my last count was around 400 items. Besides, if
this goes on unchecked, how many other people may be stolen from,
too?"
"I'm too busy," declared Bill. "I don't have time
to see what all is missing and go through all the legal
proceedings it would take. Besides, I don't think we ever
really had all that stuff. To tell you the truth, I don't
really believe we've been stolen from. What I do know is
that you've been throwing doubt on the reputation of the
best, most professional movers around. With such words you could
ruin their business. And it's hurting our relationship,
too."
"But don't you understand?" said Ken. "We're only
trying to warn you and help you."
"Don't bother," returned Bill. "It's unwarranted
and unwanted. Things are fine and better than ever before. By the
way, there's a nice, new hotel right outside of town where
you might enjoy spending your last night there."
What a ridiculous little story! Most of us would be up in the
air if we knew of just one thing that had been stolen from
us.
And yet, how many people have had the very words of God stolen
out from under their noses and yet either don't know or
don't care? How many people bow before The Scholars saying,
"You know best. You know best," instead of agreeing with a God
who says, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words
shall not pass away." and "Every
word of God is pure."
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If in your research you find any of the information in this
book to be incorrect, please send me a copy of the proof. I would
very much like to see it. I am primarily interested in facts, not
personal opinions. Each person is entitled to an opinion.
However, opinions or information that can not be proven with
verifiable facts are merely opinions. Thank you!
Biblical Research Reports
Myron Horst
7033 Ed Sears Rd.
Dickerson, Md. 20842
1Revelation 12:9; 20:8
2Wisdom Booklet One, Advanced Training Institute
Curriculum p.12
3John Burgon, Unholy Hands on the Bible, Vol. I
(Lafayette, Ind. Sovereign Grace Trust Fund) p. 42
4Burgon p.D-6
5William P. Grady, Final Authority, (Schererville, Ind.
Grady Publications Inc.) p.101
6Burgon, p. D-7
7Burgon, p. D-7
8Burgon, p. D-6
9Matt. 13:10-17,34,35; Mk. 4;33,34
10A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
p.716
11Ante-Nicene Fathers (Peabody, Massachusetts; Hendrickson
Publishers, Inc.) vol. 5 p.423
12Grady, p. 49-51
13NKJV center column notes: Thomas Nelson
Publishers
14Burgon, p.10
15Jay P. Green Sr., editor; Unholy hands on the Bible Vol.
2 (Lafayette, Ind. Sovereign Grace Trust Fund) p.
119,120
Addendum:
What about the NASV?
A Message from Frank Logsdon
The following are some highlights
and excerpts from a speech by Frank Logsdon about the NASV. The
full version "From the NASV to the KJV" can be found on
www.av1611.org/kjv/logsdon.html
S. Franklin Logsdon (1907-1987) was a respected pastor and
popular Bible conference speaker. In the 1950's he was
invited by his businessman friend Franklin Dewey Lockman of the
Lockman Foundation to prepare a feasibility study which led to
the production of the New American Standard Version (NASV). He
also helped interview some of the men who served as translators
for this version. He wrote the Foreword which appears in the
NASV.
In the later years of his life Logsdon publicly renounced his
association with the NASV and other modern versions and stood
unhesitatingly for the KJV. What he has to say is significant in
light of the fact that many scholars have told us that the NASV
is a superior translation and one of the most accurate.
Logsdon states, "I can aver that the project (NASV) was
produced by thoroughly sincere men who had the best of
intentions. The product, however, is grievous to my heart and
helps to complicate matters in these already troublous
times."
In talking about the devil's attack on the Bible and his
attempt to corrupt it in the minds and hearts of Christians,
Logsdon states: "Now he can only do it in one of two ways: either
by adding to the Scriptures or by subtracting from the
Scriptures. And you mark it down in your little red book: He's
too wise to add to because those who have been in the Word for a
long time would say, 'Wait a minute; this is not in the
Bible.' So he subtracts from it. The deletions are
absolutely frightening." Logsdon goes on to say: "Nevertheless,
when there is an omission that might be observed, they put in the
margin, 'Not in the oldest manuscripts.' But they
don't tell you what those oldest manuscripts are. What
oldest manuscripts? Or they say, 'Not in the best
manuscripts.' What are the best manuscripts? They
don't tell you. You see how subtle that is? The average man
sees a little note in the margin which says 'not in the
better manuscripts' and he takes for granted they are
scholars and they must know, and then he goes on. That's
how easily one can be deceived."
Logsdon states several times that the KJV is absolutely
correct and can be fully trusted. It has been tested as no other
piece of literature has ever been tested. He also goes into
detail about the history of the 1881 English Revised Version and
the 1901 American Standard Version.
The
New American Standard Version
"Back in 1956-57 Mr. F. Dewey
Lockman of the Lockman Foundation [contacted me. He was] one of
the dearest friends we've ever had for 25 years, a big man,
some 300 pounds, snow white hair, one of the most terrific
businessmen I have ever met. I always said he was like Nehemiah;
he was building a wall. You couldn't get in his way when he
had his mind on something; he went right to it; he couldn't
be daunted. I never saw anything like it; most unusual man. I
spent weeks and weeks and weeks in their home, real close friends
of the family.
"Well, he discovered that the copyright [on the American
Standard Version of 1901] was just as loose as a fumbled ball on
a football field. Nobody wanted it. The publishers didn't
want it. It didn't get anywhere. Mr. Lockman got in touch
with me and said, 'Would you and Ann come out and spend
some weeks with us, and we'll work on a feasibility report;
I can pick up the copyright to the 1901 if it seems
advisable.'
"Well, up to that time I thought the Westcott and Hort was the
text. You were intelligent if you believed the Westcott and Hort.
Some of the finest people in the world believe in that Greek
text, the finest leaders that we have today. You'd be
surprised; if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. They
haven't gone into it just as I hadn't gone into it;
[they're] just taking it for granted.
"At any rate we went out and started on a feasibility report,
and I encouraged him to go ahead with it. I'm afraid
I'm in trouble with the Lord, because I encouraged him to
go ahead with it. We laid the groundwork; I wrote the format; I
helped to interview some of the translators; I sat with the
translators; I wrote the preface. When you see the preface in the
New American Standard, those are my words.
"I got one of the fifty deluxe copies which were printed; mine
was number seven, with a light blue cover. But it was rather big
and I couldn't carry it with me, and I never really looked
at it. I just took for granted that it was done as we started it,
you know, until some of my friends across the country began to
learn that I had some part in it and they started saying,
'What about this; what about that?'
"Dr. David Otis Fuller in Grand Rapids [Michigan]. I've
known him for 35 years, and he would say (he would call me Frank;
I'd call him Duke), 'Frank, what about this? You had
a part in it; what about this; what about that?' And at
first I thought, Now, wait a minute; let's don't go
overboard; let's don't be too critical. You know how
you justify yourself the last minute.
"But I finally got to the place where I said, 'Ann,
I'm in trouble; I can't refute these arguments;
it's wrong; it's terribly wrong; it's
frightfully wrong; and what am I going to do about it?'
Well, I went through some real soul searching for about four
months, and I sat down and wrote one of the most difficult
letters of my life, I think.
"I wrote to my friend Dewey, and I said, 'Dewey, I
don't want to add to your problems,' (he had lost his
wife some three years before; I was there for the funeral. Also a
doctor had made a mistake in operating on a cataract and he had
lost the sight of one eye and had to have an operation on the
other one; he had a slight heart attack; had sugar diabetes; a
man seventy-four year of age) 'but I can no longer ignore
these criticisms I am hearing and I can't refute them. The
only thing I can do — and dear Brother, I haven't a
thing against you and I can witness at the judgment of Christ and
before men wherever I go that you were 100% sincere,' (he
wasn't schooled in language or anything; he was just a
business man; he did it for money; he did it conscientiously; he
wanted it absolutely right and he thought it was right; I guess
nobody pointed out some of these things to him) 'I must
under God renounce every attachment to the New American
Standard."
"I have a copy of the letter. I have his letter. I've
shown it to some people. The Roberts saw it; Mike saw it. He
stated that he was bowled over; he was shocked beyond words. He
said that was putting it mildly, but he said, 'I will write
you in three weeks, and I still love you. To me you're
going to be Franklin, my friend, throughout the course,'
And he said, 'I'll write you in three
weeks.'
"But he won't write me now. He was to be married. He
sent an invitation to come to the reception. Standing in the
courtroom, in the county court by the desk, the clerk said,
'What is your full name, sir?' And he said,
'Franklin Dewey...' And that is the last word he
spoke on this earth. So he was buried two days before he was
supposed to be married, and he's with the Lord. And he
loves the Lord. He knows different now."
Frank Logsdon goes on to address what the multitude of
translations are doing in the Church:
- "They cause widespread confusion, because everywhere we go
people say, What do you think of this; what do you think of that?
What do young people think when they hear all of that?"
- "They discourage memorization. Who's going to memorize
when each one has a different Bible, a different
translation?"
- "They provide opportunity for perverting the truth. There
are all these translations and versions, each one trying to get a
little different slant from the others. They must make it
different, because if it isn't different why have a new
version? It makes a marvelous opportunity for the devil to slip
in his perverting influence."
- "These many translations make teaching of the Bible
difficult. And I'm finding that more and more as I go
around the country. I mentioned this thing the other night. How
could a mathematics professor or instructor teach a certain
problem in a class if the class had six or eight different
textbooks? How about that? How could you do it?"
- "They elicit profitless argumentation. Because everywhere we
go they say this one is more accurate. Which one is more
accurate? How do they know? And this is not a reflection against
those saying this, because I would have done this a few years
ago."
Frank Logsdon concludes by saying, "We've had the AV for
362 years. It's been tested as no other piece of literature
has ever been tested. Word by word; syllable by syllable. And
think even until this moment no one has ever found any wrong
doctrine in it, and that's the main thing. He that wills to
do the will of God shall KNOW the doctrine."
Additional Information
- The NIV Report (Condensed)
The most significant subject facing the Church: The Bible and what has
been removed, added and changed in modern translations in the name of
scholarship. When two different translations say different things, which
one is truth?
- What is the Best Bible Translation?
There are a whole range of English Bible translations to choose from,
and more keep coming out. Which Bible translation is the best one to
study, meditate on, and use for our guide in faith and practice?
