Chapter 1

Hard to Understand?

There will be people that tell you that the King James Bible is hard to understand, while the new versions are easier to read.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The grade level average of the King James Bible is 5.8.  Here are the grade level averages for the new versions.  NIV:  8.4, NASV:  6.1, NKJV:  6.9.  So, why do people say the new versions are easier to read?  Simple: the publishers of the new versions tell them so.  Why do the new versions say that their version is easier to read?  Simple: they tell you that to sell their version. 

1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is the root of all evil..” 

What the publishers do not tell you is that the new versions are missing parts of verses and even complete verses, while corrupting the word of God. Some of the changes in the new versions will be covered in the next chapter.

The King James Bible is easier to read because it uses one- or two-syllable words, while the new versions use complex phrases and multi-syllable words. 

2 Corinthians 3:12 “Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:” 

Word Comparisons between the KJB, NASV & NIV.

(You decide which words are easier to read.)

In Isaiah 13:8, the NIV uses the word “aghast”, while the KJB uses the word “amazed”.

In Matthew 2:1, the NASV uses the word “magi”, while the KJB uses the words “wise men”. 

In Matthew 20:2, the NIV uses the word “denarius”, while the KJB uses the word “penny”.

In Luke 3:17, the NASV uses the words “winnowing fork”, while the KJB uses the word “fan”. 

In John 7:6, the NASV uses the word “opportune”, while the KJB uses the word “ready”. 

In John 10:23, the NASV uses the word “portico”, while the KJB uses the word “porch”.

In Acts 28:11, the NIV uses the word “figurehead”, while the KJB uses the word “sign”. 

In 1 Thessalonians 2:18, the NASV uses the word “thwarted”, while the KJB uses the word “hindered”.

In Titus 1:6, the NASV uses the word “dissipation”, while the KJB uses the word “riot”. 

In Revelation 6:8, the NASV uses the word “ashen”, while the KJB uses the word “pale”. 

In Revelation 20:14, the NIV uses the word “Hades”, while the KJB uses the word “hell”. 

               

With all that said, we must understand that there are words in the King James Bible that are hard to understand, but that does not mean one needs to get a new version.  What it means is that the Bible student needs to pray for understanding and actually study the verses and look up the meaning of words.  God wants you to study His word, not settle for a new perversion.  Remember, it is a sin to be lazy. 

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 

Chapter 2

The New Versions

                In this chapter, we will see some examples of where the new versions corrupt the precious words of God.  Before we go into the new versions, let us look at some verses that warn people about changing the word of God.

Jeremiah 23:36 ”...for ye have perverted the words of the living God…”

Deuteronomy 4:2 “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it…” 

Proverbs 30:6 “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” 

Revelation 22:18 “..If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 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.” 

                One would think the “scholars” would get the picture, but they continue to change the precious words of God still today.  History repeats itself and the devil is still attacking the word of God just like he was in Genesis 3:1, “…Yea, hath God said…”.

NIV

                The NIV takes out 17 complete verses, 64,576 words and takes out major portions of other verses.  It also completely takes out words such as “mercyseat”, “Jehovah” and “Godhead”.  The NIV removes terms like “regeneration,” “impute,” “remission,” “propitiation,” “New Testament,” and many others.  The NIV also takes the word “hell” completely out of the Old Testament.  Not only that, but the NIV perverts doctrine. 

The NIV removes the precious Blood of Christ in Colossians 1:14, calls Joseph the father of Jesus in Luke 2:33 and takes out the word “begotten” in John 3:16, which makes God a liar since He said that we become sons of God when we are born again.  In Isaiah 14:12, the NIV calls Lucifer the morning star when in Revelation 22:16, Jesus is called the Morning Star.  Why would anyone trust such a version? 

If that is not enough to convince you, then maybe you should know about the publishers of the NIV.  The NIV publishers, Zondervan were purchased by HarperCollins publishers.  HarperCollins publishes pro-homosexual books, pornography and a satanic bible.  This can be proven by going to their website on the internet. 

NKJV

The NKJV claims to only update words, which is a lie.  The NKJV corrupts the word of God just like the rest of the new versions.  The NKJV removes the word “hell” 23 times, while replacing it with the words “Hades” and “Sheol”.  Hades is Greek mythology turning the words of God into a myth in the NKJV. 

The NKJV also changes the word “earring” in Genesis 24:47 to “nose ring”.  The NKJV removes the words “worshipped him” in Matthew 18:26 and Matthew 20:20, which robs Jesus from worship.  It removes the word “Lord” 66 times, “God” 51 times, and “heaven” 50 times.   In the New Testament the NKJV removes 2,289 words.  The NKJV makes over 100,000 word changes, while they want you to think that they just updated the language. 

NASV

Frank Logsdom, the original chairman of the NASV committee actually denounced his work in the NASV and said that he was in trouble with the Lord for having a part in the translation.  We can clearly see why when comparing the NASV with the King James Bible.

The NASV relied heavily upon codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, which are corrupt, Catholic Greek manuscripts.  In Luke 4:4, the NASV takes out, “but by every word of God”.  We can see why they take that part out simply because the NASV does not contain every word of God. 

The NASV also corrupts the Trinity in 1 John 5:7 by taking out “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”  In Luke 2:33, the NASV calls Joseph the father of Jesus Christ.  In Luke 4:8, it omits, “Get thee behind me, Satan.”  The NASV takes out, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.”, in Romans 13:9.  There are hundreds of examples just like this, but this should make the issue clear.

All of the new versions corrupt the word of God and should not be trusted.  If you do not believe this, then get your King James Bible and compare verses with the new versions and you will see that the author of the new versions is not God.  The new versions claim that they are only updating the language, but what they do not tell you is that they are using corrupt Greek texts, removing words and even complete verses, corrupting doctrines and much more.  I like the old saying, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!”  The King James Bible is without error and is inspired by God, so why try to change it?

Chapter 3

The Manuscripts

                For the Old Testament, the King James translators used the Masoretic text that came from the Jewish people in the Hebrew language.  We are shown in Joshua 1:8, Deuteronomy 31:9-13, Nehemiah 8:1-2 and Romans 3:2 that the Jews were the ones that kept the words of God. 

Other translations use other texts for the Old Testament, such as, the Dead Sea Scrolls that were not written in Hebrew and had evil influences behind them.  The Dead Sea Scrolls were written by a cult known as the Essenes at Qumran.  They believed things such as three Messiahs, rather than one, and also added and subtracted from the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Another Old Testament manuscript is the Septuagint, also known as the LXX.  There is significant suspicion that this text was not even written in the B.Cs, but rather in A.Ds by a heretic named Origen.  The LXX is considered to be a hoax by many scholars.  It can also be outright dismissed because of the pagan philosophy contained in the text.

The manuscripts for the New Testament are divided into four groups, which are the Western, Alexandrian, Caesarean and Byzantine text.  The Western manuscripts came from Rome, the Alexandrian and Caesarean manuscripts came from Egypt and the Byzantine manuscripts came from Antioch.  Overwhelming manuscript evidence supports the Byzantine texts that came out of Antioch, which the King James translators used to translate the New Testament.

                Now that we know which manuscripts that the King James translators used were from Antioch, we should also know that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch by reading the verse below.

Acts 11:26 "And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."

As Christians, why should we want to use manuscripts that came from Rome or Egypt?  The Romans are the ones that put Jesus Christ on the Cross and Rome is also where Roman Catholicism originated.  Egypt, when looked at in the scripture, is a type of the world, and God always leads people away from Egypt.  In the below verse they were told not to get wives or even horses from Egypt, so why would we want to use manuscripts from a place like Egypt, a type of the world?  

Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold." 

The Apocrypha

The word "Apocrypha" came from the Greek word "abscondita", which means "hidden" and refers to historical writings that the Jewish rabbis did not consider inspired scripture, rather heretical writings. The Apocrypha contains around 15 books and around 12 or so of these books are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church, but all are rejected by Christians and Jews. The Roman Catholic Council of Trent decreed that the Apocrypha to be a part of the Old Testament in 1546. This decree says that anyone who rejects these books is pronounced anathema, which means excommunicated with curses. 


The 15 books in the Apocrypha are the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Tobit, 1 & 2 Esdras, 1 & 2 Maccabees, Judith, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Additions to Esther, Prayer of Azariah, Suzanna, Bel and the Dragon and the Prayer of Manasseh. 

The Apocrypha, which also called Deuterocanonical books, should be rejected because not one of the books were written in Hebrew, nor do any of them claim inspiration and have no phrases such as "these are the words of God" or "thus saith the Lord". The Jewish church has never considered the Apocrypha to be part of sacred scripture (Romans 3:1-2). The books contained in the Apocrypha contradict the inspired scriptures. They were not allowed among the the sacred books in the first four centuries of the Christian church because they contained contradictions with themselves and the true Scriptures. 

The Apocrypha teaches heretical doctrines and immoral practices, such as sinless perfection, prayers for the dead (2 Maccabees 12:43-45), interceding dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:11-14), magic (Tobit 6:4-8), Mary was born sinless (Wisdom 8:19-20), alms pay for sins (Ecclesiasticus 3:30), suicide is justified (2 Maccabees 14:42-43) , lying and assassination. In the two books of Maccabees, Antiochus Epiphanes is made to die three different ways in three different places

The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles never quoted the Apocrypha like they did the Old Testament. Jesus reveals the three division of the Old Testament in Luke 24:44 as the Law of Moses, the Prophets and Psalms with the Apocrypha not being mentioned. 

Those are just some of the various reasons that the King James translators rejected the Apocrypha and put it in the middle of the Testaments, showing that they were not inspired scripture, rather just historical writings filled with errors. 

Like Josephus(37-95 A.D.), who was a Jewish historian, I also believe that the Apocrypha books were not wrote by prophets, rather "slipped in" and not a part of sacred scripture. Therefore the King James translators were correct by omitting the Apocrypha from the Old Testament. Unlike the Masoretic text that the King James translators used, the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus include the Apocrypha in the Old Testament. Both, the Vaticanus and Sinaticus are the foundation for the corrupt new version bibles.

Chapter 4

The “Originals”

                The so-called “scholars” of today will tell you that only the Originals are inspired.  They also will act like they have the Originals by saying, “The Greek says...,” but the truth is that no one has the Originals today.  All we have today are hundreds of copies that all differ from each other.  The “scholars” today that quote Greek like they have the Originals are professional liars and can not be trusted.  When one goes to “the Greek,” they are putting man as the final authority by defining the word to suit their doctrine.  One Greek word can have 10 different meanings in English.  The best way to define a word in the King James Bible is to read the context and compare scripture with scripture, not by going to “the Greek.”

King James Bible Superior to Originals

One could even go as far to say that the King James Bible is better than the Originals.  For instance, we do not have the Originals now, but God has preserved for us the inspired King James Bible.  The Originals were written in Hebrew, a language spoken by less than 1% of the world’s population, and Koine Greek, which today is not even a spoken language.  The King James Bible is written in English, the universal language of today.  It only makes sense for God to preserve his words in English since He wants his word spread to the uttermost.  Finally, the King James Bible has chapter and verse numbers so a Bible student can easily study the Bible, when the Originals did not.

King James Translators

The King James translators were far smarter and closer to God compared to the “scholars” of today.  The translators of the King James Bible believed in the deity of Christ and eternal life in Jesus Christ.   Many of the translators majored in over twenty different languages.  Though with all that knowledge they were humble and referred to themselves as “poor instruments”, while the new version translators of today boast about how their version is the best version.  God also used the King James translators because of the era, which was the Philadelphian Church Age.  In the below verses God says that the Philadelphian period is the period which keeps the words of God.

Revelation 3:7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;  8  I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.” 

King James

One must also keep in mind that the King James Bible was translated under a king.  Not only a king, but the first King of England with a Jewish name by the name of James, which derives from same Hebrew name as Jacob.  Jacob was a type of Christ in the Bible.  The new translations are translated under a democracy, but the Bible tells us in the below verse that where the word of a king is there is power.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 “Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?” 

                People that are against the King James Bible bring up nasty comments, such as King James was a homosexual, but this is a lie.  In 1650, a man by the name of Anthony Weldon that hated King James wrote a paper calling James a homosexual.  King James, being dead, could not defend himself.  The people of that time knew that this was a lie used to try and discredit King James. 

No Copyright

Another fact to mention is that the King James Bible has no copyright, while the new versions are copyrighted.  The English Crown maintains a patent on the King James Bible, but this is not for profit, but rather to protect the text. If there is a copyright on your King James Bible it is there because of the notes, concordance, etc, but if you buy a plain King James Bible without any notes then there will be no copyright.  Anyone can freely reprint the King James Bible outside of the British Commonwealth without getting into copyright trouble, but the same cannot be said for the new versions.  The new versions are bound by human copyright.  In the verse below, we see that God’s word should not be bound by human efforts.

2 Timothy 2:9 “..the word of God is not bound.” KJV

The Revisions?

                

   A common attack on the King James Only position is the so called "revisions" in the King James Bible. These "revisions" of the King James text were not like the changes that the new versions make in the Bible. The corrupt new versions make changes that omit words, phrases and complete verses. They also corrupt the deity of Jesus Christ, the virgin birth and many other important doctrines. The changes in the King James Bible were merely to correct things such as standardized spelling and typographical errors. The context of the King James Bible has never once been changed.

   Since 1611, there have been standardized spelling changes in the King James Bible. In the early editions of the KJB, words like "bear," "dark" and "fear" had the letter "e" on end of them. Words like "mooued," "bee" and "mee" were changed into "moved," "be" and "me." These changes made no change in the context or in any doctrine.

   There were also changes because of typographical errors. These errors were hardly avoidable because the printing press in the 1600's were set manually, not like the technological printers of the present day. The work of printing books in the 1400's to 1600's was done by a very slow process. Each individual letter of a certain word was to be placed in the printing press by hand, each letter being upside down and backwards, so printing errors were expected. It was an extreme and weary task to complete the hundreds of thousands of letters in the KJB in a specified time limit. If we today, having things such as Microsoft Word and Spell Check (which are still prone to make errors in writing articles and books), then imagine how hard it was back then.

   The King James Bible was first printed in Gothic type, but later changed to Roman type. In the Gothic type text, the letter "s" looked like the letter "f", the letter "u" looked like the letter "v" and the letter "j" looked like the letter "i". Again this did not change the context any at all.

   Whenever a Bible Corrector brings up the "revisions" of the King James Bible, they are just trying to make you think that the King James Bible contained errors that corrupted doctrines, but nothing is farther from the truth. There were no "revisions" in the KJB, only editions that corrected simple things that had no effect on the context. The underlying Hebrew and Greek texts of the KJB have never changed in over 400 years. Even the American Bible Society (certainly no friend of the KJB) said this about the "revisions" of the KJB, "The English Bible, as left by the translators (of 1611), has come down to us unaltered in respect to its text. With the exception of typographical errors and changes required by the progress of orthography in the English language, the text of our present Bibles remains unchanged, and without variation from the original copy as left by the translators".

   The "revision" argument is quite silly because even Greek texts such as the Textus Receptus (TR) went through many editions. There are several editions of the Erasmus TR, Stephanus TR, Beza TR, Colinaeus TR, Scrivener TR and Elzevirs TR (Keep in mind that the King James translators did not only use one Textus Receptus for the New Testament. They used various manuscripts in line with the Byzantine texts. God led the translators in their translating and also led them in using the correct manuscripts). All published books go through numerous revisions. The "revision" issue is a non-issue. It is just another pitiful attempt to attack God's Holy words.

Psalms 12:6 "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."

   The above passage tells us that God put His words through a purification process. This was done with languages, manuscripts, bibles and you guessed it, editions of the King James Bible.

   Imagine if someone had a piece of silver that had elements in it such as copper, zinc, iron, tin, antimony and arsenic in it. The piece of silver was then purified by using hot water, soda and aluminum. Does this mean the piece of silver is not pure? Of course not, because it has been purified. The same goes for the King James Bible that we hold in our hands today. There were simple printing errors in it, but it went through a purification process and was purified.

   Today we have the pure words of God in the King James Bible and we can trust every word inside. The Bible Correctors only raise up such ignorant arguments because they do not want anyone to have a final authority. What they want is to be like the early day Roman Catholic Church and hide the words of God, so they can interpret the Bible for themselves and tell the "common man" what God actually means. Bible Believers should always ignore such evil and proud people and never waver in their faith in the word of God.

Chapter 5

Can a Translation Be Inspired?

Bible rejecters will often tell people that a translation such as the King James translation cannot be inspired.  The Bible, however, directly contradicts this idea. There are three translations in the Bible that were better than the original.

1.       God translated Saul’s kingdom to David. 

2 Samuel 3:10 "To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba."

2.       God translates Christians into the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Colossians 1:13 "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:"

3.       God translated Enoch that he should not see death.

Hebrews 11:5 "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." 

So-called scholars say that the King James Bible cannot be inspired because it is only a translation and lost inspiration when it was translated into the English language.  This is untrue because there are examples in the Bible itself that show a translation can be inspired.  I will show three cases of inspired translations.

1.       In Genesis chapters 42 to 45, we know that Joseph spoke Egyptian, the Egyptian interpreter spoke in Hebrew and Moses recorded the words in the Hebrew language into the book of Genesis.

2.       In Acts 21:40, we see that every word was spoken in the Hebrew language in Acts 22:1-21.  Although spoken in Hebrew, Luke recorded it all in Greek. 

3.       In Acts 26:14, the scripture tells us that Jesus spoke to Saul in the Hebrew and once again Luke recorded it all in Greek.

Since all three of these recordings were translated does that mean inspiration was lost?  No.  Since the King James Bible translators translated Hebrew and Greek into English does that mean inspiration was lost? Once again, the answer is no.  The scholars of today want to be God by translating the Greek and Hebrew into what they want it to say and most of the time they are using corrupt manuscripts to do the translating.  As Bible believers we should take God at his word and believe what he said in the King James Bible and reject the scholars’ opinions. 

Another thing that needs to be brought to attention is how the so-called scholars are always worried about the Originals.  I can show two cases in the Bible where we can see that the scholars put more emphasis on the Originals than God ever did. 

Jeremiah 36 explains the process of the inspiration of the scriptures. If the reader pays close attention, he will see that the word "words" occurs 17 times in the chapter. Please take the time to read the whole chapter.

Jeremiah 36:4 "Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book." 

Inspiration is connected with God's breath according to the below verse.

Job 32:8 "But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." 

Notice in Jeremiah 36:4 that the inspiration deals with the words that are SPOKEN.

2 Peter 1:21 "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." 

In the below verse it says that all scripture is GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD. Inspiration comes by what is SPOKEN by mouth, not the pen. Jeremiah is not written by Jeremiah, but he spoke what was written, which was wrote by Baruch according to Jeremiah 36:4, 6, 17 and 18. The same could be said for Paul the Apostle and his epistles.

2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" 

Also, while we are on 2 Timothy 3:16, understand that Timothy had copies of the scriptures. He did not have the "originals", yet Paul said that the copies that Timothy held in his hands were still "given by the inspiration of God". There is not one reference in the Bible that says the term "scripture" refers to the "originals". That is a myth made up by "Christian" college professors.

This next verse has nothing to do with the topic, but it is good for the Christian to notice. When these men heard the words, which was scripture they were afraid. As Christians, we should keep our hearts tender to the word of God. When we read scripture that rebukes or reproves us we should have the fear of God and take heed to what the scripture says about our sins and short comings.

Jeremiah 36:16 "Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words." 

Back to the study. In verse 23, we see the the "originals" are destroyed by Jehudi by cutting them and then burning them in the fire.

Jeremiah 36:23 "And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth." 

What takes place after the "originals" are burned is called "double inspiration" by most Textus Receptus men that CLAIM they believe the King James Bible, but rather only believe what "the Greek" says.

Jeremiah 36:27 "Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned." 

God says to rewrite the words that were in the first roll. The words wrote in the second roll are still inspired, even though they are not the "originals". Now check out the next verse, which is the last verse in the chapter.

Jeremiah 36:32 "Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words." 

Not only is this roll "double inspired", the second roll doesn't match the first roll because in verse 32, we see that words were added to the roll. We are commanded not to add to God's word like the corrupt new versions do, but since God is the author, He can do what He wants with His word.

We know that the King James Bible is "given by the inspiration of God", even though it is a translated copy. The Greek New Testament quoted the Hebrew Old Testament, yet the translation was still "given by the inspiration of God". Therefore, we know that a translation can be inspired. Also, we know that copies like the ones Timothy held in his hands are "given by the inspiration of God". Today, when you hold a King James Bible, you are holding a copy of the "holy scriptures" in English "given by the inspiration of God".  Do not ever let anyone "educate" you out of believing the King James Bible.

                Another instance of the Originals being lost is in Deuteronomy 9:17, where Moses breaks the original Ten Commandments.

Deuteronomy 9:17 “And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.” 

Later God gives Moses copies of the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy 10:2.  Like the King James Bible, these copies were also inspired by God.

Deuteronomy 10:2 “And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.” 

In 2 Timothy 3:16, we are told that all scripture is given by inspiration of God.  By reading the context we see that the scriptures are not referred to as the Originals, but instead copies of the Torah that Timothy would have read and studied.  Thus, we know that copies are also inspired by God, such as the King James Bible.  Not one time in scripture does God say that only the Originals are inspired.  The corrupt Greek and Hebrew texts, along with the new versions, are not scripture, because they have been changed by men throughout the years. 

2 Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 

  

Chapter 6

Seven Times

                In the Bible, the number seven is the number of completion.  Here are four examples in the Bible to prove that this is true: 

1.       In Genesis 2:2, we see God completed His creation on the seventh day. 

Genesis 2:2 “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.”

2.       In Revelation 10:7, God reveals the end of time, described as the completion of the mystery of God with the seventh angel. 

Revelation 10:7 “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” 

3.       In Revelation 15:1, the text talks about seven angels having the seven last plagues.

Revelation 15:1 “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” 

4.       In Revelation 16:17, the seventh angel pours out his vial into the air and God says “It is done”. 

Revelation 16:17 “And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.” 

There are many other examples in the Bible to prove that seven is the number of completion, fullness and perfection.  When studying the Bible watch for the number seven.  That is important because it points you to this verse: 

Psalms 12:6 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” 

In the above verses, we read that the words of the Lord are pure, purified seven times.  The text also says that the Lord will keep and preserve his words forever.  By reading these verses, we see that God has promised to preserve his words forever, therefore we know without a doubt that we have his pure words today.  We also know that God did not preserve his words in the Originals, so where did God preserve his words?  God’s words are preserved in the King James Bible and the evidence is provided below.

The King James Bible was the seventh English Bible to be published.
(Some translations are omitted because of the texts used and other factors.)

1. The Tyndale Bible, 1534

2. Coverdale Bible, 1535

3. Matthews Bible, 1537

4. The Great Bible, 1539

5. The Geneva Bible, 1560

6. The Bishops’ Bible, 1568

7. The Authorized Version of the Bible, 1611

English was the seventh language that the Bible was translated into. 

1. Hebrew

2. Greek

3. Aramaic

4. Old Syriac

5. Old Latin

6. German

7. English

From looking at this the reader can either say that this was all a coincidence or God was purifying his words seven times as He said he would in Psalms 12:6.  God’s number of completion is seven and the seventh English Bible was the King James Bible, English also being the seventh language that the Bible was translated into.  The King James translators also labored from 1604 to 1611, which is a perfect seven.  The fact of the matter is that the King James Bible is God’s perfectly preserved word. 

Chapter 7

Conclusion & Testimony

                In conclusion, we can see why the King James Bible is the perfect, inspired, preserved word of God.  The Christian should accept the King James Bible as their Final Authority and reject modern day “scholars” and new versions.  There are no proven errors to be found in the King James Bible.  The Bible reader should then know that the Bible they hold in their hands is, without any doubt, the very words of God.

                I pray that this book has strengthened your faith in God and his precious word; the King James Bible.  I hope that you not only believe the King James Bible, but read and study it every day.  Believing the Bible will not do you any good, if you do not read and study it faithfully as commanded in scripture.

Isaiah 34:16 “Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read…” 

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 

John 5:39 “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” 

Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” 

                I would also like to leave you with a brief testimony on how I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour and how God showed me that the King James Bible is the word of God. 

                Other than on Easter Sunday, I was not taken to church when I was a child.  It was not until I was around 12 years old that my grandparents and my mother began taking me to church.  To be honest, at first I hated going to church, and some days my grandparents would have to make me.  One day during the Sunday night church service, while the preacher was preaching against sin, God showed me that I was a sinner on my way to an everlasting Hell.  The preacher gave an altar call, but I was too shy to get up and go to the altar.  After church was over, while driving home with my mother, I broke out in tears.  I told her that I realized that I was lost and I needed to get saved. 

At the time, I did not know you could get saved just anywhere, so I waited until the next Sunday.  All through the church service I was shaking because I was nervous about going up to the altar.  Finally, the preacher got done with his sermon and gave an altar call.  I got up right then and walked to the altar, fell to my knees and told God I was a sinner going to Hell and I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.  I got up with tears in my eyes to find most of the church was down at the altar praying for me, along with my grandpa that gave me a hug that I can never forget.  The preacher asked me if I was lost and I thankfully said, “not anymore” and praise God there has not been one day that I regretted making that decision in my life.

After I got saved, I actually enjoyed going to church.  I remember praying that my dad would start going to church when I first got saved.  The very next weekend my dad started going to church.  God is simply amazing and I know that there is power in prayer, which leads me to how God showed me that the King James Bible is the word of God.

In high school, one of my friends told me that the NASV was the best version and the King James Bible should be put on the history shelves.  He did his best to try to convince me that the NASV was better, and he almost did.  One day I got up and decided that I would go to the bookstore and buy a NASV.  When I got to the bookstore it was closed.  I came back home, went to my room and got on my knees with my face on the bed and prayed that God would show me the truth about the Bible issue. 

The very next week, my current Pastor Dilbert Terry held a Vacation Bible School and guess what the theme was?  The theme of the VBS was Why the King James Bible is the word of God!  Once again, God had answered another prayer and showed me truth about the Bible issue.  I then started going to Trinity Baptist Church in Helenwood, Tennessee, and learned more and more about the word of God.

Later on in 2007, the Assistant Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church, Jack Butts, who is a PBI graduate, introduced me to the works of Dr. Peter S. Ruckman.  Dr. Ruckman’s books helped ground me even more in the King James Bible. Anyone who wants more information on why the King James Bible is the word of God or simply wants to learn more about God’s word, I recommend his material.  God has surely blessed that man because of his faithful defense of the King James Bible.  

Finally, if this book gets into the hands of a sinner that has never accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, I would like to show them with the scripture how to be saved.

To be saved from an eternal Hell you must first realize that you are a sinner.

Romans 3:10 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" 

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" 

God is Holy and because of your sin you cannot enter into Heaven.

It is certain that one day you will die and face judgment, maybe even sooner than you think (Proverbs 27:1). There are two places your soul can go after you die, either Heaven (Revelation 21:4) or Hell (Revelation 20:15).

Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" 

Nothing YOU do can save you, including water baptism, good works, going to church, etc. Salvation is not of works, but by Faith alone in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” 

God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ into the world to save sinners (John 3:16). The Lord Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16), born of a virgin (Matthew 1:23), lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21), was beaten and put on the Cross to die. While on the Cross, Jesus bore our sins and took the wrath of God for us. After Jesus died, He was put in a tomb and arose the third day by the power of God (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." 

The Bible tells you exactly how to be saved in the next three verses.

Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." 

To be saved is simple, but you must let go of your pride and humbly go in prayer. There is no “magic formula” prayer for receiving Christ as your Saviour, so simply pray something like this in your own words:

"God, I realize that I am a sinner that deserves Hell and I'm asking you to save me by putting my trust in the Blood of Jesus Christ alone."

If you prayed that prayer, and believe in your heart, then according to God's word you are saved and eternally secure. 

Ephesians 1:13 "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,"