KJV Bible

I have done two swapmeets (Singletary, MA & Keene, NH) so far and have had some interesting conversations with some of the people I have met. One man in particular asked me why in my last article I used the wrong Bible translation, and not the King James Version. I explained that I am a big King James fan and that all the new translations are wrong and that they have left out many important things. But at times I do use passages from them, because of my readers, that I use a computer Bible and I can compare verses, and that I pick what is the most easiest to understand. I do not like to do this but have felt led to do it so that people can easily understand the point that I am trying to make.

So at this point I’d like to give a short statement on how the King James Version came into existence and why it is the best and most accurate Bible available to us to read and live by.

The King of England decided that it was very important for the common people to have the Word of God in their homes. That they should be able to read it and see what God said, and not be told by the clergy that God wants them to do this that and the other thing. Acts 5: 29  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (So let us use the Word as our authority and guiding spiritual light)

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:

17  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

By actually having a copy of God’s Word and reading it, you couldn’t be deceived and led astray by false doctrine. He assembled a team of the best Bible translators and had them collect all the manuscripts that were available. They carefully looked over the 300 manuscripts and compared all of them to each other, 293 of them agreed with each other, 7 of them didn’t and were of questionable origins. So what would you do, use the 293 right, and reject what was questionable, right? Another way of looking at it, would you use a dictionary from the library? Or one from the dump, that was thrown away by the printer because it had mistakes? That’s a no brainer right? Well your new translation used the 7 junk manuscripts and rejected the good 293 ones, so what Bible would you like to risk your eternal life on?

Using the New International Version (NIV) Bible, answer the following questions. Do not rely on your memory. As the Bible is the final authority, you must take the answer from the Bible verse (not from footnotes but from the text).

1.Fill in the missing words in Matthew 5:44. "Love your enemies,__________ them that curse you, ______________ to them that hate you, and pray for them that __________ and persecute you."

2.According to Matthew 17:21, what two things are required to cast out this type of demon? a. ______ b. _______

3.According to Matthew 18:11, why did Jesus come to earth? ___________

4.According to Matthew 27:2, what was Pilate's first name? ________

5.In Matthew 27:35, when the wicked soldiers parted His garments, they were fulfilling the words of the prophet. Copy what the prophet said in Matthew 27:35 from the NIV. _______________

6.In Mark 3:15, Jesus gave the apostles power to cast out demons and to: ____________

7.According to Mark 7:16, what does a man need to be able to hear? ____________

8.According to Luke 7:28, what was John? (teacher, prophet, carpenter, etc.). What is his title or last name? _____________

9.In Luke 9:55, what did the disciples not know? _______________

10.In Luke 9:56, what did the Son of man not come to do? According to this verse, what did He come to do? a. _______ b. ________

11.In Luke 22:14, how many apostles were with Jesus? ___

12.According to Luke 23:38, in what three languages was the superscription written? a. _______ b. _______ c. _______

13.In Luke 24:42, what did they give Jesus to eat with His fish? ______________

14.John 3:13 is a very important verse, proving the deity of Christ. According to this verse (as Jesus spoke), where is the Son of man? _________

15.What happened each year as told in John 5:4? ____________

16.In John 7:50, what time of day did Nicodemus come to Jesus? ______

17.In Acts 8:37, what is the one requirement for baptism? _______

18.What did Saul ask Jesus in Acts 9:6? _______

19.Write the name of the man mentioned in Acts 15:34. _______

20.Study Acts 24:6-8. What would the Jew have done with Paul? What was the chief captain's name? What did the chief captain command? a. _______ b._______ c. _______

21.Copy Romans 16:24 word for word from the NIV. _____________

22.First Timothy 3:16 is perhaps the greatest verse in the New Testament concerning the deity of Christ. In this verse, who was manifested in the flesh? _______

23.In the second part of First Peter 4:14, how do [they] speak of Christ? And, what do we Christians do? a. _______ b. _______

24.Who are the three Persons of the Trinity in First John 5:7? a. ___ b.___ c. ___ 25.Revelation 1:11 is another very important verse that proves the deity of Christ. In the first part of this verse Jesus said, "I am the A______________ and O___________, the _________ and the _______:"

Conclusion: Little space is provided for your answers, but it's much more than needed. If you followed the instructions above, you not only failed the test, you receive a big goose egg. If you would like to improve your score, and in fact score 100%, you can take this test using the King James Bible. Please note, below I have included some of the Whole verses that have been removed from the NIV & other translations. (Over 64,000 words have been removed!) Most of the modern Bibles line up very closely with the NIV--and so does the New World Translation--the Bible of the Jehovah's Witnesses which predates the NIV!

Matthew 17:21 -- COMPLETELY removed. Matthew 18:11 -- COMPLETELY removed. Matthew 23:14 -- COMPLETELY removed. Mark 7:16 -- COMPLETELY removed. Mark 9:44 -- COMPLETELY removed.  Mark 9:46 -- COMPLETELY removed.  Mark 11:26 -- COMPLETELY removed. Mark 15:28 -- COMPLETELY removed. The list goes on and on and the funny thing is all these same verses have also been deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible". So with that thought in mind, maybe we should change its name from the New International Version to the Nearly Inspired Version, whatta ya think? Dust off the KJV and get rid of the NIV, AMEN?