| WHY DO WE HAVE OVER 200 DIFFERENT ENGLISH BIBLE VERSIONS TODAY? When changes to God's Holy Word completely change the meaning of the text, when Scriptures are completely removed, and when there is a pattern of major words being consistently removed, then as Christians, we must stop and ask ourselves what in the world is going on here, as this constitutes something altogether different than just "making the text easier for us to read.” Years ago I was given some good advise, and that was "to keep a KJV handy to compare Scripture by when reading a newer version." That same advise I give to you today. What you do with what you learn here is strictly between you and God. It never matters what man thinks of you. Just pray about it and see what God would have you do, because in the end we're all going to find out that's all that mattered anyway. Remember, we are commanded to "watch" so we will not be deceived". 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Corinthians 11:13, 2 Timothy 3:13, Deuteronomy 11:16, Matthew 24:11 Have you ever been in a classroom where everyone was learning and reading from a different book? Of course not. When I was growing up, we COULD and we DID stand up in church and recite Scripture together, from our own BIBLES, in UNITY, before God. This is literally impossible in churches today. Why? Because everyone is reading from a different text. Utter chaos and confusion would abound if we did not have those big projection screens to read from. Right? The Bible tells us that God is Not the author of confusion. Satan has never stopped trying to counterfeit everything that God does. And who is the Father of All Lies? See John 8:44. With other 200 different English versions available today, and a new one coming out every 6 months, it is difficult to individually separate the counterfeits from the Word of God. It is the evil one’s most subtle way of keeping Christians "out of unity with one another" and to keep people discouraged and confused when it comes to the True Message of Christ. Now, don't freak out on me here. Even though I was raised on the KJV, I have never been a KJV Only Christian. All I am saying is that this is what I have discovered in my studies, and I think we all need to be aware of what is going on with these different versions. We know that the devil has been twisting God's Holy Word into a lie ever since the beginning of time. In Genesis 3:1-7 he tempted Eve in the garden by turning the Words of God into a lie. During the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11 we see again where the devil tried to achieve his purpose by taking God's Holy Word out of context. The bible tells us that the devil and his false prophets will come as angels of light. They will appear to be ministers of holiness, righteousness, and truth, while they purposely twist and distort the Word of God trying to deceive many. And, yes, he is still busy deceiving many today. The following verses are evidence that very clearly speak for themselves, and therefore are not up for debate with me. If you do your own study on this, you will literally find thousands of examples, not only in the versions below, but in other Bible versions and editions as well. Don't Believe Me? Good! Examine the following evidence for yourself. I think that what you find will surprise you, like it did me, as it has all been done so very subtly. But first, let’s examine God’s Word and see what HE has to say about it. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 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. Revelation 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. Proverbs 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ King James Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KJV New King James Version . . . . . . . . . .NKJV New International Version . . . . . . . . NIV New American Standard Version . . NASV New Revised Standard Version . . . .NRSV Revised Standard Version . . . . . . . . RSV New Century Version . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCV New Living Translation . . . . . . . . . . . .NLT English Standard Version . . . . . . . . . ESV +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN COMPARISON TO THE KJV The NKJV omits 2,289 words from the New Testament alone. The NIV omits 5,219 words and omits 16 entire verses. The NASV adds 3,561 words and omits 17 entire verses. The NRSV omits 3,890 words and omits 18 entire verses. The RSV omits 6,985 words and omits 25 entire verses. The NCV adds 11,114 words and omits 16 entire verses. The NLT adds 17,003 words and omits 7 entire verses. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MAJOR WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED! Now let’s see, read the list of words below and tell me just what it was about these words that were so hard for us to understand? And what did God say he would do to anyone who adds or takes away from His Holy Words? The average reader would never know the difference! CHRIST Removed 25 times from the NIV Removed 34 times from the NASV Removed 1 time from the NKJV Removed 32 times from the RSV Removed 87 times from the NRSV Added 121 times in the NCV Added 44 times in the NLT LORD Removed 352 times in the NIV Removed 438 times in the NASV Removed 66 times in the NKJV Removed 36 times in the RSV Removed 91 times in the NRSV Removed 299 times in the NCV Removed 2,368 times in the NLT JESUS Added 292 times in the NIV Removed 64 times in the NASV Removed 2 times in the NJKV Removed 53 times in the RSV Added 16 times in the NRSV Added 1,098 times in the NCV Added 293 times in the NLT GOD Removed 468 times from the NIV Removed 87 times from the NASV Removed 51 time from the NKJV Removed 111 times from the RSV Removed 138 times from the NRSV Added 803 times in the NCV Added 452 times in the NLT GODHEAD Removed completely (3 times) in the NIV Removed completely (3 times) in the NASV Removed 1 time in the NKJV Removed completely (3 times) in the RSV Removed completely (3 times) in the NRSV Removed completely (3 times) in the NCV Removed completely (3 times) in the NLT LUCIFER Removed completely (1 time) in the NIV Removed completely (1 time) in the NASV Removed completely (1 time) in the RSV Removed completely (1 time) in the NRSV Removed completely (1 time) in the NCV DEVIL(S) Removed 80 times in the NIV Removed 82 times in the NASV Removed 81 times in the NKJV Removed 82 times in the RSV Removed 80 times in the NRSV Removed 74 times in the NCV Removed 87 times in the NLT HELL Removed 40 times in the NIV Removed 41 times in the NASV Removed 23 times in the NKJV Removed 41 times in the RSV Removed 41 times in the NRSV Removed 39 times in the NCV Removed 13 times in the NLT HEAVEN Removed 160 times in the NIV Removed 127 times in the NASV Removed 50 times in the NKJV Removed 83 times in the RSV Removed 88 times in the NRSV Removed 186 times in the NCV Removed 26 times in the NLT DAMNED (ABLE, ATION) Removed completely (15 times) in the NIV Removed completely (15 times) in the NASV Removed completely (15 times) in the NKJV Removed completely (15 times) in the RSV Removed completely (15 times) in the NRSV Removed completely (15 times) in the NCV Removed 7 times in the NLT BLOOD Removed 41 times in the NIV Removed 39 times in the NASV Removed 23 times in the NKJV Removed 26 times in the RSV Removed 46 times in the NRSV Removed 157 times in the NCV Removed 174 times in the NLT SALVATION Removed 42 times in the NIV Removed 4 times in the NASV Removed 2 times in the NKJV Removed 33 times in the RSV Removed 37 times in the NRSV Removed 94 times in the NCV Removed 25 times in the NLT WORD OF GOD Removed 8 times in the NIV Removed 2 times in the NASV Removed 1 times in the NKJV Removed 3 times in the RSV Removed 8 times in the NRSV Removed 31 times in the NCV Removed 27 times in the NLT WORD OF THE LORD Removed 25 times in the NIV Removed 2 times in the NASV Added 4 times in the NKJV Removed 2 times in the RSV Removed 3 times in the NRSV Removed 217 times in the NCV Removed 236 times in the NLT LORD JESUS CHRIST Removed 24 times in the NIV Removed 21 times in the NASV Removed 21 times in the RSV Removed 22 times in the NRSV Removed 20 times in the NCV Removed 15 times in the NLT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Without the slightest hesitation, men just "correct" the Word of God!? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For example; The NKJV claims to make the "old" KJV much clearer by updating obsolete words. (New King James Version, 1982e. p. 1235) So, let's just take a look at the NKJV for a moment. Okay, how about that obsolete word - "hell". The NKJV removes the word hell 23 times. And how do they make it much clearer? By replacing hell with "hades and sheol". (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines Hades: "the underground abode of the dead in Greek Mythology.") By making it much clearer, they have turned your Bible into mythology. Not only that, hades is not always a place of torment or terror. The Assyrian hades is an abode of blessedness with silver skies called Happy Fields. In the satanic "New Age" movement, Hades is an intermediate state of purification. Now, you tell me, who in their right mind would think hades or sheol is up-to-date and much clearer than hell? Hell is removed in: 2 Samuel 22:6, Job 11:8, Job 26:6, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 18:5, Psalm 86:13, Psalm 116:3, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15,18, Isaiah 57:9, Jonah 2:2, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Luke 10:15, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, 31, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13,14. Then the NKJV decides that maybe "hades" should be "grave". So the NKJV makes 1 Corinthians 15:55 much clearer by changing grave to hades... O hades, where is your victory?" Huh??? Another one of those obsolete words is "repent". They take it out 44 times. And how does the NKJV make it much clearer? In Matthew 21:32 they use "relent", in Matthew 27:3 it's "remorseful" and in Romans 11:29 they change repentance to "irrevocable". I'm sure glad they cleared that one up for us... whew! The term "New Testament" is not in the NKJV. Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Hebrews. 9:15 The NKJV replaces "New Testament" with "new covenant" (ditto NIV, NRSV, RSV, NASV). This one is an obvious assault on the written Word of God! The words "damned and damnation" are not found in the NKJV. Instead, they make it much clearer by replacing it with "condemn" (ditto NIV, RSV, NRSV, NASV). Condemned is no where near as serious as damned. Damned is eternal! One can be condemned and not damned. (Webster defines "condemned": to declare to be wrong, but the much more serious and eternal "damn": "to condemn to hell".) Is it getting clearer now... see how subtly this is all done? The word "devils" and the singular person called "the devil", is not in the NKJV. It has been replaced with the transliterated Greek word "demon" (ditto NIV, RSV, NRSV, NASV). The Theosophical Dictionary describes demon as "...it has a meaning identical with that of god, angel or genius". Even Vines Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words (p. 157) defines demon as "an inferior deity, whether good or bad". Webster defines demon as: "divinity, spirit, an attendant power or spirit" - but devil as: "the personal supreme spirit of evil...". They just zapped that old devil right out of there! In 2 Timothy 2:15, the NKJV (and the NIV, NASV, RSV, NRSV) remove that obsolete word - "study". The only time you're told to study your Bible... and it's just gone. Why don't they want you to study your Bible? Maybe they don't want you to look too close - you might find out what they've actually done to your Bible. The real KJV is the only English Bible in the world that instructs you to study your Bible! That old obsolete word "virtue" is replaced with "power" in Mark 5:30, Luke 6:19, Luke 8:46. How does anybody confuse virtue with power? Simply by copying the NIV, NASV, RSV, NRSV. Stupid is as stupid does... One of the most absurd changes ever made is changing the word "servant" to "slave". The NKJV in Romans 6:22 reads: "But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God..." In 1 Corinthians 7:22 the NKJV calls the Christian, Christ's slave! Talk about a contradiction! John 8:36 says, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." Christians serve in love, not by slavery! Galatians 5:13 explains it perfectly: "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another." Again, the meaning of the text has clearly been changed! Now, it seems that in order to harmonize with this "New Age" movement (and of course the NIV, NASV, RSV, NRSV), the NKJV changes "end of the world" to "end of the age". And in it no longer is the "world to come", but "age to come". The "New Age" movement teaches a series of ages; hence the name: New Age. See Matthew 12:32, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 13:40, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 24:3, Matthew 28:20, Mark 10:30, Luke 20:34,35. They are also longing for one called the "Maitreya". The Bible calls him the "Anti-Christ". New ager's refer to him as the the "Coming One" and so does the NKJV in Luke 7:19, 20, (see also Matthew 11:3). In the NKJV, John tells his disciples to ask Jesus: "Are You the coming one...". In the Great Invocation. (which is a prayer highly reverenced among new agers and chanted to invoke the Maitreya), it says, "Let Light and Love and Power and Death, Fulfil the purpose of the Coming One." Now for the icing on the cake, so to speak... to really show their sympathy with these new agers - believe it or not, in Acts 17:29 the NKJV changes "Godhead" to "Divine Nature" (ditto NIV, NASV). And if you think the NKJV just innocently updated the obsolete words, removed the thee's and thou's - here's what the translators proudly admit: "It is clear that this revision REQUIRED MORE than the dropping of -eth endings, removing, thee's and thou's, and updating obsolete words." (The New King James Version, 1982e. p. 1235) YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “SCRIPTURES COMPLETELY REMOVED" We sure can read these a lot easier if they're not even there! Matthew 12:47 - ESV, RSV (KJV - Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.) Matthew 17:21 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.) Matthew 18:11 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.) Matthew 23:14 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - 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.) Mark 7:16 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV (KJV - If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.) Mark 9:44 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV- Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.) Mark 9:46 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.) Mark 11:26 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (MAJOR!) (KJV - But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.) Mark 15:28 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.) Luke 17:36 - NIV. NCV RSV, NRSV (KJV - Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.) Luke 22:43 - RSV (KJV - And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.) Luke 22:44 - RSV (KJV - And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.) Luke 23:17 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) Luke 24:12 - RSV (KJV - Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.) Luke 24:40 - RSV (KJV - And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.) John 5:4 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - 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.) Acts 8:37 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (Major Salvation Verse!) (KJV - 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 15:34 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.) Acts 24:7 - NIV, ESV RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,) Acts 28:29 - NIV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.) Romans 16:24 - NIV, ESV, NLT RSV, NRSV NCV (KJV - The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.) 2 Corinthians 13:14 - NRSV (KJV - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.) James 1:8 - NRSV (KJV - A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WORDS, WORDS, AND DID I SAY WORDS? Where did they go? WHY did they go? Just a few more examples! Matthew 6:13 REMOVED THE LAST 14 WORDS OF THE LORDS PRAYER! ...For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever, Amen. NIV, NLT, CEV, ESV, ASV RSV, NRSV Matthew 5:44 REMOVED 12 WORDS ...bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you... NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Matthew 19:9 REMOVED LAST 11 WORDS ...and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Matthew 20:22 REMOVED 12 WORDS ...and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Matthew 27:35 REMOVED LAST 25 WORDS ...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. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Mark 6:11 REMOVED LAST 23 WORDS ...Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.) NIV, NASV, NCV RSV, NRSV Mark 7:8 REMOVED LAST 15 WORDS ...as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Luke 4:18 REMOVED 8 WORDS ...he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted. NIV, NASV, NCV RSV, NRSV Luke 9:55 REMOVED 12 WORDS ...and said, ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. NIV, NLT RSV, NRSV Luke 9:56 REMOVED FIRST 16 WORDS For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. NIV, NLT, TMB, ESV RSV, NRSV Luke 11:2 REMOVED 15 WORDS from Lords prayer Our Father which art in heaven... Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. NIV, NLT RSV, NRSV John 5:3 REMOVED LAST 7 WORDS ...waiting for the moving of the water. NIV, NLT RSV, NRSV John 8:59 REMOVED LAST 10 WORDS ...going through the midst of them, and so passed by. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Acts 28:16 REMOVED 14 WORDS ...but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. NIV, NLT RSV, NRSV Romans 8:1 REMOVED LAST 10 WORDS ...who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Romans 10:15 REMOVED LAST 9 WORDS ...of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV I Corinthians 10:28 REMOVED LAST 10 WORDS ...for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Philippians 3:16 REMOVED LAST 13 WORDS ...let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV Hebrews 2:7 REMOVED LAST 10 WORDS ...and didst set him over the works of thy hands: NIV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV 1 Peter 4:14 REMOVED LAST 15 WORDS ...on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV 1 John 5:7 REMOVED LAST 15 WORDS ...in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV 1 John 5:8 REMOVED FIRST 9 WORDS And there are three that bear witness in earth... NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV 1 John 5:13 REMOVED LAST 13 WORDS ...and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. NIV, NASV, NLT, NCV RSV, NRSV ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Genesis 22:8 Many versions change "...My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering..." to distort the prophesy that God would become the Lamb. The counterfeits read as, "God will provide for Himself the lamb..." or "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering". The fulfillment of this verse is found in John 1:29. Isaiah 14:12 Most other versions confuse the Lord Jesus Christ with Lucifer. They replace the word "Lucifer" with "morning star, day star, star of the morning". Morning star is a title reserved for the Lord Jesus in Revelation 22:16. This is also the only time the word "Lucifer" is found in the Word of God. In Isaiah 14:15 the counterfeits do not send Lucifer to "hell" but only to the confusing "Sheol", or the "grave". Matthew 20:20 Many modern versions remove the words "worshipping him" and rob worship from the Lord Jesus Christ. Some will replace "worshipping him" with "kneeling down" or "kneeling before", but just simply "kneeling" is not worship. Matthew 26:28 Many versions replace the phrase "new testament" with the generic phrase "new agreement" or "new covenant". This is an obvious attack on the written Word of God. It’s interesting, even though the counterfeits remove the phrase "new testament", they do not title their New Testaments as "New Agreement" or "New Covenant". Why? The counterfeiters know they could not sell their counterfeit bearing the title "New Agreement" or "New Covenant" on the cover, so like any good counterfeiter, they disguise it. Mark 3:29 The counterfeits change the serious consequences of blaspheme against the Holy Ghost from "eternal damnation" to "eternal sin" or "eternal condemnation". Luke 4:4 Many versions remove the last half of this verse, "...but by every word of God". This is another assault on the Word of God. In this verse, the Lord Jesus Christ is quoting Deuteronomy 8:3. Do the counterfeiters really believe the Lord Jesus does not know what it says? Luke 4:8 Many modern versions remove the words "get thee behind me, Satan". Here the Lord Jesus Christ openly rebukes Satan – but the counterfeits do not rebuke Satan. Luke 16:23 Many modern versions refuse to translate the Greek word "haides". Rather than translate "haides" to the word "hell", the counterfeit will transliterate the Greek word "haides" into the English "hades". By this trick the counterfeit attempts to extinguish the flames of hell. Hades is not "hell". Hell is flames, torments, weeping and wailing, complete darkness – forever. Hades is a new-age place of purification, or a fantasy place in Greek mythology. The Assyrian Hades is an abode of blessedness with silver skies called Happy Fields. John 4:24 Many counterfeits change "God is a spirit" to "God is spirit". By removing the critical article "a", the counterfeits teach an impersonal, formless, esoteric, new-age "spirit god". John 14:16 Many counterfeits change the Holy Spirit from a loving, concerned "Comforter" to simply another "Helper, Counselor". Acts 2:47 Many counterfeits change the completed act of "saved" to the working, in progress "being saved". With this change, the counterfeits deny the complete and finished salvation in the blood of Jesus Christ to a progressive, salvation by works. You are no longer "saved" but in the process of "being saved". See also in 1 Corinthian 1:18 and 2 Corinthians 2:15. Acts 4:27 Many counterfeits abort the Lord Jesus Christ as the Father’s "holy child" to His "holy servant". A subtle and clever denial of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. The counterfeits do this again in Acts 4:30. Acts 8:37 Some modern verions completely remove this wonderful verse, (and several others). Acts 8:37 is the Ethiopian eunuch getting saved. The counterfeits stop him from getting saved. Some counterfeits are a little more subtle. They do not remove the verse from the text, but will add a footnote questioning the verse and plant a seed of doubt. Sound familiar? "Yea, hath God said . . .?" Acts 17:29 The counterfeits change "Godhead" to the new age doctrine of "Divine Nature" or "Divine Being". Romans 6:22 Many versions demote Christians from the voluntary, loving "servants of God" to cruel "enslaved" or "slaves of God". The counterfeits describe my Father as a "slave owner" and His precious children as "slaves". Oh how contrary and wicked to the character of my loving and wonderful Heavenly Father! This is done many times in the counterfeits. It's amazing because the first part of Romans 6:22 reads "...being made free from sin..." and according to the counterfeits we now are slaves! 1 Corinthians 1:21 Many versions change "...the foolishness of preaching..." to the "foolishness of what was preached" or "foolishness of the message preached". The deceitful counterfeits change the object of "foolishness" from the act of "preaching" to the "message" of preaching – the gospel of the Lord Jesus. There’s nothing "foolish" about the "message" of Jesus Christ – it’s the greatest and most reasonable message in the history of the universe! 1 Corinthians 1:18 shines some eye-opening light on the counterfeiters. It says "... the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." It makes you wonder... are the publishers of these counterfeits saved? 1 Corinthians 6:9 The counterfeits change the word "effeminate" to "homosexual" or "male prostitutes". This dilutes the serious warning of just the appearance or mannerism (effeminate) to the sexual act of homosexuals. 2 Corinthians 2:17 The counterfeits change the word "corrupt the word of God" to "peddling (or selling) the word of God". An apparent attempt by the counterfeiters to hide the fact they are "corrupting the word of God". It won’t work... God knows what they are doing. 2 Corinthians 10:5 The counterfeits change "imaginations" to "arguments" or "obstacles" or "speculations". This change lines the counterfeit up with the new age religion, as the new age is built upon "imaging" and "imaginations". It also removes the spiritual identification to where sin begins – in our imaginations. Colossians 1:14 Many counterfeits remove the phrase "through his blood". Salvation is only "through his blood". Without shedding of blood is no remission of sins. Hebrews 9:22 1 Thessalonians 5:22 The counterfeits change "all appearance of evil" to "every form (or kind) of evil". 1 Timothy 3:16 Many counterfeits change the crucial word "God" to the unmodified, vague pronoun "he". This is the clearest verse in the Bible stating that Jesus Christ was "God manifest in the flesh" and the counterfeits destroy it. 1 Timothy 6:10 The counterfeits add the words "kinds of". This addition dilutes the conclusive statement, "...the love of money is the root of all evil" to the subjective "...the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil". 2 Timothy 2:15 The counterfeits remove the word "study". The counterfeits do not want you to study your Bible. You might just find out they are mutilating it. Revelation 1:5 Many versions change the wonderful words "washed us from our sins in his own blood," to "loosed" or "freed" us from our sins. This is the only verse in the Bible that says you are washed in the blood – and the counterfeits destroy it. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There are literally thousands of more examples, way too many to list here. If you conduct a study of this on the internet only, you need to know beforehand that some websites ADD scriptures that are NOT found in the original texts! God Bless You as you seek His Truth in all things! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "I want to know one thing - the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for this very end He came from heaven. He hath written it down in a Book. O give me that Book! At any price, give me the Book of God!" - John Wesley |
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