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Love Quotes From The Bible

Sometimes it's helpful to have a collection of verses to fall back on in specific topics when putting together a Bible study, or researching for your own study purposes.  Today's post contains scriptures out of the KJV containing the word Love.  Whether you're making a Christian valentines day card, or putting together a study for yourself or others, we hope this collection of verses helps you.

Note: This list does not contain every single mention of the word 'Love' in the KJV, but does contain a good portion of them.  Scriptures are in order starting in the old testament and going all the way to Revelation.

Exodus 20:5-6 "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."

Leviticus 19:18 "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."

Leviticus 19:34 "But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."

Deuteronomy 5:10 "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."

Deuteronomy 6:5 "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Deuteronomy 7:7 "The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:"

Deuteronomy 7:9 "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"

Deut. 10:12 "And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,"

Deut. 11:1 "Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway."

Deut. 30:20 "That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Joshua 23:11 "Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God."

2 Chronicles 9:8 "Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice."

Psalm 5:11 "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

Psalm 11:7 "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."

Psalm 18:1 "I will love thee, O LORD, my strength."

Psalm 31:23 "O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."

Psalm 33:5 "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."

Psalm 37:28 "For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off."

Psalm 40:16 "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified."

Psalm 91:14 "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name."

Psalm 116:1 "I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications."

Psalm 119:97 "O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day."

Psalm 119:127 "Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold."

Psalm 119:140 "Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it."

Psalm 119:165 "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them."

Proverbs 3:12 "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."

Proverbs 4:6 "Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Proverbs 5:19 "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love."

Proverbs 8:21 "That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures."

Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins."

Proverbs 12:1 "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."

Proverbs 16:13 "Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right."

Proverbs 17:9 "He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."

Proverbs 17:17 "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

Proverbs  21:17 "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."

Proverbs 27:5 "Open rebuke is better than secret love."

Proverbs  29:3 "Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance."

Ecclesiastes 3:8 "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."

Ecclesiastes5:10 "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity."

Ecclesiastes 9:1 "For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them."

Ecclesiastes  9:9 "Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun."

Song Of Solomon 1:15 "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes."

Isaiah 38:17 "Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back."

Isaiah 63:9 "In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."

Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."

Micah 6:8 "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"

Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing."

Zechariah 8:17 "And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD."

Matthew 5:44 "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;"

Matthew 6:24 "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."

Matthew 19:19 "Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Matthew 22:37 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

Mark 12:33 "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."

Luke 6:27 "But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,"

Luke 6:32 "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them."

Luke 6:35 "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

John 3:35 "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand."

John 10:17 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again."

John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."

John 13:35 "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."

John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."

John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."

John 14:24 "He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me."

John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."

John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."

John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:19 "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."

John 16:27 "For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God."

John 17:23 "I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me."

John 17:24 "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

John 21:15-17 "So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.  He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.  He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep."

Romans 5:5 "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."

Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Romans 8:39 "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 12:9 "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good."

Romans 12:10 "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"

Romans 13:8 "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."

Romans 13:10 "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."

1 Corinthians 2:9 "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

1 Corinthians 8:3 "But if any man love God, the same is known of him."

2 Corinthians 5:14 "For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:"

2 Corinthians 9:7 "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."

2 Corinthians 13:11 "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."

Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."

Galatians 5:6 "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love."

Galatians 5:14 "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"

Ephesians 1:4 "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:"

Ephesians 2:4 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,"

Ephesians 3:17 "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,"

Ephesians 3:19 "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."

Ephesians 4:2 "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;"

Ephesians 4:16 "From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."

Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."

Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"

Ephesians 5:28 "So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself."

Ephesians 5:33 "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."

Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

Colossians 2:2 "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;"

Colossians 3:19 "Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them."

1 Thessalonians 3:12 "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"

1 Thessalonians 5:8 "But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."

2 Thessalonians 2:16 "Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,"

2 Thessalonians 3:5 "And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ."

1 Timothy 1:14 "And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."

1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

1 Timothy 6:11 "But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."

2 Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

2 Timothy 4:8 "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

Titus 2:4 "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"

Hebrews 1:9 "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

Hebrews 12:6 "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth"

Hebrews 13:1 "Let brotherly love continue."

James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."

1 Peter 1:8 "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"

1 Peter 2:17 "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."

1 John 2:5 "But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."

1 John 2:10 "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him."

1 John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

1 John 3:1 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."

1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."

1 John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

1 John 3:18 "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."

1 John 4:7 "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."

1 John 4:8 "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

1 John 4:9 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."

1 John 4:10  "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

1 John 4:11 "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."

1 John 4:12 "No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."

1 John 4:16 "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."

1 John 4:17 "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world."

1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

1 John 4:19 "We love him, because he first loved us."

1 John 4:20 "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"

1 John 4:21 "And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."

1 John 5:1 "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."

1 John 5:2 "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."

1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."

2 John 1:6 "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it."

Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

Revelation 1:5 "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"

Revelation 3:19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."

Note: This is a selection of verses from the KJV Bible containing the word Love.  There are many more.  For the most part I left out verses that repeated other verses, or verses that were along the lines of, "so and so loved so and so..."

I hope this list of 'love' verses from the Bible has helped you in your Bible study endeavors.

 

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From the mouths of the translators (of the NIV NKJV)

There is a book called "Selecting a Translation of the Bible" written by Lewis Foster (the man who helped translate the NIV and NKJV).  In his book there are some disturbing things that show us the mindset of the translators of these false translations.  Just to show you an example:

In a section titled "How to make a Bible Translation" Foster says "In this day of specialists, it is difficult to find individuals adept in knowledge of the Bible, knowledge of the Greek or Hebrew, and use of the English language. To be safe, the work of the Biblical scholars should be submitted for further refinement by an expert in English. Grammatical slips, awkward phrases, ambiguous expressions, unnecessary words, offensive terms - all tend to clutter the translation of God's Word.  Help can also be found in another direction. After all the experts have done their work, still one cannot be sure what the reaction will be from the average reader. It is helpful to know what he appreciates and what he finds objectionable, troublesome, or lacking," (Foster, p19).

So let's just put what Mr. Foster said into perspective, (remember, this is the man who helped to translate the NIV and NKJV)! Not only does he believe that God wasn't smart enough to know grammar (obviously God needs an English lesson), but he also believes in not putting anything into the Bible that people find objectionable, troublesome, or lacking! 

Looking through the eyes of an average athiest for just a second here, what would we see?  "Oh, that whole Bible is objectionable!  I'm offended!  I don't like what it says, it's troublesome to me and lacking all common sense!"  Therefore Mr. Foster would be in need to change everything in the Bible from the original... this leaves him free to change anything he wants to whatever views he sees fit, whether they are consistent with God's word or not.  When you read the NIV or NKJV then, you are reading Mr. Foster's views and opinions on what he thinks should and should not be in the Bible, rather than reading God's Word.  This is something serious seeker's of God's Word should consider then when choosing a Bible.  Do you want the whole, unedited, unadulterated word of God?  Or do you want the views of a translater like Lewis Foster?  

To read more about the KJV versus other Bible translations, click HERE.  

To read more about having confidence in God's word click HERE.  

To take the acid test with your NIV or NKJV click HERE.

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KJV vs. other versions of the Bible

Sophomore year in college I had to take a speech class. One of the assignments was to do a speech on an controversial issue. I asked my speech professor during class one day if it would be appropriate to do a speech on the differences between the KJV and other versions of the Christian bible.

Immediately there was an outburst from other students in the class. People were downright angry, and both the professor and I were surprised. She told me that it definitely sounded controversial, and that if I wanted to try it, to give it a shot. My best friend (a pastor) and I then spent two weeks researching and putting together a presentation. The following is the general information I gave the class minus the PowerPoint presentation.

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So, I’ve got to admit, I’m a little disappointed. I went into a bible bookstore the other day with my friend who’s a pastor. Now, a bible bookstore’s entire purpose is to sell bibles, and other religious material. They have an entire wall filled floor to ceiling, wall to wall with bibles. We went and looked at this wall of bibles, and there were all these really cool bibles with different covers. There was a duct tape bible, a metal bible with a cool metal cover, bibles with gator skin, suede, two toned bibles, everything. Now, I was getting really jazzed, I mean, I was going to buy a really cool looking bible, so I picked up the duct tape bible and started looking through it, but then I saw that it was a New American Standard bible, or NAS. I read the King James Version, so I thought, “Ok,” and I put that one back, and picked up the metal bible. But alas, it was the New Living Bible, still not KJV! We looked through bible after bible, and the only King James Version Bible’s we found were three, plain black bonded leather bibles… and bonded leather is the kind they attach to paper that falls apart after you use it a few times.

So I asked my friend, “Why are there no cool looking King James Bibles?” and he told me, “Most people today hate the King James Bible.” I didn’t understand it at the time until my speech class got mad at me just for mentioning the KJV.  I’m going to tell you my personal reasons for reading and using the KJV rather than other versions. I’m not saying my bible is better or yours is better, I am only giving my personal reasons.  While this isn't meant to offend you, I can almost guarantee that it will, because this is what I've encountered now over and over with people who use other versions.

1) First let's start off looking at why most people don’t like the King James Version:  People say “It’s too hard to understand.” Let's have a look.

Matthew 8:29 KJV vs. Matthew 8:29 NAS

Matthew 8:29 KJV

“And, behold, they cried out, saying, what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come to hither to torment us before the time?”

Matthew 8:29 NAS

“And behold, they cried out, saying, what do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

As we can see, most words in this passage (blue) are the same, and very few are changed. Those that are changed are not too difficult to understand. Let’s take a look at another passage: 

Luke 4:4 KJV vs. Luke 4:4 NAS

Luke 4:4 KJV

“And Jesus answered him saying, “It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

Luke 4:4 NAS

“And Jesus answered him, “It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone.”

Again, most words here are the same, the only thing that the NAS has changed from the King James, is that they have taken out the words “But by every word of God,” from the end of the passage. Ok, let’s take a look at one more passage. 

Isaiah 7:14 KJV vs. Isaiah 7:14 RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Isaiah 7:14 KJV

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Isaiah 7:14 RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold a young woman shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Here I have compared Isaiah 7:14 between the King James and the RSV (Revised Standard Version), rather than the NAS. All words (blue) are the same with the exception that “Virgin,” has been changed to “Young Woman.” We know that Young Women and Virgins are not the same. Here they are not changing words to be more easily understood, because most of us should know what a virgin is.

2) Why most people don’t like the King James Version: People say, “I don’t like the Thee’s and the Thou’s.” 

Well, let’s take a look at that briefly:

Thee, Thou, and Ye equal You. Therefore, Thou shalt not steal equals You shalt not steal. But wait, here’s something cool! Thee and Thou, which start with a T are singular, meaning only one person, and Ye, which starts with a Y is plural, meaning more than one person. So if you are standing in a group of friends and I point to you and say Thou shalt not steal! I could be talking to the whole group, but because I used the word “Thou” I just made it personal and I’m just talking to you. If you are standing in a group of friends and I point to you and say “Ye shalt not steal,” I’m talking to the entire group, which is one cool thing that the King James Version does.  Other bibles just say 'you shall not steal' and are therefore not as accurate because the reader doesn't know if the speaker is talking to a group, or one person in that group.

3) Why most people don’t like the King James Version: People say, “My translation is better than the King James because the words are newer.” 

According to the KJVonlyissue.com, a website that is actually against the use of the King James Version: “In fact there are instances where the use of Archaic words are more accurate than what our modern English allows.” For example: In the KJV, shambles means marketplace. Today marketplace means something different to us. The newer versions of the KJV just say marketplace.

4) Why most people don’t like the King James Version: People say “Have you ever tried to teach a five year old on a King James? They won’t understand!” 

Well, personally, I haven’t tried to teach a child on the King James Version bible, but:  (Update -->) We teach our daughter from the King James Bible.  She learns bible stories and memorizes scripture straight out of the KJV.  We've been teaching her from it since she was three years old (she's almost five now) and she hasn't had an issue with it.  It's our duty to help her to understand the verses no matter what Bible it comes out of.


Other things to consider: Before 1881 there were no new Translations so:

• The King James Version was the only version people had to teach their children on (no matter what age), and:  
• My best friend taught and saved his young daughter on the King James Version

5) Why most people don’t like the King James Version: People say “It’s just another translation isn’t it?”

Actually it isn’t, and here’s why: The King James Bible, and newer translations, are translated from: TWO Different manuscripts! 

Lets take a look and compare these two separate manuscripts:

• After the bible was compiled, each church copied the bible word for word. 
• 95% of the copies matched each other word for word.
• Those 95% that matched word for word were called the Textus Receptus (Received Text). 
• The 5% text that did not match word for word was called the Critical Text.
• The Textus Receptus (or the 95% text): agreed with each other (or matched the texts contained within).
• The Critical Text (or the 5% text): Not only disagreed with the Textus Receptus (95% Text), but also: disagreed with it’s two main texts (The Vaticanus and Sinaticus) contained within.

Now the bible says, “God is not the author of confusion,” (1 Corinthians 14:33), which means that he will not write one thing and mean another. 

It also means that God will not contradict himself, as the Critical text (5% Text) often does. 

Lets take a look at the Critical text (5% text that disagrees): 

• The Critical text disagrees with itself over 3,000 times in the Gospels alone. 
• The Critical text makes over 6,000 CHANGES from the Textus  Receptus (95% Text). 
• Changes made in the Critical Text include: omitted words, whole omitted verses, changed words, and changes in doctrine (Doctrine being something that is agreed upon and taught by the people). 
• Also: 12 entire verses are left out of the last chapter of Mark 16 in most bibles translated from the Critical Text (5%).

Ok, let’s take a look at the Textus Receptus or (95% text that agrees) briefly: 

• Every text within the Textus Receptus (95%) agrees with each other. 

Take a look at this list of different bibles translated from the Textus Receptus (95% that agrees text) and bible translated from the Critical Text (5% that disagrees text)

Translated from the Textus Receptus (95% text) (agrees)

• (KJV) Authorized King James Version
• •William Tyndale Bible (English)
• Coverdale 1533 (English)
• •Valera 1602 (Spanish)
• Matthew’s (English)
• • The Great Bible (English)

Translated from the Critical Text (5%) (disagrees)
 

• •(ASV) American Standard Version
• •(ESV) English Standard Version
• (NASV) New American Standard Bible
• •(NIV) New International Version
• (NKJV) New King James Version
• •(NLV) New Living Translation
• Amplified Bible
• Holman Christian Standard Bible
• New Life Version
• • The Living Bible
• Young’s Literal Translation
• • The Message Bible
• New International Reader’s Version
• •The Vaticanus (part of the critical text)
• The Sinaticus (part of the critical text)

Lets take a look at a few changes in Doctrine that bibles from the Critical text have made.
  
Below we see the same verse we first compared, Matthew 8:29, between the KJV and NAS versions (KJV being translated from the Textus Receptus and NAS being translated from the Critical Text).  Where I showed you what was the same before in blue, I will now show you what is different in red:

Matthew 8:29 KJV (95%)

“And, behold, they cried out, saying, what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come to hither to torment us before the time?”

Matthew 8:29 NAS (5%)

“And behold, they cried out, saying, what do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

Here the NAS version takes out Jesus, suggesting that Jesus isn't the son of God. This is only one verse out of hundreds where “Jesus” is changed to “You,” or “Son of God,” is changed to “Son of man.” There is a book called "The Eye Opener" that contains page after page after page of changes in doctrine such as this one.

Below is the second verse we compared before Luke 4:4:

Luke 4:4 KJV (95%)

“And Jesus answered him saying, “It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

Luke 4:4 NAS (5%)

“And Jesus answered him, “It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone.”

“By taking out, “But by every word of God,” the NAS just changed the entire meaning of this passage. We know that man can not live by bread alone… both verses say that. The KJV tells you what he can live by (but by every word of God). 

Finally, let’s compare Isaiah 7:14 again:

Isaiah 7:14 KJV (95%)

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Isaiah 7:14 RSV (Revised Standard Version) (5%)

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold a young woman shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Here the only thing that the RSV (translated from the Critical Text) has changed is they have changed “Virgin,” to “Young Woman.” By doing this the RSV attacks the doctrine that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Christ. Now young women have children all the time and are not Virgins. The KJV says “Virgin,” because it means Virgin. This passage talks about waiting for a sign.  If a young woman giving birth was the sign God was going to send, it wouldn’t be much of a sign, because we’d be getting the same sign over and over again every day. This is why the word was translated to Virgin rather than Young Woman. The original word that was translated actually had three different meanings: virgin, young woman, and damsel. By looking at the context, we know that the KJV translated it correctly to Virgin. There are also other verses where Mary talks about never having known a man, meaning she never had sexual relations with a man.  This also tells us that the original word was translated correctly to “virgin.”

So now we come to the point where we have to ask ourselves: How did we get two separate transcripts, where one is flawed?

Here’s what happened: 

1. One of the original transcripts from the Textus Receptus made it’s way to a monastery in Alexandria Egypt. 
2. A man named Origen decided to edit the Bible, to his beliefs. 
3. Origen and 10 other people edited the transcripts. 
4. Those transcripts found their way to the trash heap in the monastery, where they were later found by archeologists and called the Critical text and used for modern translations of the bible today.

By the way: Origen was later disowned by the church for heresy (teaching false doctrine).

Let’s review:

Although there are many words in the KJV not widely used today, the KJV is usually just as easy to understand as other translations if you try.  People who read the KJV also use the Webster's 1828 dictionary (available for free online or purchase in the store) to determine the meaning of words as they were translated then (such as shambles). 

Before 1881 there were no other (full) bible translations, so the KJV was the only version people taught their children on.

The King James Bible and other bibles are not the same: 

• The KJV and other translations are translated from TWO different texts. 
• The transcripts used for the Critical Text (5% text) disagree with each other, and the Textus Receptus/majority text (95% text) 
• The Critical Text (5% Text) was edited over 10 times by 10 different people and then discarded in the trash! 
• The Critical Text (5% Text), omits words, phrases, and entire passages as well as changing doctrine!

The Bible says: The word of God cannot be improved upon, meaning: you can’t make the bible better by putting your own beliefs in. 

From the facts listed here it's clear that the Critical Text (5% text), changed and edited by Origen and 10 other people, is flawed by it's very nature because they injected their own beliefs into the bible. 

You may also be interested to know that since the time of the discovery of the Critical Text, modern day Bible translators have continued to edit and inject their own opinions and beliefs into the Bible.  You can read a short article about that HERE.

I hope this has been as much as an eye opener for you as it has been for me.

Sources:

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Final Authority by William P. Grady, PHD

•Let’s Weigh the Evidence by Barry Burton

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•The Answer Book: A Help book for Christians by Dr. Samuel C. Gipp, TH. D.

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•http:www.biblebelievers.com

•https://www.KJV-only.com/theethou.html

•The Authorized King James Bible (KJV)

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•The New American Standard Bible (NAS) ©

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•The Revised Standard Bible (RSV) ©
Selecting a Translation of the Bible by Lewis Foster 

As a final note, I'd like to point out the sources cited above. If you'll notice, the NAS and RSV have a little copyright symbol included in their name, which means a man wrote it and I have to get their permission to use what they wrote. The KJV has no copyright symbol, and is the only bible that claims to be the "Authorized" translation of God.

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