I agree. What I don't accept is that the KJV is the sole acceptable translation. Jesus did not speak English, in case you did not know.
I was not born again yesterday. Of course Jesus did not speak English during His earthly ministry because it was a language that was not around during His time (Obviously). But, after Christ’s ascension to the Father, I believe Jesus’ Omniscience (i.e., to have all knowledge) was no longer suppressed like it was during His earthly ministry. Meaning, Jesus would have known about the future language of English and He would have known how to easily speak it after His mission was complete in saving mankind.
As for your not accepting the KJV as the sole trustworthy translation for today:
Well, there are a lot of good reasons why we believe the KJV is the pure Word of God today and why Modern Translations are deeply problematic.
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So His words and that of the apostles must be translated.
This was already done by the top scholars who have ever lived (i.e., the KJV translators).
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That's where differences can occur. You'll have to learn Greek and Hebrew if you want to avoid translations.
Which Greek and Hebrew manuscripts? There are many. Does God require that we learn these languages and look in caves for manuscripts to find His precise words? No. Actually, the Bible does give us bread crumbs or clues that we are not supposed to do that. Granted, I don’t have a problem in your learning Hebrew and Greek. The problem I have is that most Christians today try to undo the words in the English in the KJV translated from the original languages. It means they want to become the authority and not the Bible.
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I've somehow managed to survive as a believer for the last 50 years without the KJV or learning Greek and Hebrew.
Not everyone is as fortunate. Many have lost their faith because of the Modern Bible Movement.
You need to understand that the Modern Bibles come from a different underlying text than the underlying text of the King James Bible.
There are changed doctrines that are for the worse and not for the better in the Modern Bibles.
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Some versions are more interpretations. I avoid them. Presently I use the Berean. It's accurate and readable.
Well, if you are using the Berean Literal Bible, John 1:18 says that Jesus is the begotten God (Which is falsely teaching that Jesus had a beginning when in reality Jesus is eternally God).
Both the Berean Standard Bible, and the Berean Literal Bible teach that Jesus emptied Himself (i.e., emptied Himself of His divine powers) during His earthly ministry in Philippians 2:7. This sets up a contradiction in multiple verses in Scripture that teach did have power of His own during His earthly ministry. There are over 50 plus doctrines that are serious that are changed in Modern Translations.
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"They"? Every version but the KJV waters down the deity of Christ and such? I don't agree and I have access to most of the versions via Bible Hub. I taught the Bible for two years in our Bible School.
I have discovered 21 places where the deity of Christ is watered down in Modern Translations. This should be no surprise because George Vance Smith (who is a Unitarian) worked on the Revised Version (Which was the first Modern English Bible) that is a part of the Modern Bible Movement we have today. George Vance Smith wrote a book called “Texts and Margins of the Revised New Testament” celebrating the changed doctrines that favor Unitarianism in this book. You can read it for free online. Westcott and Hort even threatened to quit if Vance was not on their team. Sinaiticus gets visits from Unitarians because they seen that text as a win for their Unitarian cause. Then there are the Catholic ideas sprinkled in Modern Translations, as well (with a Catholic cardinal actually working on the underlying Greek). Bible Societies were infested with Unitarianism all the way back in the 1830s. Trinitarian believers were being mocked so bad that they started their own society called the Trinitarian Bible Society (Which is a group that defends the Textus Receptus and the KJV).
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I managed just fine without the KV.
I am sure many think this way, but truth is truth.
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By all means stick with the KJV. That's your choice. But don't pretend that it is the inspired word of God.
There is no pretending. All the evidence points to the fact that the KJV is preserved and inspired words of God for today.
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The original languages are inspired.
You mean the manuscript copies? Which ones? The Nestle and Aland is in its 28th edition and I am sure they are still going to discover more manuscripts in a cave somewhere. Most Modern Bibles keep updating, as well. There is no settled text. So again. Which original language texts do you think are inspired? What evidence in history indicates that these texts were used by the church and had good fruit and God used them in some way?
This is a Rationalist statement. This would be the case for regular translations but if God is involved in giving us His Word, then we dive into the realm of the supernatural.
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They do a great job, but they can differ ever so slightly in a few minor details. I compare a number of translations or check the literal translation at times. Works for me, anyway.
But all Modern Translations say different things. How do you know which one is correct?
Remember, God is not the author of confusion. He does not speak things that are conflicting. So your approach towards God’s Word is flawed. God either preserved His Word perfectly (Whereby we can trust it 100%) or He did not do so. I choose to simply believe God’s Word the Bible in that He preserved His Words perfectly forever.
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