Favourite Bible Translations

In the end they are all Westcott & Hort. You can see this for yourself on Bible Hub. And when they claim that they used the Masoretic Text, that too is a false claim. Kittel's Biblica Hebraica is a corrupted form of the Masoretic Text.

Years ago a fellow coworker and I were discussing the NIV. He said, “I came to saving faith in Christ Jesus after reading the NIV. I shared my newfound faith with several Christian friends and they told me that it was impossible to be saved reading such a corrupt, perverted Bible as this.“

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Yet this is the same attitude that the Jewish pharisees’s had. A close examination of NT quotes by the Apostles and Jesus will show that they often changed an OT verse to fit their audience. If one cannot explain the Grace of God in their own words, they are a hypocrite.

Years ago a fellow coworker and I were discussing the NIV. He said, “I came to saving faith in Christ Jesus after reading the NIV. I shared my newfound faith with several Christian friends and they told me that it was impossible to be saved reading such a corrupt, perverted Bible as this.“

What’s wrong with this picture?

Yet this is the same attitude that the Jewish pharisees’s had. A close examination of NT quotes by the Apostles and Jesus will show that they often changed an OT verse to fit their audience. If one cannot explain the Grace of God in their own words, they are a hypocrite.

Ok so they used Eberhard Nestle's Novum Graece, This edition was adopted by the British and Foreign Bible Society, replacing the Textus Receptus. After a few years this edition received worldwide recognition as the best edition of the Greek New Testament. This edition took the place which formerly belonged to the Textus Receptus and became a "New Textus Receptus".
One bit of info I didn't know, was that they had replaced the textus receptus.
But it is right there in the references I posted.
I also looked up this Kurk Aland. Y'all attacked him as an adulterer because he has got divorced and remarried. Not that he even matters to this conversation. The edition he was involved in is called the Eberhard Aland edition. And it came out in 1993.
So what do you have against the Eberhard Nestle greek text?

I knew a lot of theology students, that took hermeneutics. They could read and translate Greek some also , Hebrew & Aramaic. KJV was by far the most popular translation of the time. It's written on about a 12th grade level and NIV 8th grade. they said that the accuracy of both is nearly equal but Niv is better because it's easier to read and understand because KJ's, 1611 English is obsolete.

Don't bother wrestling with a pig; you'll only get covered in mud.

I have used the KJV for so many years that it my go to. I also use NASB, TLB, NIV, and various Greek text to help with difficult passages. I have some good software (Bibleworks) that my old teacher recommended. That and three bookcases can help me figure out the gist of most passages.

I have seen many more literate Bible folks than myself that have a “form of Godliness, but deny its power.” Many think that they simply need to have superior knowledge. That’s who Paul had many debates with, the folks with gnosis vs epignosis. There is “nothing new under the sun.”

I knew a lot of theology students, that took hermeneutics. They could read and translate Greek some also , Hebrew & Aramaic. KJV was by far the most popular translation of the time. It's written on about a 12th grade level and NIV 8th grade. they said that the accuracy of both is nearly equal but Niv is better because it's easier to read and understand because KJ's, 1611 English is obsolete.

I use the NRSV now, which is the translation used by many seminaries. I took a NT class at a Baptist seminary and had to buy a NRSV Bible for this class (I also have KJV, NIV, and ESV versions). The NRSV is frequently used by Bible scholars.

I assume that the bible speaks of the Gospel in high terms .

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I agree KJV is the most accurate version (because it is one of the the oldest versions), however it is written in Shakespearean-style English. It doesn't help to read this version if one doesn't completely understand it (especially those who consider English as their second language). Many people including Europeans consider English as a second language. KJV may be translated into foreign languages but I'm sure there will be inconsistencies in translations there as well.

Your assumptions do not constitute evidence as to which translation is correct.

Thanks for contributing.

You believe that the KJV (1611) is the most accurate "because it is one of the oldest". Would you therefore consider Tyndale's translation (c. 1526) more accurate because it is older than the KJV? What about Wycliffe (c. 1384, middle English)? The Vulgate (c. 405, Latin), perhaps?

"Old", by itself, is not a good criteria for "accurate".

Are you aware that, when the KJV was penned, there were perhaps a couple of dozen Greek manuscripts of the New Testament books known, and that now, there are nearly 6,000?

Are you aware that there is a rule of Greek grammar that was only discovered almost 300 years after the KJV was penned, and which renders certain wordings in the KJV incorrect?

Are you aware that the oldest-known Greek manuscripts are actually different in places than the source material that led to the KJV?

I can respect your appreciation of the KJV, and have no problem if it is your choice of Bible in English. However, I would encourage you to do some more research on the issues and not allow your choice to stand on such precarious reasoning.

I agree KJV is the most accurate version (because it is one of the the oldest versions), however it is written in Shakespearean-style English. It doesn't help to read this version if one doesn't completely understand it (especially those who consider English as their second language). Many people including Europeans consider English as a second language. KJV may be translated into foreign languages but I'm sure there will be inconsistencies in translations there as well.