Subject: Why did the KJV include these verses? |
Bible Note: Ken John: "1) Which version of the KJV is the 'very Word of God preserved to this day'? Was it the first? Were the misprints the very Word of God as well? "2) How was the text of the TR arrived at my friend? How many manuscripts was it based upon?" In a post from Morant61 he asks you the specific questions quoted above. You make no attempt to answer any of them. You write to Tim: "I am sure that you, as a student of Scripture, have the ability to find the answers you are looking for in 1) and 2)." He is asking YOU these questions so you can provide evidence to back up your assertion that the KJV is the only translation we should use. You write: "Many cannot seemingly walk by Faith. They want proof!" Why should Tim have faith in your assertions? Of course he wants proof. Anyone can assert anything, but that doesn't make it true. If you have proof, tell us what it is. Don't criticize the other person for asking you. You write: "I believe that we have ample proof that the Authorised Version is the very Word of God, preserved and given to us in the English language. God promised to preserve His Word! Read Psalm 12:6,7. Also 1Peter1:25 and Luke 21:33" You assert I BELIEVE that we have ample proof. Simply believing it doesn't make it so. What proof? If there is proof, tell us what it is. "I believe" is not an answer to anything. WHY do you believe what you do? How did you come to those conclusions? Then you make the assertion that the AV (KJV) is the very Word of God and cite Scripture in an attempt to prove it. What verse in the Bible SAYS that the King James Version and only the KJV is "the very Word of God?" Even the KJV translators themselves did not claim divine inspiration for their translation. They did not claim that the KJV is the one and only perfect translation. Inspiration extends only to the original manuscripts of the Bible -- not to any translation. No translation is inspired, infallible, inerrant or perfect. Again you say: " I believe it is the Bible,The Authorised Version, or the commonly termed King James Version." The phrase "I believe" does not make anything true. We believe something because it is the truth. It isn't the truth because we believe it. You imply that the KJV is the very Word of God without giving any reason for believing so. It's like saying: "I believe it because I believe it." You write: "I am a Fundamentalist and KNOW that God wrote a BOOK...If the KJV is not the book that God wrote, where is it today?" "I'm a Fundamentalist and KNOW" doesn't prove anything. Here you are appealing to authority to prove what you say is true. Such an appeal is not a valid argument to prove anything. "If the KJV is not the book that God wrote, where is it today?" A hypothetical question alone does not prove anything. I could just as easily ask "If the NIV is not the book that God wrote, where is it today?" God is not the Author of the KJV or any other translation. These questions remain unanswered: Which version of the KJV is the 'very Word of God preserved to this day' Was it the first? Were the misprints the very Word of God as well? How was the text of the TR arrived at? How many manuscripts was it based upon? --kalos |