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THE KING JAMES 1611 AUTHORIZED BIBLE vs. The NIV VERSION
By Pastor Dennis Dills
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Introduction
The author contends that many people
who use the NIV bible as their textbook, use it because they do not know
the real dangers of it. They
have taken the advise of some preacher who has endorsed it or allowed
some good friend to influence them into using it.
Others have followed the advertisements and started using it
because it has become popular.
Even others say that they like it because it is more modern in
its language, taking out the annoying “thee’s” and “thou’s”.
This booklet is sent forth not to
confuse but to shed light upon the subject.
Any preacher who will endorse the NIV as the pure Word of God
will be held accountable at the judgment.
Please read this book prayerfully, seriously, and with an open
mind. I am persuaded that
many will be offended by it, but it is not the intention of this author
to offend. It is merely the
author’s intention to help God’s people to know the truth.
In this day we see so much confusion
about what or what is not the pure Word of God.
Many are asking “Which Bible is the real Bible”?
The Devil is the author of confusion and if he can keep God’s
people confused, he is happy.
The NIV stands for New International
Version. In my opinion, it
should stand for: “NOT INSPIRED VERSION”.
Pastor Dennis
Dills
Men
are trying to pervert the Word Of God!
Jeremiah 23:36, "And
the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word
shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God,
of the LORD of hosts our God."
This generation has a hunger for
perversion. What was perversion just a few years ago, is now "normal".
What was "hiding in the closet” is now "parading in our
streets”. Perversion has found a welcome
place from the living room, to the White House; from our churches
to even the Word of God!
Have you ever wondered why there are so
many "Bibles" out there? Are
you confused? Well don't
feel too bad because many Christians are in the same boat as you.
Which should you choose?
1. The
KJB 1611 (Authorized King James Bible),
2. The
NIV (New International Version),
3. The
NWT (New World Translation),
4. The
NASV (New American Standard Version),
5. The
NKJV (New King James Version),
6. The
Living Bible, (Kenneth Taylor Paraphrased)
7. Or
a host of others as the list goes on.
Remember, you can plead ignorance until
you know better. But after
the truth has been revealed unto you, then you must accept it or reject
it.
Webster, defines
"pervert" as:
1. to cause to turn aside or away from what is
good or true.
2. to twist the meaning or sense of:
misinterpret.
According to this pastor, a perfect
definition of The New International Version (NIV) is: "to cause to turn
aside or away from what is good or true" and "to twist the meaning or
sense of". If you doubt this, before you start reading this little book
- go to the library and check out a copy of the NIV and compare it as
you read these pages. I do
not recommend buying one!!!!
It should be labeled the NIP (New International Perversion).
Please feel free to check all of our references.
DO NOT TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, CHECK IT OUT!!!
Again I say, the purpose of this
booklet is not to bring confusion to the mind but to inform the Child of
God against the perverting of the Word of God.
I am sure many will find these pages offensive but that is not
the intent of the author.
Please proceed with a prayerful heart, an open mind,
and allow the Holy Ghost to teach you the truth concerning
the NIV version. This author
does not classify the King James Bible as a version.
We believe it is the preserved Word of God for English speaking
people. Therefore, we do not
refer to it as the (KJV) but as the KJB.
To call it a version will put it in the same category as all the
other versions. Hence, we
call it the KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB).
To many the NIV is a preference and not a conviction.
The King James Bible should not just be a preference but a
conviction as well. I am
convinced the King James Bible is the UNADULTERATED, INFALLIBLE, AND
INERRANT WORD OF GOD.
The
NIV perverts the deity of Jesus Christ!
The clearest verse in the Bible
proclaiming that Jesus Christ was God
in the flesh is found in I Timothy 3:16: The King James Bible
(KJB) reads, "And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH. . ." The King James
Bible says, plainly, "GOD was manifest in the flesh".
The NIV version reads, "HE appeared in
a body". The NIV "twists"
"GOD" to "HE". "HE appeared in a body"?
Everyone has "appeared in a body"!
This verse perverts the truth concerning the deity of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now let us
look at another verse that has been perverted.
The King James Bible again, clearly
declares the deity of Jesus Christ:
Philippians 2:6; "Who, being in the form of God, thought it
not robbery TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD"
The NIV reads, "Who, being in
very nature God, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD something to be
grasped,". Again, the NIV
perverts the deity of Jesus Christ!
The
NIV perverts the Virgin Birth!
The King James Bible reads, "And JOSEPH
and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him."
Luke 2:33.
The NIV reads, "The CHILD'S
FATHER and mother marveled at what was said about him."
The "CHILD'S FATHER"?
Was Joseph Jesus' father?
NO, a thousand times NO!!!
The NIV perverts the Virgin Birth.
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, therefore, GOD was His
Father. Jesus had no earthly
father. The Devil has always
fought the Virgin Birth. The
NIV is another tool he is using to lure the minds of men away from the
truth.
Each generation gets farther and
farther away from God. The
younger generations are more susceptible to falling into the deceptive
hands of Satan. Many years
ago, our forefathers would not have allowed the NIV to be printed, much
less read from our pulpits and allowed to warp the minds of our
children. The NIV
perverts the Virgin Birth.
The
NIV removes the Blood of Jesus
Christ!
The
King James Bible reads, "In whom we have redemption THROUGH HIS
BLOOD, even the forgiveness of sins:" Colossians 1:14.
The NIV reads, "In whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins." This perversion (NIV) rips out the
precious words "THROUGH HIS BLOOD"! Friend, redemption is ONLY
"THROUGH HIS BLOOD".
Hebrews 9:22, reads, ". . . without shedding of BLOOD is no
remission." That old song says, "What can wash away my sins?
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS!"
Satan’s bible, the NIV, rips out the Blood of Christ.
Many song books have already taken out the blood.
With the blood taken out of the song books, the perverted bibles,
and the pulpit, no wonder our nation is so violent and wicked.
Our Hope is in the BLOOD OF CHRIST.
The NIV perverts the Blood of Christ.
The
NIV perverts John 3:16
The King James Bible says in 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."
The NIV perversion reads, "For God so
loved the world that he gave his ONE AND ONLY SON, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life".
Jesus was NOT "the one and only son". Adam is called the "son of
God" in Luke 3:38, there are "sons of God" in Job 1:6 and Christians are
called "sons of God" in Phil 2:15 and in I John 3:2.
Jesus was the "ONLY BEGOTTEN SON"!
By removing the critical word "BEGOTTEN", the NIV perverts
John 3:16. The NIV does the
same thing (takes out the word Begotten) in John 1:14, John 1:18, and
John 3:18. Check it out for
yourself……..
The
NIV and sexual perversion!
The King James Bible reads in Romans
1:26-27: "FOR THIS CAUSE God gave them
up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use
into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;
men with men working that which is unseemly, . . ."
In the past few years homosexuality and
sexual perversion have "exploded" into the mainstream. Legislation is
now pending making same-sex marriages legal.
Books have been written promoting homosexuality in our schools.
According to The Washington Post, “bisexuality” and “homosexuality”,
are the "in thing" in our public schools.
Even churches are now welcoming homosexuals, as having “alternate
life styles”, into their congregations and even giving them leadership
positions. Many are even ordaining them into the ministry!
Could it be that bible perversions have helped to influence this?
I say, most definitely.
Read on….
A literary critic on the NIV
translation was homosexual author Dr. Virginia Mollenkott.
In the Episcopal Witness (June 1991, pp. 20-23), she admits, "My
lesbianism has ALWAYS been a part of me. . ." To no surprise then, the
word "sodomite" is completely removed from the NIV.
Check out these scriptures in the NIV and compare them to the
King James Bible. (Deut. 23:17, I Kings 14:24, 15:12, 22:46, II Kings
23:7) And of course, I Corinthians. 6:9, "...effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind. " is replaced with "...nor
male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders. . ." Notice the NIV in I
Corinthians. 6:9 does NOT condemn "homosexuals" or the "act of
homosexuality", but ONLY "homosexual OFFENDERS".
What do you think about that?
The
NIV removes and perverts the place of hell!
The word "hell" occurs 31 times in the
Old Testament in the King James Bible. In the Old Testament of the NIV
it occurs - ZERO! The word "hell" is NOT in the Old
Testament of the NIV at all!
And what do they do with the word "hell"? The
King James reads in Psalms 9:17:, "The wicked shall be turned into
HELL. . ." The NIV,
reads, "The wicked return to the GRAVE. . ." We ALL "return to the
GRAVE"! No wonder the NIV is
the choice of many cults who teach there is no hell or that hell is the
grave.
In the New Testament the NIV zaps out
"hell" 9 times. And what "clearer" "easier to understand" word does the
NIV "update" hell with? Five
times they use “HADES“!
(Matt 16:18, Rev 1:18, 6:8, 20:13,14) What "common person" understands
HADES? Everybody knows what HELL is!
And this perversion is supposed to be better to understand?
Now notice what the real Bible, The
King James Bible says:
Deuteronomy 4:2, "Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye
may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
Proverbs
30:6, "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar."
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."
And Jesus Christ, in Luke 8:12, gives a
clear aim of Satan, ". . . then cometh
the devil, and TAKETH AWAY the word . ."
The NIV completely "TAKES OUT" 17
verses!
The NIV perversion completely "TAKES
OUT" the following verses: Matthew 17:21, 18:11, 23:14,
Mark 7:16, 9:44, 9:46, 11:26, 15:28, Luke 17:36, 23:17, John 5:4,
Acts 8:37, 15:34, 24:7, 28:29, Romans 16:24 and 1 John 5:7!
Take your NIV perversion and try to find these verses, then look
them up in the King James Bible and you will see that these are very
important verses. Better
still we will list them for you.
You will not find them in the NIV perversion.
Matthew
17:21, "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Matthew
18:11, "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Matthew
23:14, "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."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Mark 7:16, "If any
man have ears to hear, let him hear."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Mark 9:44, "Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Mark 9:46, "Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Mark
11:26, "But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses."
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Mark 15:28, "And the
scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors."
GONE FROM THE NIV.
Luke 17:36, "Two men
shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
GONE FROM THE NIV.
Luke 23:17, "(For of
necessity he must release one unto them at the feast)"
ZAPPED FROM THE NIV.
John 5:4, "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."
REMOVED FROM THE NIV.
Acts 8:37, "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."
TAKEN OUT OF THE NIV.
Acts
15:34, "Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still."
AGAIN, MISSING FROM THE NIV.
Acts 24:7, "But the
chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away
out of our hands,"
LEFT OUT OF THE NIV.
Acts 28:29, "And
when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning
among themselves."
AGAIN, ZAPPED OUT OF THE NIV.
Romans
16:24, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
REMOVED FROM THE NIV
1 John 5:7, "For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
GONE FROM THE NIV.
In case you think it's insignificant words like "thee" and "thou" that have been changed, please explain all these verses left out!!! Not only does the NIV perversion remove these 17 verses but it also leaves out major portions of many other verses!
Here's a very small sampling of words and
portions of verses that have been removed in the NIV!
Check it out...
Matthew 6:13, "For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
Matthew.
15:8, "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth"
Matthew.
19:9, "and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."
Matthew. 20:7, "and
whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive."
Matthew. 20:16, "for
many be called, but few chosen."
Matthew.
20:22, "and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with"
Matthew.
25:13, "wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Matthew.
27:35, "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"
Mark
6:11, "Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city."
Mark 10:21, "take up
the cross."
Luke 1:28, "blessed art thou among women"
Luke 4:4, "but by every word of God"
Luke
4:8, "get thee behind me Satan"
Luke
4:18, "he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted"
Luke 11:2-4, "Our ...
which art in ... Thy will be done, as in heaven so in earth... but
deliver us from evil"
John
1:27, "is preferred before me"
John
3:13, "which is in heaven"
John
3:15, "should not perish"
John
11:41, "from the place where the dead was laid"
John 16:16, "because
I go to the Father"
Acts
10:6, "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do"
Acts
15:18, "Known unto God are all his works"
Acts
20:24, "But none of these things move me"
Acts
23:9, "let us not fight against God"
Romans.
8:1, "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit"
Romans. 13:9, "Thou
shalt not bear false witness"
I
Corinthians. 6:20, "and in your spirit which are God's"
I
Corinthians. 11:24; "Take eat... broken"
II
Corinthians. 10:4, "but mighty through God"
Galatians.
3:1, "that you should not obey the truth"
Ephesians.
5:30, "of his flesh, and of his bones"
Philippains. 3:16,
"let us mind the same thing"
I
Timothy. 6:5, "from such wthdraw thyself"
Hebrews.
7:21, "after the order of Melchisedec"
I
Peter. 1:22, "through the Spirit"
I
Peter. 4:14, "on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified"
I
John 4:3, "Christ is come in the flesh"
I
John 5:13, "and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God"
Revelation.
1:11, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last"
Revelation.
5:14, "him that liveth for ever and ever"
Revelation.
14:5, "before the throne of God"
Revelation.
21:24, "of them which are saved"
The
Bible Says:
"The
words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt
KEEP them, O LORD, thou shalt PRESERVE them from this generation FOR
EVER."
Psalms 12:6, 7.
The NIV also removes words along with
the “thee”, “thou”, “thou shalt nots” for a grand total of over 63,000
omissions. Here are a few of
them:
“Christ” is removed 25 times, “Lord”
removed 350 times, “Jesus” removed over 290 times, “God” removed 460
times, “Godhead” removed 3 times, “Lucifer” removed the one time it is
mentioned and refers to him as a star of the morning, the same as Christ
is described in Revelation, “Devil or Demons” removed 80 times, “Hell”
removed 40 times, “Heaven” removed 160 times, “Damned” (or a variation)
removed 15 times, “Blood” removed 41 times, “Salvation” removed 42
times, "The Word of God" removed 8 times, "The Word of the Lord" removed
24 times, and "The Lord Jesus Christ" is removed 24 times.
Not only does the NIV perversion omit
verses, portions of verses, and many words, but it also changes the
meaning of some verses.
The King James Bible reads in John
14:2: "In my Father's
house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you.”
The NIV reads:
“In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I
would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.”
I don’t know where you came from but
where I came from there is a vast difference between a room and a
mansion. The Holiday Inn has
rooms, and I am certainly not going to live in a motel throughout
eternity. So you see how the
pure Word Of God is perverted by the NIV.
We hope we have given you something to
think about. Please don't be deceived, check it out for yourself. These
are all factual representations of the underlying problems facing
Christianity. We have only one true Bible. It's the only one attacked
daily by the liberal leaders and flesh mongers of the false religions of
the world. It is the King James Bible.
Quite often this writer is asked his
opinion of the New International Version.
This version’s popularity seems to increase each year to the
point of rivaling the King James Bible. But in this writer’s judgment,
the NIV is one of the worst versions.
THE NIV IS A PERVERSION.
There are three important factors that
should be considered when choosing a reliable version:
(1) The Greek text from which it is translated;
(2) The translators who translated it; and
(3) The translation itself.
There are two Greek
texts from which versions are translated. There is the text called, the
Received Text (or the Majority Text) from which the King James has been
translated.
Then there is the Westcott and Hort
Greek text which was first presented to the world in 1870. It relies
heavily on two manuscripts which are very ancient but are filled with
mistakes, contradictions, and omissions. Most of the modern versions
including the NIV are translated from this Greek text.
The translators of the NIV came from
some ten or more religious groups and, unfortunately, they did not leave
their religious doctrines and prejudices at home when they went to the
work of translation. There are many loosely translated passages, and
when this is the case, it means the translators have left the words the
Lord gave and have sought to clarify their meanings by interpreting them
as they understand them.
As long as the Devil can keep the
people of God confused about the Word of God, the more souls he can doom
for hell. As long as the
saints of God continue to argue over the pure Word of God the better he
likes it. Anything to avert
our attention from those going to hell pleases Satan.
The King James Bible is the preserved
Word of God for English speaking people.
It has won more souls and changed more lives than any other Bible
that has ever been published.
We don’t need new translations or new versions so-called, we need
to use the one God has given us,
THE KING JAMES BIBLE.
THE KING JAMES BIBLE IS THE BIBLE GOD USES AND THE BIBLE THE
DEVIL HATES.