There are basically six different KINDS of errors that are found in the King James Version of the Bible. But that does not mean that the KJV is a CORRUPTED translation that cannot be trusted.
For you see, these same kinds of errors are found is every translation of the Bible. In other words, for a person to be saved EVERY translation can be trusted. But when it comes to other doctrines in the many different church denominations, then that is when we must contend for the FAITH that the Apostles teach us in the New Testament.
B-4 Ch4 There Are SIX Kinds of ERRORS in the KJV!
The KJV is NOT a CORRUPT Translation!
Chapter 4.
There are SIX kinds of ERRORS in the KJV.
Yes, there are indeed errors found in the King James Version of the Bible. And these same kind or types of errors are in EVERY translation of the Bible. But these errors do NOT make ANY translation to be a so-called CORRUPT translation that cannot be trusted. In other words, a person can be saved by trusting ANY translation of the Bible.
I personally believe that the Message Bible is one or the worst translations for studying the Bible and one of the best translations for non-Christians to read. For you see, people can be saved by reading ANY translation of the Bible.
The purpose of this Book 4 The King James ONLY Controversy is to teach ALL Christians to COMPARE many different translations when the STUDY the controversial doctrines in the church.
For example, the Universalist Christians quote 1 Corinthians 15:22 from the KJV to try to prove that EVERY person will be SAVED and not one single person will be LOST.
But if you COMPARE that verse with different translations, then you might not be DECEIVED by the Universalist Christians. Here are three OTHER translations to show you what I mean by comparing the DIFFERENT translations.
1 Corinthians 15:22 from the KJV.
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
Which is wrongly interpreted to mean ALL will be made alive forever, as in, ALL will be saved and given eternal life and no person will be LOST.
1 Corinthians 15:22 from the Bible in Basic English.
“For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.”
Here we can see that this verse means to be RESURRECTED back to life. But it is still not perfectly clear if one reads right over the adjective “in” Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:22 from the Good News Translation.
“For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ.”
This MODERN translation helps Christians understand that this verse means ONLY those who are in UNION WITH Christ will be raised to LIFE. But what does raised to LIFE mean?
1 Corinthians 15:22 from the New Living Translation.
“ Just as everyone dies, because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given NEW life.”
And from this MODERN translation we can understand that this verse means that ONLY those of us who truly BELONG to Jesus Christ will be given NEW LIFE.
Now, the KJV ONLY Christians wrongly teach that ALL of the MODERN translations after the KJV translations are CORRUPTED and that none of them can be trusted. But as you can see, any Christian who COMPARES all of the translation can arrive at the TRUE God intended meaning of any verse of Scripture. And that is the PURPOSE of this book, to get all Christians to COMPARE not only the different translations, but to ALSO compare Scripture with Scripture to make sure that what you determine a verse means that it AGREES with the REST of God’s word.
With that being said, let us take a look at least one example of each TYPE of the six different kinds errors that are indeed found in the KJV translation.
#1. Typographical errors.
This kind of error was made at the time the hand copying the Bible was done. For example, some of these errors were made when copies of a manuscript were made. But another example is when an English translation was copied from another English translation that ALREADY had errors in it.
Here is a short video showing some of the errors made by the scribes and then those errors were translated by the translators INTO the KJV.
Errors in the KJV made by the scribes
#2. Printing errors.
This kind of error is made by those in charge of preparing the translation to be printed by machines. The machines will print what they are SET or programmed to print. And thus, sometimes an error is made is this step of the process of making a translation.
Here is one possible example of a printing error in the KJV. 2 Chronicles 22:2 says that Ahaziah was 42 years old when he began to reign, and Kings says 22 years old.
2 Chronicles 22:2.
“Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.”
2 Kings 8:26.
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.”
Obviously, 2 Kings 8:26 is correct and 2 Chronicles 22:2 is a PRINTING error. But nonetheless, it is and ERROR. And there is nothing CORRUPT about a later or more “MODERN” translation that CORRECTS the errors that both Christians and Bible scholar translators find.
#4. Accidental errors.
This is when one misreads what they are copying. These errors were done when copying damaged or smudged manuscripts. It was not like they had access to other manuscripts to double check the blurred word or words. And thus, the wrote what they believed would have been the correct word. Therefore, most of these kinds of errors were NOT intended to DECEIVE. But they can nonetheless deceive Christians who are NOT AWARE of these errors.
#5. Intentional errors, but not a deliberate deception.
These errors are the CHOICES made of which meaning of a Hebrew or Greek word that best fits what the translators sincerely believe the test should say. And thus, these kind of errors are based on the BELIEF of the translators. If they are Calvinist Christians then they will intuitively be biased to choose a meaning of a Hebrew or Greek word that will convey the BELIEF of Calvinism in the translation.
#6. The deliberate errors to promote a particular belief KNOWING that it is NOT conveyed clearly in the original manuscripts.
Sadly, this type of error is found in many WAYS in the KJV translation.
One of the most well know verses that is believed by many Christians to be deliberately add for the purpose of trying to support the doctrine of the Trinity is 1 John 5:7 called the Comma Johanneum. Here is a video by a well-known Bible scholar who at the time of my writing this book is, surprisingly o me, still a Trinitarian Christian.
Again, MOST of the errors in EVERY translation, INCLUDING the KJV, do not make any translation to be a corrupt translation that cannot be trusted. We must be open o CONSIDER all of the translations in order to arrive at the TRUTH concerning the many church DOCTRINES.
Now, in the next chapter, we will take a closer look at all six of these types of errors giving you and EXAMPLE of each kind of error directly from the KJV translation. To continue reading Book 4, The King James ONLY Controversy, please click on the link called B-4 Ch5 All of the ADDED words are NOT in ITALICS!
And if you have not yet read the other chapters of Book 4 The King James ONLY Controversy, then below is a list of the other chapters with links.
And if you have not already read my other new books, the links to all of my new books are in the list below.
Book 1 is called John 1:1 Made SIMPLE!
The link to chapter one is B-1 John 1:1 Made Simple
Book 2 is about the question, Did God Send His Son DOWN FROM Heaven?
The link to chapter one is B-2 Ch1 John 3:16-18 The TRUE Sound Biblical Meaning!
Book 3 is about The AGE BEFORE Man!
The link to chapter on is B-3 Ch1 Daniel 7:8 Who is the Ancient of Days?
Book 4 is about The King James ONLY Controversy!
The link to chapter 1 is B-4 CH1 The King James ONLY Controversy!
Book 5 is called What is the TRUE Gospel?
The link to chapter 1 is B-5 Ch1 What is the TRUE Gospel?
Book 6 is called WHY God Created us!
The link to chapter 1 is B-6 Ch1 WHY God Created us!
And for further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh and who the TRUE Jesus is, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>> D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS! <<<
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My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
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