THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE SO-CALLED NEW "KING JAMES" VERSION (1982)
As we have seen from the previous articles, the New "King
James" Version is not a King James Version at all, nor is it
connected with or related to any editions of the Authorized
Version put out in the last 300 years by anyone.It containsw
scores of RSV and ASV readings, attacks the Deity of Christ (Acts
4), covers up for the sins of the Alexandrian Cult (Rom. 1:18,
25; 16:18, 1 Tim. 6:20), confuses the plain truth (2 Tim. 2:15),
justifies Athenian Greek philosophers (Acts 17:22),encourages
disobedience to the Scriptures (1 Thess. 5:22), denies the root
of all evil in this present world system (1 Tim. 6:10), and tones
down the harsh words of 1611 so they will be acceptable to 1983
kiddy teachers and day school principals (see Phil. 3:8, 21).
In addition to this, we have noted the smooth, slick, pious,
twentieth century news media line given out by Farstad (Dallas
Theological Seminary) to pawn off this fake "Bible." The
brochures and ads are replete with such artificial and leavened
expressions as "thought flow," "readability," "share," "rhythmic
flow," "growing need," "polish with sensitivity," "highest
standards of scholarship," "thorough research," "thoughtful
process," "debatable value judgments," and similar news media
baloney that comes from the state universities and state
colleges.
After confessing that the "need" for this 1982 version came
from a book selling company that had lost some money printing
ASVs (and RSVs), the "Scholarly Team" (p. 30) signed the standard
Alexandrian Cult Creed which we print in the Bulletin. "God wrote
something but lost it."
As we have pointed out, this lying profession is based upon
hoping that the reader of the Creed will fail to discern the VERB
TENSE of the English. The words attested to by Henderson, Hutson,
Hindson, Falwell, Dobson, Towns, Kline, Hobbs, Ockenga and crew
are that "THE SCRIPTURES IN THEIR ENTIRELY ARE THE UNIQUELY
INSPIRED WORD OF GOD...." Notice that every liar who signed that
believed nothing of the kind. He believed that the ORIGINAL
SCRIPTURES WERE THE WORDS OF GOD, but the word "Word" has been
substituted to cover up the sin of unbelief. "Word" is the Neo-
Orthodox word for the Bible since no Neo-Orthodox adherent
believes that anyone can obtain God's WORDS.
As all modern apostate educators, these theological phonies
count upon the IGNORANCE of the body of Christ in order to pass
off the counterfeit. The most subtle way to do it (so that any
objector can be accused of being too negative or too critical!)
is to simply LIE ABOUT THE VERB TENSE OF YOUR OWN LANGUAGE.
Every man on the committee did it. We knew they would. We
would expect it of them. As a matter of fact, we mentioned this
in five publications printed before any of these men got together
with the book selling company to even discuss a revision (see the
Bible Believer's Commentary Series on Acts, Genesis and Proverbs,
the Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence, and Satan's
Masterpiece, the New ASV, all published before 1975).
Since the promoters of this Athenian gimmick like to talk
about the "DISTINCTIVE FEATURES" of the New "King James" Version,
we will take the liberty to list a few of them ourselves. These
are the real "DISTINCTIVE FEATURES" of the King James Perversion.
1. The "thees" and "thous" have been eliminated so they will
not match the HYMNALS used in the churches of over 5000 Bible-
believing pastors. Furthermore, the translators themselves have
not changed the "thees" and "thous" in the hymnals of their OWN
churches. Their double standard of hypocrisy in these matters is
too embarrassing to discuss: they want Bible readers to get used
to speaking in a language that DIFFERS FROM THEIR SONGS OF PRAISE
TO GOD.
Could anything be more irreverent and STUPID?
2. The Liberal method of forcing the Prophets to be POETIC
instead of LITERAL has been augmented by writing page after page
of Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah in BLANK VERSE instead of as
documented statements on the truth. One will find that this
method was used by the RSV of the NCCC in 1952 and it was used by
the ASV of 1901. There are NO EDITIONS OF ANY AUTHORIZED VERSION
IN 300 YEARS THAT RESORT TO THIS ALEXANDRIAN ALLEGORICAL
EXPEDIENT.
3. A prominent "distinctive feature" about the 1982 Nelson-
Hindson-Farstad fiasco is the careful attention that someone has
given to every verse that deals with people who use the word of
God as a tool and corrupt it to make a living. These verses are 1
Timothy 6:5, 10, 20 and Romans 1:18, 25; 16:18 and 2 Corinthians
2:17. Is it not a remarkable and "DISTINCTIVE FEATURE" of this
version that someone could not leave one single verse in those
passages as it was found in 1611, 1613, 1640, 1680, 1700, 1715,
1739, 1759, 1780, 1835, 1900, 1930, 1960, and 1980?
Wouldn't you call that "highly distinctive"?
4. But by far the most "distinctive feature" of the Falwell-
Farstad-Hindson version is the opinion of the translators about
themselves and their spirituality. Entirely UNLIKE the AV
committee of 1611, these 1982 stuffed shirts say that they have
"given themselves diligently to the HIGHEST STANDARDS of
scholarship and THOROUGH RESEARCH." I don't recall anyone on the
AV committee being stupid enough to brag like that about their
own work.
"We have again and again been made aware that GOD WAS AT
WORK AMONG US, imparting to us a small measure of HIS INFINITE
WISDOM" (p. 1).
My, what a profession! I don't recall the AV translators
making any profession like that at all. Why, that is as close as
you can come to saying that God the Holy Spirit was INSPIRING THE
WORDS YOU WROTE. Of course they don't say that, but the context
of "God's being at work AMONG US" is "when it has been necessary
to spend days or even weeks weighing a SINGLE WORD..."
My, My, what have we here?
God imparted wisdom to this committee in weighing individual
words! Too bad He didn't in 1611, eh what?
My what a "DISTINCTIVE FEATURE"! Here are men who limit
their time (seven years) to the exact number used by the
committee (1604-1611) so you will think they are engaged in the
same activity; then, after reading all of "Ruckman's stuff" about
the AV translators being "led" in their choice of words, the same
profession is made, while these incredible phonies claim "the
SAME SPIRIT OF OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY" that is in "KEEPING
WITH THE TRADITION OF THE FIRST KING JAMES VERSION" (p. 1).
Well they weighed "corrupt" in 2 Corinthians 2:17 and threw
it out lest someone would think the reference was to them. They
weighed the word "science" in 1 Timothy 6:20 and threw it out
since it was "archaic" (!). They weighed the word "child" in Acts
4:27 and decided it pointed out the Deity of Christ too clearly,
so it was thrown out. They weighed the word "HUMBLED" in
Philippians 2:7 (1979 edition) and decided to accept the RSV word
"emptied" of the NCCC in its place. They weighed the word
"APPEARANCE" in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 and altered it so a
Christian could appear to do evil as long as he wasn't doing it,
and....but why go further?
We have here enough "distinctives" to raise a first class
"stinct."
"Vile" (all editions of any AV) was too strong so it went
out of Philippians 2. "DUNG" was too strong so it went out.
"SUPERSTITIOUS" was too strong (Acts 17), so after "carefully
weighing these words," with GOD WORKING AMONGST THEM (!), and
their thorough research and "highest standards of scholarship,"
these blind guides altered the AV to match the Revised Standard
Version of the National Council of Communist Churches (Weigle,
Sockman, Dahlberg, Oxnam, Peale, the whole crew).
Because of these and other "DISTINCTIVE FEATURES," no
honest-to-God, real, Bible believers in America would recommend
the Falwell-Nelson version to ANYONE. The motive for its
publication was monetary; the profession of its translators was
egotistical; their claims to fidelity are false; their profession
of faith in the Scriptures is false; the readings of their text
are not the readings of ANY Authorized Version; and their tactics
and approach in selling their product betray their "company" (1
Cor. 15:33); they are the backslidden apostates of Laodicea who
have mistaken income and attendance for "godliness," scholarship
and discipline for intelligence, and professions for HONESTY. By
the Grace of God we will nevermake THOSE mistakes.
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