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If you prefer the NIV (or countless other translations),  perhaps you have never really read the NIV (or the King James version for that matter).  Are you aware that then NIV removes, alters and completely changes the meanings of more than 64,000 words and verses in the Bible?  Imagine completely removing most of Paul's teachings, all of Peter's, Jude's, James' and John's including Revelation.  Does that bother you?  It should.   

BEFORE YOU BEGIN 

As with any study, I strongly recommend that you have a bible open as you begin. We have provided scripture for your benefit, however, I still recommend that you either have YOUR own bible open OR use the online link we have provided for you below. This link will open a new window to an online bible in order for you to study and follow along.  

***     I have spent countless personal hours studying the NIV and comparing it with the KJV and I cannot and do not recommend the NIV to anyone for very obvious reasons that I shall soon explain. 

References for the material presented in this study may be found all across the internet and in many currently published books and I have used some of that material in this teaching.  I have verified the accuracy of all materials I have obtained, however, I recommend that you PERSONALLY study the NIV compared to the KJV (or at the very least, READ IT for yourself to see the inaccuracies.   

I DO NOT encourage the use of the NIV Bible, and I do not recognize the NIV as the infallible Word of God, I have provided a link in order for you to use during this study.

Are you one who says you can't understand the "thees" and "thous" and "begats" in the King James Version?  You say you just can't understand the King James?   

Let me remove all excuses for you.  Take a look at the Evidence Bible from Bridge-Logos Publishers.  I think you'll find it to your liking. I have never recommended any other Bible before but I have found the Evidence Bible  to be exactly what it claims to be:  The full unadulterated King James Version of the Bible.   

Following are the links for online versions of both the KJV bible and the NIV bible.  Again, the NIV version is provided in order for you to use as reference in this study. 

Online Blue Letter Bible (KJV) 

New International Version 

Have you been reading the NIV? Have you noticed some of the verses that have changed? Perhaps you consider them to be minor changes.  Do you really know which ones have changed?  Don't just take my word for it, look it up for yourself!  The following chart is just a small sample.   

Look at just a sampling of the changes in the NIV.

Doesn't it bother you to see that?  Do you still think that it doesn't matter? Do you think that it matters very little just who handles the Word of God? Does it really matter to you whether the book you base your eternity on is corrupted or not?  

Suppose SATAN himself translated the Bible for you. Would you trust him? Suppose one of his fallen angels had a hand in the work, would it matter then?

Suppose you had a Pastor who was also an adulterer, a liar, a thief, a sorcerer. Would THAT matter to you? Suppose that same Pastor did not believe in any miracles or healings, that he supported spiritism, communication with the dead (necromancy), consultation with 'familiar spirits', and rejected the creation of the world by God. What if he rejected the doctrine of the resurrection? What if he also rejected the fact that Jesus bore our sins and paid them all? What if he denied that it was through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ that forgiveness was given?

Would you Still trust that man to lead you to heaven, to teach you and to explain to you the Word of God? Would You? 

Consider these questions as you study this lesson. Consider your answers.  

Ask yourself: Does it matter?  

I recently heard that someone made the statement that the NIV was written long before the King James Version of the Bible? That is actually not true at all.  Are we a society that knows absolutely nothing of the origins of the Word of God?  

To see the proper ORDER of translations and the years in which they were written or translated please see this chart. 

The NIV is not the only corrupt manuscript available, however it is by far one of the worst. Do you know HOW the word of God was translated in each version of the Bible?  

Have you ever read the PREFACE to each of the versions? Let's examine the preface to each version to see what the 'translators' themselves had to say.  

KJV PREFACE 

NIV PREFACE 

Those are quite striking differences in the preface!  I'm sure that you will not be convinced by just the preface of the bibles alone so let's look at some of the corrupted verses themselves.  

Before we do, however, I want you to keep something in mind. YOU have probably had access to and may have started out with a King James Bible. If so, you have an advantage. There are many today who are starting with a New International Version. Let's examine what they would see and read and understand from the NIV point of view.  

Although I prefer NOT to encourage you to read the NIV, for this study and others like it, I HIGHLY recommend you get an NIV AND a KJV and compare them for yourself as we read. Remember, the links for the NIV and KJV online are both provided for you above.  The purpose in reading the versions for yourself is two-fold: 

(1) You will be able to read it for yourself and say that you have witnessed the changes.

(2) You will have no basis to accuse this preacher of teaching from a corrupted bible.

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."   John 8:32

Let's begin with a table to show ONLY A SMALL PORTION of the changes in the New Testament alone. 

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