Why I use the King James Bible 

The Bible’s text is the issue! A settled text assures doctrinal steadfastness. The ever-changing critical text allows doctrinal wiggle room. Dangerous.

I love the verse in Isaiah which says “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭8‬

So thankful for having the Bible translated in my language

I'm not KVJ-only, and one thing that's always confused me is when KVJ-only folks claim that new translations "lose some of the meaning of the original text" or something else to that effect. Often in my studies if I reach a difficult passage, I'll read it in a variety of translations to see what multiple groups of translators thought about it. It can help me find the meaning of the usage of a certain word, but I've never found a passage in the NASB/ESV that has any "less meaning" than the KJV, or that wasn't equivalent. I also like to offer a couple of other defenses, first, I think the accusation of newer translations saying "you should" rather than "thou shalt" is moderately dishonest. Unless you're reading a poorly made thought-for-thought (which I discourage in general), the newer translations maintain just as much authority as the KJV, just without the archaisms. Random example is Isaiah 1:12-15, read that in a modern translation and you'll see they aren't pulling punches. Second, you mention proponents of newer translations "whining" about readability. Our issue isn't with the "thees and thous," its more to do with defunct words that the pastor ends up defining them in modern terms anyway. To use that Isaiah example again, how often do you hear pastors say something along the lines of " "bring no more vain oblations..." that word oblations means offerings, so "bring no more vain offerings." "? I'd argue to consistently hold that the KJV is written in a superior way, you should never rephrase it to explain it. If "dumbing it down," as you put it, does nothing but detract from the text, then you should never explain a verse in anything less than King James English, because anything else has been dumbed down. I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way. I believe you're in a brother in Christ, I just disagree on this. :)

Thank you! This was a great explanation, given with a great attitude. I love my King James Bible! The pages of mine have been dampened with tears of sadness as I’ve read it searching for comfort and I found it! They’ve been dampened with tears of joy and thankfulness as I read of how my Savior died in my place. I’m so grateful for my copy of Gods living word. #kjv4life

It’s so true that if people changed Shakespeare people would be outraged. The King James is my favorite too.

I believe the KJV is the Holy Word of God preserved in the language of the last days (English).

This is a great help. Im starting a Sunday School lesson on where our Bible came from and why we use the King James Bible

Supporters of the KJV can be confident there are good reasons for using their Bible. Those reasons prioritize God's promises about His Word and defer to His Word instead of prioritizing human preferences.

Amen Pastor ! I agree with you The king James Bible has always been the only Bible for me and I love my Bible I won’t ever turn away from the King James Bible .

Thank you! This is a very specific and direct answer to some of my prayer questions! The timing of me watching this video is perfect! Thank you for making it; and, if you ever make a more lengthy video about this, please let us all know!

Great explanation, Pastor Johnson Thank you for sharing!

I like what you said about the tone of the Bible. Strict commands for me to follow through out my life. I love my KJV and will not use anything else.

I started with NLT, and experienced the voice of God in it, then I read the whole Bible in nkjv but as soon as I picked up the KJV it was clear that the depth of the words and structure holds the weight of Gods voice within its text. It is now my choice for me. I feel “robbed” if I ever read other translations.

Thx so much for making and posted this!!@ its a great kinda in a nut shell explanation

I'm not KJV-only, but I appreciate the kindness you approached this issue with. You were able to communicate your position very well, thank you brother.

One God, One Way to him, One Book!!

I have always read from the King James Bible, and always will.

Amen. I have plenty of friends and fellow christians that use other versions but ill stick with the kjv its the most accurate. New to the channel. Look forward to other videos!

Thank you for your explanation. One thing I find so frustrating is going to church or any time I listen to a sermon and they are teaching from something other than the King James Bible. It throws me off when trying to follow along and they are reading something different. I feel people do lose the meaning and the importance of what God spoke. The "thees" and "thous" and "hasts" do not bother me at all. When it is all we have read its all we know. Why is it so hard to convince those that are reading other versions that they arent accurate?

Thank you for your friendly explaination. I am a 🇳🇱 Dutch 📖 StatenBijbel only.

I'm teaching my son, whose first language is not English because of being born and living in another country, to read the KJV. He's nine, and yes it is difficult because of his age and because there are just words he doesn't know in a bilingual home, but he is growing in both his Bible and English knowledge and I explain the words to him as I explain what the passage means. The KJV is not out of the intellectual grasp of anyone who speaks English well and really wishes to learn God's Word.

Well said!! Interesting info to support what you said about understanding the KJV - this is an excerpt: "THE BIBLE PROGRESSIVELY BUILDS-UP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEANING OF WORDS Modern testing using the Flesch-Kincaid research company's computerized 'Grade Level Indicator' verifies that only the KJV Bible progressively builds in understanding from Genesis to Revelation, and maintains the easiest reading level. " The accompanying chart shows that the KJV is easily understood at the 5th grade level compared to the NIV at the 8th grade level. Satan has deceived people to think the degraded English is easier to understand when in fact it just breeds confusion by the author of confusion! Thank you for providing another great witnessing tool!!

I still like the KJV. Thanks brother.

Amen brother! ☝🏼

I stand on it. I'll preach it. Thank you Jesus Christ. Please Lord I'm ready

Well said! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

That is exactly what was happening in our last church. KJV became a dirty word and the pastor and certain gentlemen in the church were trying so hard to get rid of it entirely and bring on something new. Ours wasn't as obvious as ostracizing people in the church, but it was handled in a very two faced and hypocritical manner that all trust and respect was lost for the spiritual leaders. I don't care what you do personally for a version, but don't pretend you're someone else just to get a foot in the door.

Brother, I can tell that you have a great zeal for the people of God . I would ask of you to dig a bit deeper on this topic . Please read Dr Mark Wards book “ Authorized “ the use and misuse of the KJV . Have you taken the time to read the Letter to The Reader that was written by Myles Smith and was printed as an introduction originally to the KJB ? A good small work on this is by Joshua Brazon . Keep Digging Brother, love your kind and forward approach .

I am thankful for the Received Text, the Textus Receptus. I am thankful for my King James Version of the Bible. Back before 2020, I would read various versions of the Bible not knowing the history/truth of various versions. In 2020, a person at the place I worked, pulled me aside one day and told me, he felt God wanted him to tell me to look into the history of the various versions. He is a pastor at a church that reads KJV (TR) only. I felt kind of indifferent or neutral towards that. Then a complete stranger near the place I worked on another day in 2020, came up to me and said, they felt like God wanted them to tell me to really look into the history of the versions of the Bible. And over that week I was hearing on various Christian radio stations of the talk of different translations and versions of the Bible. I thought ok, God is really getting my attention on all of this. So, I started looking into it. I learned how many things were changed and even REMOVED from so many other versions. I was like why on earth would they remove entire verses? I then learned, the origins of the other translations of the Bible. There is the Latin Vulgate -> the Sinaiticus, the Vaticanus. One was found in a trash can, one was found in a library. Both of which were in Catholic churches/locations. That is a whole other discussion about the Catholic church. Anyways, they are documents that do not even agree with each other. They are manipulated by people (Wescott and Hort) who did not believe in the deity of Christ. The more I look into the teams that worked on the Latin Vulgate, the darker it gets. The KJV (TR) is the Word of God and the Received Text, was the same in all languages regardless of which language it was translated from. Also keep in mind, in order for these companies to get money from different versions they MUST be so much % different. That is a bit of my story of why I read KJV only. (Or at least anything that is actually TR)

It’s not the words that you don’t know and need to look up but rather the words you don’t know that you don’t know therefore you won’t look them up .

Great video!

The KJV is THE HOLY BIBLE for all English speaking people. Nothing good came from so-called new and improved Bibles. Westcott and Hort have been a curse to Christianity.

There's power in a kings word...they take away from the Word of God. The Gospel can he received through word of mouth but doctrine must come through the Word of God. In other versions they skip verse 37 on the scripture below. Acts 8:36-38 KJV And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? [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. [38] And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

I read from the KJVER and NKJV and I agree with everything you said here

I actually like the KJV for its difficult places. KJV scholar David Norton defends some of the ambiguity in the text by saying, “Equally what may appear bad through incomprehensibility or sheer ugliness often comes from its earnest fidelity to the originals.” Robert Alter commenting on the Hebrew text says, “the Bible itself does not generally exhibit the clarity to which its modern translators aspire: the Hebrew writers reveled in the proliferation of meanings, the cultivation of ambiguities, the playing of one sense of a term against another, and this richness is erased in the deceptive antiseptic clarity of the modern versions…”

Yhis is what i think of my kjv. "From my cold dead hands"

Agree 💯!

I am glad that the KJV used formal equivalence. And frankly, it could have been more formal without becoming a stilted literal translation for study only. But formality does not mean they understood all the words properly. For instance, the one or two Hebrew words for vanity, uselessness, Meaningless, etc. do not occur in the book of Ecclesiastes. It is a word that means vapor, temporal, transitory, impermanence, fleeting. If vanity is the correct translation, we have some very important direct contradictions to scripture and within the book itself. But when we translate The Hebrew word, which is also the name Abel, who was not vain, meaningless, or useless, as vapor and transitory,l, the book's meaning explodes to the surface accurately, and as a very positive wisdom book rather than a book with the supposed Eric conclusions of a backslidden king. The book itself says it was written after returning from being Backslidden. Anyway

First off I would like to say I believe the every word of the Bible is true. The Bible says of itself, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. This means the Bible contains instructions and principles that will prepare a believe for every important decision, like what Bible to use. As I was reading a few years back in Deut 17:18-19, God helped me see a directive that I believe applies to choosing which Bible to use. God instructs Israel through Moses, that when a new king (which Israel did not have a king at that time) takes the throne over Israel, he should make a copy of the book that is before the Levites (or that Bible as it existed to that point) for reading all the days of his life. So God was granting authority/permission to human kings to make a copy for daily reading. King James, when he came to sit on his throne, commissions the creating a copy of the Bible for daily reading for all people and not just his personal reading. I think it is cool that the KJV is also known as the authorized version, because I believe God authorized kings, including King James, to make a copy. Obviously, God has blessed men for over 400 years now because the daily reading of this authorized version which confirms its authority. Many revivals have occurred through the preaching of this version. NO other version of the Bible can claim to be authorized by a king like the authorized version. And God's word again proves true because it does instructs us on this good work, if we are willing to follow it.

Love the KJV. Some say that is a hard version to read. English is my second language, Romanian being my first. I have no problem comprehending any of the words found in the KJV Bible. PS. I had and read other versions and do not trust them.

Nice video. I moved back to KJV after many years in the critical text

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I like a lot of your reasons like the language being more high and reverend but I also think the KJV has some translation mistakes and needed to be fixed so I like to read the NKJV especially for personal reading but in some contexts I like to use the KJV to make Christ's word sound more reverend for he is the most holy so your video was helpful in seeing other people's views.

Dr Mark Ward has many great videos on this subject. Could you please interact with his material?

The textual argument is strong. Which book (Oulette or other) would you recommend to dig deeper into that aspect of the KJV versus other versions?

King James Bible all the way to heaven.

I concur brother. I do have other versions, but over the years as I've studied the differences between those versions and the KJV, I find more and more that when I read from the KJV I have no doubt that I'm reading the word of God without corruption. When I read from those other versions there are always questions and doubts about the accuracy of the text, even in the NKJV; which claims that their New Testament is based on the Textus Receptus. It may claim that, but I still find subtle differences in how it's translated that just don't sit right with me. But what do I know? I'm just a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody. God bless.

I love the KJV, but the men of God who translated it were not KJV Only... Below is just one of many comments they made in their preface to the KJV "The Translators to the Reader." "Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most Holy place; that removeth the cover of the well, that we may come by the water, even as Jacob rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, by which means the flocks of Laban were watered [Gen 29:10]. Indeed without translation into the vulgar tongue, the unlearned are but like children at Jacob's well (which was deep) [John 4:11] without a bucket or something to draw with"

Question for you pastor: I've recently switched to the NASB (1995) as my default. I noticed on your "timeline" of word-for-word vs. thought-for-thought that was basically 2nd place to to the KJV. Which of your concerns about accuracy do or do not apply to that version? If you HAD to use something other than KJV would NASB (1995) be your second choice? Thanks in advance!

I use the KJV and the (CSB) Christian Standard Bible only.

Why are most kj only people very angry people? In my experience, trying to have brotherly dialogue mostly ends up with them raising their voices and getting angry? I thought only those losing an argument and being insecure acted like that?

“How ugly is she?” “Oh man, she’s King James ugly!”

The king James version Bible is the only Word of God.

I Only TRUST The KJV! THE HOLY SPIRIT Gives Revelation. Not Translators. REPENT Means What It Means. Newer Versions Change GOD"S Inspired WORD... Example: Variations Include RELENT! So We Must "Relent" And Believe The Gospel? Are They Serious? Amen! 8:36 They Change It For A Money Grab! Copyrights (Man's Law) Which Transgress GOD'S Commandments! In The KJV - Proverbs 119 "Quicken" Is Mentioned 11 Times! It's Very Important To Be Lead By The Holy Spirit! Please Take Note: In The KJV - John 6 : 63 “It Is THE SPIRIT That QUICKENETH: The Flesh Profiteth Nothing:

When a church has made a particular translation its idol , then it’s time to address that wouldn’t you think ?

Kjv has a few mistranslations though lol

The Church (Body of Christ) established by Christ in 33 AD, which was responsible for composing the first Bible, the Canon of Scripture is the authority, not the Bible.

I do not disagree with you, but my one criticism is that I would be careful with the Shakespeare versus King James argument. I believe it is a bit of a straw man argument. Shakespeare was originally in English, where has the Bible wasn't. So I do not believe it is equivalent to make the point that no one would change Shakespeare but would change translations.

is your church southern baptist or american baptist or Independent Fundamental Baptist or reformed or full gosple or Free Will or Primitive?

I agree thats why I use the New King Version. I dont find the 95 NASB dumbed down though

I recently have been convicted. I'm currently reading A Testimony Founded Forever by James H. Sightler, M.D. I, also own Gail's New Age Bible Versions.

This my first time seeing your videos ,so thanks.The points you made here are very good ,it reminds me of a calvinist (im not Calvinist )pastor named Joel Beeke on why use the KJV, between you and him (Mr.Beeke),have gave me much to think on I've already made up my decision before watching this video . As I was going through the other translations of the Bible particularly the LSB translation I found much to be desired, which has always been the logical conclusion is to go back to the King James translation, and the thought always came back why do I always go back to this translation where I can know and trust what's being taught. And what really gets me is that if I decided to copy the Bible from like say the LSB translation for the NIV translation of the nasb translation and I decided to copy the whole entire Bible I can get in trouble for doing that. But it's amazing how I can get in trouble for copying the whole King James translation of the Bible. Most Christianity has become a franchise, schooling has become a franchise, the Bible has become a franchise, Christian books have become a franchise. We get angry at those who see Christianity as a franchise rather then see a people's sold out for Christ.

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Ecc 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. KJV The original manuscripts say nothing about musical instruments.

Why some have problems with Reasoned eclecticism. I John 5:7 is found in a majority of the Latin, but not the Greek so out it goes. Good will towards men Doxology in Matthew Without cause God manifest in the flesh Are a majority in the Greek but not in the Latin, so out they go The PA and Mark 16:9-20 are a majority in both the Greek and Latin so out they go. Even the “not yet” found in the two of the earliest(P66.P75) in John 7:8 some throw out. If as an orthodox Christian you don't see a problem, what would you see as a problem?

What is your view of New King James version (NKJV)? Our Churches have strayed little by little and now the lines are blurred. We were firm King James only and now use we versions as resources. I like your reasoning.

Thank you. You are not “King James Ugly.” Thank you for your sincerity and respect. Though I use the KJV almost exclusively, I decided long ago to not be counted among the KJV-Onlyers. Why? 1-I said, “almost exclusively.” I do, occasionally, consult some parts of other translations. I do not do that often, because I have access to the Greek and Hebrew. ---- ----- 2- The KJV Only movement is represented horribly. Many proponents and defenders would do the movement more good by saying nothing. Why? Many KJV onlyers do not seem to know the difference between verifiable facts and opinions. Opinions are acceptable, but not when presented as fact. The rank and file of KJO seem oblivious to the difference of fact and opinion not only in themselves, but in their teachers! And do not teachers come under the greater judgement in this matter? ----- ------ 3- There is also a difference between opinion and bias. An opinion is not only acceptable but should be encouraged to be properly formed and used. Every court in the nation accepts “expert witnesses” for opinions based upon at least some verifiable facts but also including other elements, such as experience, observation, the opinion of respected others and so forth. Opinions, then, may rise or fall individually by the degree of veracity involved. ---- ---- Bias, however, is another story. An accurate description is difficult to collate. It is a messy subject as is often the mind in which it thrives. It is difficult to convince a person who displays bias because not all of its evils are always present. Among its many salient features are: (a) no solid foundation for the belief, (b) inability to show a logical process in which the belief was formed as a conclusion - or when, (c) stubbornness, refusing to accept verifiable facts that threatened the bias, (d) demonizing, by statement or implication, anyone who does not agree, (e) shielding, even blocking, others from hearing another side, (f) silencing, overtly or clandestinely, those of a different point of view and so on. That’s bias and some of its fruit. You shall know them by their fruit. --- --- 4 In my experience, many KJVO’s do not know the first thing about logical fallacies. Especially, the fact (fact) that arguing from authority is a logical fallacy. ----- ---- Conclusion: As a young man, I read D.O. Fuller’s landmark book, “Which Bible?” way back in the early ‘70’s. I have sometimes been counted as a KJV-only person by some who know me. It’s because I support KJV unashamedly and refute the silly arguments offered against it. However, if I find out that someone counts me as KJVO,, I flatly correct the notion. I mostly use the KJV, but NOT exclusively. There is a huge difference between “consulting other sources” for specific information and elevating those sources. Whether the majority text is best is “verifiable,” to some, and with others, “opinion.” ----- ---- Years ago, publishers put footnotes in “modern” versions saying that “some” or “oldest” manuscripts did not include _____. Then publishsers started noting that “the best manuscripts” did not include ____. Now, publishers have no shame in simply deleting the passages altogether! If any publisher reads this, I encourage you to check the warning at the end of the Book of Revelation, unless you have deleted that too! *** Brother, I’m an old timer, but I know we are not sent to pull tares out of the wheat. At the harvest, God’s angels will know what to do.

Will I go to hell if I read other translations?

why is Aragorn talking about the Bible?

My friend, the New King James Version and the Modern English Version both use the same underlying Hebrew and Greek texts as the King James. And they translate those texts into fully intelligible contemporary English, which means they meet the principle of 1 Corinthians 14, edification requires intelligibility. I recommend the NKJV and MEV to you.

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Any other bible translation will NOT give you the correct doctrine. Major doctrine changes are shattered thru out new versions. Yes, some things are easier to understand, but studying and praying and getting answers of difficult scripture is joyful. I grow and change with the KJB.

I’m leaving this comment before I watch this. (I am planning on watching the entire video) The issue is, if you hand a brand new believer a King James Version, they will be completely lost and more apt to never pick it up again because we simply don’t speak this way anymore! Think about if it was in a different language(which it most certainly was at one point) it would need to be translated right? So you King James only ears are going to argue that this translation, because it most definitely was a translation from another language, is the only one that can be translated correctly. I do believe we need to pray that The Holy Spirit guides us while reading any translation of God’s word and that we need to discern what the text is speaking about or trying to teach us.

Even the KJV translators were not KJV-only. In the preface of the King James Version Bible, the translators said that there were other good translations. Stating that the ESV, NIV, NASB, and similar translations are corrupt is doing a disservice to God's kingdom. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dfuizuxuckM.htmlsi=-_d1TGTN7LcsceGk

I believe I am ‘agnostic’ going by definition. I believe in a higher power but certainly don’t believe in worshipping a pope as a holy figure. What bible would be best for me as someone who just want to see gods word.

Weak arguments. Strongest argument is the corporate one. Nobody should ever NEVER KJVOnly. Be KJVPrefered, if you like.