BIBLE DOCTRINES AFFECTED BY MODERN VERSIONS

INTRODUCTION


The battle for the Word of God is going on today as it
always has. The work of the Evil One himself has ever been
to cause men to doubt the Word (Gen. 3:1), to corrupt the
Word (2 Cor. 2:17), and to misquote the Word (Luke 4:10,11).
There are many Modern Versions on the scene today all
claiming to be more accurate or more readable renderings of
the Word of God. Most of these versions follow the MINORITY
Greek Text even though that text exhibits a corruption
throughout. The King James Version was translated from the
MAJORITY Greek Text which agrees with about 95% of all
available manuscripts.  The MAJORITY Greek Text can be
traced back to the Peshitta (Syriac Version) about 150 A.D.


Many Christian Colleges and Universities have switched over
to the MINORITY Greek Text (known as Westcott and Hort or
Nestle and Aland) for the classroom, while still using the
King James Version in public preaching. Since there are over
5,000 differences between the MAJORITY and MINORITY texts, a
problem immediately faces the student. The King James
Version he brings to the classroom is subjected to constant
editing by the teacher, who is using a Greek Text different
from the one the King James Version was translated from. The
student is well aware that God did not inspire two different
Bibles. He must make a choice; and for the sake of harmony or
teacher satisfaction, he will usually accept his King James
Version minus the MINORITY Text corrections as the Word of
God. Should there be an area where agreement cannot be
reached, he is told to decide on the proper rendering by
exercising his spiritual discernment. The schools that are
following this double standard will admit that when the King
James Version is no longer needed for Public Relations, they
will make the complete change to the New American Standard
or the New International Version. These two are seen to
follow the MINORITY Greek Text.


Those who want to replace our King James Version with new
Modern Versions are constantly stating that no Bible
Doctrines are affected by the changes. One school recently
published an article by one of its teachers in which he
said that, "BOTH TEXTS ARE THE WORD OF GOD." It is difficult
to understand how two texts differing in over 5,000 places
can both be the Word of God. It only serves to show the
absolute desperation on the part of the MINORITY Text
champions to defend their indefensible position. The purpose
of this volume is to show the changes made by the MINORITY
text and how they affect the Bible Doctrines which
Christians have always believed. Though I do not consider
any change in the Word of God to be unimportant, I have
singled out the most glaring examples. A careful reading
will show that the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian
faith have been affected many times.


Are we to believe the scholars when they tell us that no
important doctrines are affected by the new Modern Versions?
It is obvious that they are not correct. What they really
mean to say is that when all the changes have been made the
Bible Doctrines are still there somewhere else in the Bible.
If there are ten verses showing the Virgin Birth of Christ,
and they have removed two, there are still eight remaining
to prove the doctrine. That may satisfy them, but the
Fundamental believer sees that as a piece by piece
destruction of the Word of God.


We would accuse them of taking away from the Word of God.
They would accuse us of using a Bible which has many
additions inserted by overzealous Christian copyists. The
issue now becomes quite clear. We must either believe that
overzealous heretics have corrupted the original Word of God
or believe that overzealous believers have added to the
original Word of God. I can understand why heretics would
want to corrupt the original Word of God, but I cannot
believe that Christians would add one word to the Word of
God which they have been entrusted to copy and pass along.
The Spirit of God within Christians would put a holy awe and
reverence around the sacred word; and guided by that same
Spirit, they would copy what God had given them. My
conclusion is that the new Modern Versions are based on
Greek manuscripts that have been corrupted by heretics who
changed the Word of God to agree with their rejection of the
Deity of Christ and their Humanism regarding salvation. The
Greek Text underlying the King James Version is not filled
with additions made by overzealous Christians. It is the
Word of God preserved by the Spirit of God, and it exalts the
Lord Jesus Christ, giving him his proper place, and the glory
due unto his name.


THE CHANGES IN THEIR PROPER NEW TESTAMENT ORDER ARE NOW LISTED:


MATTHEW


1:25 "her firstborn" is omitted. That Jesus was her
firstborn indicates that Mary and Joseph had sexual
relations after the birth of Jesus and that others were born
of her. The omission here seeks to add credence to the false
doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church concerning the
perpetual virginity of Mary. The Bible is clear that Jesus
had brothers and sisters.


5:22 "without a cause" is removed. In the Sermon on the
Mount the Lord warned of judgment for those who were angry
with a brother without a cause. Should this change be
accepted everyone who is angry with his brother may be
judged. The effect is to bring Jesus into judgment for
failing to observe his own words (see Mark 3:5). Such is
contrary to the doctrine of the sinlessness of Christ.


6:4, 6, 18 "openly" is out. It is a Bible Doctrine that
Christian work done unnoticed for the glory of the Lord will
one day be rewarded openly (Col. 3:4).


6:13 "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever, Amen" is deleted. This ascription of praise
to "Our Father" is found in 491 out of 500 existing
manuscripts. This statement was made a century ago by Dean
John Burgon.


8:29 "Jesus" is left out. The demons bore witness to the
fact that Jesus was the Son of God. It was an identification
of Jesus (in humanity) as the Son of God (in Deity). It
affects the doctrine of the Person of Christ.


9:8 "marvelled" is changed to "were afraid." There is no
reason to believe that the people were afraid because Jesus
healed the sick of the palsy. There is every reason for them
to marvel at the miracle.


9:13 "to repentance" is left out. The Bible doctrine of
repentance is one that men would like to do away with. God
requires that in order to be saved one must truly repent
(Acts 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9). The word means "a change of mind"
and there must be that concerning God, sin and salvation.
Men think that sin does not really separate them from
God--they must change their mind about that. Men think that
salvation is by works--they must change their mind about
that. There is nothing more evident today than the absence
of repentance among those who are professing to be
converted.


15:8 "draweth nigh unto me with their mouth" is left out.
According to Isaiah 29:13 it belongs in because Isaiah
prophesied of these hypocrites exactly that way.


16:2,3 "When it is evening ... the signs of the times" is
all omitted. The Pharisees and Sadducees came looking for a
sign and the signs were all around them. Jesus called them
hypocrites because they could not tell the signs of the
times.


17:21 Whole verse is left out. Power with God is to be had
by prayer and fasting. That is a fundamental truth of the
Word of God.


18:2 "Jesus" is left out. This is done many times by the
corrupt Greek Text of Westcott and Hort. I have not chosen
to remark about each instance because it would add many
pages to this work. The MAJORITY Text continuously places
the word "Jesus" in the narrative with the definite article
preceding it. Thus it places him in the center of things and
in command. It is doctrinally unsound for such prominence to
be discarded for the word "he."


18:11 The whole verse is omitted. This verse tells us that
man is lost, that he needs to be saved, and that the Son of
man is the one who can do that. The doctrine of salvation
through Jesus Christ is affected by this change.


18:15 "against thee" is omitted. This omission sets us up as
watchdogs over others and if one sins we are to go and tell
him. Such is not the teaching of Scripture. Were we to
declare every sin we would be constantly busy (bodies)
judging the actions and motives of everyone. This change is
a very bad error.


18:35 "their trespasses" is omitted. Same thought as
mentioned in 18:15.


19:9 "and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery" is removed. This is a very important doctrinal
change which concerns divorce and remarriage. A man who
divorces his wife and remarries commits adultery, and also
the man who marries the divorced wife commits adultery.


19:16,17 "Good" before Master is omitted. In addition to
that, the phrase "Why callest thou me good?" is changed to
"Why askest thou me concerning the good?" Good Master is
correct and Jesus responded to show the young man that only
one was good and that one was God. The conclusion should
have been obvious. Since Jesus was good he was necessarily
God. The omission and change destroys the intended testimony
to the Deity of Christ.


20:16 "for many be called, but few chosen" is left out. The
Lord would have us know that many are called to inherit
eternal life, but few are chosen by virtue of believing in
Christ. It is a Bible doctrine that God wants all men to be
saved but few will come to Christ for salvation.


21:12 "of God" is out. Jesus, who was God in the flesh, came
to his own temple and said, "My house shall be called the
house of prayer." It was the temple of God and the God of
the temple was there.


22:30 "of God" is removed. There are good angels and fallen
angels. The believers, in the resurrection, will be like the
good angels "of God" who alone are in heaven.


23:8 "Master" is changed to "teacher." There are many
teachers but only one master. The change here takes away the
pre- eminence that God intends for his Son.


25:13 "wherein the Son of man cometh" is omitted. The
warning to watch is tied to the imminent return of the Lord.
The omission here does away with the doctrine of the Lord's
second advent.


26:28 "new" is dropped before testament. The apostle Paul
tells us that Jesus said, "this cup is the NEW testament in
my blood." The change here is intended to corrupt the Word
of God and to confuse Christians.


27:35 "that it might be fulfilled ... did they cast lots" is
all omitted. It is very important in Matthew's gospel, where
Jesus is portrayed as the King of Israel, to show that he is
the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Here the
parting of his garments and casting lots is the fulfillment
of Psalm 22:18 which portrays the crucifixion of Christ. To
omit this is to show the intended corruption of the Word of
God by the textual critics.


28:6 "the Lord" is omitted. The very reverent angels said,
"see the place where the Lord lay." They would not say, "see
the place where he lay." The constant attempt to humanize
Jesus and take away from his Deity does not endear the
Westcott and Hort Greek Text to believers.


MARK


1:1 "the Son of God" is left out. These words present Jesus
Christ as Deity. Such an omission is a direct attack on the
person of Christ and is without doubt a doctrinal error.


1:31 "immediately" is dropped. The descriptive word tells us
when the fever left her and therefore provides us with a
miracle. The word left out denies the miracle and thus the
one who performed it.


2:17 "to repentance" is left out. See comments on Matt.
9:13.


3:15 "to heal sicknesses" is omitted. Jesus gave them
authority to heal diseases as well as to cast out demons.
Sickness is the result of sin (Adam's) and the only one who
has authority to eliminate it is the one who would die for
sin. On the basis of his approaching death for sin on
Calvary he could say, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee" and
"Rise up and walk."


4:24 "and unto you that hear shall more be given" is left
out. It is a Bible teaching that those who seek truth from
the Lord shall be given more truth (see John 7:17).


5:36 "as soon" is dropped. The word in the Greek is
"immediately." The word immediately is constantly dropped by
the Revisers of 1881. It is a key word in Mark which is the
Gospel of the Servant of the Lord who came "not to be
ministered unto, but to minister." When Jairus was told that
his daughter was dead and that he should not trouble Jesus
further, the Lord "immediately" encouraged him to believe.


6:11 "Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that
city" is removed from the text. This passage emphasizes the
great degree of responsibility that was upon those cities
who heard the Lord's apostles as they preached repentance
and worked miracles before them. Sodom and Gomorrah did not
have such light, yet they are still suffering the eternal
wrath of God (see Jude 7 where "suffering" is in the present
tense). How much more the judgment of America today where
people sit in an abundance of complete revelation from God
and choose to remain in darkness.


7:8 "as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such
like things ye do" is omitted. The Lord not only condemns
the Pharisees for traditions of men, but he names them.
There are traditions of men today which are sending people
to Hell and preachers need to name them. It is doctrinally
unsound to let men go on in traditions and not expose them.


9:23 "if thou canst believe" is dropped. The father had said
to Jesus, "if thou canst do anything." To this lack of faith
Jesus answered, "if thou canst believe." It was at once a
rebuke and an encouragement to have faith in him. The
father's answer in the next verse is beautiful but the
Revisers ruined that also. They omitted "with tears, Lord"
from the most precious answer as recorded by the Spirit of
God.


9:45 "into the fire that never shall be quenched" is
dropped. The character and duration of Hell is described
here and the doctrine of eternal retribution is affected by
this change.


9:47 "fire" is omitted. The words are inspired and in
complete agreement with Rev. 20:15. The consignment of the
lost to the lake of fire is a Bible doctrine.


10:21 "take up the cross" is left out. The word to the young
man was to divest himself of the riches in which he trusted,
consider himself dead to the world, and follow Christ into
eternal life. There are many who will let go of riches and
seek to emulate some of Christ's teachings, but the way of
the cross they refuse. The cross for Christ and for
believers is Fundamental in Christian doctrine.


10:24 "for them that trust in riches" is left out. This is a
very glaring doctrinal error. It is not hard to enter into
the kingdom of God (salvation is a free gift through faith
in Jesus Christ) but it is hard for those who trust in
riches to trust Christ alone for salvation. Their God is
their wealth and it is no more compatible with Christ than
Dagon was with the Ark of God (see 1 Sam. 5:1-5).


11:26 The whole verse is removed. It is a Bible doctrine
that if we regard iniquity in our heart the Lord will not
hear us. Answered prayer and clean vessels go together. When
I confess my sins and ask God for favor he requires that my
confession of sin include forgiveness of those who have
sinned against me. If I refuse to forgive others it becomes
sin to me (see Eph. 4:32).


13:14 "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" is dropped. Without
the reference to Daniel the appeal to understand is without
force. Though some might connect it in their thoughts
because they are familiar with Scripture, it does not follow
that he is referring to Daniel. The reference to Daniel by
the Lord also authenticates his writing as inspired
Scriptures.


14:22 "eat" is dropped. Our Lord did not give them a relic
from the Last Supper to take home and cherish. He gave them
broken bread to eat which (when observed) would always
remind them of his body which was broken for them.


15:28 The whole verse is left out. Jesus was crucified
between two thieves in fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12. It is
doctrinal error to eliminate clear statements concerning the
fulfilling of prophecy (see Luke 24:27).


16:9-20 Twelve verses are omitted. These verses are found in
every known manuscript but two (the oldest of those two
leaves a blank space where it belongs). They are found in
all the Versions, quoted by the church fathers, and seen in
the lectionaries of the church. There are many doctrines
affected by the omission of these twelve verses. The
resurrection of Christ is deleted. The great commission,
baptism, eternal damnation and His ascension into Heaven are
all taken out of the Word of God. Certainly the gospel does
not end with "they were afraid." Some say the ending has
been lost (see Dr. Ryrie's Study Bible) but that destroys
the Bible Doctrine that God preserves His Word (see 1 Peter
1:23-25). The evidence is clear that these verses are
original and to cut them out is to affect many doctrines of
the Christian faith.


LUKE


1:28 "blessed art thou among women" is omitted. There were
many virgins in Israel at the time, but God chose Mary. The
Son that she bore would be her Saviour from sin. The Roman
Catholic doctrine of the immaculate conception of Mary
(concerning her birth) is nothing but pagan fiction. Mary
was blessed AMONG women, but not ABOVE women. The worship of
Mary is contrary to Scripture. This omission is designed to
lift her above others and eventually deify her.


2:14 "peace, good will toward men" is changed to "peace
among men of good will." The first talks of the birth of
Christ as bringing God's peace and good will
(reconciliation) to men. Faith in the death of Christ for
our sins brings justification and peace with God. The change
offers God's peace to men who are good. That is doctrinally
unsound since there is none good.


2:33 "Joseph and his mother" is changed to "his father and
mother." The Spirit of God is very careful to show that our
Lord Jesus Christ was born of a virgin and that he did not
have a human father who begat him. The change casts doubt
upon the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ as the "seed
of the woman." Later, when Mary refers to Joseph as "thy
father," Jesus answers with, "wist ye not that I must be
about my Father's business," meaning that God was his father
(see 2:48,49).


2:40 "in spirit" is left out. That the child grew and waxed
strong in spirit (meaning that he was spiritually strong) is
evident from verse 47. It is unlikely that the Spirit of God
wanted us to see how strong Jesus was with reference to his
physique.


2:43 "and Joseph and his mother knew not of it" is changed
to "and his parents were unaware of it." The first retains
the teachings of the virgin birth, the second discards it.
The virgin birth is a Fundamental doctrine of the Christian
faith and the MAJORITY Text upholds it. Let us not hear of
supposed overzealous copyists but rather let us beware of
overzealous heretics who would deny the fundamentals of the
faith.


4:4 "but by every Word of God" is dropped. Many are willing
to agree that bread alone cannot satisfy man, but few are
willing to live by every word of God. This quotation is from
Deut. 8:3 where the omitted words are found. The same one
who said, "Yea, hath God said?" is the author of this
omission. The Revisers could not leave this passage in
because they have changed "every word of God" in over 5,000
places in the New Testament. Satan does not mind if we read
the Bible as long as we have a Swiss cheese Bible (full of
holes). Holes in the Word cause doubts in the Word, doubts
cause faith to be lost, and without faith it is impossible
to please him.


4:8 "Get thee behind me, Satan" is omitted. The devil had
tempted Jesus to bypass the cross and receive the kingdom
over the world. Jesus, whose face was set as a flint to go
to the cross, refused to worship him.


6:10 "whole as the other" is left out. These words tell us
that not only was his hand restored to use but it was whole
as the other. The completeness of the miracle is attested to
by these words.


9:54 "even as Elias did" is omitted. Apart from this word
they had no precedent for doing such a thing.


9:55, 56 "and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are
of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives,
but to save them" is omitted. In reply to the disciples who
thought that they could call down fire from heaven, Jesus
told them that he came to save men. This passage is
consistent with John 3:17, "For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that the world through
him might be saved."


11:2-4 "Our ... which art in heaven" is deleted along with
"Thy will be done as in heaven, so in earth" and "but
deliver us from evil." Only corrupt manuscripts can produce
so many departures from the disciples prayer which is found
without deletions in Matt. 6:9-13.


14:5 The word "ass" is changed to "son." The use of "son" is
too much for the comparison the Lord is making. Only a
slavish loyalty to a corrupt Greek text can produce such a
foolish change.


22:31 "And the Lord said" is dropped. The Lord Jesus was God
and as such he was omnipresent and omniscient. He was
present when Satan came before God and asked permission to
try Peter's faith. He had prayed to the Father, as Peter's
intercessor, that his faith would not fail. It was the Lord
who knew all of this and warned Peter specifically.


22:64 "they struck him on the face" is dropped. It is error
to minimize the sufferings of Christ. His facial appearance
was marred more than any man (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:5).


23:23 "and of the chief priests" is omitted. The Lord was
careful to let us know that the religious priests were
involved in the rejection of Christ. Those who call
themselves priests today do likewise.


23:42 "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom" is changed to "Then he said, Jesus
remember me when you come into your kingdom." The confession
that Jesus is Lord is doctrinally correct because it is
required for salvation (see Rom. 10:9- 13).


23:45 "the sun was darkened" is changed to "the sun was
eclipsed." The Greek word in the corrupt Greek Text is
EKLIPONTOS from which we derive the word ECLIPSE. An eclipse
is caused by the natural occurrence of the moon passing
between the sun and the earth and usually lasts for about
3-5 minutes. The sun being darkened for three hours was a
miracle of God and will be repeated again prior to the
Lord's return to earth (see Matt. 24:29) Many modern
versions try to hide the Greek word they are using to
translate from the corrupt Greek text by using words like:
obscured (NASV), faded (AMPLIFIED), stopped shining (NIV),
failed (NEW WORLD), but some honestly translate the word
"eclipse" (20th CENTURY, MOFFAT, NEB, PHILLIPS). Humanism
would try to find some way to explain away the miracles of
God's Word lest they be forced to accept it as the
revelation from God concerning salvation.


24:36 "and saith unto them. Peace be unto you" is omitted.
Jesus had said to them, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I
give unto you" (John 14:27). He was now risen from the dead
and in their midst to guarantee that peace to them. One of
the greatest benefits of our salvation is to have peace with
God (Rom. 5:1) and the peace of God ruling in our hearts
(Phil. 4:7).


24:40 The whole verse is omitted. The bodily resurrection of
Christ is proven here as he showed them his hands and his
feet. The omission affects Bible doctrine very much.


24:51 "and carried up into heaven" is left out. The bodily
ascension of Christ into heaven is a Bible doctrine that is
denied here. It leaves the Lord parted from them but does
not tell us where he went. The Revisers removed the doctrine
and left the Word in a poor state of disarray. Acts 1:1, 2
tells us that the "former treatise" (Luke) ended with Jesus
being "taken up." That ought to be sufficient to show the
Revisers are wrong.


24:52 "And ... worshipped him" is omitted by the NASV. The
MAJORITY Text says, "And they having worshipped him returned
to Jerusalem with great joy." The picture we have is of our
Lord receiving their worship because he is God (see 4:8
where worship is to be to God only) and then before their
very eyes ascending into heaven. It is a Bible doctrine that
we are to worship Jesus and the omission by the NASV is a
clear denial of that doctrine.


JOHN


1:18 "the only begotten Son" is changed to "The only
begotten God." Such a phrase is foreign to Scripture. It
accommodates the Arian teaching that Christ was a lesser
deity created by God. It agrees with the teaching of Origen
that Christ was not equal with God in essence and nature.
Sound Fundamental doctrine concerning Christ is that he is
one person of the Triune God and that he proceeds from the
Father by an eternal generation and reveals God to men as
the Son of God.


1:27 "He it is ... who is preferred before me" is removed.
This change removes the pre-eminence and pre-existence of
Christ. John wanted us to see that though Christ came after
him, he in reality preceded and ranked above him.


3:13 "which is in heaven" is omitted. This change affects
the doctrine of the omnipresence of Christ. As man he was
here on earth, as God he was able to be everywhere present.
The omission is a corruption introduced by those who do not
believe in the perfect and absolute Deity of Christ.


3:15 "should not perish" is removed. This deletion removes
the opposite of everlasting life, which is to perish. The
doctrine of eternal damnation is weakened by the change.


3:16 "his only begotten Son" is changed to "the only
begotten Son." The word HIS marks Jesus Christ out as God's
own peculiar son in a relationship that no one else has. It
marks him as of the same essence and nature. The Deity of
Christ is involved and is thereby weakened (3:17 also
changed).


4:42 "the Christ" is left out. The purpose of John's gospel
as given in 20:31 was to lead people to believe that Jesus
was the Christ, the Son of God. That belief was to bring
life to them. To omit it here is to deny the purpose of the
inspired writer.


5:3b, 4 The statement regarding the moving of the water by
an angel and subsequent miraculous healing is removed.
Should this deletion be permitted there would be no sense to
verse 7 since that verse presupposes 5:3b, 4. This is an
effort to remove the miraculous from the Bible and thus
accommodate humanism.


5:16 "and sought to slay him" is omitted. The Scripture
teaches us that on many occasions they tried to kill Jesus
but by supernatural power were kept from doing so (see John
18:6). He was omnipotent and there was no way they could
take him until his hour was come.


6:47 "on me" is left out. The object of faith has been
removed here. Everlasting life does not come to those who
believe, but to those who believe on Christ. This is
doctrinal error of the gravest sort and has been carried
over into the NASV and NIV.


7:8 The little word "yet" is dropped and the result is that
the Lord appears to lie to his brothers, since he did go up
to the feast. There is a world of difference between "I go
not up YET" and "I go not up." The sinlessness of Christ is
an indispensable doctrine of the Christian faith and lying
is sin.


7:53-8:11 The whole story of the woman taken in adultery is
omitted. This is one of the most blessed portions of the
Word of God. It is intended by God through the inspired
writer to amplify what came before in 3:17. The law was
given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ
(1:17).


8:38 The words "my Father" and "your father" are intended to
show the difference between his father and their father, who
was Satan. By removing the word "my" and "your" there is a
deliberate attempt to remove the offence and cater to the
false dream of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of
Man.


8:39 "If ye were Abraham's children" is changed to "if ye
are Abraham's children." The Lord intended them to see that
they were not Abraham's children at all. The change gives us
to see that they were Abraham's children and therefore they
ought to act like it. This is pure humanism and contrary to
sound doctrine.


9:4 "I must work the works of him that sent me" is changed
to "We must work the works of him that sent us." The
uniqueness of Christ as the Sent One of the Father is
destroyed and he is placed equally with the disciples as
sent from God to do the work of God. This is an attack on
the Person and Work of Christ and it exalts humanism. Jesus
was sent by the Father and the disciples were sent by Jesus,
"as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you."


9:35 "the Son of God" is changed to "the Son of man." The
thing to be believed in John's gospel is that Jesus is the
Son of God (20:31). The change by the minority texts is not
warranted.


10:38 "that ye may know, and believe" is changed to "that ye
may know, and understand." The union of Christ and the
Father within the Godhead is that which we are to believe
and rely upon for the certainty of our salvation. To
understand the union is beyond human comprehension and if it
could be understood, that would still not be the equivalent
of salvation.


11:41 "where the dead was laid" is removed. God intends that
we should know that this was the very same place where
Lazarus was laid. This is an attempt to cloud the evident
miracle which followed. (see also 12:2 where "which had been
dead" is also removed).


ACTS


Title "of the Holy Apostles" is deleted. To leave us with
"ACTS" means nothing. That the Apostles were sanctified
(holy) by the Lord Jesus and sent forth as his sent ones is
evident from John 17:17- 19. The title in the MAJORITY Text
is doctrinally correct.


2:30 "according to the flesh he would raise up Christ" is
omitted. It was not just that one of David's descendants
would sit upon the throne, but that his greater Son would be
raised from the dead in a body of flesh.


2:31 "his soul" is omitted. The body of Christ was in the
tomb but his soul went down into Hades (Hell), the place of
departed spirits. The teaching of the Bible is that our Lord
had a body, soul and spirit.


2:47 "to the church" is left out. Believers are added to the
Church which is Christ's body. The Church is an organism,
and when persecutors touched the Church they touched Christ
(see 9:5).


3:21 "all" is dropped in front of "his holy prophets." God
has spoken of the Kingdom age by the mouth of ALL his
prophets since the world began. In harmony with this Jesus
spoke to the two on the road to Emmaus about himself from
"all the prophets" (see Luke 24:27). There are others in the
world who claim to be prophets but they do not speak of
Jesus and his kingdom, therefore they are not of God.


3:26 "Jesus" is dropped. The specific name leaves no doubt
as to whom God raised up from the dead to offer again the
kingdom to Israel.


4:24 "thou art God" is changed to "thou art he who." There
is no reason to accept MINORITY manuscripts when they want
to change "God" to "he who" (see 1 Tim. 3:16).


6:3 The word "Holy" is dropped. When God led the Church to
choose deacons he made it clear that they should be
controlled by the Holy Spirit. Many churches since have
appointed men who had a lot of spirit and were full of
enthusiasm, but that is not the same as being full of the
"Holy Ghost." Godly living is required of deacons and it is
contrary to sound doctrine to leave out "Holy." The Greek
word for spirit can refer to man's spirit or God's spirit
and lest we should err here God inserted the word "Holy"
before spirit.


6:8 "faith" is changed to "grace." The Bible does not teach
that Christians are full of grace but rather that they
receive grace. The only one who was "full of grace" was our
Lord Jesus Christ (see John 1:14). The measure of faith is
given to every believer to profit thereby.


7:30 "of the Lord" is omitted. It was not just an angel that
appeared to Moses at the burning bush, it was an angel of
Jehovah (the Lord). This was an Old Testament appearance of
the eternal Son of God in angelic form. In plain words it
was the Lord who appeared to Moses (see Exodus 3:1-5).


7:37 "The Lord your" and "him shall ye hear" are omitted.
This is contrary to the original quotation as found in Deut.
18:15. In Stephen's sermon the "him shall ye hear" is most
important since those who refuse Christ's words will be
judged by God.


8:18 "Holy" is dropped. Four times here in four verses the
Holy Ghost is mentioned. To drop the word Holy in one out of
the four times is to create confusion and doubt concerning
the Word of God.


8:37 The whole verse is omitted. This leaves the question of
the Ethiopian eunuch unanswered. Philip's answer is correct
in that belief must be from the heart prior to baptism. The
eunuch's confession of faith is in exact agreement with what
is required for salvation as given in John 20:31. Souls have
been led to Christ with this verse of Scripture and it is
doctrinally unsound to remove it.


9:5,6 "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And
he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do? And the Lord said unto him" is all omitted. This
passage gives us a picture of Saul resisting the Spirit of
God as he was under conviction. Saul's response is to submit
to the Lord's direction, having been humbled before the
Lord. Without Saul's "what wilt thou have me to do?" there
could be no "arise and go."


9:29 "Jesus" is left out. The reason the Jews went about to
slay Saul was not because he spake boldly in the name of the
Lord, but because he spoke of the Lord Jesus. As we well
know in this day of Modernism there is a great difference.


10:6 "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do" is left
out. The would- be correctors of the MAJORITY Text would
have us believe that Cornelius was already saved and that it
would be good for him to have fellowship with Peter. The
truth is that Cornelius was not saved (see 11:14) and that
there was something which he had to do. He must believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ or he would be lost and go to Hell.


10:30 "fasting" is left out. Fasting, to find the will of
God, is a Biblical doctrine. Though it is little used today,
especially since we have the completed Word of God, it was
evident in the New Testament apostolic times.


10:32 "who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee" is
omitted. See above comments under 10:6.


15:24 "Ye must be circumcised and keep the law" is left out.
This is exactly the reason why the Jerusalem council was
called or convened. There is no doubt that the reply to the
Gentile converts made mention of the all important question.


16:31 "Christ" is omitted. The word speaks of the Deity of
Christ. It pointed the Philippian jailer to the God he must
believe in for salvation.


18:5 "was pressed in the Spirit" is changed to "was
engrossed with the word." When Paul was teaching he was
always engrossed with the Word. In Corinth Paul had been
laying the groundwork at the synagogue concerning what the
Scriptures had to say about their Messiah (Christ). When
Silas and Timothy came, Paul was under compulsion to show
that Jesus was the Christ.


19:10 "Jesus" is left out. For the heathen to hear about the
Lord is not enough. They must hear that Jesus is that Lord.


20:28 "of God" is changed to "of the Lord." The word lord is
sometimes used of men and sometimes of God. Therefore, the
change does not affirm the Deity of Christ. Our Authorized
King James Version shows that God purchased the church with
his own blood. This establishes the Deity of Christ
irrefutably.


21:25 "they observe no such thing, save only that" is
omitted. The Gentiles had been told that they did not have
to observe the law of Moses nor circumcise their children
(see Acts 15:23-29). James was in error when he sought to
keep the Jews obedient to the Law after he had written to
the Gentiles that they were not under it. The omission here
leaves one with the impression that the Law was optional for
the Gentiles and possibly preferable. Tampering with God's
Word always leaves the door open for doctrinal error.


26:28 "almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian" is
changed to "do you think that in such a short time you can
persuade me to be a Christian?" King Agrippa was "almost
persuaded" and he was in possession of the truth concerning
salvation. The change would have us believe that he needed
more information and perhaps Paul was too quick to expect a
decision.


ROMANS


1:16 "of Christ" is omitted. The gospel message is of Christ
and centers around his Person and Work. This is an
inexcusable attempt to leave Christ out of the good news of
salvation.


3:22 "and upon all" is dropped. The doctrine of imputed
righteousness is most blessed to the believer. We are
clothed in his righteousness and God sees us in Him,
therefore it is "upon us."


8:1 "Who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" is
dropped. To the truth that there is no condemnation to those
who are in Christ, the Word adds the truth that they are
characterized by a walk in the Spirit. It is a Bible
doctrine that those who are saved are characterized by a
changed life.


11:6 "But if it be of works, then is it no more grace:
otherwise work is no more work" is dropped. The first part
of the verse shows that grace rules out works. The second
part of the verse shows that works rules out grace. It is
intended for those who want to intrude works into the
established state of grace for good measure (or safekeeping
in salvation). This is a very important doctrinal passage in
its entirety.


13:9 "thou shalt not bear false witness" is dropped. Those
who wrote the corrupt manuscripts had no trouble with the
other commandments shown here. It is obvious that a smiting
conscience would not permit them to include this commandment
since it directly involved what they were engaged in,
bearing false witness about God's Word.


14:9 "and rose" is left out. Many heretics are willing to
say that he died and that he lives again, but that he rose
(bodily out from among the dead) they reject outright. The
bodily resurrection of Christ is a cardinal doctrine of the
Christian faith.


1 CORINTHIANS


2:4 "man's wisdom" is changed to "wisdom." Paul did not
reject wisdom in his teaching, he rejected MAN'S wisdom.


3:4 "are ye not carnal?" is changed to "are ye not men?" It
should be obvious that they were men, but the Bible truth to
be taught was that in their divisions they were being
controlled by fleshly (carnal) desires and not spiritual
desires.


5:7 "for us" is omitted. This affects the vital doctrine of
the substitutionary atonement of Christ. If Christ did not
die for our sins then we are still under the wrath of God
and without hope.


5:12 The little word "also" is dropped. That word indicated
that Paul did judge those who were within the church. Those
who were outside the church were for God to judge. The
responsibility for believers to carry out discipline within
the church is a Bible doctrine.


6:4 "set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church"
is changed to "do you appoint them as judges who are of no
account in the church?" The Word of God teaches that it is
better to suffer wrong than to go to court against another
Christian before a lost world. It is better to leave the
judgment of the matter to the least Christian than to the
greatest worldly judge. The change here completely turns
around the way of God and seems to rebuke the church for
leaving the matter in the hands of the least Christians.


6:20 "and in your spirit which are God's" is omitted. The
body gives us world consciousness and the spirit gives us
God consciousness. We are to glorify God in our body by holy
living and in our spirit by walking in fellowship with God.
Verses 16 and 17 talk about both.


10:9 "Christ" is changed to "Lord." In the Old Testament
they tempted Christ and that rock that followed them was
Christ (see verse 4). The word Lord can be used of the
Father and the Son. Changing to that word here eliminates
the pre-existence of Christ.


11:24 "take eat" is omitted along with "is broken." The
symbolic bread was broken and given to the disciples with
instruction to eat it. It typified his flesh which "is being
broken for you" (literal Greek). Though not a bone of him
was broken it is true that his flesh was broken in many
places before he died on our behalf.


11:29 "unworthily" is dropped. The word gives the picture of
a believer treating the Lord's Supper as a common meal, not
reverencing the symbolic meaning and spiritual impact it is
intended to make upon his soul and spirit. To remove this
word is a very great doctrinal error. When you consider that
sickness and death was the result of such unworthy
participation, it is no light matter.


11:29 "not discerning the Lord's body" is changed to "if he
does not judge the body rightly" (NASV). When we partake of
the Lord's Supper we are to see through the elements to the
Lord's body. As you think of the cost of your redemption
there ought to be more holy living. The change brings
absolute confusion concerning what body is meant, the Lord's
or the believers. It is hallowed ground and the corrupters
of God's Word have dared to tread upon it.


15:47 "the Lord" is left out. God is contrasting Adam and
Christ. To say that the second man is from heaven is not
enough. There have been men from heaven who were angels.
Here the man from heaven is the Lord. This is an attempt to
do away with the Deity of Christ.


15:49 "we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" is
changed to "we should bear the image of the heavenly." The
first is a fact based upon the certainty of our eternal
salvation in Christ. The second is an exhortation based upon
the uncertainty of a salvation by works. The first is sound
doctrine, the second is unsound doctrine.


16:22 "Jesus Christ" is omitted. In a phrase with such
import as to be accursed it is unthinkable that the test
should center around the general term "Lord." The curse of
God is upon those who do not love the Lord Jesus Christ.
When his person and work is refused there is nothing to look
for but wrath.


2 CORINTHIANS


4:4 "unto them" is omitted. The devil does not have power to
keep the light of the gospel of Christ from shining, but he
does have power to blind men lest it shine "unto them."


5:17 "all things" is left out. The believer is brought into
vital union with Christ so that it is declared that he is in
Christ. In the sight of God "old things" of the sinful
nature are passed away. It only remains for those old things
to be unwound, like Lazarus' graveclothes, in his daily
life. In the sight of God "all things" are become new though
they make their appearance in the life of the believer as he
grows in grace and knowledge. To deny that "all things" are
become new is to deny the finished work of Christ whereby we
are made accepted in the beloved.


12:11 "in glorying" is dropped. The Corinthians had
compelled Paul to talk about his experiences with the Lord.
He did not want to brag about his spirituality. He felt that
he had become foolish in boasting or glorying. The change
would have Paul saying, "I have made a fool of myself." That
is not what we are to understand.


GALATIANS


3:1 "that ye should not obey the truth" is omitted. The
Galatians had been bewitched by the Jewish legalizers who
had put them under the Law to keep saved. Paul tells them
that in so doing they were not obeying the truth. The truth
was that they were saved by grace and that all spiritual
blessings were theirs in Christ. To turn from that is to be
in error.


3:17 "in Christ" is dropped. Paul is talking about the
covenant with Abraham through his seed which was Christ. The
law was added later and did not affect the covenant of
promise to those who would be saved by believing as Abraham
did. God promised Abraham that through his seed (singular)
all the families of the earth would be blessed. That was a
covenant confirmed before of God "in Christ."


4:7 "an heir of God through Christ" is changed to "an heir
through God." The inheritance is to the children of God
through the mediatorship of Christ. We are not heirs of God
through God, but through Christ. The change here is intended
to destroy the reliance upon the Lord Jesus Christ who said,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me."


EPHESIANS


1:1 "at Ephesus" is left out. It is hard to conceive that
the Spirit of God addressed an epistle and then lost the
address.


3:9 "by Jesus Christ" is removed. It is a Bible doctrine
that all things were created by Jesus Christ and without him
was not anything made that was made. This change detracts
from the Deity of Christ which is made evident by the fact
that ALL THINGS were created by Him.


5:30 "of his flesh, and of his bones" is left out. The Bible
teaching is that the believer is vitally conjoined to Christ
for a new life and walk in the Spirit. We are "quickened
together with Christ," "raised up together," and "seated
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." God likens
this to the marriage relationship where two people become
one flesh.


6:10 "my brethren" is dropped. These words make it very
clear that Paul's instructions concerning Christian living
are for Christians who by the new birth have become Paul's
"brethren." There is a great danger that unsaved people
might get the impression that by imitating the things that
Christians do they can become Christians.


PHILIPPIANS


4:13 "Christ" is changed to "him." It is precious to the
believer to know that Christ will give him strength for
spiritual living. Christ himself said, "without me ye can do
nothing" (John 15:5). The word "him" is quite indefinite and
can be misconstrued by Modernists to include the "him" of
any religious group believing in a Supreme Being.


COLOSSIANS


1:2 "and the Lord Jesus Christ" is omitted. Along with the
Father he is the source of grace and peace.


1:14 "through his blood" is left out. Redemption and
forgiveness of sins is through the direct agency of his shed
blood. Many Modernists today can work around the words
"redemption" and "forgiveness of sins," but they cannot work
around the shed blood. Therefore they must deny it and be in
direct opposition to it.


2:11 "of the sins" is removed. What is left to work with
brings the NIV to translate "In him you were also
circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature." It
is an established Bible doctrine that by the circumcision of
our heart which the Lord made, we are able to overcome the
sins of our flesh. But the putting off of our sinful nature
will not take place until we are changed in the Rapture.
Errors like this can only occur as the group of translators
persist in following the MINORITY Text.


2:18 "those things which he has not seen" is made to read
"those things which he has seen." Men were vainly attempting
to worship angels as emanations from God in a step-ladder
effort to reach God. Paul exhorted them to hold fast to the
Head (our God-man Christ Jesus) who proceeded forth and came
from God (himself being of the Trinity) that he might bring
us to God. Paul says they DID NOT see them, heretics say
THEY HAVE.


1 THESSALONIANS


1:1 "from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" is
dropped. Are we to think that grace and peace is bestowed by
Paul? No, that is not within his power. They have their
source in the Father and the Son.


5:27 "holy" is dropped from before "brethren." Paul had
other brethren according to the flesh who were not saved
(Rom. 9:1-3; 10:1). These were sanctified and preserved
brethren and they were "holy" because they were accepted in
the beloved.


1 TIMOTHY


3:3 "not greedy of filthy lucre" is omitted. The phrase has
to do with obtaining earthly gain through disgraceful means.
This happens everyday within professing Christendom. It is
inspired of God and belongs in the text.


3:16 "God was manifest" is changed to "He was manifest." The
reference is to Christ manifest in the flesh, etc. The
MAJORITY Text tells us that this Christ was God. There are
252 copies of Paul's Epistles which have "God" and only 2
copies which have "he." The MINORITY Text leaves us in doubt
as to who "he" is. The doctrine of the Deity of Christ is
greatly harmed here by the corrupt text.


4:12 "in spirit" is left out. To be an example of the
believer it is necessary to have a spiritual man guided by
the indwelling Holy Spirit.


5:16 "if any man" is omitted. It is unthinkable that the
head of the house should be removed here from the
responsibility to provide for widows.


6:5 "from such withdraw thyself" is dropped. The Bible
doctrine of separation is affected by this corruption. We
are to withdraw from teachers who are destitute of the
truth.


6:19 "eternal life" is changed to "that which is truly
life." The first talks about the length of life, the second
talks about the quality of life. You cannot have the first
without being saved. You can have the second but still be
lost, depending on what you think is "truly life."


2 TIMOTHY


1:11 "of the Gentiles" is omitted. That Paul was appointed
to teach the gospel to the Gentiles is indisputable (see
Gal. 2:7-9).


HEBREWS


1:3 "When he had by himself purged our sins" is changed to
"when he had made purification of sins." The omission of the
word "our" leaves us to wonder whose sins were purged, his
own or others. It is not plain and therefore the
substitutionary atonement of Christ is affected by the
change. With the words "by himself" the Holy Spirit wanted
us to see that the atonement for our sins was accomplished
by Christ alone. The damage to this verse is awesome in its'
consequences.


3:1 "Christ" is omitted. Our High Priest must be anointed of
God to that office and the word Christ means the Messiah or
Anointed one of God.


10:34 "in heaven" is left out. Those who had lost all their
earthly goods certainly had no enduring substance here, but
in heaven was their treasure and reward.


JAMES


2:20 "faith without works is dead" has been changed to
"faith without works is useless." There is a great
difference between dead faith and useless (or idle) faith.
The first indicates that no faith exists and the person is
lost. The second implies that faith exists but it is not
being used. Again we see humanism and the false idea of a
little divinity in each one which only needs to be fanned
into a flame. The change promotes false doctrine.


4:4 "ye adulterers" is dropped from the text. No reason to
excuse the men from the scathing denunciation of God's Word.


4:14 "It is even a vapour" is changed to "Ye are just a
vapour." In describing the length of our life, God tells us
it will pass quickly like a vapour. The change would have US
OURSELVES to exist as a little steam. There is a leaning
here toward annihilationism.


5:16 "Confess your faults" becomes "confess your sins." In a
context where God talks about sin in relationship to
sickness, he moves on to talk about faults (a side-slip or
deviation). The change "faults" to "sins" leads to the
priesthood and the confession box which is contrary to all
of Scripture.


1 PETER


1:22 "through the Spirit" is removed. The Bible teaches that
it is through the agency of the Holy Spirit that men are
brought to believe in Christ. In John 16:8,9 he convicts the
world (all men) and draws them to faith in Christ.


1:23 "for ever" is dropped and thereby the preservation of
the Word of God is called into question. The agency here of
the new birth is the Word of God, which is eternal. Our new
birth therefore is as eternal as the Word which originated
it.


2:2 The phrase "unto salvation" is added by Westcott and
Hort to "that ye may grow thereby." This puts a question
mark over the certainty of our present salvation. It makes
salvation a process rather than an accomplished fact. The
doctrine of eternal security is denied by the new
exhortation to grow UNTO SALVATION.


3:18 "suffered for sins" is changed to "died for sins." The
context has Christians suffering for well doing and they are
exhorted to keep on because Christ also has suffered for us.
It is a Bible teaching that Christ not only died for our
sins, but that he suffered for our sins (see Isaiah 53:5-7).


3:18 "quickened by the Spirit" is changed to "quickened in
the spirit." The correct rendering attributes the
resurrection of Christ to the Holy Spirit. This completes
the truth that all three persons of the Trinity were
involved in the resurrection of Christ (see John 2:19; Rom.
8:11).


4:1 "for us" is left out. Christ suffered for us, the just
for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.


5:2 "taking the oversight thereof" is omitted. To watch over
the flock of God with authority is a clear teaching of the
Word.


5:12 "wherein ye stand" is changed to "wherein stand." By
the removal of the word "ye" there is a change from our
standing in grace to an exhortation to stay there standing.
The blessing of a perfected standing in grace is thereby
removed.


2 PETER


2:17 The words "for ever" are dropped. Peter, in the word
concerning false teachers, states that their darkness is to
last forever. The change leaves us with no definite word as
to their end.


2:18 "those that were clean escaped" is changed to "those
that are scarcely escaping." The change from past tense to
present tense moves us from a completed salvation to a
hope-so salvation. Those who are saved are in possession of
eternal life (see John 5:24).


2:20 "the Lord and Saviour" becomes "our Lord and Saviour."
The false teachers had escaped some of the world's worst
sins by following the teachings of "the Lord" but they had
never come to know him as "our Lord" is known to real
Christians. They were not saved and then lost, but never
saved at all.


3:2 "us the apostles" is changed to "your apostles." The
Church is built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets (Eph. 2:20) and there are no apostles and prophets
today nor is there any such thing as an apostolic
succession. The phrase "your apostles" indicates that the
people he was writing to had special apostles designated for
them and lends support to the continuance of a so-called
"Apostolic Succession."


1 JOHN


1:7 "Christ" is dropped. This word brings the cleansing
blood into relationship with our great anointed High Priest
who ever liveth to make intercession for us. Many cults
believe that Jesus (as man) died for the original sin of
Adam and that Christ (as a spirit) rose without the body.
John would have us know that the one who died and the one
who arose are the same.


3:5 "our" is removed from before "sins." Once again the
question of whose sins were taken away is raised. There have
been sins committed by angels and men. The "our sins" refers
the atonement to those of men. (see my comments under
Hebrews 1;3).


3:14 "his brother" is removed. The teaching of the Word is
that a true Christian will love his brother in Christ. If a
man does not love a true Christian, then it is evident that
he is still lost and abides in death. The test of spiritual
life is not that we love, but that we love the brethren (see
John 13:34,35).


4:19 "We love him" is changed to "We love." The object of
God's love is us, and the object of our love is him.
Christians are not just people who love, but people who love
God because of his grace. The very next verse deals with the
professor who says he loves God but is a liar. Lost people
may love, but saved people love God.


5:7 The whole verse bearing testimony to the Triune God is
discarded. There are at least 20 Greek manuscripts which
have this verse in. It is also seen in the writings of the
church fathers and lectionaries. It directly affects the
Bible doctrine of the Trinity.


REVELATION


5:10 "kings and priests" is changed to "a kingdom of
priests." The 24 elders are representative of all the
redeemed who in Christ are constituted kings and priests. A
kingdom of priests smells of Nicolaitanism (the rule of the
clergy over the laity) and the priesthood for a select few
as in the Roman Catholic Church. (The same change is seen in
1:6)


8:13 "an angel" is changed to "an eagle." This is most
amusing and shows how captive the Revisers are to their
corrupt text. In a setting replete with angels we are told
about a talking eagle who pronounces three more "Woes" to
the inhabiters of the earth.


14:5 "before the throne of God" is dropped. This phrase
speaks of the perfect standing that the saved have in
Christ. They are without fault before God because they are,
like the church, "accepted in the beloved" (Eph. 1:6).


20:9 "from God" is dropped. At the end of the Kingdom Age
the enemies of God are destroyed by fire "from God out of
heaven." God is the one who will destroy all enemies and
create a new heaven and a new earth.


20:12 "before God" is changed to "before the throne." The
dead will be raised, not to stand before an impersonal
throne, but to stand before "the God" [literal]. Many would
like to change the personal God into some kind of Divine
Mind or Supreme Being.


CONCLUSION


All that has gone before makes it very clear that Christian
Doctrine is greatly affected by the changes. The MINORITY
Text is the source of these changes and the New Modern
Versions usually follow that Text. It is unthinkable that
men of God would continue to advocate the use of these
versions when they are in complete possession of all the
facts. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to guide us into
"all truth." May he be allowed to have his way in our
hearts. If you have read this book and are of the same
persuasion as the author, I would exhort you to give copies
to your Christian friends. It is very important that they
understand the issue confronting the Church today. As great
numbers of Christian people let their voices be heard for
the retention of God's Word, as given to us in the
Traditional Text, there will be a restoration of the same in
the pulpits and in the Christian schools of our land.