THE NKJV : A DEADLY TRANSLATION

We will now give some special attention to one of the
deadliest translations on the market--the New King James
Version, first published in 1979. It is a deadly version
because it's editors have succeeded in deceiving the body of
Christ on two main points: (1) That it's a King James Bible
(which is a lie), and (2) that it's based on the Textus
Receptus (which is only a partial truth). The following
information should be helpful when dealing with Christians
who have been swindled by the Laodicean lovers of filthy
lucre:


1. The text of the NKJV is copyrighted by Thomas Nelson
Publishers, while there is no copyright today on the text of
the KJV. If your KJV has maps or notes, then it may have a
copyright, but the text itself does not.


2. There's nothing "new" about the NKJV logo. It is a "666"
symbol of the pagan trinity which was used in the ancient
Egyptian mysteries. It was also used by satanist Aleister
Crowley around the turn of this century. The symbol can be
seen on the New King James Bible, on certain rock albums
(like Led Zepplin's), or you can see it on the cover of such
New Age books as The Aquarian Conspiracy. (See Riplinger's
tract on the NKJV.)


3. It is estimated that the NKJV makes over 100,000
translation changes, which comes to over eighty changes per
page and about three changes per verse! A great number of
these changes bring the NKJV in line with the readings of
such Alexandrian perversions as the NIV and the RSV. Where
changes are not made in the text, subtle footnotes often
give credence to the Westcott and Hort Greek Text.


4. While passing off as being true to the Textus Receptus,
the NKJV IGNORES the Receptus over 1,200 times.


5. In the NKJV, there are 22 omissions of "hell", 23
omissions of "blood", 44 omissions of "repent", 50 omissions
of "heaven", 51 omissions of "God", and 66 omissions of
"Lord". The terms "devils", "damnation", "JEHOVAH", and "new
testament" are completely omitted.


6. The NKJV demotes the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 1:3, the
KJV says that all things were made "by" Jesus Christ, but in
the NKJV, all things were just made "through" Him. The word
"Servant" replaces "Son" in Acts 3:13 and 3:26. "Servant"
replaces "child" in Acts 4:27 and 4:30. The word "Jesus" is
omitted from Mark 2:15, Hebrews 4:8, and Acts 7:45.


7. The NKJV confuses people about salvation. In Hebrews
10:14 it replaces "are sanctified" with "are being
sanctified", and it replaces "are saved" with "are being
saved" in I Corinthians 1:18 and II Corinthians 2:15. The
words "may believe" have been replaced with "may continue to
believe" in I John 5:13. The old straight and "narrow" way
of Matthew 7:14 has become the "difficult" way in the NKJV.


8. In II Corinthians 10:5 the KJV reads "casting down
imaginations", but the NKJV reads "casting down arguments".
The word "thought", which occurs later in the verse, matches
"imaginations", not "arguments". This change weakens the
verse.


9. The KJV tells us to reject a "heretick" after the second
admonition in Titus 3:10. The NKJV tells us to reject a
"divisive man". How nice! Now the Alexandrians and
Ecumenicals have justification for rejecting anyone they
wish to label as "divisive men".


10. According to the NKJV, no one would stoop so low as to
"corrupt" God's word. No, they just "peddle" it (II Cor.
2:17). The reading matches the Alexandrian versions.


11. Since the NKJV has "changed the truth of God into a
lie", it has also changed Romans 1:25 to read "exchanged the
truth of God for the lie". This reading matches the readings
of the new perversions, so how say ye it's a King James
Bible?


12. The NKJV gives us no command to "study" God's word in II
Timothy 2:15.


13. The word "science" is replaced with "knowledge" in I
Timothy 6:20, although "science" has occurred in every
edition of the KJV since 1611! How say ye it's a King James
Bible?


14. The Jews "require" a sign, according to I Corinthians
1:22 (and according to Jesus Christ - John 4:48), but the
NKJV says they only "request" a sign. They didn't "request"
one when signs first appeared in Exodus 4, and there are
numerous places throughout the Bible where God gives Israel
signs when they haven't requested anything (Exo. 4, Exo.
31:13, Num. 26:10, I Sam. 2:34, Isa. 7:10-14, Luke 2:12,
etc). They "require" a sign, because signs are a part of
their national heritage.


15. The King James reading in II Corinthians 5:17 says that
if any man is in Christ he is a new "creature", which
matches the words of Christ in Mark 16:15. The cross
reference is destroyed in the NKJV, which uses the word
"creation."


16. As a final note, we'd like to point out how the NKJV is
very inconsistent in it's attempt to update the language of
the KJV. The preface to the NKJV states that previous
"revisions" of the KJV have "sought to keep abreast of
changes in English speech", and also that they too are
taking a "further step toward this objective". However, when
taking a closer look at the language of the NKJV, we find
that oftentimes they are stepping BACKWARDS! Please note a
few examples of how well the NKJV has "kept abreast of the
changes in the English language":   
  
 REFERENCE :          KJV BIBLE :            NKJV BIBLE :


 Ezekiel 31:4         little rivers          rivulets
 Psalms 43:1          Judge                  Vindicate
 Psalms 139:43        thoughts               anxieties
 Isaiah 28:1          fat                    verdant
 Amos 5:21            smell                  savor
 Matthew 26:7         box                    flask
 Luke 8:31            the deep               the abyss
 John 10:41           did                    performed
 Luke 19:11-27        pounds                 minas
 John 19:9            judgement hall         Praetorium
 Acts 1:18            bowels                 entrails
 Acts 18:12           deputy                 proconsul
 Acts 21:38           uproar                 insurrection
 Acts 27:30           boat                   skiff
 Hebrews 12:8         bastards               illegitimate