Another reason to avoid the KJV

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(01-25-2009 09:22 PM)Vic Wrote:  I started using KJV when I was 14. Never read a Bible before then and don't know why my parents had it in the house. The Holy Spirit opened my understanding. It wasn't about me. It was about wanting to know what He has to say in it. Jesus said:

I don't find it archaic but quite beautiful to read. Especially in the Psalms. I am no scholar of higher learning, nor seek after book after book or teacher after teacher to explain it.

[color=#006400]Vic you are correct about the KJV often being beautiful. Even more beautiful to those of us that heard it often as children or growing adults.

The main reason I do not use it often is because of what the lady from Australia said. [sorry I forgot her name].

Many of the words do not mean the same now as they did back in 1611 was it?

Just as Paul said something like this in the CPV "I have become all things to all men that by all means I may win some"

[By the way the CPV is my initials and V for version .... I use that when I know the content of the verse but not the actual words]

And today as a former educator, I know that if anything the average level of reading has decreased rather than increased. So whatever gets the meaning across I would use that version.

There are some versions that I would not use because they are "created" by various groups such as JW's. IT is interesting to see where they change the Bible but I would never use it as authoritative.

God bless you
I like NIV OR NKJ to read but if reading on and Android phone or tablet the AND Bible app is one of the best since you can download many free translations into your phone or tablet.

I often use the MKJV and the WEB because when comparing them to the actual versions I read they communicate the same ideas.

[I could not introduce myself because the area was closed and newbies cannot start new threads even tho it is suggested.]


Charles
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