Another reason to avoid the KJV

[Vic]

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:

Mat 7:7-8
(7) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
(8) For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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.

Maybe that's the problem.

We did use the NIV when our children were growing but were often troubled with the changes in phrasings and then doctrine. So went back to KJV. I do believe it is the best english translation, but some like the Geneva or similar.

Me, I just like to read and study it to find what God would have me know and understand. It's really so simple. It gives us instruction and encouragement and so it goes.