Chapter 6: The Heart of an Apostle

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The New King James Bible seeks to retain the eloquence of the

original King James Bible translation. However, it also seeks to clear up the language issues and translation errors found from the newly available earlier manuscripts of Scripture. Since I am exposed to both constantly, I can attest to the validity of the New King James Bible. It is easy to read and it has an

accurate translation of the original biblical text. The doctrinal statement at the back of this book has been closely examined using the King James Bible (KJV), the New King James Bible (NKJV) and the New International Bible (NIV). I can tell you that all three versions support the doctrines described.

Therefore, if you are partial to a certain translation and think you can summarily ignore all others, don’t think for a moment it will matter with God. He will still hold you accountable for searching out His truth.

It was last week when God had me search the word “repent” in the

various translations. It is, for those supporters of an inerrant King James Bible, a very serious consequence. I suspect God showed me it so that the point can be made that all translations should be used to ferret out His truth. I would add the caveat that some newer translations should be held suspect

in the sense of gender neutralization and other questionable practices. With modern computer technology, publishers can alter the text and mislead people quite easily.

Look for the activist homosexual and lesbian crowd to come up with their own Bible. They seriously need one that supports their sexual deviancy because they won’t get that kind of support from God’s Holy Word. Look for feminists to do so likewise. They could use one to support their cause of

co-equalness with man in all respects. They too won’t get such support from God’s Holy Word because God has distinct callings on men and women, callings that compliment one another for His Glory. Gender neutralization can only lead to further translation errors. Suffice to say, we have many

excellent translations today and they all speak the same language. I would be wary of any new English translation with a specific goal in mind other than the exact translation of original biblical manuscripts.

Exactly how many English translations do we need?