King James Bible
Is Biblical Canon
Thank you very much for reviewing my materials. This piece proves the King James Version of the Protestant Christian Bible is the Canon, and the ONLY Canon. The Bible tells us that we’re not to change anything in scripture, with harsh repercussions for those who do. Aside from potential Biblical repercussions, we’re destroying the Faith with every revision.
This paper incorporates many instances in which the King James Version has been modified for secular reasons. The corrupted scriptures do not reflect the Canon. Carried to its logical conclusion, accepting any of these versions of Scripture is a rejection of Scripture in total. We already have modifications of modifications.
It’s going to get worse. The World Economic Forum, based at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is working to rewrite and “Correct the Christian Faith.” Click Here
Why wouldn’t they? We change it all the time. There have been “Revisions of Revisions of Revisions.” This is Heresy. Click Here
If we accede to any version other than the King James Version, we lose our faith and any say or authority over how it’s manipulated, not just by Christians but by anyone with an agenda.
Right here, right now, we have the opportunity to “Defend the Faith.”
Here’s why you should reject any version other than canon. Other than the King James Version.
The King James Bible (KJV) is the authoritative Christian canon for Protestant believers, faithfully preserving the inspired Word of God in English. Translated in 1611 by a team of 54 eminent scholars under the commission of King James I of England, it draws directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, culminating in the providential line of Scripture transmission from Moses to the apostles. The KJV comprises the 66 books of the Protestant canon—39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament—rejecting the apocryphal deuterocanonical additions erroneously upheld by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, which contradict the fulfillment of God’s covenant in Christ.
Faithful Christians recognize the KJV as the preserved, infallible English Bible, embodying the pure doctrines of salvation by faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, His deity, and His kingship over all nations. From its Byzantine and Masoretic textual foundations to its majestic language, the KJV stands unchallenged as the culmination of God’s promise to preserve His words forever (Psalm 12:6-7; Isaiah 40:8). The KJV-only conviction rightly affirms that it safeguards against the doctrinal corruptions introduced by modern versions, which omit verses, alter key teachings, and sow doubt through eclectic reconstructions.
For any seeking the unadulterated foundation of Christian faith, history, and life, the KJV is the essential, God-breathed standard—read it, believe it, and let it transform your soul and nation.
The King James Version of the Bible has been thoroughly vetted and is consistent with the Holy Scripture. The following provides assurance that the scripture was faithfully translated from the original texts.
Scholarly Excellence of Translators: 54 top scholars, including polyglots like Lancelot Andrews (21 languages) and experts in Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and more, were selected for academic merit, not doctrinal bias, and their translations were examined 14-17 times per section for accuracy.
Historical Lineage of Preservation: The narrative traces the Bible’s transmission from Moses through prophets, apostles, early translations like Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, and English versions (Wycliffe, Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva, Bishops’) to the KJV, showing God’s providential hand in maintaining the text across centuries without loss.
Return to Original Languages: Drawing from Erasmus’s 1516 Greek New Testament and Bomberg’s 1524 Hebrew Old Testament, the KJV translators bypassed the corrupted Latin Vulgate, ensuring fidelity to the Hebrew and Greek sources used by early Christians.
Strict Translation Rules: The 15 rules, such as following the Bishops’ Bible unless originals demanded change, minimizing chapter alterations, and avoiding marginal notes (to prevent Geneva Bible controversies), ensured conservative refinement rather than innovation.
Based on Textus Receptus: The KJV uses the Byzantine Greek manuscripts (99% of extant copies, from Antioch, where Christians were first named), representing the “received” text passed down in churches, unlike modern versions’ reliance on minority Alexandrian texts.
Biblical Doctrine of Preservation: Scriptures such as Psalm 12:6-7 (“pure words… preserve them from this generation forever”), Isaiah 59:21, Matthew 5:18, and 1 Peter 1:23 promise that God’s word endures forever, fulfilled in the KJV as the preserved English form available to every generation.
Doctrinal Integrity Maintained: The KJV retains full verses and phrases that support key doctrines (e.g., the deity of Christ in 1 Timothy 3:16, eternal hell in Mark 9:44), avoiding omissions or changes in modern versions that weaken the doctrine of salvation by faith alone.
Contrast with Modern Omissions: Modern versions (NIV, ESV) remove 16 full verses (e.g., Acts 8:37 on baptismal confession) and over 40 via footnotes, plus thousands of word changes, proving they differ fundamentally from the KJV’s preserved text.
Fruit of Soul-Winning and Revival: The KJV-powered 20th-century revivals, missionary work, and strong preaching against sin produced saved lives and solid churches, unlike modern versions, which are associated with liberal, ambiguous theology.
Other versions rewrite the KJV Canon or totally omit scripture. This weakens the faith and creates discord among believers. Here is the KJV with the relevant Deacon Scripture from 1 Timothy 3:8–13, followed immediately by ten heretical versions of scripture. Click Here
As you see, heretical versions after the KJV change the meaning of the text at the whim of the author. That is not scripture; that is a grievous heresy.
It’s not just 1st Timothy that’s been corrupted. Here is an incomplete list of other egregious transgressions:
1. **Matthew 17:21**
KJV: “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted entirely; footnote states “Some manuscripts include… prayer and fasting.”
This verse emphasizes the necessity of prayer and fasting for specific spiritual deliverances, a key teaching on spiritual warfare omitted in modern texts, weakening New Testament instructions on discipleship.
2. **Matthew 18:11**
KJV: “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts add… verse 11.”
It affirms Christ’s mission of salvation, mirroring Luke 19:10 but excluded here, diminishing the gospel’s focus on redemption in the context of church discipline.
3. **Matthew 23:14**
KJV: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 14.”
This condemnation of hypocritical religious leaders highlights judgment for exploiting the vulnerable, removed from Jesus’ woes against the Pharisees, softening critiques of false piety.
4. **Mark 7:16**
KJV: “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 16.”
This refrain urges heed to Jesus’ teaching on inner purity vs. external rituals; its removal disrupts the chapter’s emphatic call to discernment in a passage on defilement.
5. **Mark 9:44**
KJV: “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted entirely.
Describes eternal hell’s torment, repeated for emphasis; omission mutes the doctrine of unending punishment, a core warning in Jesus’ teaching on sin and Gehenna.
6. **Mark 9:46**
KJV: “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted entirely.
Identical to verse 44, reinforcing hell’s reality; excluding both verses dilutes eschatological urgency in discussions of stumbling blocks and judgment for children.
7. **Mark 11:26**
KJV: “But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include… verse 26.”
Ties forgiveness of others to receiving God’s forgiveness, absent in moderns, potentially weakening teachings on mercy in the context of faith and the fig tree parable.
8. **Mark 15:28**
KJV: “And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 28.”
Fulfills Isaiah 53:12 regarding Christ’s crucifixion among criminals, removed, lessening prophetic ties to Messianic suffering in the Passion narrative.
9. **Mark 16:9-20** (Longer Ending of Mark)
KJV: Includes the full resurrection appearances, Great Commission (“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” in v.15), signs following believers, and ascension.
NIV/ESV: Ends at verse 8; verses 9-20 in brackets or footnotes: “The most reliable early manuscripts do not include 16:9-20.”
This appendix details post-resurrection events and evangelism mandate; its doubt-casting undermines the gospel’s conclusion, leaving an abrupt, fearful ending.
10. **Luke 17:36**
KJV: “Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 36.”
Parallels Matthew 24:40 in Jesus’ teaching on the Second Coming and rapture-like separation; exclusion disrupts the prophecy’s parallel structure.
11. **Luke 23:17**
KJV: “(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 17.”
Explains Pilate’s custom of releasing a prisoner during Passover; its removal creates a narrative gap in the trial scene, without affecting core events, but omits historical detail.
12. **John 5:3b-4**
KJV: “…and they waited for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include… verses 3b-4.”
Provides context for the Bethesda pool healing, explaining the crowd’s superstition; exclusion makes the scene less vivid and removes supernatural elements tied to angelic intervention.
13. **Acts 8:37**
KJV: “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted entirely; footnote: “Verse 37 is not found in the earliest manuscripts.”
Crucial confession of faith for baptism, modeling believer’s baptism; its removal shifts emphasis from explicit Christology to mere proceeding without doctrinal assurance.
14. **Acts 15:34**
KJV: “Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 34.”
Explains Silas’s decision post-council; minor but aids narrative flow in the Jerusalem Council’s aftermath, clarifying missionary continuity.
15. **Acts 24:7**
KJV: “Who also commanded thee to appear before me at Caesarea.” (Part of Lysias’s letter)
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include… part of verse 7.”
Details Roman command in Paul’s defense; exclusion simplifies the trial but removes procedural accuracy from the historical account.
16. **Acts 28:29**
KJV: “And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted entirely.
Describes Jewish response to Paul’s preaching in Rome; its absence ends Acts abruptly without showing division, diminishing the spread-of-gospel theme.
17. **Romans 16:24**
KJV: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
NIV/ESV: Omitted; footnote: “Some manuscripts include verse 24.”
A benediction echoing verse 20; removal truncates Paul’s closing doxology, though redundant, it reinforces the epistle’s grace emphasis.
18. **1 John 5:7** (Johannine Comma)
KJV: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
NIV/ESV: Omits the clause; reads “three that testify”; footnote: “The clause… is not found in the earliest manuscripts.”
Explicit Trinitarian statement; its exclusion obscures the doctrine of the Godhead, relying on implied rather than direct scriptural proof.
I could have presented many more heretical examples, but I’m sure you get the message.
These omissions total 16 full verses (plus the longer ending of Mark as a block), drawn from the minority Alexandrian manuscripts underlying modern critical texts. They often weaken doctrines such as salvation, the deity of Christ, hell, and evangelism, in contrast to the KJV’s retention of Byzantine tradition, which aligns with biblical preservation promises (e.g., Matthew 24:35: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away”). Modern footnotes introduce doubt, while the KJV presents the text as settled and authoritative.
Anyone can read any Bible they choose, but for absolute fidelity to the faith, the King James Version is Canon.
For the Faith:
Dave
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