This site is really tearing it up these days.
BTW, on a somewhat serious note, I’ve been watching a lot of “KJVO” debate videos. I had no idea what a thing this was. James white really skewers the whole KJVO thing.
There seem to be two camps:
1. KJVO
2. Most versions have value, EVEN the KJV.
I’ve had a few discussions with members of the former and most of them are quite bigoted in their viewpoints. By “bigoted”, what I mean is they have a VERY strong opinion, yet they can’t actually support it. Kinda like gun control nuts are bigoted in their beliefs about guns.
Scratch the surface of anyone mocking “KJV Onlyism” and you’ll find they’re shilling their own “onlyism.” The KJV to me is beautiful, sheer poetry. If there are those who struggle with the ornate and sometimes difficult language that’s verging upon archaic, well, there are other perfectly fine translations in more modern English. But, to me they fall flat.
If you subscribe to “KJVO” I have a simple question: Which version of the KJV do you use? See, that’s why we have people who are “1611 KJVO”.
But what version of the Bible do you use if you don’t speak English? That’s why we have this statement: “The KJV Bible is the inspired word of God for the English speaking people.” That precludes using Greek and Hebrew manuscripts if you speak English.
KJV language is just too much to slog through when you’re reading it in bed at the end of a long day.
If I really want to get to the original meaning it’s Strong’s concordance, Vine’s Expository Dictionary and then I’ll hit Matthew Henry, who I feel has never been surpassed.
If I don’t understand the Greek or Hebrew I can’t claim to know what it really says.
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James white is an ignorant fool!
He is leading millions astray.
So-called “modern translations” are all based on the deliberately corrupted Hort-Westcott Greek.
One should read Hort’s and Westcott’s letters before trusting their abomination. They were unbelievers, even though they were Bishops in the church.
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