Who else reads the King James Version?

[Gentile]

I started reading the KJV many years ago, it was the first bible I started reading. Then by getting into the internet go coexed into reading different versions. I have the NIV, NKJV, and about a few months ago bought the ESV. For some reason every versions of these bibles make me turn to the true book, the KJV. I don't get how people don't understand it, or have trouble reading. I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

[gringo300]

The vast majority of the Bible reading I've done in my life has been from the King James Version.

[Firstfruits]

I started reading the KJV many years ago, it was the first bible I started reading. Then by getting into the internet go coexed into reading different versions. I have the NIV, NKJV, and about a few months ago bought the ESV. For some reason every versions of these bibles make me turn to the true book, the KJV. I don't get how people don't understand it, or have trouble reading. I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

The message appears to be different in other versions, so I tend to stay with the KJV.

Firstfruits

[MoreMercy]

I will read, use and try to acquire all versions I can get my hungry hands on, but I lean heavy on the KJV for study since it has readily available resources to follow the English words back to the original text's words language used.

Ps: plus I really enjoy most of the olde English terminologies used by King Jame's boys.
Did you all know that the KJV bible is the core behind preserving our English language ?


Father bless, and have mercy on all of us.

[Reynolds357]

I started reading the KJV many years ago, it was the first bible I started reading. Then by getting into the internet go coexed into reading different versions. I have the NIV, NKJV, and about a few months ago bought the ESV. For some reason every versions of these bibles make me turn to the true book, the KJV. I don't get how people don't understand it, or have trouble reading. I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

I use KJV 90% of the time.

[Firstfruits]

I will read, use and try to acquire all versions I can get my hungry hands on, but I lean heavy on the KJV for study since it has readily available resources to follow the English words back to the original text's words language used.

Ps: plus I really enjoy most of the olde English terminologies used by King Jame's boys.
Did you all know that the KJV bible is the core behind preserving our English language ?


Father bless, and have mercy on all of us.

Thou sayest truth!

Firstfruits

[Saved7]

Definitely KJV lover, I've found that I get more out of it because of the old english style of expression. Also, I've noticed other versions seem to express a very different message in places that one wouldn't think is that important, but it totally detracts from God's whole purpose of giving us the Word...to teach us who He is and to help us glorify Him. I'll give you an example....

KJV
Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, ( I'm thinking of the book of James and how strongly he puts forth the doctrine of not being double-minded toward God.)

NIV
46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, (this COULD be construed as being single hearted toward God, but really it seems to suggest that they were sincerely loving each other and it has nothing to do with God. But when we are sincerely seeking the glory of God, we are naturally sincerely loving toward one another.)

The Message
46-47They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God. (great, I know a lot of people who praise God, but live like the devil) (I'm assuming what I've bolded is what is supposed to represent "singleness of heart") People in general liked what they saw. Every day their number grew as God added those who were saved. (apparently you can't find the end of one verse or the beginning of the next, so who knows exactly which word is right or wrong, since this is exactly how it's found on line, with the two combined together.)

NLT
46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity (well I'm glad they were generous, but what does that have to do with single mindedness toward God?)

The statements in perenthisis (sp?) are the thoughts that go through my mind when I read those other versions. They are helpful from time to time, no doubt, but as far as doctrine goes, I prefer to read out of the KJV, because of it's consistency.
The KJV represents what is being expressed here the best, in accordance with the character of God as far as I can tell. God stresses throughout the Bible that we are to be SINGLE MINDED/SINGLE HEARTED toward Him over and over again...He doesn't like double-mindedness toward Him...either you are with Him and seek to glorify Him with all that you are, or you don't. These other versions seem to miss that point in a place that seems like it doesn't really matter how it's interpretted, when in fact it does matter a great deal.

[teddyv]

So what do you do with the unicorns?

[Slug1]

I started reading the KJV many years ago, it was the first bible I started reading. Then by getting into the internet go coexed into reading different versions. I have the NIV, NKJV, and about a few months ago bought the ESV. For some reason every versions of these bibles make me turn to the true book, the KJV. I don't get how people don't understand it, or have trouble reading. I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

To each his own.

The KJV is not the "true" book.

I can tell you exactly how people don't understand it... it's because many words are in a forgotten language that is not used anymore. So when people read from the KJV Bible to those who are NOT familiar with the language that it's written in... they may not understand.

If I talk to you in military language, are you going to stand to and be ready and inform me you are good to go by telling me roger or are you gonna fake it and just stare and 10-4 me?

I mentioned in another thread about this topic... from the perspective of an environment where ALL understand the KJV language, then there is no problem that I can ever see. However, out there in the streets of this world where only 0% of today's population speak like they did WAYYYYYYY back then... then the language of the KJV Bible is a problem. Those lost out there in the world DON'T have the Holy Spirit to help them understand scripture, and then on top of that, it's read to them in a language they don't fully comprehend?

By the way... what are you up to in the KJV Bible is the "true" Bible threads... about 5 or 6 now?

[-SEEKING-]

I started reading the KJV many years ago, it was the first bible I started reading. Then by getting into the internet go coexed into reading different versions. I have the NIV, NKJV, and about a few months ago bought the ESV. For some reason every versions of these bibles make me turn to the true book, the KJV. I don't get how people don't understand it, or have trouble reading. I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

My thoughts - I was wondering when you'd start another one of your famous KJV threads. At least your consistent.

[IMINXTC]

King James version all the way with me.

[Amos_with_goats]

The power of the Word of the Lord is not in the ink printed on paper.

The Word of the Lord is quick and living... as the Holy Spirit shows the Truth to the
submitted heart that would seek Him.

My bathroom bible is KJV, as is my front porch bible. I read these more then I study from them.

I am not a fan of the NIV, it seems to me to be watered down... I am not a fan of many translations
because the 'agenda' of men seems to slip in.

I teach from (and post from) the NKJV. I have come to see some of the agenda of men in the way things are translated (the 1982 NKJV and contemporary both). Thomas Nelson makes a lot of money off of the translation... which might bother me if I trusted in the ink on the page.

I do not trust in ink on pages, but the Word as quickened by the Spirit even that a simple herdsmen might understand.

[Slug1]

My thoughts - I was wondering when you'd start another one of your famous KJV threads. At least your consistent.

At least the clause... "This is not a KJV onlyist thread" hasn't been dropped yet. Such clauses can be seen RIGHT through

[Slug1]

I find it flows much better than the NIV, which is like reading cliff notes.

Your thoughts?

These so called "cliff notes" is still the Word of God and is LIFE to those who read them. Life to them until others may cause "doubt" by expressing their opinion of a specific Bible (the NIV) in which God is speaking through to the one who does read the NIV.

[Saved7]

These so called "cliff notes" is still the Word of God and is LIFE to those who read them. Life to them until others may cause "doubt" by expressing their opinion of a specific Bible (the NIV) in which God is speaking through to the one who does read the NIV.

Yeah, I agree, I think we need to be careful not to make it as though God doesn't speak through one, but He does the other....KJV does it for me for various reasons I've stated above, but others can say the same thing about their favorite version.