Here are just two examples
in the same Bible verse
comparing God's Holy Spirit
inspired Preserved Word,
the King James Bible and
the New International
Version which shows how
corrupt the man-made NIV
is. Explanation below.
Bold in Scripture Verses
is for emphasis.
There are some serious
changes in the NIV that have
removed important
doctrines of our Christian
faith!
Problem # 1 with the NIV
In God’s Holy Word, the King
James Bible, God tells us
that He Himself (God)
was manifest in the flesh.
That means that God
Himself came to earth
in the form of a man -
Jesus Christ! And that
means that Jesus
Christ is God!
King James Bible (KJB)
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit, seen of
angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on
in the world, received
up into glory.
But the NIV publishers have changed “God was manifest in the flesh” (KJB) with “He appeared in a body” (NIV).
All human beings appear “in a body”, but that does not make us like Jesus Christ who was "God manifest in the flesh"! And who is “He”
supposed to be in the NIV? And why would the NIV remove an important doctrine of our Christian faith - that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh?
In Webster's 1828 Dictionary the word 'manifest' is defined as clearly visible to the eye.
supposed to be in the NIV?
New International Version
(NIV)
1 Timothy 3:16
Beyond all question, the mystery
of godliness is great: He
[Who is "He"?] appeared in
a body, was vindicated by
the Spirit, was seen by
angels, was preached among
the nations, was believed on
in the whole world, was
taken up in glory.
Problem #2 with the NIV
Let us look at the same verse
again highlighting another
really bad change the NIV
has made to God's Holy
Word! I will reprint the
verse again in each
version and highlight
what I want to point
out to you.
In the King James Version this
verse says that God was
"justified in the Spirit".
King James Version (KJB)
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit, seen
of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the
world, received up into glory.
In this same verse the NIV
has changed "justified in the
Spirit" (KJB) to "vindicated
by the Spirit" (NIV). This is
a horrible corruption of
God’s Holy Word!
The word "justified" (in the
King James Bible) means
"to declare free from blame".
This means God is declaring
that Jesus Christ ("God
manifest in the flesh") is free
from blame - in other words
Jesus Christ is Sinless!
The phrase "vindicated by
the Spirit" (NIV), means to
be cleared of some blame
or accusation. So, according
to the NIV, Jesus Christ had
to be cleared of some blame
or accusation; and therefore
the NIV is saying that Jesus
Christ could not be sinless! I
would not want to be those
writers and publishers of the
NIV when they have to face
Jesus Christ at the Judgment
Seat!
Romans 14:10
But why dost thou judge thy
brother? or why dost thou
set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
God warns us of the eternal
consequences of adding to,
or taking away, from His
Holy Word!
Revelation
22:18 For I testify unto
every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man
shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in
this book:
22:19 And if any man shall
take away from the words of
the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part