King James Bible Study

Introduction

Section 1

A desire to know just to know is Curiosity.

A desire to know just to sell it is Sinful.

A desire to know just to help you is Wisdom.

A desire to know just so you can help others is Love.

What is meant by A.V.? Authorized Version

Why this course? 2 Cor. 2 :17 , 2 Cor. 4: 1-4 Watering down salvation.

The word blood is omitted 41 times in the NIV. 39 times in the NASV.

23 times in the NKJV. 46 times in the NRSV. 157 times in the NCV.

174 times in the Living bible.,

Deut. 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Proverbs 30: 5,6 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Rev. 22: 18 ,19 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:

Psa. 138: 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psa. 68: 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

For nearly four hundred years now we have been printing millions of copies of KJV's without requesting permission from anyone. Over eight-hundred million copies of the Authorized Version have been printed without anyone paying royalties. This cannot be said of any of the new translations.

The new "bibles" are the work of MEN, but the KJV is a divine work of the Holy Spirit. The term "Authorized" has traditionally been applied to the King James Version alone, for this is the one Book which the Holy Spirit has blessed and used for so long.

The fact that it bears no copyright allows printing ministries throughout the world to print millions of copies each year for the mission field. I know the King James Bible is the word of God because it has no copyright.

1198 Chapters 31,173 Verses

810,697 Words - Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is pure...”

6,000 Different Words - Since there are only 6000, many of them are repeated.

Isaiah 28:10 “...precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,

And there a little”

5 Letters - Average Length of the word - Designed for simple reading!

I John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Grade Level-- KJV-5^th NIV-8^th NASB-6^th NKJV-7^th TEV- 7^th

“interpretation” - 5 Syllables - Longest word except proper names.

Years Years

Writing of the New Testament - 100 years.

1500 Years + 100 Years = 1600 years

Oldest Book - Job -

What this Course is About. Is the King James bible the Word of God?

1. Are there Contradictions in it?

2. What about the Words in Italics?

3. What about the Archaic Words?

If everybody were Bible Readers, our language would be Bible language!

When the KJV was translated in 1611, the English Language was in its purest form.

In the first editions of the Living Bible, Kenneth Taylor had Saul saying, "You son of a bitch." This was the reading for many years, but because of complaints, Taylor has amended the wording as follows: "Saul boiled with rage. `You fool!'" Taylor claimed that the first reading is the best rendering of the Hebrew text, but he changed it to please his critics.

4. What about Capital Letters?

5. What about Quotation Marks?

6. What about Spellings?

I. Five Steps in Reversing God’s Word. (Genesis 3:1-4)

    1. Questioning The Word of God

Genesis 3:1 “...Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the

Garden?”

Do you believe that God really said that?

The first thing the devil did was question God’s Word!

    2. Subtracting from The Word of God

Genesis 3:2 “....We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:”

Removed the word “freely” (2:16).

    3. Adding to The Word of God

Genesis 3:3 “...Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it...”

Added “neither shall ye touch it,” instead of (2:17).

    4. Completely Changing The Word of God

Genesis 3:3 “...neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die”.

From “thou shalt surely die” (2:17) to “lest ye die”.

    5. Denial of God’s Word

Genesis 3:4 “...Ye shall not surely die:”

But God said they would!

    1. “Book” John 20:30 Rev. 22:7,9,18,19 Heb. 10:7   

    2. “Scripture” II Tim. 3:15-16 John 7:42; 10:35 Acts 8:32

    3. “The Word of God” - “Word of The Lord” I Thess. 2:13 II Cor. 2:17

* Be familiar with these verses:

I have had people tell me that this bible is just like any other bible because it was written of men. All men are sinners, therefore the bible must have mistakes in it.

II Peter 1:17-21 Word of Truth- II Tim. 2:15

II Cor. 3:1-6 II Cor. 2:17 I Thess. 2:13

1) American Standard Version 1901 (ASV), New 1971 (NASV)

NIV. 1973

2) Revised Version (RV), Standard 1952 (RSV)

3) Amplified 1965 (AMP), Living Letters (LL), Living Bible 1967 (LB)

4) Cult Verions

    a. New World Translation 1961 (NWT) Jehovah’s Witness

    b. Satanic Bible - Anton Levee’ - First Church of Satan

    c. African Heritage Bible - Black Racists Bible

    d. Good News for Modern Man 1966 (GNFMM)

    e. Today’s English Version (TEV)

5) Hypocrite Versions

    a. New Scofield (NSRB)

    b. New King James 1979 (NKJ) - ASV+RSV

6) Greek Obsession Versions - Literal

7) Scholarship Versions - Oldest is the best!

        Isa 8:20 - Heb 4:3-4

        a. Middle words - “the LORD”

        b. In the Beginning - “God” (Gen 1:1)

In the Middle - “the LORD” (Ps 118:8)

In the End - “Lord Jesus Christ” (Rev 22:21)

    2. You won’t find this Bible:

        a. Putting God down

        b. Slanting tthe Deity of jesus Christ

        c. Tearing the Work of God down

        d. Exalting “Mary”

    3. King James - 9 Letters - #9 Fruit Number

        a. 1611 ( 1+6+1+1=9 )

        b. 9^th Book of the New Testament has 9 Letters

        c. 9^th Book of the New Testament has the “9 Fruits of The Spirit”

        d. 9^th Chapter Noah is Commanded to be Fruitful and Multiply

    4. Isaiah has 66 Chapters

        a. 66 books in the Bible - Isaiah is a miniature Bible

        b. Chapter 40 - John the Baptist

        c. Beginning of Isaiah - Heaven - Earth - Sin

        d. 39^th Chapter - Judgment/ Malachi - Judgment

        e. 66^th Chapter - New Heaven - New Earth   

    5. Book Of Job

        a. 42 Chapters - Last of the Tribulation (Rev 12)

The Devil is going to Persecute Israel 42 Months -3 1/2 years

Job is a picture of this Persecution

Rev 12 Israel is mentioned

    6. Chapter Marking Inspired?

        a. Acts 13:33 - Ps 2:7

    7. Italics

        a. Matt 4:4 - Deut 8:3 - “word”

        b. Matt 22:32 - Ex 3:6 - “am”

    8. Quotation Marks

        a. Isaiah 6:3,5,9 - Capital shows the beginning of a quotation

King James Bible Study

Deut 4:2 Prov 30:5-6 Rev 22:18-19

Ps 12:6-7 Ps 68:11

    A. Scripture is the Revelation, Attributes & Essence of what God is, and records

the Acts of God to man. Isaiah 6:1-5

        1. God is Holy - Scripture is the ONLY way to know GOD!

        2. Scripture is the ONLY way to know man

    B. Scripture is the Revelation of God’s Will for Man’s Acts

        1. Deut 8:3 - Matt 4:4

    C. God reveals Himself to Man by Scripture

        1. There is a Personal Relationship about this thing.

                Rom 10:17 I Pet 1:23

        2. John 12:48

        3. What about before the AV 1611?

            a. We did not always have it as we do today!

    D. God Used a Variety of Means to Make His Word Known

                Hebrews 1:1

    E. God Gave His Word in “Part by Part” Fashion - Progressive Revelation!

                God did NOT “Drop it out of Heaven!”

        1. Progression to the Cross

            a. Matt 12:40

            b. Matt 16:21

            c. Matt 17:22

            d. Matt 20:17-19

            e. Matt 26:2

            f. Matt 26:21

        2. There were at least 35 men that wrote the 66 Books that we have.

            a. Old Testament writers not known

                (1) Judges   

                (2) Ruth

                (3) I & II Kings

                ( 4) I & II Chron

                (5) Ezra

            b. New Testament -- all but Hebrews for sure

                (1) Consider II Thess 3:17

                Paul’s authorship of Hebrews

        3. The Bible was Completed in the Sense of Revelation when the Book

            of Revelation was Complete.

            a. Rev 22:17 - End of the Revelation

        4. The Bible was Completed in the Sense of Publishing in 1611

(Psalm 68:11 * Memorize)

            a. The Translators gathered the existing Manuscripts of that day and

the received text - Textus Receptus.

            b. Ps 12:6-7* - When Moses put Pen to paper, God Promised to

Preserve them!

Scripture Doctrine Related to Preservation

“First Moses” - Copy to Copy

        1. Revelation Preservation - Jer 36:1-2, 28

        2. Jeremiah’s Secretary “E-menu-en’sis” - Baruch - Jer 36:4

        3. Jer 36:5-10 - Preaching of God’s Word

4. Jer 36:11-16 - The Fear!

        5. Jer 36:17-19 - How it came - No Fear!

        6. Jer 36:20-23 - Destroyed God’s Word

        7. Originals Destroyed

        8. Jer 36:24 - Attitude of the Lost or Unbeliever - Not Afraid

        9. Attitude of the Believer - Jer 36:25 - Intercede - Our Job   

        10. Preservation - Jer 36:27-28

        11. Judgment against those who destroy God’s Word

            a. Jer 36:29-32

    B. Jesus’ Statements about the Old Testament Scripture

        1. Jesus said the Old Testament is the Word.

            a. Matt 22:43-44 Ps 110:1 Mk 12:36

            b. John 10:34 Ps 82:6

        2. In His Preaching

            a. Matt 5:18 Ps 100:5 Lk 16:17

            b. Lk 18:13 - “A Sinner” Not the “Greek Rule”

            c. Lk 4:16-18 Isa 61:1

    C. New Testament Writers

        1. II Pet 1:16-21

            a. Inspiration guarantees quotes are correct exactly as they said them.

        2. Paul

            a. II Tim 4:1-4

            b. Ps 119:97-104

            c. Rom 4:3 Gen 15:6

            d. II Tim 3:15

            e. Rom 9:17 Gal 3:8, 22

            f. Rom 11:4 - Numbers Preserved Also

        3. Today “Body” - Not Israel / Moses

            a. Col 2:16 Paul I Tim 4:1-5 Gal 4:9-14

            Psalm 119:97-104

If you believe the Word, this is what you have:

    1. You are Wiser than your enemy’s .

    2. You have more Understanding than the ancients.

    3. You have more Understanding than all your teachers.

        1. The Test - II Thess 2:5

            a. The Word of God is always Consistent

                        Eph 1:7 Col 1:14

            b. Does it work Effectually

                        I Thess 2:13 II Cor 13:8

            c. Take Historians with a grain of salt.

Believe God’s Word above all things!

    B. Paganism Came in After the 1^st Century Darkness Settled In

        1. 100 AD - 1300 AD

These groups were to preserve God’s Word above all things.

            a. Paulicians

            b. Waldensians

            c. Bogomiles

            d. Hussies - John Huss

            e. French “Huguenots”

        2. 1300 AD - 1500 AD

These men were used to begin the Reformation in England.

            a. Zwingli

            b. Calvin - Never moved to a Bible Position

            c. Luther - German Bible

        3. Reformation in England

            a. John Wickliffe ( Wiclif ) a priest

                (1) Called the “Morning Star”

                (2) Born 1324, Died 1384

                (3) 1380 Completed 1^st English Bible - Partial Book

                (4) Hated by Catholics

                (5) 40 yrs after his death - Catholics in England

                        dug up his bones and burned them.

                Scattered his ashes in the ocean - Rev 2:6 ; 14-15

                    (a) Doctrine of Nicolaitans - Catholic

                                Nico - To Conquer

                                Laity - Common People

                    (b) Catholics had the common people in darkness and kept

                            them from the “ Word of God!”

            b. William Tyndale

                (1) Born 1484

                (2) Growing up “Loved the Scriptures”

                (3) 1535 Published the Whole English Bible

                (4) Fluent in 7 Different Languages   

                (5) Burned at the Stake - oct 6, 1536

                (6) “Lord open the eyes of the King of England”   

                            Ps 68:1 Ps 145:4

            c. Two other men used - John Rogers - Miles Coverdale

    C. Injunction - During Darkness

Archbishop Crammer (Archbishop of Canterbury)

John Rogers - Miles Coverdale

Three Phases in the Injunction

        1. Copy of the Bible in every Parish Church

        2. No man was to be discouraged from reading it

        3. Declare Christ every 3^rd Month - Amos 7:10-17; 8:11

D. The Events around the King James Bible

    1. Henry VIII to the Throne of England - Bloody Mary’s Father

        a. Against Publishing of the Bible

    2. Edward VI to the Throne - Bloody Mary’s Brother

        a. Helped get the Word out

        b. Very Short Reign

    3. “Bloody Mary” to the Throne - Edwards Sister

        a. 1553 - Tried to Stop the Publishing

        b. 288 Professing Christians Burned at the Stake

        c. Others fled to Geneva

        d. 1557 Geneva Bible - 1^st to have chapter / verse markings

    4. Elizabeth to the Throne (1588 - 1603)

        a. Raised Protestant

        b. At 1^st Favored catholic Church, but her early teaching

                moved her to the Protestant Church

        c. She set the Stage for King James

        d. She Opposed:

(1) Transubstantiation declared “Adverse to Scripture”

(2) Laws Contrary to the Word of God by Church

(3) Outwardly Opposed the Catholic Church

Pope declared Queen a Heretic

5. Bible Tree - Tyndale - Matthews - Great - Geneva - Bishops

E. King James I of Ireland, Scotland, England

1. 750 Puritans brought the Petition

a. Millenary Petition - Remove ALL Popish Elements

b. 1604 - Hampton Court Conference

19 Bishops / Deacons - 6 Puritans

(1) A Meeting called by King James I of England

(2) It Failed

(3) These were Permitted

(a) H.C.C. - Jan 1604 - Dr. John Reynolds,

Chief Spokesman for the Puritans,

Presented to King James the following Words:

“On the behalf of the Puritans that a translation be made of

the Whole Bible.”

(b) Six months later the number of translating committees were

formed.

(c) At first 54 men chosen

Reduced to 47 men - Some Died

(d) 3 Principal Places (Companies)

Westminster - 17 men

Oxford - 15 men

Cambridge - 15 men

(e) 6 Committees (2 at each company)

2. Rules for Translating that they agreed upon.

a. Committees to use Bishops Bible for Basis

(1) But what they finally produced was much closer

to the Geneva Bible

b. Spellings of Proper Names would be retained

c. Old words like “Church’ was to be retained

d. Chapter and Verse divisions to be retained

e. No Footnotes

f. Clarification in the margin

g. Each man in each company would examine the chapter,

send it to the next company - Ps 12:6-7

h. If any word was questioned, it would go back to each

Company

i. In case of a difficulty - Kings Letter to learned men of

England

j. Then sent back to each company

3. Westminster Company

a. Lancelot Andrews

(1) Born London 1565

(2) 15 languages

(3) Master of Greek

(4) Debate in Greek

b. John Overall

c. John Laifield

(1) Brilliant Architect

(2) Translate and such

d. William Bedwell

4. Cambridge Company

a. Edward Lively

(1) Report - Best in the World in Languages

(2) 13 Children

b. John Richardson

(1) Master of Law

(2) Master of Latin - Hebrew - Greek

d. Francis Dillingham

(1) Master Greek

e. Thomas Harrison

5. Oxford Company - Tutors to Queen Elizabeth

a. John Harding

(1) Hebrew Scholar and many other Languages

(2) 13 Children

b. John Reynolds

(1) Memory of Book / Chapter of books in his library

(2) Started the whole Translation process

c. Thomas Holland

(1) Loved God - Hated Popish Elements

(2) Prayed with his Servants

d. Richard Kilby

(1) Master of Greek

e. Miles Smith

f. George Abbot

g. John Harman

h. William Barlow

A. Term Sheet

1. Vaticanus

Found lying around in the Vatican 1475-1500 A.D.

From 300-350 A.D. Age-----Corrupted

2. Sinaitic

Tischendorf found it about 1800 A.D.

From 400 A.D. Vintage-----Corrupted

3. Westcott and Hort

Corrupters of the King James Bible

Used the above Catholic Manuscripts

a. Used Vaticanus & Sinaiticus to from their Corruptions

b. RV, ASV, RSV, NASV, NKJV, NIV

c. These two manuscripts only match 5% of all existing

manuscripts.

4. Textus Receptus - “Received Text”

a. 95% of all manuscripts agree with it.

b. Majority Text

c. New Testament of King James 1611

5. Masoretic Text - old Testament

a. Scribes

b. Old Testament of King James

6. LXX or Septuegint - “Seventy”

a. Is NOT a “Pre-Christ” Greek Text of the Old Testament

b. About 300 A.D. Vintage - Origen

7. Papyrus - Cheap paper

8. Vellum - Fancy Leather

9. Text - Reconstruct

10. Versions - Translations

11. Families of Translations - Four

a. Syrian Text - Received Text - King James Bible

b. Egyptian Text - Alexandrine

c. The Last Two are called Western Text

12. Canon - Canonical - All 66 Books - Whole bible

a. Inspired Books & Writings

b. Rod and Rule of Measure

13. Codex - Book Form

14. Scroll - Roll Form

15. Apocrypha - Non Inspired Writings

16. No Old Testament Greek before the time of Christ.

17. Old Scofield - Mark 16, pg. 1069 Footnote!

a. “...not found in oldest most ancient manuscripts”

18. Zach 13:6 - Watch what the perverters do here!

1. Tyndale’s - 1525

2. Coverdale’s - 1535

3. Matthew’s - 1537

4. Great Bible - 1539

5. Geneva Bible - 1560

6. Bishop’s Bible - 1568

7. Authorized Bible- King James Bible - 1611 - 1880

8. Corrupted Bibles From Vaticanus & Sinaitic Text

a. Revised Version (RV) - 1881

b. American Standard Version (ASV) - 1901

c. Revised Standard Version (RSV) - 1952

“virgin” to “young women”

d. New American Standard Version (NASV) - 1965

e. New King james Version (NKJV) - 1979

1. Revelation

2. Inspiration

3. Transmission

4. Canonical

5. Preservation

6. Translation

7. Illumination

D. Examples of Apostate Thinking

1. I Cor 12:13 - Water added to their baptism

a. The Context is the Holy Spirit putting us positionally

in Christ.

2. Check the Cross-Reference.

a. Gal 3:26-28 - Water baptism here would make all church

members sexless!

b. Rom 6:1-3

c. Eph 1:20; 2:6

E. Lame Excuses - “It’s not in the Greek”

1. Get an Interlinear Greek & English New Testament

Zondervan/Baker Publishers - “Textus Receptus”

2. Acts 8:37 - It’s There

3. Col 1:14 - The Blood is not removed

4. Mark 9:44, 46, 48 - “Hell” is in the verses

5. John 1:1 - J.W. Bible

F. So Called Archaic Words

We believe that the English is far superior to the Greek.

I Cor 2:9-16

1. “House” Gen 7:1 - “Family”

Acts 16:31

Philemon 2 - “Building”

2. “Church” Acts 19:32-33 - “Town Meeting”

Rom 16:16 - “Body of Christ”

3. “Meat” Gen 1:29 - “Fruit, herb, tree”

Lev 2:1 - “Food”

Gen 40:17 - “Food”

4. “Voice” Gen 3:8 - “Sound” - Theophany

Ex 19:19 - “Sounded”

5. “Let” II Thess 2:7 - Re-lease or “Sublet”

I Thess 2:18 - “Hindered” -not let

Luke 20:9 -c/f for “Let”

Ex 5:4

Josh 8:22

Isa 43:13

Ezra 6:7

6. “Cleave” Gen. 2:24 - “Unite”

Josh 22:5

Josh 23:8

7. “Publish” Mark 5:19-20 - “Tell”

Ps 68:11

8. “Perfect” Matt 5:43, 48 - “Complete”

James 3:2 - “Whole”

Eph 4:12 - “Mature”

I Cor 13:8-10 - “Complete”

c/f James 1:25

II Cor 3:18

II Tim 3:16-17

Never Means - “Sinless”

9. “Magnify” I Tim 5:24-25 - “Open”

“Open”

“Manifest”

“Reveal”

10. “Carriage” I Sam 17:17-18, 22

Acts 21:15

11. “Script” I Sam 17:40 (5 stones in it)

Matt 10:9

12. “Gospel” Luke 4:18 - “Good News”

Isa 61:1 - “Good Tidings”

Something good is coming soon!

13. “By and By” Luke 21:9

Matt 13:21

14. “Christ” Acts 4:26 - “Annointed”

Ps 2:2

15. “Pentecost” Lev 23:16 - 50^th Day

Transliteration

16. “Baptism” No matter where you find it used the context

always fits!

NOT ALWAYS IMMERSION IN WATER

Mark 7:4 - washing

Acts 10:44

Acts 11:15-16

I Cor 10:1-2

Matt 3:11

I Cor 12:13*

17. “Succour” II Cor 6:2

Isa 49:8 - “Help” Definition

Heb 2:18

1. Acts 2:38 - Mark 16:16

a. Acts 3:19

b. Once you change “one” verse you are going to have to

change all the chain of references.

c. Mark 1:4 - Before the Cross - looking Forward

Rom 11:25-27

Lev 5:6

Num 15

Mark 1:40-44 c/f Lev 14:1-4

2. I Cor 1:14-16-18

a. I Cor 4:15 - Did not know if he baptized all the one’s he

had led to the Lord!

Baptism is NOT essential to Salvation

b. Phil 3:7-9 c/f Rom 11:6

(1) No More of Works - A Change!

3. Titus 3:5 - Luke 1:6

a. James 2:21 - Matt 24:13 Matt 10:22 Mark 13:13

B. Peter the First Pope?

1. Matt 26:69 - Liar - Cursor

Mark 26:69 - Married

2. No Sacraments - I Cor 11:24

3. Ordinances to Tradition - I Cor 11: