A Careful Examination

Bible Version Comparison

What modern translations have changed, removed, and redefined.

"…ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God."

— Jeremiah 23:36

The Scope of the Changes

Modern translations have made thousands of alterations to the text of the Bible.

Jesus Christ warned in the parable of the sower that "the SEED is the word of God… then cometh THE DEVIL, and TAKETH AWAY the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved." (Luke 8:11–12). The adversary's strategy has not changed. Modern Bible versions have systematically removed words, verses, and clarity from the Bible.

The following comparison examines changes found in the NIV, NASV, NKJV, RSV, NRSV, NCV, ESV, and LIV as compared to the KJV. The changes are not trivial, for they strike at the deity of Christ, the doctrine of salvation, and the authority of the Bible.

17+
Complete Verses Removed
100s
Words Omitted
64,000+
Fewer Words (NIV)
7
Major Versions Compared

Verses Footnoted or Removed

These entire verses are removed or placed in footnotes by modern versions.

The following verses appear in the King James Bible but have been completely removed from one or more modern translations. Some are moved to footnotes; others vanish entirely. Each verse's removal is not accidental.

Matthew 12:47
NIV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F
Matthew 17:21
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: F
Matthew 18:11
NIV: T · NASV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T
Matthew 21:44
NIV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F · NCV: F
Matthew 23:14
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T
Mark 7:16
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Mark 9:44
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Mark 9:46
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Mark 11:26
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Mark 15:28
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: F
Mark 16:9–20
NIV: F · NASV: F · NKJV: F · RSV: F · NRSV: F · NCV: F · LIV: F
Luke 17:36
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T
Luke 22:43
NIV: F · NASV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F
Luke 22:44
NIV: F · NASV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F
Luke 23:17
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Luke 24:12
NASV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F
Luke 24:40
NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: F
John 5:4
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: F
John 7:53–8:11
NIV: F · NASV: F · RSV: T · NRSV: F · NCV: F · LIV: F
Acts 8:37
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: F
Acts 15:34
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Acts 24:7
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T
Acts 28:29
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
Romans 16:24
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T
2 Corinthians 13:14
Renumbered as 13:13 in some versions
1 John 5:7
NIV: T · NASV: T · RSV: T · NRSV: T · NCV: T · LIV: T
James 1:8
Removed in some editions

T = Taken Away    F = Taken Away in Footnotes

Why Does This Matter?

Shouldn't it matter what God said? People today settle for just the 'gist' or 'general idea' of what God said, but shouldn't the actual words He spoke matter to us? When Jesus was being tempted in the wilderness by Satan, He rebuked the devil each time with the words of God.

Let's look at one of Christ's rebukes. Jesus was hungry after fasting for 40 days and Satan tempted Him and said "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." We then see that Jesus "answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

So, we see two things here: (1) that Scripture helps us combat the devil and resist temptation, and (2) that man is supposed to be living 'by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.' Then, our question must be: where do we find the words of God that are pure and true?

Attacks on the Deity of Christ

Modern versions weaken or remove direct declarations of Christ's divinity.

One of the most alarming patterns in modern translations is the systematic weakening of passages that declare the deity of Jesus Christ. Titles, attributes, and claims of divinity are altered, softened, or removed entirely.

"God Manifest in the Flesh"

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh…"

Changed "God" to "He" or "He who." This removes the direct statement that it was God manifest in the flesh.

NIV

"Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh…"

ESV

"Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh…"

NASB

"…great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh…"

Some modern version replaces "God" with a pronoun, which erases the explicit declaration of Christ's deity.

"The Son of God" — Removed

"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;"

OMIT "the Son of God." This removes the declaration of Christ's divine sonship from the very first verse of Mark.

RSV

"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ." [THE SON OF GOD — OMITTED]

NASB (footnote)

"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." — footnoted as: "Some early manuscripts do not contain 'the Son of God'"

NIV (footnote)

"The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God" — footnoted: "Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God"

By casting doubt on "the Son of God" in the opening verse of Mark, the deity of Christ is undermined from the first sentence.

"Christ, the Son of the Living God"

"…thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."

Changed to "the Holy One of God." This removes Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of the living God.

NIV

"…you are the Holy One of God."

ESV

"…you are the Holy One of God."

NASB

"…You are the Holy One of God."

Peter's declaration of Jesus as "Christ, the Son of the living God" is replaced in most major modern versions.

"Begotten" Removed

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Removed the word "begotten." This reduces the unique relationship between the Father and Son to simply "one and only," blurring the distinction between Christ's eternal sonship and our adopted sonship.

NIV — John 3:16

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…"

ESV — John 3:16

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son…"

NIV — John 1:18

"No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son…"

ESV — John 1:14

"…glory as of the only Son from the Father…"

"Begotten" is removed in John 1:14, 1:18, 3:16, and 3:18 across modern versions.

"God is a Spirit"

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

Changed to "God is spirit." Removing the article changes the meaning from declaring what God is to describing a quality God has.

NIV

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."

ESV

"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

NASB

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

The removal of the article "a" subtly shifts the meaning: "God is a Spirit" declares God's nature as a personal, spiritual Being. "God is spirit" reduces it to a vague attribute.

"Equal with God" — Denied

"Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"

Changed to "did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped." This implies that Jesus could not grasp or attain equality with God, rather than affirming He already possessed it and did not consider it something He had stolen.

Why This Matters

The KJV affirms that Jesus, being God, did not consider His equality with the Father to be something seized or stolen because it was rightfully His. The modern rendering reverses the meaning entirely, suggesting equality with God was something beyond His reach. This is not a minor translation difference; it is the difference between affirming and denying the deity of Christ.

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."

— 1 John 2:22

Doctrinal Changes

Key doctrines are weakened or obscured through translation choices.

Salvation by Faith — Acts 8:37 Removed

The Ethiopian eunuch's confession of faith before baptism is entirely removed from modern versions, eliminating the biblical requirement of belief before baptism.

"…See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 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. And he commanded the chariot to stand still…"

Entire verse removed. The text skips from verse 36 to verse 38, removing the confession of faith prerequisite for baptism.

NIV — Acts 8:36, 38

"…'Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?' [VERSE 37 ENTIRELY REMOVED] And he gave orders to stop the chariot…"

ESV — Acts 8:36, 38

"…'See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?' [VERSE 37 ENTIRELY REMOVED] And he commanded the chariot to stop…"

NASB (footnote)

Verse omitted from text. Footnote reads: "Some late manuscripts add: And Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"

Without verse 37, there is no confession of faith before baptism. This opens the door to infant baptism and baptismal regeneration.

Fasting Removed from Spiritual Warfare

"Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."

Entire verse removed. The instruction on spiritual warfare through fasting is eliminated.

NIV

[VERSE 17:21 ENTIRELY REMOVED — text skips from v.20 to v.22]

ESV

[VERSE 17:21 ENTIRELY REMOVED]

NASB (footnote)

[VERSE OMITTED] — Footnote: "Some manuscripts add: But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

The Lord Jesus Christ's own teaching on the necessity of prayer and fasting in spiritual warfare is gone.

"Hell" Changed to "Hades"

Throughout the New Testament, modern versions replace the word "hell" with "Hades". Hades is a Greek mythological term that softens the reality of eternal punishment.

"And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."

Changed "hell" to "Hades" which results in the pagan Greek concept of the underworld replacing the biblical doctrine of hell.

NIV — Luke 16:23

"In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away…"

ESV — Luke 16:23

"…and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes…"

NIV — Matthew 16:18

"…and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."

ESV — Revelation 1:18

"…I have the keys of Death and Hades."

The KJV uses "hell" in Matthew 11:23, 16:18; Luke 10:15, 16:23; Acts 2:27; Revelation 1:18, 20:13–14. Most modern versions replace it with "Hades" and import pagan mythology into the Bible.

"Damnation" Changed to "Condemnation" or "Judgment"

"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

Weakened to "condemnation" or "judgment" which softens the severity and finality of God's judgment.

NIV — Matthew 23:33

"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?"

ESV — Matthew 23:33

"You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?"

NIV — Mark 12:40

"…These men will be punished most severely."

ESV — John 5:29

"…those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment."

"Damnation" carries the weight of eternal finality. "Condemnation," "judgment," and "sentenced" soften the blow. This makes hell sound like a courtroom ruling rather than an everlasting sentence.

The Heavenly Witness — 1 John 5:7

The clearest statement of the Trinity in all of the Bible is removed or drastically altered.

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."

The Trinitarian clause is removed. Only "the Spirit, the water, and the blood" remain, stripping the clearest declaration of the Trinity from the New Testament.

NIV — 1 John 5:7–8

"For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." [ENTIRE TRINITARIAN CLAUSE REMOVED]

ESV — 1 John 5:7–8

"For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree." [ENTIRE TRINITARIAN CLAUSE REMOVED]

NASB — 1 John 5:7–8

"For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." [ENTIRE TRINITARIAN CLAUSE REMOVED]

The words "the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one" are completely gone.

"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."

— Proverbs 30:5–6

Changes by Book

A detailed, but not entirely complete, survey of changes organized by the books of the New Testament.

Legend: Y = Yes, contains the change F = In Footnotes E = Error in some Editions
Matthew (25 changes)
5:22 OMIT "without a cause"
NIVNASVRSVNRSVLIVNCV
5:44 OMIT 12 words ("bless them that curse you...")
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6:13 OMIT last 14 words ("For thine is the kingdom...")
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6:33 OMIT "of God"
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8:29 OMIT "Jesus"
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11:23 CHG "hell" TO "Hades," "depths"
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12:40 CHG "whale" TO "fish," "sea monster"
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12:47 OMIT entire verse
NIVNRSVLIV
15:8 OMIT "draweth nigh unto me with their mouth"
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16:18 CHG "hell" TO "Hades," "death"
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16:20 OMIT "Jesus"
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17:21 OMIT verse
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18:11 OMIT verse ("For the Son of man is come...")
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18:26 OMIT "and worshipped him" (for Jesus)
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19:9 OMIT last 11 words
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19:17 CHG "Why callest thou me good" TO "Why do you ask me about what is good"
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20:16 OMIT "for many be called, but few chosen"
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20:20 CHG "worshipping him" TO "kneeling down"
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20:22 OMIT 12 words
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21:44 OMIT entire verse
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23:14 OMIT entire verse
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23:33 CHG "damnation" TO "condemn," etc.
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25:13 OMIT "wherein the Son of man cometh"
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27:35 OMIT last 25 words
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27:54 CHG "the Son of God" TO "a son of God"
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Mark (17 changes)
1:1 OMIT "the Son of God" ("Jesus Christ...")
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1:2 CHG "prophets" TO "Isaiah" (blatant error)
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1:14 OMIT "of the kingdom" ("gospel... of God")
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3:29 CHG "eternal damnation" TO "eternal sin," etc.
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6:11 OMIT last 23 words
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7:8 OMIT last 15 words
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7:16 OMIT entire verse
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9:24 OMIT "Lord" (refers to Jesus)
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9:44, 46 OMIT entire verses (refers to hell)
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10:21 OMIT "take up the cross"
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10:24 OMIT "for them that trust in riches" (salvation)
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11:10 OMIT "that cometh in the name of the Lord"
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11:26 OMIT entire verse
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12:40 CHG "damnation" TO "condemnation," etc.
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13:6 CHG "I am Christ" TO "I am He," "the One"
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15:28 OMIT entire verse
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16:9–20 OMIT entire last 12 verses of Mark 16
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Luke (21 changes)
1:28 OMIT "blessed art thou among women"
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2:33 CHG "Joseph" TO "his father" (virgin birth)
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2:43 CHG "Joseph and his mother" TO "parents"
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4:4 OMIT "but by every word of God"
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4:8 OMIT "get thee behind me, Satan"
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4:18 OMIT 8 words ("he hath sent me to heal...")
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4:41 OMIT "Christ" ("Thou art Christ...")
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6:48 CHG "founded upon a rock" TO "well built"
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9:55 OMIT 9 words ("...Ye know not what manner")
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9:56 OMIT first 16 words ("For the Son of man...")
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10:15 CHG "hell" TO "Hades," "depths"
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11:2 OMIT 15 words Lord's Prayer (about heaven)
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11:4 OMIT "but deliver us from evil" (Lord's Prayer)
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16:23 CHG "hell" TO "Hades" "place of the dead"
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17:36 OMIT entire verse
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21:4 OMIT "cast in unto the offerings of God"
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21:8 CHG "I am Christ" TO "I am He," "the One"
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22:64 OMIT "they struck him on the face"
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23:17 OMIT entire verse
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23:38 OMIT "letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew"
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23:42 OMIT "Lord" (thief on the cross, asking salvation)
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John (20 changes)
1:14, 18 OMIT "begotten" (refers to Jesus)
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1:27 OMIT "is preferred before me"
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3:13 OMIT "which is in heaven" (refers to Jesus)
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3:15 OMIT "should not perish" ("believeth in him...")
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3:16, 18 OMIT "begotten" (refers to Jesus)
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4:24 CHG "God is a Spirit" TO "God is Spirit"
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4:42 OMIT "the Christ"
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5:3 OMIT last 7 words
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5:4 OMIT entire verse
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5:16 OMIT "and sought to slay him"
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5:29 CHG "damnation" TO "condemn," "judgement"
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6:47 OMIT "on Me" (He that believeth...)
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6:69 CHG "Christ, the Son of the living God" TO "Holy One of God"
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7:53–8:11 OMIT verses 7:53–8:11
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8:9 OMIT "being convicted by their own conscience"
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8:59 OMIT last 10 words ("going through the midst...")
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9:35 CHG "Son of God" TO "Son of Man," "Messiah"
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14:2 CHG "mansions" TO "rooms," "dwelling places"
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14:16 CHG "Comforter" TO "Helper," "Counselor," etc.
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16:16 OMIT "because I go to the Father"
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Acts (27 changes)
1:3 CHG "infallible" TO "convincing," etc.
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2:30 OMIT "he would raise up Christ"
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2:31 CHG "hell" TO "Hades," "grave"
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2:38 CHG "remission of sins" TO "forgiveness of sins"
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4:27, 30 CHG "holy child" TO "holy servant" (attacks deity)
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7:30 OMIT "of the Lord" ("angel of the Lord")
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8:37 OMIT entire verse (clear salvation verse)
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9:5 OMIT "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks"
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10:6 OMIT "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do"
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15:11 OMIT "Christ"
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15:18 CHG "beginning of the world" TO "eternity," "ages"
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15:34 OMIT entire verse
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16:31 OMIT "Christ" ("Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ")
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17:16 CHG "stirred" TO "provoked," "distressed," etc.
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17:22 CHG "Mars Hill" TO "Areopagus"
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17:22 CHG "superstitious" TO "religious"
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17:26 OMIT "blood"
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17:29 CHG "Godhead" TO "Divine Nature," "divine being"
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19:35 OMIT "worshipper"
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20:24 OMIT "none of these things move me"
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20:25 OMIT "of God"
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23:9 OMIT "let us not fight against God"
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24:7 OMIT entire verse
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24:14 CHG "heresy" TO "sect"
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24:15 OMIT "of the dead" ("resurrection of the dead")
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28:16 OMIT 11 words
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28:29 OMIT entire verse
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Romans (19 changes)
1:3 OMIT "Jesus Christ our Lord"
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1:16 OMIT "of Christ" ("gospel of Christ")
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1:18 CHG "hold the truth" TO "suppress the truth"
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1:25 CHG "changed the truth" TO "exchanged the truth"
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1:29 OMIT "fornication"
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5:8 CHG "commendeth" TO "demonstrates," etc.
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6:8 CHG "we be dead" TO "we died" (changes tense)
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6:11 OMIT "our Lord"
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8:1 OMIT last 10 words ("who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit")
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10:17 CHG "word of God" TO "word of Christ"
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11:6 OMIT last 18 words ("But if it be of works...")
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13:2 CHG "damnation" TO "judgment," etc.
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13:9 OMIT "Thou shalt not bear false witness"
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14:6 OMIT 15 words
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14:10 CHG "judgement seat of Christ" TO "judgment seat of God," "God's judgement seat"
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14:23 CHG "damned" TO "condemned"
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15:8 OMIT "Jesus"
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16:18 CHG "good words and fair speeches" TO "smooth talk and flattery"
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16:24 OMIT entire verse
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1 Corinthians (18 changes)
1:21 CHG "foolishness of preaching" TO "foolishness of the message preached," etc.
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1:22 CHG "require" TO "request," "ask," etc.
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5:4 OMIT "Christ" (omitted twice)
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5:7 OMIT "for us" ("Christ... sacrificed...")
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6:9 CHG "effeminate" TO "male prostitutes," etc.
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6:20 OMIT "and in your spirit, which are God's"
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7:5 OMIT "fasting" ("give yourselves to... and prayer")
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9:1 OMIT "Christ"
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9:27 CHG "I keep my body" TO "I beat my body," etc.
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9:27 CHG "castaway" TO "disqualified," etc.
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10:28 OMIT last 10 words ("for the earth is the Lord's,...")
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11:24 OMIT "take eat... broken..." (Lord's Supper)
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11:29 CHG "damnation" TO "judgment" (Lord's Supper)
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11:29 OMIT "unworthily" ("eateth and drinketh unworthily")
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14:33 CHG "author of confusion" TO "a God of disorder"
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15:47 CHG "Lord from heaven" TO "man from heaven"
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15:55 CHG "grave" TO "Hades," "death"
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16:22 OMIT "Jesus Christ"
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2 Corinthians (7 changes)
2:10 CHG "person of Christ" TO "presence of Christ"
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2:17 CHG "corrupt" TO "peddle," "sell" (word of God)
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4:10 OMIT "the Lord"
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5:17 CHG "creature" TO "creation"
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5:18 OMIT "Jesus"
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10:5 CHG "imaginations" TO "arguments," etc.
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11:6 CHG "rude in speech" TO "untrained in speech"
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Galatians (7 changes)
2:20 OMIT "nevertheless I live"
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3:1 OMIT "that ye should not obey the truth"
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3:17 OMIT "in Christ" ("confirmed...of God in Christ")
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4:7 OMIT "through Christ" ("heir of God through Christ")
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5:4 CHG "no effect" TO "estranged from," "alienated"
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6:15 OMIT "For in Christ Jesus"
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6:17 OMIT "the Lord"
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Ephesians (5 changes)
1:6 OMIT "accepted in the beloved"
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3:9 OMIT "by Jesus Christ" ("who created all things by")
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3:14 OMIT "of our Lord Jesus Christ"
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5:9 CHG "fruit of the Spirit" TO "fruit of the light"
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5:30 OMIT "of his flesh, and of his bones"
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Philippians (3 changes)
2:6 CHG "thought it not robbery to be equal with God" TO "did not consider equality with God something to be grasped," etc.
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3:8 CHG "dung" TO "rubbish," "trash"
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4:13 CHG "Christ" TO "him"
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Colossians (4 changes)
1:2 OMIT "and the Lord Jesus Christ"
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1:14 OMIT "through his blood" ("redemption through...")
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1:28 OMIT "Jesus"
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3:6 OMIT "on the children of disobedience"
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1 Thessalonians (3 changes)
1:1 OMIT last 9 words ("from God our Father,...")
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2:19 OMIT "Christ" (also omitted in 3:11, 3:13)
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5:22 CHG "all appearance of evil" TO "every form..."
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1 Timothy (8 changes)
2:7 OMIT "in Christ" (...the truth in Christ)
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3:16 CHG "God" TO "he" ("God manifest in the flesh")
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6:1 CHG "blasphemed" TO "spoken against," etc.
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6:5 CHG "gain is godliness" TO "godliness is a means of gain," etc.
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6:5 OMIT "from such withdraw thyself"
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6:10 CHG "root of all evil" TO "root of all kinds of evil"
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6:19 CHG "eternal life" TO "the life that is truly life"
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6:20 CHG "science" TO "knowledge"
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2 Timothy (3 changes)
2:15 OMIT "study" (command to study the word)
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3:3 CHG "those that are good" TO "good"
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4:22 OMIT "Jesus Christ"
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Hebrews (5 changes)
1:3 CHG "by himself purged our sins" TO
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2:7 OMIT last 10 words ("and didst set him over...")
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3:1 OMIT "Christ Jesus" ("High Priest of our...")
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7:21 OMIT "after the order of Melchisedec"
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10:34 OMIT "in heaven" ("ye have in heaven a better")
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1 Peter (6 changes)
2:2 OMIT "of the word" ("...sincere milk of the word")
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2:2 CHG "grow thereby" TO "grow up in your salv..."
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3:15 CHG "the Lord God" TO "Christ as Lord," etc.
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4:1 OMIT "for us" ("Christ hath suffered for us")
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4:14 OMIT last 15 words ("on their part he is evil...")
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5:11 OMIT "glory" ("To him be glory and dominion...")
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2 Peter (2 changes)
2:1 CHG "damnable heresies" TO "destructive..."
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2:17 OMIT "for ever" ("darkness is reserved for ever")
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1 John (9 changes)
1:7 OMIT "Christ"
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3:16 OMIT "of God" ("...perceive we the love of God")
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4:3 OMIT "Christ is come in the flesh" (antichrist)
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4:9 OMIT "begotten"
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4:19 OMIT "him" ("We love him, because he first...")
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5:7 OMIT last 15 words
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5:8 OMIT first 9 words
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5:13 OMIT last 13 words
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5:13 ADD "continue to" (denies eternal security)
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Revelation (20 changes)
1:8 OMIT "the beginning and the ending"
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1:9 OMIT "Christ" (omit Christ twice)
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1:11 OMIT 10 words ("I am Alpha and Omega, the...")
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1:18 CHG "hell" TO "Hades" "place of the dead"
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2:13 CHG "Satan's seat" TO "Satan's throne"
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2:15 OMIT "which thing I hate"
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5:14 OMIT "him that liveth for ever and ever"
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6:8 CHG "Hell" TO "Hades"
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6:17 CHG "his wrath" TO "their wrath"
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8:13 CHG "angel" TO "eagle"
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11:15 CHG "kingdoms" TO "kingdom"
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11:17 OMIT "and art to come" (denies second coming)
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14:5 OMIT "before the throne of God"
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15:3 CHG "King of saints" TO "King of the ages," etc.
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16:17 OMIT "of heaven"
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20:12 CHG "stand before God" TO "before the throne"
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20:13 CHG "hell" TO "Hades," "the underworld"
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20:14 CHG "hell" TO "Hades"
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21:24 OMIT "of them which are saved"
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22:14 CHG "do his commandments" TO "wash their robes"

The King James Bible Rejects Corruption

The King James Bible's 66 books are internally consistent, self-authenticating, and they reject every imposter.

Many are putting out their own versions of the Bible with changes in text just enough to cover their views or questionable doctrines. The King James Bible stands apart: its 66 books are inerrant, perfect, and contain zero contradictions. When a false book is tested against this standard, the Bible itself exposes it.

Critics like to point out that the original 1611 King James Bible included the Apocrypha, as though that compromises its integrity. However, the translators placed it between the Old and New Testaments for its historical value. They never integrated it into the text as some corrupt modern versions do today. They rejected the Apocrypha as divinely inspired, and for good reason as they contradict the rest of the Bible.

Test It Against the Bible

Select a non-canonical book below and watch the 66-book KJV Bible expose its contradictions.

The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Book of Enoch
Rejected — Contradicts Scripture
Why the Bible Rejects the Book of Enoch
Enoch attributes creation-level authority to angels, names them as cosmic rulers, and describes heavenly geography in detail nowhere found in the rest of the Bible. The Bible says: "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth" (Colossians 1:16). Enoch's elaborate angel hierarchies rival gnostic mythology, not biblical theology.
Jude 14 quotes Enoch the man and not the book. Jude, writing under inspiration, records a prophecy of Enoch the person, just as Paul quoted pagan poets (Acts 17:28, Titus 1:12). Quoting a person does not canonize a book written centuries later and attributed to them.
The Book of Enoch's teachings on angel mythology, cosmic geography, and elaborate end-times timelines contradict the simplicity and clarity of the 66-book Bible.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Tobit (Tobias)
Rejected — Teaches Witchcraft
Why the Bible Rejects the Book of Tobit
Tobit teaches magical incantation: "Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall… if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall no more be vexed" — Tobit 6:4–8. This is sorcery. They are using physical objects and smoke rituals to cast out devils. KJV: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils" — Mark 16:17. Demons are cast out in the name of Jesus Christ, not by burning fish organs.
Tobit teaches salvation by works: "For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin" (Tobias 12:9). This directly contradicts the rest of the Bible's claim that salvation is by grace through faith. KJV: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold… But with the precious blood of Christ" — 1 Peter 1:18–19
The book of Tobit reads as a fable, and not a book of the Bible. Its reliance on magical rituals and works-based salvation places it squarely at odds with every doctrine taught in the 66 books of the King James Bible. Before anyone attacks the KJV and defends the Apocrypha, they should read these books and compare them with the rest of the Bible.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
2 Maccabees
Rejected — Contradicts the Bible
Why the Bible Rejects 2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees teaches prayer for the dead: "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" (2 Maccabees 12:46). This is the foundation for the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory and it directly contradicts the Bible. KJV: "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" — Hebrews 9:27. There is no second chance, no prayers to change the state of the dead, no purgatory.
The Council of Trent (1546) decreed: "Whoever shall not receive as sacred and canonical all these books… let him be accursed." Rome had to force these books into the Canon by decree because Christians had already rejected them for over a thousand years.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Book of Judith
Rejected — Promotes Deception & Historical Errors
Why the Bible Rejects the Book of Judith
Judith uses deliberate deception and seduction to accomplish God's purposes. She lies repeatedly to Holofernes (Judith 11:5–19), flattering him with false promises, and uses her physical beauty as a weapon to lure him to his death. The book presents this as righteous and praiseworthy. KJV: "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight" — Proverbs 12:22. God never requires His people to sin in order to accomplish His will.
Judith contains glaring historical errors. It calls Nebuchadnezzar "king of the Assyrians" who "reigned in Nineveh" (Judith 1:1). Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon, not Assyria. Nineveh had already fallen before Nebuchadnezzar's reign. The 66 books of the KJV contain no such historical blunders.
Its historical errors alone disqualify it from standing alongside the inerrant 66 books of the King James Bible.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Prayer of Manasseh
Rejected — Contradicts Scripture
Why the Bible Rejects the Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh claims that repentance was not appointed to the righteous patriarchs because they “have not sinned against thee." Read the full sentence: "Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea." The Prayer of Manasseh claims that Abraham, Issac and Jacob did not sin against God whatsoever.
The Prayer of Manasseh's teachings on the sinlessness of the patriarchs contradicts the rest of the Bible.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Wisdom of Solomon
Rejected — False Authorship & Pagan Philosophy
Why the Bible Rejects the Wisdom of Solomon
The book falsely claims Solomon as its author. Internal evidence and scholarly consensus agree it was written in Greek, centuries after Solomon's death, likely in Alexandria, Egypt. Solomon wrote in Hebrew. This book is a forgery bearing his name. KJV: "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar" — Proverbs 30:6
It teaches the pre-existence of the soul: "Being good, I came into a body undefiled" (Wisdom 8:20). This is Greek philosophy, not biblical doctrine. The Bible teaches that God forms the spirit of man within him at conception. KJV: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it" — Ecclesiastes 12:7. The soul does not pre-exist the body.
The Wisdom of Solomon is saturated with Greek philosophical concepts. These ideas came from Plato and Alexandria, not from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It has no place alongside the pure words of the King James Bible.
The Holy Bible — 66 Books — Perfect & Without Contradiction
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Rejected — Offensive to God's Character
Why the Bible Rejects Ecclesiasticus
"Any iniquity is insignificant compared to a wife's iniquity" (Ecclesiasticus 25:19). This is not the character of God. The Bible teaches that "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23), not that women bear greater guilt.
"It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss" (Ecclesiasticus 22:3). Scripture says children are a blessing: "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward" (Psalm 127:3). The birth of a daughter is a gift from God and certaily not a "loss."
Ecclesiasticus contains statements that are offensive and contrary to the character of God as revealed in the 66 books of the King James Bible. This is why God told us to "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

— Matthew 7:16

Why the KJV?

God promised to preserve His Word... and He has.

The King James Bible is the preserved word of God for the English-speaking people. Its 66 books are internally consistent, doctrinally perfect, and without contradiction. Every word works together in harmony across thousands of years of authorship, because behind every human pen was one divine Author.

The changes documented on this page are not mere matters of translation style. They systematically weaken the deity of Christ, remove doctrinal clarity, soften the language of judgment, and eliminate entire sections of the Bible. The pattern is consistent and unmistakable. The King James Bible preserves what the modern versions have taken away.

Internal Consistency

66 books, ~40 writers, written over 1,500 years and the King James Bible contains zero contradictions. From Genesis to Revelation, every doctrine, every prophecy, and every word agrees perfectly. No other collection of writings in human history can make this claim. Why? Because the Bible was not authored by man, but by God.

Doctrinal Perfection

The KJV does not soften sin, weaken hell, diminish the deity of Christ, or obscure the blood atonement. It says what God said, the way God said it. When the modern versions change "God" to "He" and "hell" to "Hades," they are not improving clarity but removing doctrine.

"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."

— Psalm 12:6–7

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

— Matthew 24:35

"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: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

— Revelation 22:18–19