One of the fundamental deceptions being promoted by modern Bible publishers is that the new Bibles are merely "updated styles of writing," or that they are simply "easier to read" than the KJV, and that nothing has been removed or changed in God's word. I fell prey to this deception for over a decade of my Christian life!!

You've heard the old saying, "the proof is in the pudding." Well, in this situation, the proof is in the changes. Take a look at just a few of the changes between the Textus Receptus translation (KJV) and the translations (NIV, NASB) based upon codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. It will astonish you. It literally sickened me!!

Do these verse charts in some way prove that the KJV is perfect? Of course not, and they are not meant to. The KJV does have errors, some of which are corrected in modern versions such as the NIV (e.g. Acts 12:4, where the KJV erroneously has "Easter," while the NIV and modern versions, and the Textus Receptus, have "Passover"). What these charts will do is stir you to study. When you see glaring differences between Bible versions that create shrouds of doubt surrounding the veracity of "sola scriptura," you should want to know why these differences exist.

Personally, I do believe that the very nature of the differences can convince someone that the modern Bibles are based on corrupt manuscripts, as they make Christ less than equal with God (and even talk about Joseph being his "father"), they lessen the atonement, and they remove the need for repentance and walking in the Spirit. But that is not the primary goal here. The goal is to prove to you that all Bibles do not say the same thing.

Why is this important? It is simple: if two books say different things, or if two books say inherently contradictory things, or if of two books one says more than the other, they cannot both be God's Word.

 

 

King James Version

New International Version

New American Standard Bible
Mt 5:44 Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Mt 9:13

for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Mt 18:11

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

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Mt 19:17

Why callest thou me good?

Why do you ask me about what is good?

Why are you asking me about what is good?
Mt 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Mt 25:13

Ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

You do not know the day or the hour.

You do not know the day nor the hour.
Mt 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, "They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots." When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots
Mk 7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body. (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.") because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated? (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

Mk 10:24

how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Lk 2:33

And Joseph and his mother...

The child's father and mother...

His father and mother....

Lk 4:4

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Man does not live on bread alone.

Man shall not live on bread alone.

Lk 4:8

Get thee behind me, Satan.

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Lk 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. He said to them, When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come... And He said to them, When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come...
Jn 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,who is at the Father's side, has made him known. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
Jn 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

Jn 6:47

He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

He who believes has everlasting life.

He who believes has eternal life.

Jn 8:9

And when they heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out.

those who heard began to go away.

when they heard it, they began to go out one by one.

Jn 9:4

I must work the works of him that sent me.

We must do the work of him who sent me.

We must work the works of Him who sent Me.

Jn 10:30

I and my Father are one

I and the Father are one.

I and the Father are one.
Jn 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me. A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.

Ac 2:30

that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

to seat one of his descendants upon his throne.

Ac 8:37

If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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footnote casts doubt (some editions just omit it)

Ac 23:9

Let us not fight against God.

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Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

Rom 13:9

Thou shalt not bear false witness.

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I Cor 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.

Co 1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1Ti 3:16

God was manifest in the flesh.

He appeared in a body.

He who was revealed in the flesh.

1Pe 1:22

Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit.

you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth.

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls.

1Jo 4:3

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God.

But every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God.

And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
I Jo 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. For there are three that testify: For there are three that testify:
Re 1:11 I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book... which said: "Write on a scroll... saying, "Write in a book...

Re 5:14

Four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

.the elders fell down and worshipped.

.the elders fell down and worshipped.

Re 20:9

Fire came down from God out of heaven.

Fire came down from heaven.

Fire came down from heaven.

Re 21:24

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it.

The nations will walk by its light.

And the nations shall walk by its light.
Re 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life ... Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life ... Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life...

 

 

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