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Is Modern Better? A Response to a Comment Part II

The following is a response to a comment left on Is Modern Better? - A Response to a Comment KCTeenCenter, This will be the last comment I will respond to. Ultimately, you have your own beliefs and I have mine. I am not attempting, nor have ever tried, to change your mind about the KJV, and you will never convince me to go against the prompting of the Spirit and my own personal experiences with both translations, so any further discussions will be futile and a waste. But because you have stopped by to share your concerns about the KJV, I am compelled to point out fact from fiction as well as answer some of your questions… You say… "I have to stop and think ok how would this be today or what was he trying to say it bothers me" Please do speak for yourself. Your issues are not mine. I, as well as many others, can read the KJV and understand the language just fine. In instances where a word may not clear, or may need to be expounded upon, I refer to the Hebrew/Greek Lexicon...

Is Modern Better? A Response to a Comment

Response to KCTeenCenter on Translation vs. Paraphrase KCTeenCenter, Your desire to make things "clear" for readers who come to this blog, that the KJV is out-dated in language begs the question is the modern language better in communicating the doctrine and teaching of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Son of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? The short answer is no, one cannot assume because of an old language that the KJV does not and cannot offer the principles and teaching of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and His Gospel. Which leads to the second point: "KJV was written with the Church of England's beliefs in mind" Since it is not clarified in your point I have to assume within the context of your statement that you are insinuating the principles/doctrine of Christ has been compromised some how by the personalized beliefs of the Church of England. With all due respect to the history of the King James Version, where are these “beliefs” evident in the KJV th...