NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
NIV distorts Christ's work of redemption. Verses which speak of our Lord's coming to save men: Matthew 18:11
KJB: "For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost."
NIV The entire verse is omitted.
Luke 9:56
KJB: "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."
NIV: This portion of the verse is omitted.
Removal of the Blood of Christ in Colossians 1:14
KJB: "In whom we have redemption through his blood...."
NIV: "In whom we have redemption" Note: The NIV translators have removed "through his Blood." Why? Satan hates the Blood of Christ because the Blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin {l John 1:7} and God's people overcome Satan by the Blood of the Lamb {Revelation 12:11}.
NIV destroys the uniqueness of salvation in Christ in John 6:47.
KJB: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
NIV: "I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life." Note: The NIV removes "on me" {i.e. on Christ} to open the door of salvation to anyone who believes anything. This favors the ecumenical doctrine that "all faiths lead to God."
NIV translators have reversed the meaning of the text whereas in the King James our Lord is equal with God; the NIV states the opposite. Philippians 2:5-6
KJB: "Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."
NIV: "Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped."
NIV questions Christ's Sonship and His title "Son of God." John 9:35
KJB: "Dost thou believe on the Son of God?"
NIV: "Do you believe in the Son of man?"
Acts 3:13
KJB: "The God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus."
NIV: "The God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus."
NIV undermines the virgin birth of Christ by making Joseph His father, in Luke 2:33:
KJB: "And Joseph and his mother marveled."
NIV: "The child's father and mother marveled."
John 3:16:
KJB: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son."
NIV: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son." The Greek monogenes means "only begotten".
NIV removes Christ's bodily resurrection. In Mark 16:19-20:
it speaks of our Lord's post resurrection appearances. The NIV separates the passage from the rest of the text, and inserts before it the note: "The most reliable early manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20." Note: the "most reliable early manuscripts" alluded to are the most corrupt Vatican and Sinai manuscripts, the source texts of Modern English Versions.
NIV omits the bodily Ascension of our Lord in John 16:16
KJB: "A little while, and ye shall not see me because I go to the Father."
NIV: "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a while you will see me."
NIV omits the Lord's bodily return in Matthew 25:13
KJB: "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
NIV: "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day the hour."
Revelation 11:17:
KJB: "O Lord God almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come."
NIV: "Lord God almighty, the One who is and who was."
NIV distorts Christ's work of redemption. Verses which speak of our Lord's coming to save men: Matthew 18:11
KJB: "For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost."
NIV The entire verse is omitted.
Luke 9:56
KJB: "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."
NIV: This portion of the verse is omitted.
Removal of the Blood of Christ in Colossians 1:14
KJB: "In whom we have redemption through his blood...."
NIV: "In whom we have redemption" Note: The NIV translators have removed "through his Blood." Why? Satan hates the Blood of Christ because the Blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin {l John 1:7} and God's people overcome Satan by the Blood of the Lamb {Revelation 12:11}.
NIV destroys the uniqueness of salvation in Christ in John 6:47.
KJB: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
NIV: "I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life." Note: The NIV removes "on me" {i.e. on Christ} to open the door of salvation to anyone who believes anything. This favors the ecumenical doctrine that "all faiths lead to God."
NIV translators have reversed the meaning of the text whereas in the King James our Lord is equal with God; the NIV states the opposite. Philippians 2:5-6
KJB: "Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."
NIV: "Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped."
NIV questions Christ's Sonship and His title "Son of God." John 9:35
KJB: "Dost thou believe on the Son of God?"
NIV: "Do you believe in the Son of man?"
Acts 3:13
KJB: "The God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus."
NIV: "The God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus."
NIV undermines the virgin birth of Christ by making Joseph His father, in Luke 2:33:
KJB: "And Joseph and his mother marveled."
NIV: "The child's father and mother marveled."
John 3:16:
KJB: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son."
NIV: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son." The Greek monogenes means "only begotten".
NIV removes Christ's bodily resurrection. In Mark 16:19-20:
it speaks of our Lord's post resurrection appearances. The NIV separates the passage from the rest of the text, and inserts before it the note: "The most reliable early manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20." Note: the "most reliable early manuscripts" alluded to are the most corrupt Vatican and Sinai manuscripts, the source texts of Modern English Versions.
NIV omits the bodily Ascension of our Lord in John 16:16
KJB: "A little while, and ye shall not see me because I go to the Father."
NIV: "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a while you will see me."
NIV omits the Lord's bodily return in Matthew 25:13
KJB: "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
NIV: "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day the hour."
Revelation 11:17:
KJB: "O Lord God almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come."
NIV: "Lord God almighty, the One who is and who was."
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