Forward
Many have asked the question, "Do you believe the AV 1611 is better than any other translation?" Not only do we believe it is better than any other so-called translation, we believe that the AV 1611, commonly called the King James Version, is better than the originals. I know that sounds like a radical statment, but consider this...
We believe it is better because:
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It is available. The originals are not. If the scriptures are profitable (2Ti. 3:16), then the originals are totally without profit. They don’t exist anywhere on earth.
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It is in the universal language of the end time. Greek as a language is dead. It constitutes less than one percent of the world’s spoken languages.
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It has chapter and verse numbers that the originals do not have. The originals don’t even have word separation. This enables you to find things quickly and spot counterfeits easily.
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It was translated in a period which God said "kept" his word (Re. 3:8). It has been honored by God with the greatest period of spreading the gospel in history.
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The order of its books reveal premillennialism. The originals do not.
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The chapter and verse system manifests mathematical phenomena that no one can explain. These things do not exist in the originals.
This and other questions will be addressed in this paper. We pray that this paper will be a help to the seeker of truth.
This paper draws from Bible-Believing study, sermons, and publications to demonstrate that battle lines have been drawn on an issue of importance, but proffers neither scholarly wisdom nor proof positive.
The concerned reader is invited to Burgon, Hills, Fuller, Ruckman, Gipp, etc., for solid evidence and ammunition with which to disarm the Scoffers.
James Moore
Donald Austin
Hamilton, Ohio