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The reason is because they changed the Bible after 1881 AD. These are only two examples of over 400 changes that downgrade the Deity of Where did this Greek Text come from? Note: How all this corruption is coming from within the Church, not from the outside. The
Many think it is only a difference in the translation from the Greek into the English language. What is not realized is that they changed the Greek text while they were updating the English.
1. Here is one example. Col.1:14 Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD., Bible Scholars,
Theologians, and Editorial Committees say that "through His blood" is "now recognized as
not adequately supported by the original manuscripts."1
This is corrupting God's Words! This is saying,"Yea, hath God said!"
(2Cor.2:14, Gen.3:1, 2Cor.11:3)
This was NOT the purpose of the Revision committee in 1870 AD. They said "We deplore
any recasting of the text." If an alteration was made, it would be in the margin.2 However,
something happened that caused them to change scripture concerning Christ's
Redeeming Blood, Deity and Resurrection.
2. Another example. John.1:18 Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD., every translation
has changed the "only begotten Son" to the only begotten "God." Their claim is that this
is supported by "a great mass of ancient evidence," [Vincent] that is more faithful to the
original scriptures. If this is true then Jesus would be a created being and not the creator,
because He was begotten. If this is true then God would be contradicting Himself!
The Bible says that "all things were created by him, (Jesus) and for him: And he is before all
things and by him all things consist." (Col.1:16-17) "In the beginning was the Word (Jesus),
and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God." (John.1:1,14; 17:5,
Isa.42:8, Heb.1:1-2) To proclaim anything else is "another Jesus...another spirit...
(and)...another gospel." (2Cor.11:1-4)
The Lord Jesus Christ.3 Without the Deity of Christ, (i.e. Jesus being God manifest in
the flesh - 1Tim.3:16) and His bodily resurrection we are yet dead in our sin, (1Cor.15:17,
Rom.10:9) "having no hope, and without God..." (Eph.2:1-12) bound for hell.
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Rom.10:9) The bodily resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ is crucial to our salvation! The 1st.century Church preached the bodily
resurrection of Christ. (Acts.2:22-36; 4:2,33; 17:18,32; 23:6,8; 24:21)
3. Here is another example: Acts.2:30 Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD.
every translation deletes "according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ" without
any footnote except the "The New Testament from 26 translations." These editors say, these
words are "now recognized as not adequately supported by original scriptures." Ask yourself
this question, "Would God inspire men to delete these words? I think not! Without the bodily
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ we cannot be saved. (Rom.10:9, 1Cor.15:16-17)
4. Here is another example: Luke.24:30 Since the Revised Version of 1881 AD. the
words,"and when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet" have
either been deleted or footnoted in every translation. This is a proof scripture that Jesus rose
bodily from the grave which sets Christianity apart from all other religions. The New American
Standard deletes these words with this footnote. "Some manuscripts add verse 40, and
when he had said this he showed them his hands and his feet."
The reason why they say it is not there is because they found a new Greek Text!
According to modern day Bible translators this new Greek Text is older, and more faithful to the original manuscripts. They all exalt this new Greek Text to a higher authority than the Greek Textus Receptus that the Bible has always been translated from since the Reformation. This is a "radical Greek Text," which was introduced to the Revision Committee in 1870 AD. by Dr. F. A. Hort. "By the middle of the 19th.century Tischendorf and Tregelles had convinced many British scholars that the Textus Receptus was a late and inferior text and that therefore a revision of the King James was highly necessary."5
This "radical Greek Text," (known as the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus) deviated "the fartherest from the Received Text."4 (i.e. The Textus Receptus, the Greek Text of the Reformation)
This is the "root" of the tree
that has produced all these changes, (Matt.7:15-20) evidenced in these footnotes
In order to understand where this new Greek Text came from, there needs to be a understanding of how the Bible became the Bible as we know it today.
1. The original scriptures were letters (epistles) written to the Churches "by the inspiration of
God." (2Tim.3:16) These "inspired" letters (epistles) were hand copied and distributed
amongst the Churches, because there was no printing press invented yet. (It was not invented
until 1450 AD.6 ) It was in the hands of the people, not the Scholar, Intellectual, Seminary
or College Professor. This was according to the pattern that God gave the Levitical priesthood,
the "shadow of good things to come." (Heb.10:1) The "priests the sons of Levi" were charged
with protecting, guarding, teaching, supervising the copying of God's Word. (Deut.17:18; 24:18;
31:9-11, 2Chron.15:3; 34:15, Neh.8:2, Mal.2:7, 1Peter.2:5-9, Rev.1:6; 5:10) This
responsibility continued in the hands of the people of the1st.century Church as "a royal
priesthood." The same is true today!
2. The apostle John put the first canon of scripture together. (Canon meaning, what
belongs in the Bible and what does not) This was done again in 367 AD. and 382 AD. with the
same results.7
3. After the death of John (approx.100 AD.) a spiritual decline began to happen in the
Church and they began to "turn aside" from God's Word. (Review Phase 2 for decline of the Church)
4. Within a 100 years corrupt manuscripts began to "leaven" the Church. 12 The Church
was reaping this "notorious" corruption because they "turned aside" from truth of God's
Word. (Review Phase 2 for the History of the Church turning aside) Agreement between copies
was hopeless, and each one was claiming to be correcting the manuscripts. Sounds like today!
5. This gave prominence (fame, notoriety) to the "Ebonite" and Gnostic" heresies (The
denial of Christ's Deity and His bodily resurrection) which came from Origen and Clement.
(202-325 AD.) Who was Origen?
a. Origen was the "most important theologian and biblical scholar of the early Greek church."
b. Origen and Clement, were "two of the most prominent fathers...chief representatives of
the School of Alexandria, the great melting pot of Greek philosophy and Judaism."
c. Because of his reputation, Origen was much in demand as a preacher.
d. Origen was a early (foremost) Christian Theologian, a celebrated Christian writer, teacher
and Theologian of antiquity.8
e. However, Origen was a Platonist. He believed that Jesus was "subordinate to the father in
power and dignity."9 He taught that Jesus was created, not eternal.10 Origen believed that
if Satan fell by will, even he can repent. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Origen"
f. Influenced by a semi-Gnostic writing, Origen believed that Hell cannot be an absolute
since God cannot abandon any creature.
g. After his death, opposition steadily mounted, respectful in the Greek Christian
Methodius of Olympus' criticism of his spiritualizing doctrine of the Resurrection
h. A wealthy Christian named Ambrose, whom Origen converted from the teachings of the
heretical Valentinus and to whom he (Origen) dedicated many of his works, provided him
with shorthand writers.
This resulted in a "stream of treatises and commentaries
that began to pour from Origen's pen."11 and altered
manuscripts in accordance with his belief's.
6. The Church was declining fast. (30-100 AD.)The ministries of the apostle and prophet
was gone. (130 AD.) The laying on of hands had become a ritual.(150 AD.) The Baptism of
the Holy Ghost and the Gifts of the Spirit gone. (160 AD.) The plurality of eldership in the local
Church replaced with monarchal bishops. No leading of the Spirit, therefore man began to
lead. By this time many churches were looking to Rome for direction. By (185 AD.) infant
baptism replaced Water Baptism by immersion. By 200 AD. a gap began to form between
doctrine and experience. This was the time of Origen and Clement, Arius (Arianism) The
denial of The Deity of Christ, and His bodily resurrection.
This was the time of the altering of God's Holy Word!
7. By 325 AD. This corruption was so "notoriously corrupt" that Constantine13 who was
by that time, ruler of the Roman Empire and the Church14) called for the Council of Nicaea.
(325 AD.) and those corrupt manuscripts were thrown out!15 Then Arius, the Christian priest
of Alexandria, Egypt, whose teachings (Arianism) gave rise to this corruption was denounced
by the early church as a heretic.16
Note: One of the chief accusations against Origen's teaching was making the Son inferior to
the Father and thus being a precursor of Arianism (Arius)
It should be noted that Constantine rejected Arius (Arian) and his doctrine under pressure
of the Nicaean Council.17 Constantine was not a born again believer, he "chose Christianity
as the best of possible religions". Constantine was the "wolf of paganism openly assumed
the sheep's clothing of the Christian religion."18 The Emperor Constantine II, Constantine's
son supported Arianism, as did Valens, one of his successors.
8. Constantine's solution was make fifty (50) official Bibles for the Church, and eliminate
the "notoriously" corrupt manuscripts.19 The individual that Constantine selected to bring
uniformity of the manuscripts was Eusebius. (Remember there was the "canon" of scripture,
but not a printed Bible as we have today)
a. Eusebius was a Christian theologian, most learned man of his age
b. Eusebius wrote the most ancient history of the Christian Church
c. Eusebius was called the father of Church History
d. Eusebius was a chief figure at the Council of Nicaea and stood with Constantine because
Eusebius was classified as in Arian.20
9. Eusebius selected manuscripts from Origen's 5th.column as text for the 50 Bibles
Eusebius selected manuscripts using Origen's 5th.column out of Origen's "Hexapala,"
because he was a great admirer of Origen and a student of his philosopy. (Arianism)
Eusebius also used alternative readings from the other columns in the Hexapala, and
material from the Apocryphal tradition. Also used the lengendary Hegesippus.21
apostle Paul warned the Church saying, "For I know this, that after my departure shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall
men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."
(Acts.20:29-30)
Now Jerome enters the picture 382 AD.
Needles the say, the doctrine of Justification by faith in Christ's Redeeming Blood was no longer emphasized by 350-392 AD. By 484 AD. the Church was into the "dark ages" for a thousand years. (500-1500 AD.)
Continued on Page 2 of 2, "Why I use the King James Bible"
1. The Amplified Bible - Explanation of Arbitrary Punctuation. Italics
2. God Only Wrote One Bible, J.J. Ray, p.23 / English Revised Version, Preface, pp.9-10 / Westscott. History of the
English Bible, pp.321- 325
3. Evaluating Versions of the New Testament, E.W. Fowler, p.13
4. Samuel Hemphill - History of the Revised Version, p.54-55 / Evaluating Versions of the New Testament, p.4
5. The King James Defended - E. F. Hills, Chap.8,6.(a),p.225
6. Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, Vol.21, p.288
7. Eusebius. Ecclesiasstical History, Book 3, Chap.24
8, 9, 10. Funk & Wagnalla, Vol.19. p,441
11. Encyclopedia Britannica, (Origen)
12. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol.1, pp.434-435
13. Present day Truths - Iverson, p.14-15
14. Compton's Interactice Encyclopedia, "Constantine"
15. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, Chap.8 / Encycloptian Tatian
16. 15. Encyclopedia Britannica. "Arius" Arius was a ascetical, moral leader of a Christian community in the area of Alexandria,
and attracted a large following through a message integrating Neoplatonism, which accented the absolute oneness of the divinity as the highest perfection, with a literal, rationalist approach to the New Testament texts.
17. "Constantine" - Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996
18. Sir Robert Anderson, L.C.B.L.D. p.48, The Church and the Bible / E. H. Broadbent - The Pilgrim Church, pp.21-22
19. Dr. Ira M. Price - Ancestary of the Englisah Bible, p.70 / God Only Wrote One Bible- J.J. Ray, p.18
20. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Eusebius"
21. Dr. Ira M. Price - Ancestry of the English Bible, p.70 / Hurst - History of the Christian Church, Vol.1 pp.36-37 / God Only Wrote One Bible J.J. Ray, p.18
