Is the King James version the only acceptable Bible and why or why not?
To the surprise of many people the King James Bible has already been changed; today no one reads the King James Version in its original form. Explaining why this is so the book The Bible in Its Ancient and English Versions says: “Almost every edition, from the very beginning, introduced corrections and unauthorized changes and additions, often adding new errors in the process. The edition of 1613 shows over three hundred differences from 1611. . . . It was in the eighteenth century, however, that the main changes were made. . . . The marginal references were checked and verified, over 30,000 new marginal references were added, the chapter summaries and running headnotes were thoroughly revised, the punctuation was altered and made uniform in accordance with modern practice, textual errors were removed, the use of capitals was considerably modified and reduced, and a thorough revision made in the form of certain kinds of words.” So many changes have been made, many of them in the readin
There is no better translation then the KJV. One needs to remember that there are many chains that lead from the original manuscripts throughout history to our modern Bibles. Today we have many pieces of that picture of the complete and accurate transmission of Gods Word throughout history, as well as a number of corrupted manuscripts. Obviously to a Christian God is directly responsible for protecting His Word and carrying it throughout History and into the hands of you and I (and in the most universal language possible); however, even if we ignore Gods role one can’t simply ignore the fact that the KJV is based upon a more sound and agreeable set of manuscript copies. All other Bibles of today are based upon the works of two men (Westcott and Hort) and upon their efforts to establish Vaticanus and Sinaiticus as more accurate manuscript copies. So often I hear people argue that the KJV is not an accurate translation specifically because they are comparing it to these two corrupted man
