Originally Posted by
WMBillPrice
I'll get to the last point first. When I say KJVO, I am saying that the KJV is the preserved Word of God in English translation. I am not a judge against other translations, but again, my personal preference and belief.
Also, let me ask not just you but others this one question. Why is it that when someone claims to be kJVO, all of a sudden, it is everyone's job to show that person how God was NOT able to preserve His Word translated? I mean, people like James White have a hatred for the KJV so badly that he actually has to attack the KJV. I know this is not the case with so many people, but why is it that people automatically have to state that the KJV is actually the worst translation? I'll stand with what I know.
As for the common KJV is too hard to understand, I am not saying anything but this. I understood the KJV from age 12 originally. So, if that was the case, then to me at least, that argument has no merit.
As for your first statement. Show me a version of the Bible perfectly preserved, but so hated like the KJV? I am being honest, because I said what I said as part of what God has done for me, and encourage others to go this same path, and all of a sudden the KJV is openly attacked. Why? I am not being hateful, but I stand where I stand.
Finally, as for the other translations being so rich and deep. I disagree. As I have said on other social media platforms, other translations, even paraphrases are not as rich and deep. Some remove entire verses, cast doubt on both the sovereignty of God and His ability to preserve His Word, and in many cases distort truth all together. This is from my own study. I consider it to be a personal opinion to state the other modern translations as being just as rich and deep. In fact, I find many shallow. And I have read several through in mine own life.
Now, let me stop and state this for the record. I said what i said as a testimony of how God used the KJV with me. We overcome by the Blood of the Lamb, and the Word of our testimony (Rev. 12:11). I disagree with other translations but I am not coming on here to share but for this one reason, to help people receive as I have. And, I pray and hope that what I am saying is reflective of the humility and love I feel right now even as I type these words. I believe the KJV to be God preserved Word translated rightly, and has endured as such despite the attempts of men to do so different by doing violence to such. I pray that I have spoken such in grace.