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Why do we use the English Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures otherwise known as the King James Version (KJV) in all of our public services?

I. We read, believe, and preach the KJV because it is the very word of God in English. When we say the KJV we mean the generally accepted consensus of editions and printings of the KJV and not any particular, … Continue reading

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Quotes from John R. Rice

“Since 1611 the King James Version of the Bible has been more widely spread and more greatly used than all the other English translations of the Bible combined. The beauty, the stately dignity and reverence of the language is far … Continue reading

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Beauty of the Translation

“… Although the exact meaning of a writer must always suffer some detriment by the translation of his thoughts into a language different from that in which they were first conceived and expressed, yet probably there is no book in … Continue reading

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The Bible

There is only one Bible. It isn’t the Hebrew Bible, although that one Bible can be found in Hebrew; it isn’t the Greek Bible, although that one Bible can be found in Greek; it isn’t the Latin Bible, although that … Continue reading

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Spurgeon on the Revised Version

“For that Revised Version I have but little care as a general rule, holding it to be by no means an improvement upon our common Authorized Version. It is a useful thing to have it for private reference, but I … Continue reading

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George Bernard Shaw & the KJV

A Living Legacy For nearly four hundred years, and throughout several revisions of its English form, the King James Bible has been deeply revered among the English-speaking people of the world. The precision of the translation for which it is … Continue reading

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Scrivener – commonly received or standard text

“It is the design of this little volume to represent, in a convenient and accessible form, every variation, however, minute or insignificant, of the Codex Sinaiticus from THE COMMONLY RECEIVED OR STANDARD TEXT of the Greek Testament (Stephens’ of 1550); … Continue reading

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Merril Unger on the Authorized Version

Merril F. Unger The Authorized Version “The excellence of the work done is attested by the simple fact that this version [AV] has held the heart of the English-speaking world for nearly three centuries, and that no subsequent version has … Continue reading

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About the Scriptures

John Calvin “We owe to Scripture the same reverence which we owe to God.” John Calvin Loving God, Colson, Charles, pg. 43

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Plain Language

“I shall endeavor to clothe my ideas in such plain language, that..if the poor and unlearned can comprehend, the learned and rich must.” George Whitefield

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