My husband is responsible for showing me the differences between the various English translations. Many years ago he challenged me to read the KJB from cover to cover. I had owned my beloved NIV for many years, and several times I had tried to read it all, but I had not succeeded one time. So, okay, I reluctantly tried it. I opened up the KJB and read a little bit, and then I got so angry with the whole preposterous idea that there was only ONE Bible, that I threw it against the wall! 
Do you have a Holy Bible or an unholy Bible? Do you have the whole Bible or a Holey Bible? Doesn’t it bother you when six different people at Bible study give their own revision of a verse, and none of them match? 
This quiz is just for fun:
Try Answering These From Your NIV
INSTRUCTIONS:
Using the New International Version Bible, answer the following questions to this NIV quiz.
Do not rely on your memory. As the Bible is the final authority, you must take the answer from the Bible verse (not from footnotes but from the text).
1. Fill in the missing words in Matthew 5:44. "Love your enemies,__________ them that curse you, ______________ to them that hate you, and pray for them that __________ and persecute you."
- According to Matthew 17:21, what two things are required to cast out this type of demon?
- According to Matthew 18:11, why did Jesus come to earth?
- According to Matthew 27:2, what was Pilate's first name?
- In Matthew 27:35, when the wicked soldiers parted His garments, they were fulfilling the words of the prophet. Copy what the prophet said in Matthew 27:35 from the NIV.
- In Mark 3:15, Jesus gave the apostles power to cast out demons and to: ____________
- According to Mark 7:16, what does a man need to be able to hear?
- According to Luke 7:28, what was John? (teacher, prophet, carpenter, etc.). What is his title or last name?
- In Luke 9:55, what did the disciples not know?
- In Luke 9:56, what did the Son of man not come to do? According to this verse, what did He come to do?
- In Luke 22:14, how many apostles were with Jesus?
- According to Luke 23:38, in what three languages was the superscription written?
- In Luke 24:42, what did they give Jesus to eat with His fish?
- John 3:13 is a very important verse, proving the deity of Christ. According to this verse (as Jesus spoke), where is the Son of man?
- What happened each year as told in John 5:4?
- In John 7:50, what time of day did Nicodemus come to Jesus?
- In Acts 8:37, what is the one requirement for baptism?
- What did Saul ask Jesus in Acts 9:6?
- Write the name of the man mentioned in Acts 15:34.
- Study Acts 24:6-8. What would the Jew have done with Paul? What was the chief captain's name? What did the chief captain command?
- Copy Romans 16:24 word for word from the NIV.
- First Timothy 3:16 is perhaps the greatest verse in the New Testament concerning the deity of Christ. In this verse, who was manifested in the flesh?
- In the second part of First Peter 4:14, how do [they] speak of Christ? And, what do we Christians do?
- Who are the three Persons of the Trinity in First John 5:7?
- Revelation 1:11 is another very important verse that proves the deity of Christ. In the first part of this verse Jesus said, "I am the A______________ and O___________, the _________ and the _______:"
Conclusion: Little space is provided for your answers, but it's much more than needed. If you followed the instructions above, you not only failed the test, you receive a big zero.
(Ed. These are all missing in the NIV.) So now what do you think of your accurate, easy to understand, up to date Bible?
If you would like to improve your score, and in fact score 100%, you can take this test using the Authorized (King James) Bible.
By Rex L. Cobb
This is my last Bible version entry for a while (do I hear cheering?!?), since we are going to be away. It has been mighty quiet here at diamondsintherough… probably some of you are feeling personally attacked for not believing the KJB. That is not why I have been posting these things. Some of you think I am a nut. Maybe so, but at least I know what I believe.
"Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them." Psalm 119:165
Opinions, now that might be a good devotional topic. Wink Wink.
ReplyDeleteKristy
I had a KJV all my life, but I got saved reading a 60's paraphrase. Perhaps limiting the text also puts limits on the Holy Spirit. After all there is a difference in the ENGLISH KJV and the Americanized one as well and somehow the Lord still manages to change hearts and minds.
ReplyDeleteOur language is so limited, thank God He is not.
Because of Jesus, Bobbie
Wow, I had come into the realization within the last couple of years that some verses were taken out of the NIV, but had no idea just how much! What an eye opener. I could fill in the blanks from memory as I had memorized scripture from the NKJV as a girl, but then drug out my old NIV to take the quiz - wow, I'll never go back to my NIV again!! Sally, do you have a site that I can go to that tries to explain why such verses were eliminated from the Bible? They don't contradict the rest of the Bible, so why eliminate them?
ReplyDeleteAlso, as a question to some of your "accusers"? Yes, no doubt, many versions contain God's Word and many have found Christ because of those versions, or sometimes, dispite them. However, why would one try so hard to defend them -- it's like a choice between good, better, and the Highest and Best choice. Why settle for good or better when you can have the Best? Granted, we don't speak in the King's English any more, but there is so much more than the thee's & thou's that have been changed in the other versions. Did the government school all dummy us down so much that noone can understand it? And then to go further with a version "more understandable" than the modern versions? That is a scary thought of the state of man nowdays. And yes, the Holy Spirit does work in the hearts of men, we all agree on that, that is not the discussion here - we are discussing Bible versions. Frankly, when given a choice, I have very selective tastes - I want only the best!
Aha! Hmm I think we may have met online after July 07 so I didn't see this one. My first Bible I gave to myself after being saved at age 26 was a NASB, but collected different versions to compare.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite frustrating at studies when others are using their own opinion. In fact I'm sure that is partly to blame for my terrible whipping I received by a sm. group leader for bringing up the actual model of Jesus found in the Bible and comparing it to what they were saying was OK.
One thing about the Thees and Thy, I just learned this, is that folks didn't talk that way in the 1600's either! They put those in to make sure readers knew singular (Thee, Thy) from plural (You, Ye).
I think one reason why the NIV is so popular in the new-age post-Christian seeker churches, is because the pastor has free reign in molding things to his topics. There are some (like my mother) who blindly agree with all the "Christian drivel" being passed around (like the email with the guy resizing his cross), and who don't know that certain phrases, ideas, etc are not in line w/ Scripture. What created being is really glad about that?
I do agree God can use anything and anyone (even a non-believer) he chooses as utensils for his works. Someone I know came to give his life to the Lord after reading the Left Behind books, for example. He used a donkey in Scripture, he can use the NIV, however we are told to study the word, and get further than milk, and for that I would want the whole truth.
Denise