We will now give
some special attention to one of the deadliest translations on the
market--the New King James Version, first published in 1979. It's
editors have succeeded in deceiving the body of Christ on two main
points: (1) That it's a King James Bible (which is a lie), and (2)
that it's based on the Textus Receptus (which is only a partial
truth). The following information should be helpful.
1. The text of the NKJV is copyrighted by Thomas Nelson Publishers,
while there is no copyright today on the text of the KJV. If your KJV
has maps or notes, then it may have a copyright, but the text itself
does not.
2. There's nothing "new" about the NKJV logo. It is a "666" symbol
of the pagan trinity which was used in the ancient Egyptian mysteries.
It was also used by satanist Aleister Crowley around the turn of this
century. The symbol can be seen on the New King James Bible, on
certain rock albums (like Led Zepplin's), or you can see it on the
cover of such New Age books as The Aquarian Conspiracy.
3. It is estimated that the NKJV makes over 100,000 translation
changes, which comes to over eighty changes per page and about three
changes per verse! A great number of these changes bring the NKJV in
line with the readings of such Alexandrian perversions as the NIV and
the RSV. Where changes are not made in the text, subtle footnotes
often give credence to the Westcott and Hort Greek Text.
4. While passing off as being true to the Textus Receptus, the NKJV
IGNORES the Receptus over 1,200 times.
5. In the NKJV, there are 22 omissions of "hell", 23 omissions of
"blood", 44 omissions of "repent", 50 omissions of "heaven", 51
omissions of "God", and 66 omissions of "Lord". The terms "devils",
"damnation", "JEHOVAH", and "new testament" are completely omitted.
6. The NKJV demotes the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 1:3, the KJV
says that all things were made "by" Jesus Christ, but in the NKJV, all
things were just made "through" Him. The word "Servant" replaces "Son"
in Acts 3:13 and 3:26. "Servant" replaces "child" in Acts 4:27 and
4:30. The word "Jesus" is omitted from Mark 2:15, Hebrews 4:8, and
Acts 7:45.
7. The NKJV confuses people about salvation. In Hebrews 10:14 it
replaces "are sanctified" with "are being sanctified", and it replaces
"are saved" with "are being saved" in I Corinthians 1:18 and II
Corinthians 2:15. The words "may believe" have been replaced with "may
continue to believe" in I John 5:13. The old straight and "narrow" way
of Matthew 7:14 has become the "difficult" way in the NKJV.
8. In II Corinthians 10:5 the KJV reads "casting down
imaginations", but the NKJV reads "casting down arguments". The word
"thought", which occurs later in the verse, matches "imaginations",
not "arguments". This change weakens the verse.
9. The KJV tells us to reject a "heretick" after the second
admonition in Titus 3:10. The NKJV tells us to reject a "divisive
man". How nice! Now the Alexandrians and Ecumenicals have
justification for rejecting anyone they wish to label as "divisive
men".
10. According to the NKJV, no one would stoop so low as to
"corrupt" God's word. No, they just "peddle" it (II Cor. 2:17). The
reading matches the Alexandrian versions.
11. Since the NKJV has "changed the truth of God into a lie", it
has also changed Romans 1:25 to read "exchanged the truth of God for
the lie". This reading matches the readings of the new perversions, so
how say ye it's a King James Bible?
12. The NKJV gives us no command to "study" God's word in II
Timothy 2:15.
13. The word "science" is replaced with "knowledge" in I Timothy
6:20, although "science" has occurred in every edition of the KJV
since 1611! How say ye it's a King James Bible?
14. The Jews "require" a sign, according to I Corinthians 1:22 (and
according to Jesus Christ - John 4:48), but the NKJV says they only
"request" a sign. They didn't "request" one when signs first appeared
in Exodus 4, and there are numerous places throughout the Bible where
God gives Israel signs when they haven't requested anything (Exo. 4,
Exo. 31:13, Num. 26:10, I Sam. 2:34, Isa. 7:10-14, Luke 2:12, etc).
They "require" a sign, because signs are a part of their national
heritage.
15. The King James reading in II Corinthians 5:17 says that if any
man is in Christ he is a new "creature", which matches the words of
Christ in Mark 16:15. The cross reference is destroyed in the NKJV,
which uses the word "creation."
16. As a final note, we'd like to point out how the NKJV is very
inconsistent in it's attempt to update the language of the KJV. The
preface to the NKJV states that previous "revisions" of the KJV have
"sought to keep abreast of changes in English speech", and also that
they too are taking a "further step toward this objective". However,
when taking a closer look at the language of the NKJV, we find that
oftentimes they are stepping BACKWARDS! Please note a few examples of
how well the NKJV has "kept abreast of the changes in the English
language":
