Doctrines Concerning

The Bible

That the King James Version of the Bible is the best English translation currently available. I reject the claims that the King James Version as "inspired". It is a scholarly, classical, literary masterpiece of the English language. It is the version I use for preaching, memorizing and studying.

 

Personal Opinion:

Hear, hear!  For all its warts, the KJV is the way to go.

That said, there must be a practical way to go that will make it intelligible to new Christians.

I don't remember any problem understanding the KJV language when I was in Sunday School even from the beginning when I was eight years old.  Maybe it just did not become an issue back then because of the way it was used in short stretches with lots of editorial comment by the teachers.

But I do know that I had a hard time with the language of Shakespeare even after college.  The KJV no doubt is a challenge to young or old who come to it for the first time.

Possibly a way to ease the pain would be an edition which contained a parallel column of some good up to date translation in current English.

 

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