Their main tenant of belief is that the KJV is the inspired, inerrant English translation, and that all other English versions are part of a conspiracy to pervert the Word of God. I am not against the KJV, but upon examining the extant Greek manuscripts, studying the historical transmission of the text, and textual theory, I am not convinced that the KJV is the only valid translation of God s Word in the English language. I am aware that the KJV Bible has been a long-time favorite of millions of people across denominational lines. This article will focus on how we got our Bible, and the problems translators incur when attempting to determine what is in fact the Word of God. Most people are completely unaware of the origin of the Bible, or why various translations of the Bibles differ from one another in certain areas.
Some people seem to have the notion that the apostles and prophets wrote the Bible in English.
Others have the concept that the apostles compiled the first Bible, which is now sitting in a museum somewhere, and all we have to do is translate this one document into the English language. Whenever the various English translations differ from one another, then, it is viewed that they are changing the Word of God. Such is not the case. There are many Hebrew manuscripts and thousands of Greek manuscripts, none of which are the originals penned by the apostles and prophets, and most of which date hundreds of years after the writing of the originals. There is not one uniform reading among the manuscripts, but several different readings.