Paul Rejected

The Bibles

The Bibles

If you are in the market of purchasing a Bible, it's like buying a car. You have all kinds of options. What kind of cover? Hardback, leather or paperback. What version? King James or NIV? Do you want a study Bible? What color? Large or small print? Red lettered? Silver leaf? Book tabs? Dictionary? Maps? Glossary? Do you want it suited to your lifestyle? There are many options available to you.

They are not all created equally.

Small things that man has added can change the meaning of a verse. Such as a comma, period, question mark, etc. The scribes of the different versions of the Bible are threading on dangerous ground with their own interruptions.

The version I consider more reliable than all others is the Authorized King James Version. The Authorized version does not need to be confused with the regular King James Version. Since the 20th century, there has been an on going attack on the KJV. The KJV before the 20th century included more books than we have in it today. The Authorized KJV included the books of the Apocrypha. They were the books of third and fourth Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The rest of Esther from Chapter 10:4-16:24, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (aka Sirach), Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremy, Song of the Three Children, Daniels chapter 13 and 14 (aka the story of Susanna and the Idol Bel and the Dragon), Prayer of Manasses and first and second Maccabees.

As the KJV as our cornerstone, let's compare some of the different versions. I will compare the New International Version, New American Standard Version, Revised Standard Version and The Living Bible. These seem to be the most popular ones.

Matthew 5:22	Removed the word “without a cause”
Matthew 5:44	Removed the words, “bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you”
Matthew 6:13	Removed the words, “but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Matthew 9:13	Removed the words, “to repentance”
Matthew 17:21	Removed entire verse
Matthew 18:11	Removed entire verse, “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
Matthew 19:9	Removed “and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”
Matthew 19:17	Changed "Why callest thou me good" to "Why do you ask me about what is good"
Matthew 19:17	Removed the word God
Matthew 20:7	Removed "and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive"
Matthew 20:16	Removed "for many be called but few chosen"
Matthew 20:22	Removed “and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
Matthew 23:14	Removed entire verse “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
Matthew 24:36	Added “nor the Son”
Matthew 25:13	Removed "wherein the Son of man cometh"
Matthew 27:35	Removed “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.”
Mark 2:17	Removed “to repentance”
Mark 3:29	Changed "eternal damnation" to "eternal sin"
Mark 6:11	Removed “Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city”
Mark 7:16	Removed entire verse
Mark 9:44	Removed entire verse
Mark 9:46	Removed entire verse
Mark 9:49	Removed "and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt"
Mark 10:21	Removed “take up the cross”
Mark 10:24	Removed “for them that trust riches”
Mark 11:10	Removed “that cometh in the name of the Lord”
Mark 11:26	Removed entire verse
Mark 12:23	Removed “when they shall rise”
Mark 12:40	Changed greater damnation TO punished most severely
Mark 13:33	Removed “and pray”
Mark 14:68	Removed “and the cock crew”
Mark 15:28	Removed entire verse “And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.”
Mark 16:9-20	Removed last 12 verses
Luke 1:28	Removed “blessed art thou among women”
Luke 2:14	Changed “good will toward men TO to men on whom his favor rests”
Luke 2:22	Makes Jesus a Sinner
Luke 2:33	Changed Joseph to his father (attacking the virgin birth)
Luke 2:43	Changed “Joseph and his mother” to “parents”
Luke 4:4	Removed “but by every word of God”
Luke 4:8	Removed “get thee behind me, Satan”
Luke 4:18	Removed “he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted”
Luke 6:48	Changed "founded upon a rock" to "well built"
Luke 9:54	Removed “even as Elijah did”
Luke 9:55	Removed last 9 words “and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.”
Luke 9:56	Removed first 16 words “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.”
Luke 11:2	Removed 15 words from the Lord's Prayer
Luke 11:4	Removed “but deliver us from evil”
Luke 17:36	Removed entire verse
Luke 23:38	Removed "letters of Greek,Latin, Hebrew"
John3:13	Removed “which is in heaven”
John 3:15	Removed “should not perish'
John 4:42	Removed “the Christ”
John 5:3	Removed “waiting for the moving of the water”
John 5:4	Removed entire verse “For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.”
John 5:16	Removed “and sought to slay him”
John 5:29	Changed damnation to condemned
John 6:47	Removed “on me”
John 7:43-8:11	Removed verses
John 8:9	Removed “being convicted by their own conscience”
John 8:59	Removed last 10 words “going through the midst of them, and so passed by”
John 9:4	Changed "I must work the works" to "We must work the works"
John 9:35	Changed "Son of God" to “Son of Man”
John 11:41	Removed "For the place where the dead was laid"
John 14:2	Changed "mansions" to "rooms"
John 14:16	Changed “Comforter” to “advocate”
John 16:16	Removed “because I go to the Father”
John 17:12	Removed “in the world”
James 5:16	Changed faults to sins
1 Peter 1:22	Removed "through the Spirit"
1 Peter 2:2	Removed "of the word"
1 Peter 3:15	Changed the Lord God TO Christ as Lord
1 Peter 4:1	Removed “for us”
1 Peter 4:14	Removed last 15 words
1 Peter 5:10	Removed Jesus
1 Peter 5:11	Removed glory
1 Peter 5:14	Removed Jesus
1 John 1:7	Removed Christ
1 John 4:3	Removed “Christ is come in the flesh” (makes the NIV part of the antichrist)
1 John 4:9	Removed begotten
1 John 4:19	Removed Him
1 John 5:7	Removed last 15 words “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
1 John 5:8	Removed first nine words “And there are three that bear witness in earth”
1 John 5:13	Removed last 13 words “and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God”
2 John 1:3	Removed the Lord
Jude 1:25	Removed wise
Rev 1:8	Removed the beginning and the end
Rev 1:9	Removed Christ (twice)
Rev 1:11	Removed “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last”
Rev 1:18	Removed Hell
Rev 2:15	Removed “which thing I hate”
Rev 5:14	Removed “Him that liveth for ever and ever”
Rev 6:8	Removed Hell
Rev 6:17	Changed his wrath to their wrath
Rev 8:13	Changed angel to eagle
Rev 11:15	Changed kingdoms to kingdom
Rev 11:17	Removed “and art to come”
Rev 12:12	Removed “inhabiters of”
Rev 12:17	Removed Christ
Rev 14:5	Removed “before the throne of God”
Rev 15:3	Changed King of saints to King of the ages
Rev 16:5	Removed “and shalt be”
Rev 16:7	Changed “and I heard another out of the altar say” to “and I heard the alter respond”
Rev 16:17	Removed “of Heaven”
Rev 20:9	Removed “from God out of”
Rev 20:12	Changed “God” to “Throne”
Rev 20:13&14	Removed “hell”
Rev 21:24	Removed “of them which are saved”
Rev 22:14	Changed “do his commandments” to “wash their robes”
Rev 22:21	Removed Christ

That's just the tip of the iceberg. If you mess with the words, you mess with the true meaning of what God intended us to have. If you noticed I did not include any of Paul's writings. Paul's writings will be covered in the next few chapters.

Testing Scripture

Testing Scripture

 The claim to be a prophet is a serious matter. If we are to believe someone who says they had a vision, should we trust them? or test them? If we are to trust them, then what is the difference between Saul of Tarsus, Joesph Smith or Muhammad? If we are to test them, there is no difference either.

The Bible tells us what we can add to scripture by the testing of prophets that it has set in place. Only true prophets can be added. Some of these tests are in Deuteronomy chapters 4,12,13&18.

A key test is that a true prophet can not diminish or subtract from any command previously given (Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32). Even if a prophet showed signs and wonders (Deuteronomy 13:1-5).

Deuteronomy 18:20-22, “But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,  which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.”

The first test of a valid prophet is they must make a specific prophecy using the name of the Lord. Some will say that an Angel appeared to them and others will say that God appear to them. If one says an angel appeared and the prophecy does not come to pass, they can say that it was an angel of darkness and escape the death penalty. If they say that God or Jesus appears and says, “the Lord saith”, and the prophecy does not come to pass, they are to be put to death.

If the event is easily predictable, such as the sun will rise in the morning, these predictions are not prophetic. Divine prophecy is making a prediction of something that is specific and highly improbable that God only knows. The speaker must clearly claim divine inspiration from God Himself for a highly specific and unlikely prediction.

“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” Deuteronomy 4:2

A false prophet include someone who tries to "diminish" the words of a prior validated prophet. While a valid prophet can add to Scripture.

The Bible warns that even if someone comes with what otherwise appears to be valid true prophecy, they are invalid if they "diminish" the words of a prior valid prophet and if they come with true"signs and wonders" which "come to pass," they are still a false prophet if they thereafter try to "seduce you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk."

Isaiah 8:20 also says, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”. Isaiah is speaking of the Law of Moses, God tells us one who teaches contrary to the commands in the Law is a false prophet despite his having true prophecy and real signs and wonders. By this standard all doctrines are still to be tried.

Balaam was one who has been put to this test. At first he was a true prophet that came from God and was filled with the Holy Spirit (Numbers 24:1-2). Later on he teaches people to do things which was not according to the Law of Moses, he says it's OK to eat of meat sacrificed to idols and it's was alright to fornicate (Numbers 31:16, Revelation 2:14). He fails the prophet test and you must ignore everything he has said. He seduced his people away from the Lord (Deuteronomy 13:5)

Why does God allow this? He allows them to seduce us to test our Love for Him. The Lord saith in Deuteronomy 12:32-13:5, “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.”

1 John 4:3 says, “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

What did Jesus say about false prophets? In Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” In Matthew 24:11, “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” How about in Matthew 24:24, “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”

Here are some additional Biblical test of a prophet: Jeremiah 28:9, A true prophet absolutely does not lie. Their predictions will be one hundred percent fulfilled. Daniel 10:17, While in vision, they don't breathe. Numbers 24:4,16, they will fall into trance with eyes open during a vision.  

Here's recap of how to test a prophet:

1. A prophet can not diminish or subtract from any command previously given from a prophet. Even if a prophet showed signs and wonders.
2. They must make a specific prophecy using the name of the Lord
3. One who teachings are contrary to the Law of Moses despite his having true prophecy and real signs and wonders
4. A true prophet absolutely does not lie
5. Their predictions will be one hundred percent fulfilled
6. While in vision, they don't breathe
7. While in trance, they will have their eyes open during the vision
8. If anyone denies that Jesus did not come in the flesh is that of the antichrist 

No Catholic council ever applied these test to the books of the new testament, they only