Comment: For a Bible to be a bad Bible, it has to deny the nature of Christ, because it is Christ the scripture testify of. You should not be able to find what is necessary for salvation in it if it has a different spirit. If you find what the verse is saying somewhere else in the translation, you can't say that the translation is omitting it, or trying to mislead you.
John 5:39
These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,
Try Answering These From Your NIV
By Rex L. Cobb
INSTRUCTIONS:
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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."
Matthew 5:44-46
King James Version (KJV)
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 5:43-45 NIV
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends
In fewer words it is telling pretty much the same thing?
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According to Matthew 17:21, what two things are required to cast out this type of demon?
It leaves this verse out, but has it in
Mark 9:29
New International Version (NIV)
29 He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
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According to Matthew 18:11, why did Jesus come to earth?
Removed, however not removed completely from the NIV
Luke 19:10
New International Version (NIV)
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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According to Matthew 27:2, what was Pilate's first name?
Not there, but you find it in Acts:
Acts 4:27
New International Version (NIV)
27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
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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.
Left out. But also left out in many other translations, not just the NIV.
Left also out of the New Living Translation, English Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, International Standard Version, NET Bible, Aramaic Bible in Plain English and so on.
You find the reference to OT prophecy in;
NIV
John 19:24
"Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, "They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment." So this is what the soldiers did.
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In Mark 3:15, Jesus gave the apostles power to cast out demons and to: ____________
King James
Mark 3:15
And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
James 5:14-16
New International Version (NIV)
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Mark 6:13
New International Version
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
Mark 16:18
New International Version
they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
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According to Mark 7:16, what does a man need to be able to hear?
Left out, but you find it in
Matthew 11:15
New International Version
Whoever has ears, let them hear.
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According to Luke 7:28, what was John? (teacher, prophet, carpenter, etc.). What is his title or last name?
His title is not mentioned. You read it in:
Matthew 3:1.3
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
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In Luke 9:55, what did the disciples not know?
Left out. Essential to our understanding of salvation? Can we find our what spirit this is from other verses?
"You do not know what kind of spirit you are of;
The next verse reads;
56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."
That is a principle we know from other verses in the Bible. They asked the Lord if: “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"
Does the NIV tell us this in other verses? Yes it does:
John 3:17
New International Version
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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In Luke 9:56, what did the Son of man not come to do? According to this verse, what did He come to do?
Look at the comment above.
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In Luke 22:14, how many apostles were with Jesus?
Left out the number of apostles. But do we find the number somewhere else in the NIV?
Mark 14:17
New International Version
When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
Matthew 26:20
New International Version
When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.
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According to Luke 23:38, in what three languages was the superscription written?
Left out, but found in;
John 19:20
New International Version
Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
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In Luke 24:42, what did they give Jesus to eat with His fish?
Left out, and not found in the NIV.
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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?
Left out of the NIV. It says in the King James: even the Son of man which is in heaven.
But does the NIV deny that Jesus is God?
John 1:1
New International Version
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14
New International Version
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Colossians 2:9
New International Version
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
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What happened each year as told in John 5:4?
Left out the angel stirring the pool. Is it essential to know this?
Does it make Christ's miracle any less? What does it remove from the story
that is important for us to know?
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In John 7:50, what time of day did Nicodemus come to Jesus?
He came by night. Left out. Is it essential to doctrine that he came by night, or our understanding of Christ?
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In Acts 8:37, what is the one requirement for baptism?
The king James says:
If thou believest with all thine heart
Can we find this principle in the NIV?
Mark 16:16
New International Version
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Acts 2:38
New International Version
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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What did Saul ask Jesus in Acts 9:6?
The NIV reads: "Now get up and go into the city,
and you will be told what you must do."
The King James:
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
What is the essential part of the story here? That the Lord tells Saul to go into the city, and he will be told what to do. It doesn't change the story if we remove Saul asking the Lord what he should do. It is not a different story now.
It does in no way compromise doctrine, or leave us to think that we should not trust the text does it?
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Write the name of the man mentioned in Acts 15:34.
Not mentioned in the NIV. Is this damaging to Acts 15, or does the NIV manage to tell us what we need to know? Does it differ in what it is telling us compared to the KJV? Let's compare:
Acts 15
New International Version (NIV)
The Council at Jerusalem
15 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.
5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 “‘After this I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’
—
18 things known from long ago.[c]
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter:
The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Acts 15
King James Version (KJV)
15 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
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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?
KJV - We wanted to judge him according to our own Law. 7"But Lysias the commander came along,
NIV - Acts 24:6-8
and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him."
If you seize someone for desecrating the temple, don't you do it to punish him?
Not everything has to be said, for it to say everything. I agree that changing, or taking away names and events is unfortunate, but from what I am gathering the NIV is still a Bible translation the Holy Spirit preside over. It is not an Anti-christian translation.
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Copy Romans 16:24 word for word from the NIV.
I will copy it from the KJV, because the NIV doesn't have that verse:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
How many other times does the NIV call Jesus Lord? Is the accusation that the NIV doesn't want you to know that Jesus is Lord?
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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?
That one would have been nice to have in the NIV. But without it can we not deduce from the NIV what the verse from the KJV is telling us?
1 Timothy 3:16
King James Version (KJV)
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Colossians 1:19
New International Version (NIV)
19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
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In the second part of First 1 Peter 4:14, how do [they] speak of Christ? And, what do we Christians do?
1 Peter 4:14-16
King James Version (KJV)
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1 Peter 4:14-16
New International Version (NIV)
14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
1 Peter 4:13
New International Version
But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
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Who are the three Persons of the Trinity in First John 5:7?
1 John 5:7
King James Version (KJV)
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 John 5:7-8
New International Version (NIV)
7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
We don't derive our idea of the Trinity just based on this singular verse...
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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 _______:"
The NIV has it in Revelation 22
Revelation 22:13
New International Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
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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 goose egg.
(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.
What is my conclusion..? Do we have the word of God, whether we read the New International Version, The New American Standard or the King James? Do the translations tell us the same story? Is important doctrine compromised or missing? Does it deny the divine nature of Jesus, or the Trinity? Does it alter God's message to us? I don't see that it does, so I have to conclude that the New International Version is also scripture, and that I am not sure why someone would conclude it is not. 
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