In Year 2007, when I was studying my New International Version (NIV) Bible, I noticed that NIV omitted the Trinity (The Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one) in 1 John 5:7. It is believed that there are over 40 scriptures that NIV have removed or changed the context or included the verses in small print at the footnotes(seriously, who reads the footnotes?) . Over 40 verses in all!!!! It's shocking! I'm aware there are other bible versions that have also omitted biblical verses.
Some of the omitted scriptures within NIV are:
Matthew 12:47 -- removed in the footnotes
Matthew 17:21 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
Matthew 18:11 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
Matthew 21:44 -- removed in the footnotes
Matthew 23:14 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"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."
Mark 7:16 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."
Mark 9:44 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 9:46 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 11:26 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."
Mark 15:28 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors."
Mark 16:9-20 (all 12 verses) -- There is a line separating the last 12 verses of Mark from the main text. Right under the line it says: [The two most reliable early manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20] (NIV, 1978 ed.) The Jehovah's Witness "Bible" also places the last 12 verses of Mark as an appendix of sorts.
Luke 17:36 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
Luke 22:44 -- removed in the footnotes
Luke 22:43 -- removed in the footnotes
Luke 23:17 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)"
John 5:4 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"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 7:53-8:11 -- removed in the footnotes
Acts 8:37 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. It's deletion makes one think that people can be baptized and saved without believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Sounds Catholic. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
Acts 15:34 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still."
Acts 24:7 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,"
Acts 28:29 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves."
Romans 16:24 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
I John 5:7 -- Vitally important phrase COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. In the NIV it says,
"For there are three that testify:"
Compare the NIV reading with the following Jehovah's Witness reading--
"For there are three witness bearers,"
What are you NIV readers missing? What does the real Bible say?
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
"This is one of the GREATEST verses testifying of the trinity. Do you that the Jehovah's Witnesses also left it out in their Bible? They do not believe in the trinity and they do not believe that Jesus is God. Why does the NIV leave it out?
Why are people wresting and perverting the scriptures to their own private interpretation? God said that if anyone removes any of the words from the Bible, God will remove that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in the Bible (Revelation 22:19). I was told that the original author of NIV Bible was an atheist. I need to do a little digging about it actually.
It is advisable to read and study King James Version(KJV) Bible because of its accuracy. You can read KJV version in conjunction with other versions for lucidity. I'm only recommending KJV and NKJV ad those are the two that I haven't noticed any issue with, this does not suggest that other versions are not suitable.
- Myss Lafunky
Reference: http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/nivdelet.htm
do u understnd y they r gone?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Acts 8:37?
Jim — August 4th, 2010
The Baptism of the Eunuch of the Ethiopean Queen by Philip
The Baptism of the Eunuch of the Ethiopean Queen by Philip
In the New Testament of many modern Bibles, verse numbering “skips” at times. One such case is in Acts chapter 8. In nearly all modern Bibles, verse 37 either appears in the footnotes or does not appear at all. The text of the Bible itself jumps immediately from verse 36 to verse 38.
Doesn’t that mean that the translators left out a verse? After all, if we look at the King James Version (KJV), we see that verse 37 is right there where it should be. Did the translators or publishers intentionally leave out an entire verse of the Bible?
The first thing we have to realize is that nearly all modern Bibles are translated from original language sources (the KJV was also). Verse numbering, however, did not appear in Bibles until about the time of the printing press. This means that for over 1,000 years there were no verse numbers in Bibles! When verse numbers were added, Acts 8:37 was present in the text — but was that verse always present in the text?
So now the question changes from “Did the translators skip verse 37?” to “Was verse 37 written by the author – that is, was it included in the original manuscript – or was it added centuries later by some unknown author but before verse numbers were added?”
It’s important to realize that the translators of the KJV had no way of determining if this was an authentic verse or not, but modern, accredited Bible scholars do have the necessary information. In this instance we have a clear case of an unauthentic addition to the text. This web page describes the situation well.
Conclusion: although to the reader who is not very well-informed it seems as if modern Bibles “skipped a verse” in Acts chapter 8, in fact what accredited Bible language scholars have discovered is: verse 37 was added to Acts chapter 8 long after the author had died — but long before verse numbers were added to Bibles — so that the added verse has a verse number that makes it seem to fit in right along with all of the authentic verses. In fact, Acts 8:37 is a fraud, and no Biblical scholar of integrity will include that verse in the Bible without at least noting that all evidence indicates that it was added by someone other than the author of Acts.
— Jim