The NKJV has ASV,RSV and NASV readings in it; look at 2thessalonians 2:7,James 5:16,Matt 20:20, Also, look at, 2 Tim 2:7 is a ASV reading. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 is a ASV reading, Acts 4:27,30 is a ASV reading which attacks the deity of Christ. Acts 4:13 is the NASV reading, 2Tim 2:22 & 2:26 are NASV readings, John 14:2 is a RSV & NASV reading, 2Tim 4:6 is a NASV reading, Acts 17:29 is from the NASV,1st John 3:4,7 is also a NASV reading. So you see, the New King Jimmy Version is not like the AV it claims to be from.
OK JYD, (although you didn't respond). Having compared KJV 2 Thessalonians 2:7/NKJV/TR, I found the NKJV to be a better English translation (imo) than the KJV (No variants here so its not a text issue) Lets look at the next one : James 5:16
James 5:16
KJV James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
NKJ James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
ASV James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
NAS James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
RSV James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.
JYD, the only thing I can ask after my own comparison of the KJV/NKJV/ASV/NASV/RSV of this passage of Scripture is - Did you actually do the comparisons yourself or did you just cut and paste this list from someone else without checking it out?
The similarity between the KJV and NKJV after English word modernization is exact but for one word:
"Faults - KJV" versus "trespasses - NKJV"
Here there is a Greek text variant the TR uses:
Scrivener 1894 NT (TR)
3900 paraptoma {par-ap'-to-mah}
• 1) to fall beside or near something 2) a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness 2a) a sin, misdeed
Wescott and Hort NT 1881
[UBS] harmatia, s f sin ( be sinful); often sin offering
Since I am TRO, I would go with paraptoma.
Although the KJV translates this word "fault" here it translates the very same word as "trespass" in all 4 Gospels and several other places (only once that I could find as "sins").
"trespass" is clearly favored by the KJV for this word and not "sin" as the ASV/NASV/RSV.
So, again, did you actually do the comparison and if so, what is your objection to this wording of this passage in the NKJV? It cannot be that it is an ASV/NASV/RSV translation because they (ASV/NASV/RSV) indeed favor the "alexandrian" Wescott and Hort Greek NT with "harmatia - sins".
The NKJV clearly supports the TR word "trespasses - paraptoma" over "sins - harmatia".
HankD
[ February 17, 2003, 11:53 AM: Message edited by: HankD ]