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KJV Bibles

JonC

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evangelist6589 said:
Wife wants to leave her MacArthur NKJV study Bible and get a compact size KJV study Bible. The church we attend seems to border on being KJVO and KJVP and the pastor has persuaded her on this one. I am not that familiar with KJV Bibles so can anyone give some suggestions on a good study KJV Bible? I tried to persuade her about the usefulness of the modern versions and why they are far more useful. I even used examples of various verses where the KJV makes the english awkward and hard to understand and why good versions like the ESV or NIV clear things up but my arguments did no good.
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I am no a fan of study Bibles. But insofar as usefulness, for me I would agree that other versions are not only clearer but in many ways more accurate. That said, my comment was "for me." If your wife grew up with the KJV, and if she is accustomed to the language, then perhaps she will struggle with more modern versions as they simply do not "sound" like Scripture. So I wouldn't persuade her towards a more modern version (except perhaps as an inclusion for study). I am glad to see you are gifting her one that she would appreciate, brother.

You may find yourself compromising between a study KJV and a compact one. I have a Life Application KJV (it was a gift, and honestly I haven't used it much) but it is far from compact. Here's a suggestion: http://www.christianbook.com/kjv-pe...yDh2otE7Nuecc8laKXx7HJpIzXpXI1j5TAaAmpk8P8HAQ
 
evangelist6589

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JonC δοῦλος said:
I am no a fan of study Bibles. But insofar as usefulness, for me I would agree that other versions are not only clearer but in many ways more accurate. That said, my comment was "for me." If your wife grew up with the KJV, and if she is accustomed to the language, then perhaps she will struggle with more modern versions as they simply do not "sound" like Scripture. So I wouldn't persuade her towards a more modern version (except perhaps as an inclusion for study). I am glad to see you are gifting her one that she would appreciate, brother.

You may find yourself compromising between a study KJV and a compact one. I have a Life Application KJV (it was a gift, and honestly I haven't used it much) but it is far from compact. Here's a suggestion: http://www.christianbook.com/kjv-pe...yDh2otE7Nuecc8laKXx7HJpIzXpXI1j5TAaAmpk8P8HAQ
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Thank you so much for this post. I listen to the ESV or NIV audio bibles daily and she thinks the language is weird. To each his own. :)
 
JonC

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evangelist6589 said:
Thank you so much for this post. I listen to the ESV or NIV audio bibles daily and she thinks the language is weird. To each his own. :)
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For me it was the NASB. When I was young that was the more popular for SBC in my area. Verses were memorized in KJV most but I read the NASB. When I heard another version it just sounded "odd". I can understand how she could think newer versions sound "weird". They probably don't sound to her like "sacred text".
 
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JonC δοῦλος said:
For me it was the NASB. When I was young that was the more popular for SBC in my area. Verses were memorized in KJV most but I read the NASB. When I heard another version it just sounded "odd". I can understand how she could think newer versions sound "weird". They probably don't sound to her like "sacred text".
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Yes each has a preference so I understand. I appreciate it when people can see it this way and I hate it when people get so dogmatic about their preferred versions and get so anti about other versions they do not like.
 
Kevin

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I grew up in a KJVO Church, so it is familiar to me. I don't mind the other versions, and use them during my personal study time.

One thing that I miss from the KJVO Church is everyone using the same version. It is hard to follow along when the person reading is using for example the NASB, and the monitor is showing the NKJV, and you are holding a different version.
 
evangelist6589

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Kevin said:
I grew up in a KJVO Church, so it is familiar to me. I don't mind the other versions, and use them during my personal study time.

One thing that I miss from the KJVO Church is everyone using the same version. It is hard to follow along when the person reading is using for example the NASB, and the monitor is showing the NKJV, and you are holding a different version.
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My parents attend a church that uses the ESV and while others may bring other translations, the ESV is the standard from the pulpit so all teaching and preaching is from that version.
 
evangelist6589

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JonC δοῦλος said:
Along the same lines, Evan….I am looking for an ESV, tabbed, not a study bible, but with enough room to make substantial notes (probably a journaling Bible), big enough for me to read, but not too big. The task is daunting.
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I bet they have them as the ESV is a popular translation. I personally own 4 ESV's 3 of which are study Bibles.
 
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The Defined King James Bible from Biblefortoday.

it's a bible that has all the uncommon or archaic words defined on the bottom of each page in footnotes, contains no doctrinal notes in the text, simply just definitions.
 
evenifigoalone

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Jordan Kurecki said:
The Defined King James Bible from Biblefortoday.

it's a bible that has all the uncommon or archaic words defined on the bottom of each page in footnotes, contains no doctrinal notes in the text, simply just definitions.
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Hm. Maybe I ought to buy one of these for myself. I'm used to the archaic language, but still.
 
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Jordan Kurecki said:
The Defined King James Bible

it's a bible that has all the uncommon or archaic words defined on the bottom of each page in footnotes, contains no doctrinal notes in the text, simply just definitions.
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I have a copy of Waite's Defined KJB. It defines some words that I do not consider uncommon or archaic and may not define some words into which readers read an incorrect meaning.

Since many of the definitions in the Defined KJB are actually the accurate, up-to-date rendering already found in another English Bible such as the NKJV, why not just read an English Bible with the up-to-date, accurate word in its text without any distractions in notes?
 
evangelist6589

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Jordan Kurecki said:
The Defined King James Bible from Biblefortoday.

it's a bible that has all the uncommon or archaic words defined on the bottom of each page in footnotes, contains no doctrinal notes in the text, simply just definitions.
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We are going to a Lifeway store today so hopefully she will be ready to choose her KJVSB.
 
Internet Theologian

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Squire Robertsson said:
Remember C.I. Scofield and the other contributors wrote their notes before 1920. So, that was long before Lordship theology became a topic of discussion.
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Yet so-called LS is not new, it is the old DoG being taught, orthodox Gospel view. When The Gospel According to Jesus came out, it crystallized this doctrine and many were exposed to the true representation of the Gospel and its effect on man in true conversion due to its popularity. Then came the reaction and the maligning of this teaching by naming it 'Lordship Salvation' by those of decisional and easy-believism camps, which by the way are the newer doctrines.
 
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