Thomas:
You ask for evidence that what I say is true. The Bible itself says that He will preserve His word in Psalm 12: 6-7 and Luke 21: 33. It is up to us who believe that He did what He said.
Believing that, we can then determine where it is.... or where it is not!
History has made it easier to spot the perversions of the gospel.
Using the process of elimination and the history books, recognizing that every scripture today including the KJV, is a copy of something.
Since you don't seem to know the History of the bible too well, I will attempt to condense it for you.
Prior to the King James (1611), it was in the Geneva Bible (1560), prior to that, The Mathews bible (1537), the Tyndale (1525).
There were other English Bibles, but I am uncertain as to their reliability. Bibles such as the Bishops (1568), Douay (1610), Great (1539) Coverdale (1535), Wycliffe (1380).
All of these English translations, leading up to the KJV, were translated from the group of texts known as the Majority Text,the Byzantine Text, the Imperial text, The Traditional and the Reformation Texts. All of these culminated in the Textus Receptus. These manuscripts were also known as the Universal Text due to their universal acceptance. More on this later.
Remember, the KJV was the last English Bible to be translated from this line of manuscripts. It is unique in that respect.
Literally ALL of the other versions,The Revised Version (1881), American Standard (1901), NIV (1948), RSV (1952), RSV (1952),Amplified (1965), JB (1966), NEB (1970), NASB (1971), LB paraphrased (1971), NIV (1978), NKJV (1982), the Catholic bible plus many more, came from a combination of earlier manuscripts (Minority Text), Egyptian Text, The Hesychian text, the Codex Alexandrinus, Vaticanus and Siniaticus as well as Dead Sea scrolls and Newer Manuscripts.
All of these manuscripts, from which every English Version since the Revised version of 1881 evolved, have attacked and weakened the beloved doctrines of Scripture such as, the blood atonement, the trinity, the virgin birth, the deity of Christ and others. It is most evident in the translations which came from these texts.
You simply cannot overlook the FACTs that the Codex Siniaticus and Vaticanus were corrupt manuscripts. God did not corrupt them. Satan, working through the humanistic hearts of mankind did that. And, today, we call it God's Word. Wake up and smell the coffee, folks.
They were corrupted by such as Wescott and Hort in their text of 1881 when it was collated with Weymouths Third edition and Tischendorf's (the discoverer of the Codex Siiaticus) eighth edition by Eberhard Nestle to become what is known as Nestle's Greek New testament. This is the text used in all of the modern versions.
The Universal Text(preserved perfect), on the other hand, travelled north from Jerusalem to Antioch, which was known as the "Gateway to Europe". It spread through Syria and Europe. It was, at this point, translated into The Syrian Peshitto version and the old Latin Vulgate.
From there to England where God chose to have His perfect word translated into the English language because He knew that would be the universally accepted language.
The History of the preserved word is a fascinating study and too lengthy for this forum. Suffice it to say, we have it Whether we choose to use it is up to us.
Suffice it to say that there were two distinct threads of Bibles stemming from these manuscripts the evidence is very much with us today. One need only look at them breifly to know they are different Bibles.
The modern versions are all in agreement against the KJV in the fundamental doctrines
of our faith noted earlier. They weaken the message of the gospel in thousands of words and passages, some of them glaring, some of them very subtle. That is another whole topic.
This thing has gone on too long and too much time has been spent rehashing what has been known for centuries by anyone who cares to study the history of the Bible in an open and objective way.
Suffice it to say that satan has accomplished his obective of making many of you believe that the KJV is too hard to read and understand.
The facts are clear. God has chosen to preserve His Word perfect in the KJV for us want it.
The KJV is more than sufficient for me.