"For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
for ever and ever. Amen" Matthew 6:13
What a powerful acknowledgement of the glory and sovereignty of our God
- that has been deleted from
most modern versions of The Holy Scriptures.
Here are just a few versions that delete the above passage:
NEW INTERNATIONAL
VERSION (NIV)
NEW CENTURY VERSION (NCV)
TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION
REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV)
THE LIVING BIBLE
THE
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
Footnotes justifying this deletion say something like this, "some mss (or ancient
mss) omit" or "some mss include..."
There is no justification for adding to, or taking away from, the
Word of God. Proverbs 30:5-6 Revelation 22:19,
2 Timothy 3:16 2 Peter 1:20 (beware paraphrases)
The TEXTUS RECEPTICUS
(Greek Text) used to translate our King James Bible includes this God breathed passage (Matthew 6:13) in its entirety. This
text is shown (by many quotes and versions of the early church fathers) to have been the text used extensively by the early
church. Yet has been rejected outright by modern day translators.
Every word of scripture is God breathed, profitable
and good for reproof, correction, doctrine and instruction in righteousness (do we really want to delete even one word?).
With
the King James Bible we can be certain we are not reading a Deleted and Expanded Paraphrase of the Holy Scriptures…
but a true word for word translation.
A giant print copy can be purchased for only $5 at Walmart or Dollar General.
An absolutely necessary study guide is an Original (emphasis on original) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
($30). The meaning of every word (Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic) in the King James Bible can be found in the Strong's.
A
final word on the Original Strong's Concordance. The Christian Book Store in my town does not carry it!
They
have the NEW Strong's. They have the STRONGEST Strongs
with "updated" Greek and Hebrew. I ask you, when did the Greek and
Hebrew get updated?!!
It got updated when Hort and Westcott (Nestle - Aland) updated it - that's when.
Those
new Strong's are rat poisen (rat poisen is less than 2% bad stuff--99% good stuff--but the 2% is deadly). Don't eat it, and
don't look to a lying source for truth.
Insist that they order you an ORIGINAL Strong's, which is based on the Textus
Receptus. Or better yet, give your business to a bookstore that carries it in stock.