Critique of the King James Only Controversy (part 3)

Next in the critique of The King James Only Controversy by James R. White I will show you what changes he approves of to the AV. Anytime a modern version omits a word/phrase White says it is just fine and if it adds a word/phrase he says it is just fine. Anything contrary to the AV is what White is happy with. 

Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Chapter 7.

AV
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

NIV
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

AV
Luke 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

NIV
Luke 9:35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”

AV
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

NASB
Matthew 15:8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.  

AV
Matthew 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

NASB  
Matthew 16:20 Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. 

AV
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

NASB  
Matthew 21:12  And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Also note here where White approves of the NIV misidentifying a quote. 

AV
Mark 1:
[2] As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
[3] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

NIV
Mark 1:

² as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way” 

³ “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’

The problem there is that Isaiah did not say the words in verse 2, those words are from Malachi 3:1. Verse 3 is where Isaiah 40:3 is quoted. Therefore the AV reading is correct and the NIV is not. The latest and greatest manuscripts agree to that. James R. White tries to defend the NIV by using Matthew 27:9...."We have at least two instances recorded for us by the apostles where a conflated citation of two Old Testament prophets is placed under the name of the more important or major of the two prophets. One of these instances is found in Matthew 27:9, where Matthew attributes to Jeremiah a quotation that is primarily drawn from Zechariah." However, Mr. White is being deceitful here. Mathew 27:9 says that Jeremy "spoke" the words NOT that he wrote them. The quotation in Matthew 27:9 is something that Jeremiah SPOKE but Zechariah WROTE. The words are not in Jeremiah. Also, Mr. White said he had "two instances". One of those I just proved to be false and the other IS the instance we started with, Mark 1:2. He has no instance that proves what he is saying. Then Mr. White says, "We see, then, that Mark was quite accurate in his original wording and did not need the editorial assistance of later scribes, nor of KJV Only advocates, at all." White just said that he knew what Mark said in his "original wording"!!! No "original" anything exists, White just lied.

Also see where he approves of this omission. 

AV
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!   

NIV
Mark 10:24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 

Is it "hard to enter the kingdom of God" or is it hard to enter the kingdom of God IF you are trusting something other than the gospel ("riches" in this case)? Only 4 out of 5,400 manuscripts have the NIV reading. James White says the NIV reading is better because it provides a "smoother transition". Quite pathetic. 

White also defends this reading in the NASB which makes Jesus Christ tell a lie. 

AV
John 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

NASB 
John 7:8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.” 

The AV says that Christ was not going to the feast "yet", but he did bome to it later in verse 10. However, the NASB just says that Christ is not going to go to it at all. That would make Christ a liar. 

White also says that the NIV reading is "theologically superior" in Acts 4:25 and Acts 16:7. 

AV
Acts 4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 

NIV  

Acts 4:25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

James White thinks the NIV is superior here at Acts 4:25. I am not sure why, the addition the NIV made to the word of God did not add any information to the text and it did not attack the Godhead or anything like that. What if I changed the word of God to say "In the beginning God (Who is a Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and who is almighty and powerful etc. etc.) created the heaven and the earth". Just throwing in a insignificant addition to the Bible does not impress me. 

What Mr. White is trying to do is draw attention away from Acts 4:27 where the modern versions call Jesus God's "holy servant" rather than "holy child". An attack on the deity of Christ that Dr. Peter Ruckman has dealt extensively in proving to be wrong. Nice try Mr. White, but it did not work.

AV
Acts 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
 
NIV
Acts 16:7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.  

Somehow Mr. White thinks that "Spirit of Jesus" is better than "Spirit". We already know that the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Christ but "Spirit of Christ" is used in special circumstances such as Galatians 4:6. It is a term that connects Christ and the Holy Spirit as One, but sometimes the scriptures refer to the actions of the Godhead and the Persons of the Godhead independently. The NIV adds nothing to the text by adding to the word of God. 

Also note the rest of the omissions and additions that White approves of.

AV
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

NIV
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 

AV
Romans 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

NASB
Romans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.  

AV
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

NASB
Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.  

AV
Romans 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

NASB 
Romans 14:6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.  

White also approves of omitting "of the gospel" from Romans 15:29, he likes omitting "for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof" from 1 Corinthians 10:28, he adds "of God" to Philippians 1:14, he omits "of the sins" in Colossians 2:11, he omits "not" from Colossians 2:18 making it possible to see visions in this dispensation, he omits "wise" from 1 Timothy 1:17, he changes "faults" to "sins" in James 5:16, he adds "in respect to salvation" to 1 Peter 2:2, he omits "Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" from 1 John 4:3, he omits "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last" from Revelation 1:11, and he omits "the Lord our God" from Revelation 19:1. In the process he never proved an error or contradiction in the AV. He only gave his opinions about what should and should not be there.