Answers to an Alexandrian’s KJV dilemmas

1. The Gospel Isn't English

2. The Bible Existed Before 1611

3. Language Changes

4. More Manuscripts ≠ Less Confidence

5. The KJV Translators Didn't Believe It

"THE BEST THINGS HAVE BEEN CALUMNIATED" (The Translators to the Reader, 1611 King James Bible preface)

1.  Yes, it is English.  The first language was Hebrew for the Old Testament, Greek for the New Testament, Latin for the early church, (the 3 languages on the inscription of the Cross) and English for the latter-day church.  English is the universal language of the end-times.  The KJV is the main force that made it that way through colonialism and evangelism.  Great Britain was at one point called 'the empire which the sun never set'.  Queen Victoria quoted the AV as being 'the sole account of England's supremacy'.  The Epistle Dedicatory prayer says King James would be "the wonder of the world in this latter age".  90% of the material on the internet is in English.  Most foreign countries learn English as a second language.  Elizabethan English is Biblical English.  It is not good because it is poetic, it is poetic because it is good.

2.  Yes, there were many translations of the Bible before 1611.  But the KJV is purified 7 times as refined silver (Ps. 12:6-7 KJV): 1. Tyndale (1525) 2. Coverdale (1535) 3. Matthews (1537) 4. Great Bible (1538) 5. Geneva Bible (1560) 6. Bishops Bible (1568) 7. King James (1611).  The King James is an English Reformation Text purified by great scholars who believed (not doubted) they were handling preserved original viz. the Masoretic text (Hebrew) and the Textus Receptus (Greek).  Preserved according to Psalm 12:6-7 KJV.

3.  Language changes.  Biblical words are terminally for Scripture just like any trade.  A student of the Bible must learn them. ( "Study" [2 Tim. 2:15 KJV])  Most of the archaic words can be found in a modern Merriam-Webster collegiate dictionary or by David W. Daniels' 'King James Bible Companion' which defines over 600 archaic words and only costs 49 cents.

4.  We don't need new discoveries, because God's word hasn't changed. (Mal. 3:6)  God inspired his words AND preserved them according to his promise in Psalm 12:6-7 and Matthew 24:35.  “New" discoveries are used as a liberal's tactic to undermine that which is traditional.

5.  The KJV translators didn't believe it.  Yeah right.  They said in the Epistle Dedicatory "there should be ONE MORE EXACT TRANSLATION of the holy scriptures into the English tongue".  But you mean they didn't claim inspiration for their work.  Well, you won't find any of the authors (the prophets or apostles) of the original texts claiming inspiration for their writings other than what Paul said in 2 Tim. 3:16 or Peter in 2 Pet. 1:21.