Jesus
said, quoting a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy when being tempted
by the devil, "It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God." - Luke 4:4
This
means that we are to learn and know every word that God has given us.
It does not mean that it is okay for a person to create a version of
the Bible in his own words and say, this is what God has said. It is
one thing to do a Bible study or give an opinion on what God is
saying in His Word, it is another to alter or change His Word, even
down to the last thou.
When a new version of the Bible is
published that means that it must have at least 20% of the original
text changed or altered to avoid copy write laws. This is why
versions other than the King James version are called paraphrase
versions, they are not God's Word, but people explaining in their own
words what the King James version is trying to tell you.
The
Bible says, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words
of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And
if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and
out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book." - Revelation 22:18,19.
This
means that if any one adds, takes out, or alters even one
single word from God's Word then they will not go to heaven. This
includes all those who have altered every version of the original
text of the Bible and created a version of their own. The Bible was
transcribed by Holy Spirit inspired men of God originally in the
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek language. The King James Version is the
only version that was translated into a language that all could
understand and it is still being made into other translations today
so all can know the truest form of God's Word.
Scripture
That Shows We Are To Learn Every Word From God:
"And
he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he
might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by
every
word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." -
Deuteronomy
8:3
"The
simple believeth every
word:
but the prudent man looketh well to his going." - Proverbs
14:15
"Every
word
of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in
him." - Proverbs
30:5