I prefer to read both NIV and KJV. In its entirety, both arrive at the same truth: Jesus is God, came in the flesh to die for our sins, rose on the third day, and will return.
I lean toward KJV in including verses such Acts 8:37, which irenaeus quoted.
Only the KJV includes the word STUDY and the command to study the word of Truth. 2 tim2:15
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19C3V2TFr43KZb6c9wJT9V3Ayz9gZpJVek VerifiedI was raised atheist, did not come to the faith going to church or the Bible. It was through revelation similar to Paul. On that day, the womam God sent to be with me read John to me from her NIV Bible.
If God used NIV to speak his Word to me, so will I.
People can be saved from any bible, they don't even need a bible at all; just a simple gospel tract will do but the bible has much more than just the knowlege of how to be saved. The proper keys for interpretation and other doctrines have been changed.
And hence I read both. I have no problems with the scriptural claims around textus receptus, but the refusal to update it to modern english (NKJV is not it), seems to me that the old english itself has become an idol.
That's like the Jews saying they need to update the old testament into modern Hebrew. It is the written revelation of God- every word is setteld in heaven. TheeKJV is the foundation of modern English and much richer with more details.
Check Mathew 6:13- not the same in modern versions. You decide if every word maters.