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There are Four Parts to this section:

• The King James Bible
  
  
• Other TR-Based Bibles
  
  
• Qualifications for Modern translations
  
  
• Reviews of Modern Translations
  
  

• The King James Bible
  Information and Review
  
  
• King James Exclusive
  The Legitamacy of Exclusive Use of the KJV
  
  
• KJV Revisions Since 1611
  TLDR; No Manuscript or Translation Revisions (PDF)
  
  

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Other Textus Receptus-based Bibles

• The New King James Version
  (NKJV) Information and Review
  
  
• The King James 21st Century
  (KJ21) Information and Review
  
  
• Literal TR Translations
  Young's (YLT), Green's (LITV or KJ3), and Literal Standard Version (LSV)
  
  
• The Variorum KJV 1881
  Information and Review
  
  
• KJV Software
  (KJVPCE) or (KJV 1900) Information and Review
  
  

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Qualifying Modern Versions

• Must be Literal, (PDF)
  NOT Dynamic or Paraphrase
  
  
• Must Include MT Passages,
  NOT omitting them
  
  
• Must use Original or Accurate Gender,
  NOT Gender-Inclusive, Article includes a copy of the Colorodo Springs Guideline
  
  
• Must be Bias-Free,
  NOT Denominationally-Specific
  
  
• Must be of Excellent Quality

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Reviews of Modern Versions

Recommended

• The New American Standard Bible
  (NASB) Information and Review
  
  Includes Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)
  
  
• The English Standard Version
  (ESV) Information and Review
  
  

  Conditionally Recommended

• The American Standard Version of 1901
  (ASV) Information and Review
  
  
• The New English Translation
  (NET) Information and Review
  
  

Not Recommended



• New International Version (NIV) - Dynamic translation, Gender Inclusive
  
  
• Christian Standard Bible (CSB) - Dynamic translation
  
  
• New Living Translation (NLT) - Dynamic translation
  
  
• New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) - Dynamic translation, Gender Inclusive, Apocrypha
  
  
• The Message - Loose Paraphrase, inappropriate language
  
  

  Denominational Bias
  
  

• Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB, D-R, or DRV) - Catholic
  
  
• Confraternity Bible (CB) - Catholic
  
  
• Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) - Catholic
  
  
• New American Bible (NAB) - Catholic
  
  
• Orthodox Study Bible (Based on LXX & NKJV) - Orthodox
  
  
• New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS) - Orthodox
  
  
• New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) - Jehovah's Witness
  
  
• Joseph Smith Translation (JST) - Modified KJV, published 1867 - Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
  
  
• Clear Word Bible (CWB) - Seventh-day Adventist
  
  

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