300 Changes In The NIV and Other Modern Bible Versions

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1 300 Changes In The NIV and Other Modern Bible Versions The following table lists 300 verses that have been changed in the seven most popular versions. THE SEVEN MOST POPULAR VERSIONS NI New International Version NAS New American Standard Version NKJ New King James Version RS Revised Standard Version NRS New Revised Standard Version LB The Living Bible New Century Version REM=Removed; CHG=Changed VERSE DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE CHANGE IN... Matt. 1:25 Matt. 5:22 Matt. 5:44 Matt. 6:13 Matt. 6:27 Matt. 6:33 Matt. 8:29 REM "Firstborn" REM "without a cause" REM 12 WORDS "bless them that curse you..." REM LAST 14 WORDS (For thine is the kingdom...) CHG "cubit to his stature" TO "hour to his life" et. al. REM "of God" REM "Jesus" Matt. 9:13 REM "to repentance" (see also Mark 2:17) Matt. 11:23 REM hell NRS, Matt. 12:6 REM "one greater" TO "something greater" NAS, RS, NRS, Matt. 12:35 REM "of the heart" Matt. 12:40 CHG "whale" TO "fish", sea monster Matt. 12:47 REM ENTIRE VERSE Matt. 13:51 REM "Lord" Matt. 15:8 Matt. 16:3 Matt. 16:18 REM hell REM "draweth nigh unto me with their mouth" REM "o ye hypocrites" Matt. 16:20 REM "Jesus" Matt. 17:21 REM ENTIRE VERSE, NI, NAS, NKJ, NRS, LB, NI, RS, NRS, NRS,,

2 Matt. 18:11 REM ENTIRE VERSE (key verse) Matt. 18:26 REM and worshipped him (for Jesus) Matt. 19:9 Matt. 19:17 Matt. 19:17 REM "God" Matt. 20:7 REM LAST 11 WORDS CHG "Why callest thou me good" TO "Why do you ask me about what is good" REM "and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive" Matt. 20:16 REM "for many be called but few chosen" Matt. 20:20 CHG "worshipping him" TO "kneeling down" Matt. 20:22 REM 12 WORDS "baptized with Christ's baptism" Matt. 21:44 REM ENTIRE VERSE Matt. 23:14 REM ENTIRE VERSE Matt. 23:33 CHG damnation TO condemn, et. al. Matt. 24:36 ADD "nor the Son" Matt. 24:36 CHG "my Father" TO "the Father" Matt. 25:13 REM "wherein the Son of man cometh" Matt. 27:35 REM LAST 25 WORDS Matt. 27:54 CHG "the Son of God" TO "a son of God" Matt. 28:2 Matt. 28:9 REM "from the door" REM "And as they went to tell his disciples", NRS,, NI, RS, NRS,, NRS, LB,, LB Mark 1:1 REM the Son of God, Mark 1:2 Mark 1:14 Mark 1:31 Mark 2:17 Mark 3:29 CHG "prophets" TO "Isaiah" (blatant LIE) REM "of the kingdom" (gospel... of God) REM "immediately" REM "to repentance" CHG "eternal damnation" TO "eternal sin", et al. NRS, NRS, LB, Mark 6:11 REM LAST 23 WORDS, Mark 7:8 Mark 7:16 Mark 9:24 Mark 9:44 REM LAST 15 WORDS REM ENTIRE VERSE REM "Lord" (refers to Jesus) REM ENTIRE VERSE (about hell) Mark 9:46 REM ENTIRE VERSE (about hell)

3 Mark 9:49 REM "and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt" Mark 10:21 REM "take up the cross" Mark 10:24 REM "for them that trust in riches" Mark 11:10 REM "that cometh in the name of the Lord Mark 11:26 REM ENTIRE VERSE Mark 12:23 REM "when they shall rise" Mark 12:40 Mark 13:6 CHG greater damnation TO punished most severely", greater condemnation" CHG I am Christ TO I am He, the One Mark 13:14 REM "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" Mark 13:33 REM "and pray" Mark 14:68 REM "and the cock crew" Mark 15:28 REM ENTIRE VERSE Mark 16:9-20 Luke 1:28 Luke 2:14 REM ENTIRE LAST 12 VERSES of Mark 16! REM "blessed art thou among women" CHG good will toward men TO to men on whom his favor rests" et al, NI, RS, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NI, NAS, RS Luke 2:22 CHG "her" TO "their" (makes Jesus a sinner), Luke 2:33 CHG "Joseph" TO "his father" (attacks virgin birth), Luke 2:43 Luke 4:4 Luke 4:8 CHG "Joseph and his mother" TO "parents" REM "but by every word of God" REM "get thee behind me, Satan" Luke 4:18 REM 8 WORDS "he hath sent me to heal...", Luke 4:41 Luke 6:48 Luke 9:54 Luke 9:55 Luke 9:56 Luke 9:57 CHG "founded upon a rock" TO "well built" REM "even as Elijah did" REM 9 WORDS "ye know not what manner of spirit..." REM FIRST 16 WORDS For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." REM Lord Luke 10:15 REM hell Luke 11:2 REM 15 WORDS from Lords prayer NRS,

4 Luke 11:4 REM but deliver us from evil (Lord's prayer) Luke 11:29 REM "the prophet" Luke 16:23 REM "hell" Luke 17:36 REM ENTIRE VERSE Luke 21:4 Luke 21:8 REM "cast in unto the offerings of God" CHG I am Christ TO I am He, the One Luke 22:64 REM "they struck him on the face" Luke 23:17 REM ENTIRE VERSE Luke 23:38 REM "letters of Greek,Latin, Hebrew" Luke 23:42 REM "Lord" (thief on the cross - getting saved!) NRS, LB, Luke 24:6 REM "He is not here, but is risen" RS, NRS Luke 24:49 REM "of Jerusalem" John 1:14, 18 John 1:27 John 3:13 John 3:15 John 3:16 John 3:18 John 4:24 John 4:42 John 5:3 John 5:4 John 5:16 John 5:29 REM "begotten"(refers to Jesus) REM "is preferred before me" REM "which is in heaven" (refers to Jesus) REM "should not perish" (believeth in him...) REM "begotten" REM "begotten" CHG God is a Spirit TO God is Spirit REM "the Christ" REM LAST 7 WORDS REM ENTIRE VERSE REM "and sought to slay him" CHG damnation TO condemn, judgement,, LB NRS, LB, NRS, LB, John 6:47 REM "on Me" (He that believeth...), John 6:69 John 7:53-8:11 John 8;9 CHG "Christ, the Son of the living God" TO "Holy One of God" REM VERSES 7:53-8:11 REM "being convicted by their own conscience" John 8:47 REM "heareth God's words" TO "hears what God says" NI,

5 John 8:59 John 9:4 John 9:35 REM LAST 10 WORDS "going through the midst... CHG "I must work the works" TO "We must work the works" CHG "Son of God" TO Son of Man, Messiah John 11:41 REM "For the place where the dead was laid" John 14:2 CHG "mansions" TO "rooms", "dwelling places" John 14:16 CHG Comforter TO Helper, Counselor, et. al. John 16:16 REM "because I go to the Father" John 17:12 REM "in the world" Acts 1:3 Acts 2:30 Acts 2:31 Acts 2:38 Acts 4:27,30 Acts 7:30 Acts 7:37 Acts 8:37 Acts 9:5 Acts 10:6 Acts 15:11 Acts 15:18 Acts 15:34 Acts 16:31 Acts 17:16 Acts 17:22 Acts 17:22 Acts 17:26 Acts 17:29 CHG "infallible" TO "convincing" et al. REM "he would raise up Christ REM "hell" CHG remission of sins TO forgiveness of sins CHG "holy child" TO "holy servant" (attacks deity) REM "of the Lord" (angel of the Lord) REM "Him shall ye hear" REM ENTIRE VERSE (major salvation verse) REM "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks REM "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do" CHG beginning of the world TO...eternity,...ages REM ENTIRE VERSE (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ) CHG "stirred" TO "provoked", distressed et al. CHG "Mars Hill" TO" Areopagus" REM "superstitious" TO "religious" REM "blood" CHG Godhead TO Divine Nature, divine being NRS, LB, NRS, NRS, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,

6 Acts 19:35 REM worshipper NRS, LB, Acts 20:21 REM Christ NI, NRS, Acts 20:24 REM "none of these things move me..." Acts 20:25 REM "of God", LB Acts 23:9 REM "let us not fight against God" Acts 24:7 REM ENTIRE VERSE, Acts 24:14 CHG heresy TO sect NRS, LB Acts 24:15 REM "of the dead" (Resurrection), LB Acts 28:16 Acts 28:29 REM 11 WORDS REM ENTIRE VERSE 1:3 REM "Jesus Christ our Lord" 1:16 1:18 1:25 1:29 REM "of Christ" (gospel of Christ) CHG "hold the truth" TO "suppress the truth" CHG "changed the truth" TO "exchanged the truth" REM "fornication" 5:8 CHG commendeth to demonstrates, et al. 6:8 CHG we be dead TO we died 6:11 REM our Lord 8:1 REM LAST 10 WORDS 9:28 10:15 10:17 11:6 13:2 13:9 14:6 14:10 14:21 REM "in righteousness" REM LAST 9 WORDS CHG "word of God" TO word of Christ REM "LAST 18 WORDS ARE OMITTED" CHG damnation TO judgment et al. REM "Thou shall not bear false witness" REM 15 WORDS CHG "the judgement seat of Christ" TO "God's judgment seat" et al. REM "or is offended, or is made weak", NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, CHG damned TO condemned

7 14:23 NRS, LB, 15:8 15:19 15:29 16:18 16:24 1:21 REM Jesus REM "of God" REM "of the gospel" CHG good words and fair speeches TO smooth talk and flattery REM ENTIRE VERSE CHG "foolishness of preaching" TO "foolishness of the message preached" 1:22 REM "require" TO "request", ask (Jews require a sign) 5:4 (TWICE), NI, NAS, RS, LB, NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, 5:7 REM "for us" (Christ sacrificed), 6:9 CHG effeminate TO male prostitutes et al. 6:20 REM "and in your spirit, which are God's" 7:5 REM "fasting" (with prayer) 7:39 REM "by the law" (The wife is bound) 9:1 9:27 CHG "I keep my body" TO "I beat my body" et al. 9:27 CHG "castaway" TO "disqualified" et al. 10:28 11:11 11:24 11:29 11:29 14:33 15:47 15:55 16:22 16:23 REM LAST 10 WORDS ("the earth is the Lord's...") REM "in the Lord" REM "take eat... broken..." (Lord's Supper) CHG damnation TO judgment (Lord s Supper) REM "unworthily" CHG "author of confusion" TO "a God of disorder" et al. CHG Lord from heaven TO man from heaven CHG "grave" TO "Hades", death REM "Jesus Christ" 2 Cor. 2:10 CHG "person of Christ" TO "presence of Christ" NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,

8 2 Cor. 2:17 CHG "corrupt" TO "peddle", sell (word of God) NRS, LB, 2 Cor.4:6 REM "Jesus" NI, NAS, RS, LB, 2 Cor. 4:10 REM "the Lord" 2 Cor. 5:17 CHG "creature" TO "creation" NRS, LB, 2 Cor. 5:18 REM "Jesus", 2 Cor.10:5 CHG "Casting down imaginations" TO "We demolish arguments" et al. 2 Cor.11:6 CHG rude in speech TO untrained in speech NRS, LB, NRS, LB, 2 Cor.11:31 Gal. 2:20 Gal. 3:1 Gal.3:17 Gal. 4:7 Gal. 5:4 Gal. 6:15 Gal. 6:17 Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 3:9 Ephesians 3:14 Ephesians 5:9 Ephesians 5:30 Philippians 2:6 Philippians 2:7 Philippians 3:8 Philippians 3:16 Philippians 4:13 Colossians 1:2 Colossians 1:14 Colossians 1:28 REM "nevertheless I LBe" REM that ye should not obey the truth REM "in Christ" (confirmed...of God in Christ) REM "through Christ" (heir of God through Christ) CHG "no effect" TO "estranged from", alienated REM "For in Christ Jesus" REM "the Lord" REM "accepted in the beloved" REM "by Jesus Christ" (who created all things by) REM "of our Lord Jesus Christ" CHG fruit of the Spirit TO fruit of the light REM "of his flesh, and of his bones" CHG "thought it not robbery to be equal with God TO did not consider equality with God something to be grasped et al. CHG "made" TO "emptied" CHG dung TO rubbish, trash REM LAST 13 WORDS CHG through Christ TO through him REM "and the Lord Jesus Christ" REM "through His blood" (redemption through...) REM "Jesus" NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, NAS, RS, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,,

9 Colossians 3:6 1 Thess. 1:1 1 Thess. 2:19 1 Thess. 3:11 1 Thess. 3:13 1 Thess. 5:22 2 Thess. 1:8 2 Thess. 1:12 1:1 1:17 2:7 3:16 4:12 5:21 6:1 6:5 6:5 6:10 6:19 6:20 2 Timothy 1:11 2 Timothy 2:15 2 Timothy 3:3 2 Timothy 4:1 2 Timothy 4:22 Hebrews 1:3 REM "on the children of disobedience" REM LAST 9 WORDS (from God our father...) CHG "all appearance of evil" TO "every form of evil" REM Christ REM Lord REM "wise" (the only wise God) REM "in Christ" (...the truth in Christ) CHG "God" TO "he" (God manifest in the flesh) REM "in spirit" REM Lord CHG blasphemed TO spoken against et al. CHG gain is godliness TO godliness is a means of gain et al. REM "from such withdraw thyself" CHG "root of all evil" TO "root of all kinds of evil" CHG "eternal life" TO "the life that is truly life" CHG "science" TO "knowledge" REM "of the gentiles" REM "study" (only command to study the word) CHG of those that are good TO good REM "the Lord" REM "Jesus Christ" CHG "by himself purged our sins" TO "provided purification for sins" NI, NAS, RS, LB, NRS, LB,,, NI, NAS, RS, LB, NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, NRS, LB,, NRS, LB, NRS,,,

10 Hebrews 2:7 Hebrews 3:1 Hebrews 7:21 Hebrews 10:34 Hebrews 11:11 REM LAST 10 WORDS (and didst set him over the works...) REM "Christ Jesus" (High Priest of our...) REM "after the order of Melchisedec" REM "in heaven" (ye have in heaven a better) REM "was delivered of a child" James 5:16 CHG "faults" TO "sins" 1:22 REM "through the Spirit" 2:2 REM "of the word" (sincere milk of the word) 2:2 CHG "grow thereby" TO "grow up in your salvation" 3:15 CHG the Lord God TO Christ as Lord et al. 4:1 REM "for us" (Christ hath suffered for us) 4:14 5:10 5:11 5:14 REM LAST 15 WORDS REM "Jesus" REM "glory (to Him be glory and dominion) REM Jesus 2 Peter 2:1 CHG damnable TO destructive 2 Peter 2:17 REM "for ever" (darkness is reserved for ever) 2 Peter 3:9 REM "us" TO "you" 1 John 1:7 1 John 3:16 REM "of God" (love of God) 1 John 4:3 REM "Christ is come in the flesh" (antichrist) 1 John 4:9 REM "begotten" 1 John 4:19 REM him (We love him, because he first...) 1 John 5:7 REM LAST 15 WORDS 1 John 5:8 REM FIRST 9 WORDS 1 John 5:13 REM LAST 13 WORDS 1 John 5:13 ADD continue to (denys eternal security) NKJ,,, NRS, LB, NRS, LB, 2 John 1:3 REM the Lord

11 Jude 1:25 REM "wise" (Referring to God) Rev. 1:8 REM "the beginning and the ending", Rev. 1:9 REM Christ (TWICE) Rev. 1:11 REM "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last., Rev. 1:18 Rev. 2:13 Rev. 2:15 Rev. 5:14 Rev. 6:8 Rev. 6:17 Rev. 8:13 REM hell CHG Satan's seat TO Satan s throne REM "which thing I hate" REM "Him that liveth for ever and ever" REM Hell CHG his wrath TO their wrath CHG "angel" TO "eagle" Rev. 11:15 CHG "kingdoms" TO "kingdom" Rev. 11:17 REM "and art to come" Rev. 12:12 REM "inhabiters of" Rev. 12:17 Rev. 14:5 Rev. 15:3 Rev. 16:5 Rev. 16:7 REM "before the throne of God" CHG King of saints TO King of the ages et al. REM and shalt be (refers to deity of Jesus) CHG And I heard another out of the altar say TO And I heard the altar respond Rev. 16:17 REM "of heaven" NRS, NRS, LB, NRS,,, Rev. 20:9 REM "from God out of", Rev. 20:12 CHG "God" TO "throne" Rev. 20:13 REM hell Rev. 20:14 REM hell Rev. 21:24 REM "of them which are saved" Rev. 22:14 CHG "do his commandments" TO "wash their robes" Rev. 22:21 REM Christ The King James Bible Defended, NRS, LB, NRS,,