One such post makes these claims:. Most of us have the Bible on our devices and phones. A Hard Copy cannot be updated. All these changes occur when they ask you to update the app. What I want to do here is weigh these claims and hopefully put your mind at ease regarding the supposed deficiencies of the newer translations.
However, the question of missing verses is a bit more complicated. All but about of these variations are simply questions of spelling, grammatical construction, or word order. Of the remaining variations, only 50 or so are significant, and not one alters a single teaching of the Christian faith, because each teaching is expressed by other Bible passages. As indicated above, most Bible scholars make the reasonable assumption that older Bible manuscripts are more accurate because there are fewer copies between them and the original inspired Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic texts.
KJV translators used copies available at the time, dating from the 5th century and later. Since they completed the KJV translation in , however, many much older copies of the Scriptures have been discovered. Some of these copies date as early as AD, which was very close in time to the completion of the New Testament. These older and more reliable manuscripts have been used in almost all subsequent translations of the Bible, including the NIV. Let me close by sharing this truth with you.
God has promised in Isa 1 Pet ,25 Mt that he would preserve His word, and He has done just that. The Bible is the most tested, scrutinized, proven and enduring book in history.
Skip to content Q: Why is the NIV Bible missing some verses? No doctrines of the Christian faith are affected by differences between the King James Version and the manuscripts that it translated, [or by] modern translations following more reliable sources. Please be assured that your NIV Bible is extremely accurate, trustworthy and reliable.
Additional information on the translation process and use of footnotes is located in the Preface of your NIV Bible. If you have any other questions, please let us know. The NIV editors emphasized that their translation was prepared by a self-governing Committee on Bible Translation comprising 15 religious scholars, not by the publishing house itself:. The NIV translation process is one of rigorous checks and balances. The translation team is a self-governing body, which means no publisher or commercial entity can tell them how to translate Scripture.
Committee members represent a number of denominations, helping to ensure a translation free from theological bias. It is true, however, that not everyone has been pleased with changes made to the NIV in recent years, and some have felt they were made for financial reasons.
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