Be United About Who Christ is and not Debate about Questionable Things

I beg of you, anyone who will listen, not to become entangled in the KJV debate, it is a huge distraction not to mention negating the power of the Holy Spirit's ability to work in the hearts and minds of His children. Some translations are not as good as others but the Holy Spirit can guide the reader.

Our trust must be in Christ to be able to us as we read any version of the Bible. I began reading the NIV when I was first born again. I grew like a weed in my love for Christ and even questioned things to make sure of His truth. After that, I moved to the NKJV never was there anything so dramatically different that heresy was involved. Sentences were left out of some that were added to the KJV to clarify, but not change the meaning.

 
However, one thing is for sure, no English version of the Bible can convey the Jewish mindset involved when the prophets wrote their books. We have only our perverted Western mindset based on our culture and customs to guide us, God has to remove that as we read to show us the truth.

Much of what we have been taught to believe for many years has been based on a version of the Catholic system hierarchy which is not at all what God describes in His Word.

 
The devil couldn't get Christians to fight about who Christ is so he enticed them to argue over English translations as though God only provided HIs word to the English-speaking world. There are 7.8 billion inhabitants in the world and only 1.35 billion speak English.

 
It is never a good idea to translate from one translation to another translation, we must go back to the copies in Hebrew that have been found and translate from them to whatever language we are working with.

 
Please let's not debate here, I have seen the devastation and weakening of faith in those who think they must trust in a translation when all they need and the best they have is Jesus Christ the Word living in them to discern truth from error in any translation they are reading.

 
Let's keep seeking Christ, not translations and not people. The more we get into translation debates the more doubt and frustration is caused in those who are not yet strong in their faith.

 
I prayed many times when I became born-again that God would lead me to the truth about this and He has made it clear that the whole translation debate is a red-herring to cause unnecessary division among believers.

 
I love my brothers and sisters in Christ, nothing grieves me more than debates that do not cause emotional and Spiritual growth but only frustration and doubt.

 
Titus 3:9

"9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are useless and worthless."