elnwood
Puritan Board Junior
the difficulty of a passage can be dealt with some effort and research, on the other hand once the true meaning has been perverted due to paraphrasing, doctrinal and spiritual bankruptcy is the results.
The true meaning is often perverted by the KJV. 1 Thess. 5:22 "avoid every appearance of evil" is a prime example, and the results have been fundamentalism and legalism. Recent translations correct the translation. Modern translations also have a better understanding of Hebrew. We know from Hebraic studies that Psalm 23:4 is better translated "darkest valley" (NIV, HCSB, NET, NLT) instead of "valley of the shadow of death." In other places, the KJV is simply inaccurate: "forever" is not what the Hebrew says in Psalm 23:6.
Debates on manuscripts aside, if you're starting from the presupposition that the KJV is the most accurate translation in order to justify the difficult and antiquated language, you're starting from a faulty presupposition.