Changes

Modern translations are based on ''Codex Vaticanus'' and ''Codex Sinaiticus'', both fourth century manuscripts. These two manuscripts are said to be "Alexandrian" because they have same type of text as ''Codex Alexandrinus'', a fifth century manuscript.  ''Textus Receptus'', meanwhile, was compiled in the 16th Century from Byzantine manuscripts dating back to the 12th Century.

Modern translations are based on ''Codex Vaticanus'' and ''Codex Sinaiticus'', both fourth century manuscripts. These two manuscripts are said to be "Alexandrian" because they have same type of text as ''Codex Alexandrinus'', a fifth century manuscript.  ''Textus Receptus'', meanwhile, was compiled in the 16th Century from Byzantine manuscripts dating back to the 12th Century.

The underlying textual dispute in the KJV Only debate started in 1881, when Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892) produced a Greek Text based on these two manuscripts, commonly referred to as the "Critical Text".  Westcott and Hort figure prominently in KJV Only writings.<ref>Stringer, Dr. Phil, "[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/wh-only.htm The Westcott and Hort Only Controversy]"</ref>

The underlying textual dispute in the KJV Only debate started in 1881, when Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892) produced a Greek Text based on these two manuscripts, commonly referred to as the ''Critical Text''.  Westcott and Hort figure prominently (and are frequently demonized) in KJV Only writings.<ref>Stringer, Dr. Phil, "[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/wh-only.htm The Westcott and Hort Only Controversy]"</ref> Modern Bible translations are based on Greek texts edited by [http://www.nestle-aland.com ''Nestle Aland''] and the [http://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org ''United Bible Societies (UBS)'']. These are similar to the ''Critical Text'', but take into account manuscripts and papyrus fragments that were discovered later.

 

The main point of the argument is that the more modern translations have been "purposely corrupted" so as to sow doubt in God's Word, specifically the removal of certain passages from the modern texts found in ''Textus Receptus'', such as:

Modern Bible translations are based on Greek texts edited by [http://www.nestle-aland.com Nestle Aland] and the [http://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org United Bible Societies]. These are similar to Westcott-Hort, but take into account manuscripts and papyrus fragments that were discovered later.

*The [[Johannine Comma]] (the ending of I John 5:7, and the beginning of I John 5:8)

*The ending of the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:9-20)

The ''New King James Version'' (1982) is a response to the text-based arguments of KJO writers. This translation is based on the King James Version, but with the language partly modernized. The preface claims that the work is a fresh translation of the "majority text," i.e. the text of the majority of surviving manuscripts. This justification was developed after lawyers for Thomas Nelson Publishers told the editors they would not be able to copyright a revision of KJV. As the majority of surviving Greek manuscripts are of the late Byzantine text type, the majority text is quite similar to Textus Receptus.

The ''New King James Version'' (1982) is a response to the text-based arguments of KJO writers. This translation is based on the King James Version, but with the language partly modernized. The preface claims that the work is a fresh translation of the "majority text," i.e. the text of the majority of surviving manuscripts. This justification was developed after lawyers for Thomas Nelson Publishers told the editors they would not be able to copyright a revision of KJV. As the majority of surviving Greek manuscripts are of the late Byzantine text type, the majority text is quite similar to Textus Receptus.