[SoConPubbie]

Any church that reads and teaches only out of the King James Version, I can understand the problem.

And yet millions through multiple centuries have found God, have repented and believed and received the Holy Spirit using just that version.

Could the problem not be the version of the bible used, but the watered-down, ineffective, non-offending sermons preached from it?

[OrangeHoof]

And yet millions through multiple centuries have found God, have repented and believed and received the Holy Spirit using just that version.

True but expecting the modern churchgoer to wade through thiseth and thoueth and all sorts of archaic words is an impediment to understanding God's truths. It's like expecting today's people to understand Beowolf.

Languages change and words change their meaning. As long as the translations from the original Greek and Hebrew are steadfast, using the words and idioms of the 21st century can only enhance understanding, not impede it.

The KJV was a remarkable work in its time but so was the Model T.