>>5961946Nice try (((Cardinal)))
>>5961942KJV is the one that's had the greatest cultural and historical impact in the English world. It's the translation that the US President places his hand on to take the oath of office. The wording is a bit antiquated which will require a dictionary at some times (I recommend an online version of Webster's 1828 edition) but the fact is every Bible translation will require you use Google now and again. You'll Google definitions no matter what
>>5961948This one will convince you of the reliability of the KJV over other translations. You can use this one but I'd recommend using a KJV alongside it.
The KJV uses ye/thee and thy/thou as pronouns because ye/thy are singular, thee/thou is plural. The Oxford Annotated Bible uses the word you in every instance the KJV would say ye/thy, thee/thou. If you're looking to get anything spiritual out of the Bible, this would matter.
>>5961949The NKJV doesn't own up in one area of this section which the KJV does.
>30>And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”The KJV it's "there are last WHICH SHALL be first, and there are first WHICH SHALL be last."
In the KJV, the words "which shall" signifies a change in time. "The last which shall be first", means, those who come to Christ in this world last, people like reformed criminals, will apear to be getting the most in the next world, because they weren't as holy in this world. Those who came to Christ first, those that never were criminals or degenerates, will appear to be last in the next world because they received less a reward than reformed criminals.
But all will receive the same reward. When everyone gets the same reward, the first shall be last.
"The first who will be last" doesn't carry the same ring. Because "who will" doesn't signify a different time period the way "which shall" does.
Do yourself a favor and invest in a physical reference version of a KJV. Pic related
