View source for Fifty Stumbling Stones of the Laodicean Translations

In this final section, I'd like to point out one of the best things about the new versions. What might that be? It is the fact that we know where they're going to alter God's word before they do it! We know how to "check'em out" without having to waste our God-given time reading the whole translation. The following list includes fifty "check points" which anyone can use to expose a new translation. No translation will be guilty on all fifty counts, but any translation since 1881 will alter God's word enough to prove that the revisionists do not have God's best interest in heart. For emphasis, I'll present these items from Satan's standpoint, briefly illustrating his purpose for many of the changes: 

1. Genesis 1:29. Omit the word "meat" since there is no real flesh in the verse, only plant life. This will destroy the cross reference to the "meat offering" of Leviticus 2, which is really a GRAIN offering with no flesh. The Bible has it's own built in dictionary, but let's not allow people to know it. 

2. Genesis 3:5. Alter the word "gods" and the cross references to Psalm 82, I Corinthians 8:5, and II Corinthians 4:4 will be destroyed. 

3. Genesis 22:1. The word "tempt" in the verse should be replaced with "try". Here's another case of the "built-in dictionary". James 1:2-3 explains the kind of tempting that this was, but let's hide it from as many Christians as possible. 

4. Numbers 33:52. Someone might use the word "pictures" as a reference to television. Throw it out! 

5. Isaiah 7:14. Attack the virgin birth by omitting the word "virgin". After all, the Hebrew word "almah" can mean a virgin, a damsel, or just a young woman. Laodicean Christians are too lazy to check Matthew 1:23 to see how Matthew translated it. 

6. Daniel 3:25. There's Jesus Christ in the Old Testament! Can't have that! Someone might get the idea that He's eternal. Change "the Son of God" to "a son of the gods." 

7. Micah 5:2. Another chance to attack the eternal existence of Christ. Throw out "everlasting". 

8. Zechariah 9:9. We're not interested in anyone being SAVED, so omit the words "having salvation". 

9. Matthew 1:25. Omit "firstborn" because it shows the reader that Mary had other children after Jesus and did NOT remain a perpetual virgin. They'll never think to check Psalm 69:8, Galatians 1:19, or John 7:5. 

10. Matthew 5:22. Let's create a contradiction by omitting the words "without a cause". This will make Jesus contradict Paul in Ephesians 4:26. 

11. Matthew 6:13. Omit the "kingdom", the "power", and the "glory". 

12. Matthew 27:54. Change "the Son of God" to "a son of God". 

13. Mark 1:1. This is the only Gospel which refers to Christ as the "Son of God" in the very first verse. Throw it out. 

14. Mark 16:9-20. Either throw out the last twelve verses of Mark or raise doubt about them in the margins and footnotes. The less we read of a resurrected Christ the better. 

15. Luke 1:34. Change Mary's words "I know not a man" to "I have no husband". This will allow for possible fornication between Mary and Joseph, which could make Joseph the father of Jesus. 

16. Luke 2:33. Attack the virgin birth again by replacing "Joseph" with "father". 

17. Luke 4:4. Omit "by every word of God". No one will think to check Deuteronomy 8:3. 

18. Luke 23:42. Here's a sinner being saved by calling upon the name of the "Lord", which is in perfect tune with Romans 10:13. Replace the divine title "Lord" with the human name "Jesus". 

19. Luke 24:51. Raise doubt about the ascension of Christ by omitting the words "carried up into heaven". Hopefully, no one will check Luke's later comments in Acts 1:1-2 

20. John 1:14. Omit the word "begotten", just like in John 1:18, 3:16, and 3:18. 

21. Acts 1:3. Omit the word "infallible". Nothing is infallible. 

22. Acts 4:27. Jesus wasn't God's "child". He was only His "servant". 

23. Acts 8:37. Either omit the entire verse or raise doubt about it, because this verse states that scriptural water baptism is conditional upon BELIEF. 

24. Acts 12:4. Change "Easter" to "passover". No one will ever read Exodus and Numbers to find the truth. 

25. Acts 17:22. Change "superstitious" to "religious". 

26. Romans 1:18. Let's change "hold the truth in unrighteousness" to "suppress the truth", which is a much weaker reading. 

27. Romans 1:25. Let's say they "exchanged the truth of God for a lie" instead of "changed the truth of God into a lie". 

28. Romans 1:29. Throw out "fornication". 

29. Romans 10:17. Replace the word "God" with "Christ". This will teach that faith comes by rallying around the person of Jesus alone and not by feeding on every word of God (Luke 4:4). 

30. Romans 14:10. Change the word "Christ" to "God". This will prevent anyone from realizing that Jesus Christ is God when they read verse twelve. 

31. I Corinthians 1:22. Change "require" to "request", and destroy the great truth about signs being for Israel. 

32. II Corinthians 2:17. Since we are guilty of corrupting the word of God, replace the word "corrupt" with "peddle". 

33. II Corinthians 5:17. Replace the word "creature" with "creation", although Mark 16:15 says "creature". 

34. Ephesians 1:7. Throw out the "blood". 

35. Philippians 3:21. People don't have "vile" bodies. They just have "lowly" bodies. 

36. Colossians 1:14. Throw out the "blood". 

37. I Thessalonians 5:22. Omit the word "appearance" so Christians will not be very concerned about their testimony. 

38. I Timothy 3:16. The verse says that "God was manifest in the flesh". Attack the Deity of Christ and the Incarnation by throwing "God" clear out of the verse. 

39. I Timothy 6:10. Change "all evil" to "all kinds of evil". 

40. I Timothy 6:20. Since many heresies are taught today in the name of "science", and this verse gives a strong warning against "science falsely so-called", change the word "science" to "knowledge". 

41. II Timothy 2:15. This is the only command in the Bible to "study" the word of God. Omit the word "study". 

42. James 5:16. Let's justify Roman Catholic confessionals by changing the word "faults" to "sins". 

43. I Peter 5:11. Omit "glory" and "dominion". 

44. I John 1:7. Omit the word "Christ". 

45. I John 4:3. Omit the words "Christ is come in the flesh". 

46. I John 5:7. There's the Trinity! Throw out the whole verse or insert marginal notes to raise doubt about it. 

47. Revelation 1:5. Omit the word "blood". 

48. Revelation 5:9. Omit the word "blood". 

49. Revelation 11:15. Change the many "kingdoms" that Jesus Christ will receive to one singular "kingdom". 

50. Revelation 11:17. Attack the Second Coming of Christ by omitting the words "art to come".
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