The beginning of the ESV
was May 1997 with a meeting headed by James Dobson.
Dobson was deeply troubled with the gender-inclusive
issues within the NIV and TNIV. The results of the
meeting was the "proposed" creation of a new version
without the new-age, homosexual, gender-incusive
agenda. Surprisingly, the “troubled” group united
around the liberal and apostate Revised Standard
Version (RSV) of the Bible. Thus the dubious birth
of the ESV was conceived. In September 1998, Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School professor Wayne Grudem
and Crossway President Lane Dennis received the
blessing of the ecumenical National Council of
Churches to build the ESV upon their 1971 revision
of the Revised Standard Version. And thus the ESV
came to life. . .
World
Magazine documents the
secretive conception of the ESV:
“The version [ESV] had its
roots in discussions that took place before the
May 1997 meeting called by James Dobson at Focus
on the Family headquarters to resolve the
inclusive NIV issue. . . The group discussed
the merits of the Revised Standard Version,
first published in 1952 by the National Council
of Churches and recently replaced by the New
Revised Standard Version, a regendered update.
Some months later, Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School professor Wayne Grudem and Crossway
President Lane Dennis entered into negotiations
with the National Council of Churches to use
the 1971 revision of the Revised Standard
Version as the basis for a new translation.”
(David Bayly, “Decline of
the NIV?”, World Magazine, 5 June 1999)
Wikipedia
states concerning the motive for the ESV:
“Work on
this translation began with discontent
(largely amongst
Evangelical
Christians) over the perceived
looseness of style and content of recently
published English
Bible translations, as well as the
apparent trend toward
gender-neutral language in
translations such as the
Today's New International Version and
the
New Revised Standard Version, among
others.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version)
The primary premise for the ESV
was to combat the gender-neutral changes
infiltrating many other popular versions. The term
“gender-neutral” refers to removing the masculine
references such as “he, him, man, father, brother,
brethren” and replace them with gender-neutral words
such as “they, people, person, human” etc. These
changes occur to support the
homosexual-equal-rights-unisexual-new-age agenda and
totally ignore the masculine gender within the Greek
text (of any manuscript). (See our detailed review
of the TNIV at www.av1611.org/kjv/tniv_intro.html)
And how did the ESV perform in
combating the gender-neutral language?
Dr. Mark L. Strauss, author of
Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Bible
Translation & Gender Accuracy, writes concerning
the “gender-neutral language” of the ESV:
“The recently published
English Standard Version (ESV; Crossway
Bibles, 2001) is a revision of the Revised
Standard Version (RSV, 1952). One
of the major areas of revision in the ESV is the
introduction of gender-inclusive language
(sometimes called gender-neutral language).
In hundreds of cases the ESV introduces terms
like ‘one’ or ‘person’ or ‘others’ for the RSV’s
masculine generic terms ‘man’ and ‘men.’ . . .
In this way, the ESV is
very much like the recently published Today’s
New International Version (TNIV), which
revises the New International Version
(NIV) in a similar manner. . .”
(Strauss, Mark L. Strauss.
The Gender-Neutral Language of the English
Standard Version (ESV))
Remember, the primary reason
Dobson and crew devised the ESV was to counter the
introduction of gender-neutral language in the new
versions. And yet, the ESV did the same thing!
Dr. Strauss relates the “odd
and ironic” infiltration of gender-neutral changes
in the ESV because the ESV publishers and promoters
were “some of the strongest attacks against the
gender language of the TNIV”. Remember, that was
the supposed “purpose” of the ESV – to
counter the gender-neutral agenda. . .
“What is odd and ironic
is that the some of the strongest attacks
against the gender language of the TNIV are
coming from those who produced similar gender
changes in the ESV. One has to wonder
therefore whether these attacks are motivated as
much from ideological and marketing concerns
related to the ESV as from a concern for
fidelity in translation.”
(Strauss, Mark L. Strauss.
The Gender-Neutral Language of the English
Standard Version (ESV))
Can you spell
“H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E”?
And this is no small change.
For instance, the word “man, men” is “neutered” in
the ESV 968 times. The masculine pronoun, “he, him,
his” is neutered 1832 times! And the new-age,
evolutionist, neuter buzz-word “human” is employed
63 times.
How can key Christian leaders
assemble, conceive and design a counter-attack
against the “gender-neutral” Bible version invasion
and yet when the plan is actually implemented the
exact opposite occurs? Did they deceive themselves?
What happened to their original convictions? It’s
almost as if someone else took over and changed
their course of action? Who could have done such a
subtle and sinister deed? [Hint” He tempted Eve (and
damned mankind) with the simple, subtle question
“Yea, hath God said?” (Genesis 3:1)] While some may
scoff at that allegation, there is no doubt in this
author’s mind that the subtle serpent of Genesis 3
was at work. What other explanation can rationalize
such a total change of course?
The following are a few
examples (from the thousands) of gender-neutral
changes flooding the ESV. Notice, replacing “man”
with the generic term “person, human, peoples, one”
etc. significantly deflects the direct application
of the verse.
Mathew 5:13
KJB
Ye are the salt of the
earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be
trodden under foot of men.
ESV
"You are the salt of the
earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall
its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good
for anything except to be thrown out and
trampled under people's
feet.
Mathew 19:23-24
KJB
Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich
man shall hardly
enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And again I say unto you,
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle, than for a rich
man to enter into the kingdom of
God.
ESV
And Jesus said to his
disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with
difficulty will a rich
person enter the kingdom of heaven.
Again I tell you, it is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich
person to enter the kingdom of God."
Romans 3:4
KJB
God forbid: yea, let God be
true, but every man
a liar; as it is written, That thou
mightest be justified in thy sayings, and
mightest overcome when thou art judged.
ESV
By no means! Let God be
true though every one
were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be
justified in your words, and prevail when you
are judged."
Romans 3:28
KJB
Therefore we conclude that
a man is
justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
ESV
For we hold that
one is justified
by faith apart from works of the law.
Romans 5:7
KJB
For scarcely for a
righteous man
will one die: yet peradventure for a good man
some would even dare to die.
ESV
For one will scarcely die
for a righteous person--though
perhaps for a good person one would dare
even to die--
Romans 10:10
KJB
For with the heart
man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
ESV
For with the heart
one believes and
is justified, and with the mouth one confesses
and is saved.
1 Corinthians 2:11
KJB
For what man knoweth
the things of a man,
save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of
God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.
ESV
For who knows a
person's
thoughts except the spirit of that
person, which is
in him? So also no one
comprehends the thoughts of God except the
Spirit of God.
Notice in the following verses
that “man” is replaced with “human, human being”.
Now honestly, is there anybody that really
believes “human” is easier to read or clearer than
“man”? Does any “human” on the planet really believe
that “man” is archaic or outdated and that a new
Bible version is required to replace “man” with
“human”? Apparently, Dobson, Crossway, and the ESV
“boys” do. . .
1 Corinthians 2:13-14
KJB
Which things also we speak,
not in the words which
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things
with spiritual.
But the
natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually
discerned.
ESV
And we impart this in words
not taught by human wisdom
but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual
truths to those who are spiritual.
The
natural person does not accept the
things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly
to him, and he is not able to understand them
because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 4:3
KJB
But with me it is a very
small thing that I should be judged of you, or
of man's judgment:
yea, I judge not mine own self.
ESV
But with me it is a very
small thing that I should be judged by you or by
any human court.
In fact, I do not even judge myself.
Act 17:25 (notice “worship”
is dulled to “served”)
KJB
Neither is worshipped with
men's hands, as
though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to
all life, and breath, and all things;
ESV
nor is he served by
human hands, as
though he needed anything, since he himself
gives to all mankind life and breath and
everything.
Romans 2:9
KJB
Tribulation and anguish,
upon every soul of man
that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of
the Gentile;
ESV
There will be tribulation
and distress for every
human being who does evil, the Jew
first and also the Greek,
Romans 3:5
KJB
But if our unrighteousness
commend the righteousness of God, what shall we
say? Is God unrighteous who taketh
vengeance? (I speak as a
man)
ESV
But if our unrighteousness
serves to show the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict
wrath on us? (I speak in a
human way.)
Romans 6:19
KJB
I speak after the
manner of men
because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as
ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even
so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
ESV
I am speaking in
human terms,
because of your natural limitations. For just as
you once presented your members as slaves to
impurity and to lawlessness leading to more
lawlessness, so now present your members as
slaves to righteousness leading to
sanctification.
1 Corinthians 2:13
KJB
Which things also we speak,
not in the words which
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things
with spiritual.
ESV
And we impart this in words
not taught by human wisdom
but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual
truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Corinthians 3:3
KJB
For ye are yet carnal: for
whereas there is among you envying, and
strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and
walk as men?
ESV
for you are still of the
flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife
among you, are you not of the flesh and
behaving only in a human
way?
1 Corinthians 9:8
KJB
Say I these things as
a man? or saith
not the law the same also?
ESV
Do I say these things on
human authority?
Does not the Law say the same?
Galatians 3:15
KJB
Brethren, I speak after the
manner of men;
Though it be but a
man's covenant, yet if it be
confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth
thereto.
ESV
To give a
human example, brothers: even with
a man-made covenant, no one
annuls it or adds to it once it has been
ratified.
Ephesians 4:14
KJB
That we henceforth
be no more children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by
the sleight of men,
and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie
in wait to deceive;
ESV
so that we may no longer be
children, tossed to and fro by the waves and
carried about by every wind of doctrine, by
human cunning,
by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Philippians 2:8
KJB
And being found in fashion
as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
ESV
And being found
in human form,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the
point of death, even death on a cross.
Colossians 2:8
KJB
Beware lest
any man spoil
you through philosophy and vain deceit, after
the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world, and not after
Christ.
ESV
See to it that
no one takes you
captive by philosophy and empty deceit,
according to human
tradition, according to the elemental
spirits of the world, and not according to
Christ.
James 3:8
KJB
But the tongue can
no man tame;
it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
ESV
but no
human being can tame the tongue. It
is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
1 Peter 2:13
KJB
Submit yourselves to every
ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king,
as supreme;
ESV
Be subject for the Lord's
sake to every human
institution, whether it be to the
emperor as supreme,
1 Peter 4:2
KJB
That he no longer should
live the rest of his time in the flesh to
the lusts of men,
but to the will of God.
ESV
so as to live for the rest
of the time in the flesh no longer for
human passions
but for the will of God.
And this is a very, very small
sampling of the lunacy and hypocrisy of the
homosexual, new-age “gender-neutral” agenda
saturating the ESV.
THE WARNING.
. .
The
Lord has some strong warnings against adding and
subtracting from the Word of God.
Deuteronomy 4:2 reads: "YE
SHALL NOT ADD unto the word which I command you,
NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH ought from it . . ."
Proverbs 30:6, reads, "ADD
THOU NOT unto his words . . ."
And just in case you missed it,
GOD'S LAST WARNING is Revelation 22:18,19, ".
. . If any man SHALL ADD unto these
things. . . And if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM
THE WORDS of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life. .
."
And Jesus Christ, in Luke 8:12, gives a clear aim of
Satan, ". . . then
cometh the devil, and TAKETH AWAY the word . . ."
THE ESV
“TAKETH AWAY” 17 COMPLETE VERSES
As we go
through this material, get your ESV Bible and please
check me out. Don’t believe a word I’m writing. (see
Romans 3:4) Please check me out. See the evidence
for yourself. Note: Most of these examples of
perversions are found in the vast majority of all
the new versions. The reason they all carry these
corruptions is that they are all built upon the
corrupt Westcott and Hort Greek text. And the W&H
text carries these thousands of distortions and
deletions. Remember they’re not simply updating the
King James “English” text, but they are build upon a
drastically different corrupt Greek text, produced
by two “admitted” heretics.
The ESV completely removes the
following 17 verses:
Matthew 12:47
Then one said unto him,
Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew 17:21
Howbeit this kind goeth not
out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come
to save that which was lost.
Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye shall receive the greater
damnation.
Mark 7:16
If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear.
Mark 9:44
Where their worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:46
Where their worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 11:26
But if ye do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses.
Mark 15:28
28 And the scripture
was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered
with the transgressors.
Luke 17:36
Two men shall be in the
field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he
prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it
were great drops of blood falling down to the
ground.
Luke 23:17
(For of necessity he must
release one unto them at the feast.)
John 5:4
For an angel went down at a
certain season into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the troubling
of the water stepped in was made whole of
whatsoever disease he had.
Acts 8:37
And Philip said, If thou
believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And
he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 15:34
Notwithstanding it pleased
Silas to abide there still.
Acts 24:7 (note half of
Acts 24:6 and 24:8 is also removed)
7 But the chief captain
Lysias came upon us, and with great violence
took him away out of our hands,
Acts 28:29
And when he had said these
words, the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves.
Romans 16:24
The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Amen.
After Mark 16:8 the ESV states, "Some of the
earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9-20.”
Zap-There goes another 12 verses. And by the way,
that is absolutely untrue! The book, The Last
Twelve Verses of the Gospel of Mark, by Dean
Burgon contains over 400 pages of documented
evidence for Mark 16:9-20, that has never been
refuted, nor ever will!
After John 7:52, the NIV, reads, "The earliest
manuscripts do not include John 7:53-8:11"
Zap-There goes another 12 verses!
THE ESV
“TAKETH AWAY” OVER 33,000 WORDS IN JUST THE NEW
TESTAMENT!
A word
comparison with the New Testament of the KJB and the
ESV reveals the ESV removes over a staggering 33,000
words! And that is nothing to sneeze at. That equals
removing the complete books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Malachi,
Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2
Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus,
Philemon, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3
John and Jude - combined!
That’s a huge part of your
Bible that someone decided you didn’t need!
And that’s just the words
ripped from the New Testament!
So much for the Lord’s stern
warning against adding and taking away from His
Words.
In case you think the ESV
simply removes insignificant archaic words. The ESV
removes “key” words and phases from hundreds of
verses. The following are some examples of the words
“taketh away” in the ESV. The words marked in red
are removed in the ESV.
Mathew 19:9
KJB
And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it
be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery:
and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth
commit adultery.
ESV
And I say to you: whoever
divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,
and marries another, commits adultery."
Mark 9:49
KJB
For every one shall be
salted with fire, and
every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
ESV
For everyone will be salted
with fire.
Luke 9:55-56
KJB
But he turned, and rebuked
them, and said, Ye
know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's
lives, but to save them. And they
went to another village.
ESV
But he turned and rebuked
them.
And they went on to another
village.
Luke 22:64
KJB
And when they had
blindfolded him, they
struck him on the face, and asked him,
saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
ESV
They also blindfolded him
and kept asking him, "Prophesy! Who is it that
struck you?"
John 3:13
KJB
And no man hath ascended up
to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man
which is in heaven.
ESV
No one has ascended into
heaven except he who descended from heaven, the
Son of Man.
John 8:59
KJB
Then took they up stones to
cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out
of the temple, going
through the midst of them, and so passed by.
ESV
So they picked up stones to
throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out
of the temple.
Acts 9:5
KJB
And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest: it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said
unto him, Arise, and go into the city,
and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
ESV
And he said, "Who are you,
Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting.
But rise and enter the
city, and you will be told what you are to do."
Acts 18:21
KJB
But bade them farewell,
saying, I must by all
means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:
but I will return again unto you, if God will.
And he sailed from Ephesus.
ESV
But on taking leave of them
he said, "I will return to you if God wills,"
and he set sail from Ephesus.
Romans 8:1
KJB
There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
ESV
There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 13:9
KJB
For this, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt
not bear false witness, Thou shalt not
covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
ESV
For the commandments, "You
shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder,
You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and
any other commandment, are summed up in this
word: "You shall love your neighbor as
yourself."
1 Corinthians 10:28
KJB
But if any man say unto
you, This is offered in sacrifice
unto idols, eat
not for his sake that shewed it, and for
conscience sake: for
the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness
thereof:
ESV
But if someone says to you,
"This has been offered in sacrifice," then do
not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed
you, and for the sake of conscience--
Galatians 3:1
KJB
O foolish Galatians, who
hath bewitched you,
that ye should not obey the truth, before
whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set
forth, crucified among you?
ESV
O foolish Galatians! Who
has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that
Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as
crucified.
Ephesians 3:14
KJB
For this cause I bow my
knees unto the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
ESV
For this reason I bow my
knees before the Father,
Titus 1:4
KJB
To Titus, mine own
son after the common faith: Grace,
mercy, and
peace, from God the Father and
the Lord Jesus
Christ our Saviour.
ESV
To Titus, my true child in
a common faith: Grace and peace from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Hebrews 2:7
KJB
Thou madest him a little
lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with
glory and honour, and
didst set him over the works of thy hands:
ESV
You made him for a little
while lower than the angels; you have crowned
him with glory and honor,
1 John 5:7
KJB
For there are three that
bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness in earth,
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and
these three agree in
one.
ESV
For there are three that
testify:
the Spirit and the water
and the blood; and these three agree.
THE ESV &
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Among the
more troubling changes in the new versions is the
strategic attack on the Lord Jesus Christ. Some
times the attack is small and subtle, such as
removing “Lord” or “Christ,” or swipes at the virgin
birth or the blood atonement. Other times, the
attack is a nuclear assault, such as stripping “God”
from 1 Timothy 3:16. But make no mistake – the
attack is real. And most people reading just the
ESV (or the other versions) never realize this
sinister attack on the Lord Jesus Christ.
There’s something very special
about the name of “Jesus”.
The Bible says in Acts
4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for
there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.” Philippians
2:10 says about the name of Jesus, “That at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth;” (Philippians 2:10)
And the ESV removes the
precious name of “Jesus” 18 times! And believe it or
not – it removes “Jesus Christ” 51 times!
And that’s not all. . . The ESV
removes the word “Christ” 39 times. The “Lord” 66
times. And “God” 38 times.
In Matthew 5:22, the ESV
removes “without a cause” hence making Jesus Christ
(who got angry in Mark 3:5 and other places) danger
of the judgment.
Matthew 5:22
KJB
But I say unto you, That
whosoever is angry with his brother
without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment: and
whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall
be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
ESV
But I say to you that
everyone who is angry with his brother will be
liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother
will be liable to the council; and whoever says,
'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
That wonderful, familiar song
says, “What can wash away my sins, nothing but the
blood of Jesus.” Not according to the ESV. . .
The only place in the Bible
that references “washing” my sins in the blood of
Jesus Christ is Revelation 1:5. And the ESV replaces
“wash” with “freed”. Why doesn’t the ESV and the new
versions change the song to “What can free my sins”?
Because they wouldn’t dare change the words of the
song for respect of the author of the song – and yet
they’ll change the words of God without blinking an
eye!
Revelation 1:5
KJB
And from Jesus Christ, who
is the faithful witness, and the first begotten
of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from
our sins in his own blood,
ESV
and from Jesus Christ the
faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and
the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us
and has freed us
from our sins by his blood
Colossians 1:14 takes another
surgical swipe at the precious blood of Jesus Christ
by removing the words – “through his blood.”
The ESV deliberately
rips out the words “through his blood.”
Salvation is ONLY
“through his blood.”
Hebrews 9:22,
reads, ". . . without shedding of BLOOD is no
remission." That old song says, "What can wash away
my sins, NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS!" But
not according to the English SUBStandard Version. .
.
Colossians 1:14
KJB
In whom we have redemption
through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
ESV
in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.
1 Peter 4:1 removes the simple
two words “for us” thus surgically amputating what
Jesus Christ did “for us.”
KJB
Forasmuch then as Christ
hath suffered for
us in the flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind: for he that hath
suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
ESV
Since therefore Christ
suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the
same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered
in the flesh has ceased from sin,
Hebrews 1:3 takes another
subtle swipe at the blood atonement of the Lord
Jesus Christ by removing the key words “by himself,”
hence negating His personal sacrificial death. At
the same time, the ESV muddles the incarnation of
the Lord Jesus by changing “Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the express image of his person”
to the vague “He is the radiance of the glory of God
and the exact imprint of his nature.”
KJB
Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the express image of
his person, and upholding all things by the
word of his power, when he had
by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of
the Majesty on high;
ESV
He is the radiance of
the glory of God and the exact imprint of
his nature, and he upholds the universe by
the word of his power. After making purification
for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on high,
In Luke 13:32, the ESV robs
Jesus Christ of His “perfection” and instead only
allows Him to “finish my course.”
Luke 13:32
KJB
And he said unto them, Go
ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and
the third day I shall be perfected.
ESV
And he said to them, "Go
and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons
and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the
third day I finish my course.
The ESV in Philippians 2:6-7
drops an atomic bomb on the deity of the Lord Jesus
Christ. One of the clearest verses in the Bible
proclaiming that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh
and the ESV totally changes the verse to
deliberately deny the deity of Jesus Christ. The ESV
changes the clear, definitive statement “thought it
not robbery to be equal with God” to the exact
opposite “did not count equality with God a thing to
be grasped”!
KJB
Who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God:
But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
ESV
who, though he was in the
form of God, did not count equality with God
a thing to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the form of a servant, being born in the
likeness of men.
If Philippians 2 was an atomic
assault on the deity and incarnation of Jesus
Christ, the ESV attacks 1 Timothy 3:16 with a
devastating nuclear attack. 1 Timothy 3:16 is easily
the clearest declaration in the scriptures that
Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, and the ESV
creates a grammatical gobbled-gook to deny the deity
of Jesus Christ!
1 Timothy 3:16
KJB
And without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the
Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up
into glory.
ESV
Great indeed, we confess,
is the mystery of godliness: He was
manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the
Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the
nations, believed on in the world, taken up in
glory.
The ESV reads, “HE was
manifested in the flesh”. So What? Everyone was
“manifested in the flesh”! “He” is a pronoun that
refers to a noun or antecedent. There is no
antecedent in the context! The statement does not
make grammatical sense. The ESV distorts I Timothy
3:16 into utter nonsense while denying the deity of
Jesus Christ!
1 John 4:3 provides us a
tell-tale sign to identify the spirit of the
antichrist. Of course, the antichrist surely wishes
this verse could be diluted to dull the reader’s
discernment. And of course, the ESV grants his
demonic wish by removing the key words “is come in
the flesh”.
1 John 4:3
KJB
And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in
the flesh is not of God: and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that
it should come; and even now already is it in
the world.
ESV
and every spirit that does
not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was
coming and now is in the world already.
Like all good Bible PerVersions
the ESV perverts John 3:16 by removing the critical
“begotten” and thus changing John 3:16 into a lie.
Adam is called the “son
of God” in Luke 3:38, there are “sons of God” in Job
1:6 and Christians are called “sons of God” in
Philippians 2:15, I John 3:2- but Jesus Christ was
the “only BEGOTTEN Son” By removing the critical
word “begotten” -- the ESV perverts John 3:16 into a
lie. The ESV also removes “begotten” in John 1:14,
1:18, 3:18 and 1 John 4:9,
John 3:16
KJB
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
ESV
"For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish
but have eternal life.
NO LUCIFER
IN THE ESV
Isaiah
14:14 reveals Satan's grandest desire, "I will be
like the most High." And with a little subtle
perversion - the ESV in Isaiah 14:12 grants Satan's
wish.
In Isaiah 14:12, the King James
Bible clearly identifies “Lucifer”. But the ESV
refers to “Lucifer” as one of the titles of the Lord
Jesus Christ – “Day Star” in 1 Peter 1:19 and the
Morning star of Revelation 22:16.
Isaiah 14:12
KJB
How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations!
ESV
"How you are fallen from
heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you
are cut down to the ground, you who laid the
nations low!
1 Peter 1:19
KJB
We have also a more
sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star
arise in your hearts:
Revelation 22:16
KJB
I Jesus have sent mine angel to
testify unto you these things in the churches. I am
the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star.
The ESV makes Lucifer the “Day
Star” in Isaiah 14, and the Hebrew word for star
(kokab) is not in Isaiah 14:12. Why did they do it?
Hint. Read Genesis 3:1
THE
QUENCHING OF HELL
The Bible
says in Matt 25:41 that hell “prepared for the devil
and his angels.” Now surely the Devil’s going to
tone down the flames of hell. And he does, the ESV
removes hell 40 times.
Get this “devil and devils” is
removed a whopping 83 times in the ESV!
THE LORD’S
PRAYER OR. . . THE DEVIL’S PRAYER?
As we
previously witnessed the ESV surgically blurs the
roles of the Lord Jesus and Satan. Another classic
(and sad) case is the popular “Lord’s Prayer”.
Notice the ESV removes the critical words that
identify God the Father. Note: The words in read are
removed from the ESV.
KJB (Luke 11:2-4)
2 And he said unto them,
When ye pray, say, Our Father
which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as
in heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our
daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive every one that is indebted
to us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from
evil.
ESV (Luke 11:2-4)
2 And he said to them,
"When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your
name. Your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our
daily bread,
4 and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is
indebted to us. And lead us not into
temptation."
The “Father” of the ESV is not
“in heaven” and does not “deliver us from evil.” The
ESV changes The Lord's Prayer in Luke 2 into the
Devil's Prayer.
THE
VIRGIN BIRTH
One of the loudest protests
against the 1952 RSV was the attack on the virgin
birth in Isaiah 7:14 by changing “virgin” to “young
woman”.
Isaiah 7:14 KJB
Therefore the Lord himself
shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 RSV
Therefore the Lord himself
will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman
shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel.
By the way, how does “a young
woman shall conceive” be a “sign”? Duh… Young woman
conceive all the time. But for a “virgin” to
conceive – now that’s a “sign” from the Lord.
Following the RSV’s attack on
the virgin birth of Isaiah 7;14, an onslaught of
Christian leaders came rushing out of the woodshed
vehemently attacking the apostate RSV in 1952, even
publicly burning copies of the RSV. And yet the ESV
(and nearly every other new version) attack the
virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ in Luke 2:33
by changing “Joseph” to “his father”.
Luke 2:33
KJB
And Joseph and his
mother marvelled at those things which were
spoken of him.
ESV
And his father and
his mother marveled at what was said about him.
Note: Some new version
defenders have sought to justify the “his father” of
Luke 2:33 in the ESV with the KJB in Luke 2:48, “And
when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother
said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with
us? behold, thy father and I have sought
thee sorrowing.” But here’s the important
difference. In Luke 2:48 the Bible is quoting Mary
recognizing the parental role of Joseph, but in Luke
2:33, the Holy Spirit is narrating the facts
concerning the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE
ATTACK ON THE WORD OF GOD. . .
Obviously, with the ESV “corrupting” the words of
God like a madman possessed from hell (literally),
you’d certainly expect the ESV to cover their tracks
by changing “corrupt the word of God” in 2
Corinthians 2:17. (And you’re right – they did . .
.) Not to be disappointed, hell’s hit man from the
ESV conveniently takes care of 2 Corinthians 2:17 by
quietly changing “corrupt the word of God” to
“peddlers of God's word.”
2 Corinthians 2:17
KJB
For we are not as
many, which corrupt the word of God: but
as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of
God speak we in Christ.
ESV
For we are not,
like so many, peddlers of God's word, but
as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in
the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Timothy 2:15
contains the only command in the scriptures to
“study” the word of God. Of course, the ESV crew has
got to get rid of that “study”. After all, if you
actually “study” your Bible you might just find out
what the ESV and the Dobson-Crossway crowd is doing
to the Word of God. And they just can’t allow that.
Got to get rid of that “study.” So presto-magic -
“study” no mo. . . Just “do you best.” Oh by the
way, you no longer rightly “divide” the word of
truth, you just “rightly handle”. The ESV surgically
removes the only command to “study” your Bible, and
rips out the only instructions on how to study it -
“rightly dividing”.
2 Timothy 2:15
KJB
Study to
shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth.
ESV
Do your best
to present yourself to God as one approved, a
worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly
handling the word of truth.
In Luke 4, the devil
tempts the Lord Jesus Christ. And the Lord battles
the devil with “the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God” (Eph 6:17) but wait – hold the
phone – it’s not in the ESV! Believe it or not
(please check it out) while the Lord is battling the
temptations of the devil, the ESV disarms the Lord
by removing His sword! The ESV removes “but by every
word of God.” Wow! Any doubt whose the mastermind
pulling the strings on these new versions. . .
Luke 4:4
KJB
And Jesus answered him,
saying, It is written, That man shall not live
by bread alone, but by
every word of God.
ESV
And Jesus answered him, "It
is written, 'Man shall not live by bread
alone.'"
To make matters even worse (and
to display the total Bible stupidity of the ESV
crew) the Lord Jesus is quoting Deuteronomy 8:3. The
ESV obviously doesn’t even know what Deuteronomy 8:3
says.
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and
suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy
fathers know; that he might make thee know
that man doth not live by bread only, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
the LORD doth man live.
And Christian leaders
are promoting and praising this anti-Christ mess?
You read the accolades (and there’s a lot more on
the ESV web site)? I suspect most of those so-called
Christian leaders are not daily “reading” and
“searching” their Bible (any version), they just
carry it around and “use it” only when absolutely
necessary.
How else
can you explain them praising such a wicked and open
attack on the Word of God?
ESV AND
SALVATION
Paul warns
the Christian in 2 Corinthians 11:3 of Satan’s
attempt to corrupt your minds “from the simplicity
that is in Christ.”
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ.
And the ESV successfully
carries out the serpent’s beguiling desire by
corrupting “the simplicity that is in Christ.”
The ESV’s corruption and confusion of the
simplicity of Christ injects the deadly venom
from the subtle serpent of Genesis 3:1, “Yea,
hath God said. . .?”
Remember Hort despises the
blood atonement of Jesus Christ labeling it “an
almost universal heresy.” He also adds the
“doctrine of substitution, (how that Jesus took our
place (substitution) on the cross) is “an immoral
and material counterfeit”:
Oct. 15th - Hort: "I entirely
agree - correcting one word - with what you there
say on the Atonement, having for many years believed
that "the absolute union of the Christian (or
rather, of man) with Christ Himself" is the
spiritual truth of which the popular doctrine of
substitution is an immoral and material counterfeit...Certainly
nothing can be more unscriptural than the modern
limiting of Christ's bearing our sins and sufferings
to His death; but indeed that is only one aspect of
an almost universal heresy." (Life, Vol.I,
p.430).
Carrying forth Hort’s malicious
attack on Christ’s “substitutionary atonement,” the
ESV surgically dismantles our “complete salvation”
right before your eyes. Salvation in the ESV is not
a one-time finished, salvation but a process. It’s
not “saved” but a continual process of “being
saved.” In the ESV’s and Hort’s twisted salvation,
at what point does someone actually become “saved”
and no longer “being saved”?
Act 2:47
KJB
Praising God, and having
favour with all the people. And the Lord added
to the church daily such as should be saved.
ESV
praising God and having
favor with all the people. And the Lord added to
their number day by day those who were being
saved.
1 Corinthians 1:18
KJB
For the preaching of the
cross is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved it is the power
of God.
ESV
For the word of the cross
is folly to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the power of
God.
1 Corinthians 15:2
KJB
By which also ye are
saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached
unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
ESV
and by which you are
being saved, if you hold fast to the word I
preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
2 Corinthians 2:15
KJB
For we are unto God a sweet
savour of Christ, in them that are saved,
and in them that perish:
ESV
For we are the aroma of
Christ to God among those who are being saved
and among those who are perishing,
Following right along this
pernicious path of “being saved” the ESV no longer
allows the saved sinner to be “complete” in Jesus
Christ, but merely “filled”.
Colossians 2:10
KJB
And ye are complete in
him, which is the head of all principality
and power:
ESV
and you have been filled
in him, who is the head of all rule and
authority.
The ESV perverts “narrow is the
way” of salvation into “the way is hard”. There’s
nothing “hard” about God’s wonderful way to
salvation. It’s as simple as “opening a door” (John
10:9) or drinking a glass of water (John 4:14). But
it is “narrow”. It’s very “narrow”. There’s only
one, single, “narrow” way. Jesus Christ says in John
14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.” Again the ESV totally
changes and perverts the simple way of salvation.
Matthew 7:14
KJB
Because strait is
the gate, and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that
find it.
ESV
For the gate is narrow and
the way is hard that leads to life, and
those who find it are few.
THE ENGLISH
SUB-STANDARD VERSION
The
English Standard Version should have been correctly
named The English SUBStandard Version. In every
conceivably way: easy of reading; accuracy;
doctrine; honoring the Lord Jesus; truthfulness – it
is SubStandard. Would any sincere Christian trade
their trustworthy King James Bible for such a
pitiful phony?
I think not. . . .
We’ll end our examination of
the ESV with the words of the “Great Orator”
himself, President Ronald Reagan. During one of
Reagan’s famous radio talks, he compared the Good
News Bible (also called the Good News for Modern Man
and Today's English Version) to the King James
Bible. Regean’s keen analysis of the Good News Bible
would just as easily apply to the ESV:
“The sponsors of the Good News version boast that
their Bible is as readable as the daily paper – and
so it is. But do readers of the daily news find
themselves moved to wonder, "at the gracious words
which proceeded out of his mouth"? Mr. Hanser
suggests that sadly the "tinkering & general horsing
around with the sacred texts will no doubt continue"
as pious drudges try to get it right. "It will
not dawn on them that it has already been gotten
right."
This is Ronald Reagan. Thanks for listening.
—
aired September 6, 1977
