KING JAMES ONLYISM VS. TEXTUS RECEPTUS ONLYISM

The KJ Bible Only Crowd

1. certain rude, crude, and lewd;

2. certain overzealous zealots;

3. certain flawed arguments;

4. certain bitter polemics;

5. certain unanswered questions;

6. certain questionable doctrines

7. certain unethical behaviour;

8. certain divorced brethren;

9. certain matters of concubines;

10. certain liars and kooks;

11. certain misspellers;

12. certain hyper-dispensationalists;

13. certain interdenominationalists;

14. certain Briders;

15. certain super- and non-soul winners;

16. no original manuscripts;

17. more than six editions;

a. spelling variations,

b. grammar variations,

c. word variations,

d. non-word for word translational variations,

e. variations from the original Koine Greek.

(#18 thru #21 is where they depart from TR onlyism)

18. history, scholarship, and men's traditions are no authority;

19. scriptural quotations are sufficient to resolve the issue;

20. use scriptural terminology and clear positional proof-texts;

21. God preserved His inspired word.

The TR Only Crowd

1. certain rude, crude, and lewd;

2. certain overzealous zealots;

3. certain flawed arguments;

4. certain bitter polemics;

5. certain unanswered questions;

6. certain questionable doctrines;

7. certain unethical behaviour;

8. certain divorced brethren;

9. certain matters of concubines;

10. certain liars and kooks;

11. certain misspellers;

12. certain hyper-dispensationalists;

13. certain interdenominationalists;

14. certain Briders;

15. certain super and non-soul winners;

16. no original manuscripts;

17. more than six editions;

a. spelling variations,

b. grammar variations,

c. word variations,

d. non-word for word translational variations,

e. variations from the original Koine Greek.

(#18 thru #21 is where they depart from KJV onlyism)

18. history, scholarship, and men's traditions are the only authority;

19. scriptural quotations are notsutficient to resolve the issue;

20. use extra-scriptural terminology and no clear positional proof-texts;

21. men preserved God's inspired word (ALMOST)

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY HERB EVANS. IT FIRST APPEARED IN THE BIBLE BELIEVERS' BULLETIN, MARCH, 1990.


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