Several readers have asked me this question so I thought it worthwhile to
include my response here. Please note that these are only WHOLE verses that
the NIV deletes. This list does not include the many words and phrases
that were completely deleted from the NIV--it deletes over 64,000 words
including words like mercyseat, Jehovah, and Godhead. It removes meaningful,
well-known Bible words like Calvary, Lucifer, new testament, regeneration,
etc. Most of the modern Bibles line up very closely with the NIV--and so does
the New World Translation--the Bible of the Jehovah's Witnesses which predates
the NIV!
When you read below where I say that a verse is COMPLETELY deleted, I mean
clean/bald-headed/gone/vanished deleted. For instance, if you search for Acts
8:37 in the NIV you will read,
36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the
eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"
38And he ordered the chariot to stop. Then both Philip and the eunuch
went down into the water and Philip baptized him.
Verse 37 is CLEAN, BALD-HEADED, GONE, VANISHED, MY FRIENDS (and it is a
powerful verse)! Some foolish people have written me saying, "But it says
something in the footnotes." I have three responses. (1) When you are
reading your Bible do you look at the footnotes after every verse? Do you say
"I am reading verse 3 so let me look below and see if something in verse
3 is missing."? Even if you did do that (which you don't) the footnotes
say that the "best manuscripts" don't have the verse--will you then
agree with them that the verse doesn't belong? If not, then why are you
reading an NIV? (2) Not all the word deletions are found in the footnotes of
the NIV so don't think for a second that they are letting you know all the
changes they made. (3) The next logical step will be for the NIV to omit the
footnotes and just reorder everthing. In the example above verse 38 would
become verse 37 so it wouldn't look funny. Look at the J.B.
Phillips translation--that heretick didn't number the individual verses so
you don't know what you're missing. It's paragraph style. The NIV may go that
way too. They are desensitizing you to the changing of the very words of God.
In summary, they'll either renumber or go to that paragraph format.
Wait a minute, hold the presses! I got the following from Bill W. one of
our dear readers:
"I was in the Christian Book store today. I saw some thing that shocked
me. I look through the Bibles often. I looked at the CHILDREN'S NIV. I
looked up the missing verses and there was something I could not believe. I
looked up Matt 17:21 and of course it is missing BUT in this Children's
Bible it was typed out like this 20/21 and the 21st verse was still missing.
They make you think that you read the 21st verse but it still is just the
20th verse! Can you believe it???!!! If you want to look for yourself find
the CHILDREN'S NIrV BIBLE, and see for yourself. I did look in the other
NIV's to see if they did the same thing. They DID NOT do that, BUT how long
before they do?????!"
They are already sneaking the deletions into the children's Bibles! This is
the second time that I've heard of those foxes pulling one over on little
helpless children. The other thing I've seen them do is retranslate the kids'
and prisoners' Bibles to make them gender neutral. Of course those foxes
didn't market them that way, they just snuck in the gender inclusivity. See
this article for details.
Another update! I just opened the JW "Bible", the New World
Translation (1961 ed.), and looked up all the verses that the NIV completely
deletes. THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS BIBLE DELETES THE EXACT SAME ONES!!!! I mean ALL
of 'em! The only difference between the NIV and the New World Translation
deletions is that the JW Bible does not include any footnotes! Isn't that
what I said above, that the NIV would eventually delete the footnotes? To
learn more about the Jehovah's Witnesses and their damnable doctrines go to
our article on cults.
Our illiterate, lazy culture has spilled over to many professing Christians
who have embraced the ways of the sluggard (and their want shall come upon
them as an armed man). They are willing to read a Satanic "Bible"
version missing what God says so they can be lazy and not do their due
diligence. Your modern Bible perversion was written by men using dynamic
equivalence. In other words, they are telling you their interpretation and
their doctrine--NOT what the manuscripts really say. Don't believe me? Look at
the article on the NIV using gender
inclusive language. Gender inclusivity wasn't in the
"originals"--it is a modern, feminist concept born of REBELLION.
A number of brothers and sisters, after examining the facts, have said,
"I'm getting a King James!" Many have shared what a blessing the
King James Bible has been to them and their spiritual life. The King James
isn't hard. I've seen one and two year olds quoting it and I am not
exaggerating. I've taught it to people who cannot read and to children whose
second language is English. I actually find the modern Bibles more
difficult to read than the King James.
If you read a modern Bible, don't let your pride get in the way of really
looking at this information. Some people get hostile because I'm sharing these
facts. Look up the verses and see that what you call the Bible is not the
Bible. Get a real Bible. The King James conformable to the edition of
1611--NOT the New King James or the KJ21, etc. they are not King James Bibles.
WHOLE Bible verses deleted
in the NIV
The following WHOLE verses have been removed in the NIV--whether in the
text or footnotes...over 40 IN ALL!!!
Matthew 12:47 -- removed in the footnotes
Matthew 17:21 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
Matthew 18:11 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
Matthew 21:44 -- removed in the footnotes
Matthew 23:14 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"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 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."
Mark 9:44 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 9:46 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 11:26 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses."
Mark 15:28 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with
the transgressors."
Mark 16:9-20 (all 12 verses) -- There is a line separating the last
12 verses of Mark from the main text. Right under the line it says: [The two
most reliable early manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20] (NIV, 1978 ed.) The
Jehovah's Witness "Bible" also places the last 12 verses of Mark as
an appendix of sorts.
Luke 17:36 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left."
Luke 22:44 -- removed in the footnotes
Luke 22:43 -- removed in the footnotes
Luke 23:17 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)"
John 5:4 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"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."
John 7:53-8:11 -- removed in the footnotes
Acts 8:37 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. It's deletion makes one think that people can be
baptized and saved without believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Sounds
Catholic. What are you NIV readers missing?
"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 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still."
Acts 24:7 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took
him away out of our hands,"
Acts 28:29 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves."
Romans 16:24 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's
Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
I John 5:7 -- Vitally important phrase COMPLETELY removed [also
deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. In the NIV it says,
"For there are three that testify:"
Compare the NIV reading with the following Jehovah's Witness reading--
"For there are three witness bearers,"
What are you NIV readers missing? What does the real Bible say?
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
This is one of the GREATEST verses testifying of the trinity. That is why
the Jehovah's Witnesses leave it out. They do not believe in the trinity and
they do not believe that Jesus is God. Why does the NIV leave it out...? Whole
books have been written on the manuscript evidence that supports inclusion of
this verse in the Bible. Reader, do you believe in the triunity of God? If so,
then this deletion should offend you. People are playing around with the Bible
and it ain't funny.
NIV Reader: Do you have enough confidence in
the NIV to...
tell God, OUT LOUD, that these verses do not belong in the Bible?
If not, you need to get a King James so you can have some confidence.
He said, I said
One writer said to me, "You [do not] talk about the large
section of Mark [referring to Mark 16:9-20] which was INCLUDED with the
provison that the earliest reliable manuscripts did not include that
section."
I said to him, That "provisional" statement is, at best,
casting doubt on the word of God and at worst deleting the information in the
footnotes. You say that the NIV says, the MOST RELIABLE manuscripts
don't have it. That is as good as saying, "If you accept this rendering
you are accepting an inferior, unreliable manuscript." What they DON'T
tell you is that those same "reliable" manuscripts DON'T EVEN
INCLUDE THE WHOLE BOOK OF REVELATION!!! If the manuscript is so reliable, then
why didn't they take out the WHOLE book of Revelation? Mmm? Selective
deletion? Why not be true to what they say are the earliest and most
reliable manuscripts? I have no respect for this.
