The key issue with the new versions is Scriptural preservation.

Baptist Church History Admins · December 11, 2020 www.BaptistChurchHistory.com · RECENTLY THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED … AND IT HAS BEEN ASKED BEFORE A NUMBER OF TIMES: “I have an honest question, and I don’t mean this in a bad way, I’m just curious. I’ve used the KJV all my life and still do. I love it. But where is the BIBLICAL proof that it is THE ONLY inspired Word of God?”
Jim Curran … ANSWERED …
“The key issue with the new versions is Scriptural preservation. Christ and the Scripture promise it will be preserved Christ said, that the scripture is preserved, without error, every word, for all time (Mat 5:18, Mat 24:35, Mk 13:31, Lu21:33 also Psalms 119:160.)
Man can not destroy the Scriptures for God will preserve them (Jer 36:28, 32) This is key in understanding what is going on- note this is verbal pleBaptistChurchnary preservation- jot and tittle. One of the primary issues with the newer versions is the omissions that have occurred. Many words, phrases, doctrinal elements. titles and references to deity and whole verses are omitted.
The pro NIV and modern version people will state that these are “additions” and that were added from Tyndale etc. They hold that we must go back to the “earliest and best” manuscripts but in reality they mainly go to the Vaticanus and the Sianaticus- holding these two manuscripts up above all others. This is part of the theory and the manuscripts that they have embraced. Wescott and Hort advanced the theory and the manuscripts than are the sinking sand that all the modern versions are based upon.
They held that the Scripture had been corrupted and that it was necessary to go back to the “oldest and best” (ie the Vaticianus and Sinaticus) and they based their Greek manuscript on these two. Nestle is essentially an update of this text. In reality these so called “oldest and best” have serious problems and are nether the oldest and the best. 90% of all manuscripts agree with the KJV and there are other references that predate both these manuscripts.
To see an example Acts Chapter eight KJV – “
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.” The NIV omits it and puts a footnote saying ” Acts 8:37
Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” NASB brackets and says “early manuscripts do not contain this”
The Alexandrian manuscripts do not (of which Vaticanus and Sianaticus are) – however it is quoted twice before by other writers before these manuscripts were written! This shows it was an omission. There are many omissions that are almost Gnostic in character. Gnosticism made a division and said that the earthly Jesus and the “Christ spirit” or spiritual were two different things.
If you look at the omissions on the titles of Christ in the manuscripts and consequently the modern versions it sure looks like Gnostic influence. Joseph is called Jesus’ father in Luke 2:33 and changed from Joseph and his mother to “parents” in 2:43. There are nearly 50 cases where references/ titles to deity or Jesus as a proper name are omitted. They all show a pattern consistent with removing Jesus when dealing with the spiritual and titles to deity when they would think it was in reference to the earthly Jesus.
I john 4:3 probably shows this most strikingly with modern versions omitting “is come in the flesh” They omit the resurrection in Mark and the new versions bracket it or cast doubt on it. BUT the vaticanus shows an erasure and the Sinaticus has a blank column here- the only one in the entire manuscript. This is not to mention the fact that both manuscripts show massive issues with 25-30 correctors in each one. The vaticanus also shows evidence of tampering- Even the vatican admits this has issues despite the fact that both Wescott and Hort were Romanists.
This is from the vatican’s own website ” For instance, the Codex Vaticanus was revised in the 8th, 10th and 15th centuries thus it is not as it was originally. In fact the entire Codex Vaticanus manuscript has been manipulated; every letter has been run over with a pen and there are some sentences, clauses and even verses that have been omitted.”
The Sianaticus too has massive problems with multiple revisions and correctors. So shall we take the words of two Romanists- Wescott and Hort who claimed that the Bible had been corrupted and lost for centuries until discovered in a trash can like the Sianaticus or pulled from the shelves of the never catalogued Vatican library that is filled with the persecution of our forefathers or will we accept the words of Christ who promised to preserve his word? Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Mt 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Rev 22:19 “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 out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.”