In this analysis we will compare the Message Bible (MSG) (2006 remix edition ) to the King James Bible (KJ). K J V S. M S G Gen. 2:13 KJ: "... land of ETHIOPIA." MSG: "... land of Cush." Comment: I know where Ethiopia is, but where is Cush? Is the MSG's 'Cush' a "simpler, more easily understandable word", than the King James' "ETHIOPIA"? Gen. 3:4-5 KJ: "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." -------- MSG: "The serpent told the Woman, 'You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God knowing ... good to evil.'" ------------- COMMENT: This is MAJOR blasphemy! God (with a big G) is not evil! Think about the difference. Gen. 6:8 KJ: "But Noah found GRACE in the eyes of the Lord." MSG: "... God liked what he saw in Noah." COMMENT: God's GRACE was extended in the Old Testament, too. Noah was in need of GRACE just like all of us. At least once, Noah was drunk (Gen. 9:21). Oh, BTW, an amateur archeologist has found the remains of Noah's Ark. I've seen their DVD and I believe it is real. Their web site is: http://www.wyattmuseum.com/noahsark.htm There are people today that are looking for the ark on Mount Ararat. But, check your King James Bible. In Genesis 8:4 it says "the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountainS (plural) of Ararat". The amateur archeologist found the remains of Noah's Ark 12 miles from Mt. Ararat within the MOUNTAINS of Ararat. The Ark is 1 inch, that's right, 1 inch off from 300 cubits in length. Gen. 11:1 KJ: "And the whole earth was of one language, and of ONE SPEECH." MSG: "... the same language." Gen. 22:8 KJ: "And Abraham said, My son, God will PROVIDE HIMSELF a lamb for a burnt offering: ..." MSG: "Abraham said, 'Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering. ..." Comment: As the MSG says, God did provide 'a sheep' for a sacrifice. But, the MSG totally misses the DEEPER, and MORE AMAZING TRUTH: GOD WAS the LAMB (sacrifice)! The King James wording is perfect: "God will PROVIDE HIMSELF" (in the form of his only begotten son Jesus Christ!) as the sacrifice. Gen. 24:47 KJ: "... and I put the EARRING UPON HER FACE, ..." MSG: "... I gave her a ring for her nose, ..." COMMENT: The MSG gave her a WHAT for her NOSE? Gen. 49:10 KJ: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, ... until SHILOH come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be]." MSG: "... Until the ultimate ruler comes ..." COMMENT: "SHILOH" here refers to Christ as Peace Maker. The MSG robs him of his Messianic rule. Also, an 'ultimate ruler' is vague and could be ANYBODY. It could even be the ANTI-CHRIST. Exodus 14:25 KJ: "And TOOK OFF their chariot wheels, ..." MSG: "He clogged the wheels of their chariots; they were stuck in the mud." COMMENT: Unlike what the MSG says, God DID NOT clog the Egyptians' chariot wheels with mud. Israel WENT BEFORE the Egyptians. Thus, Israel's wheels would have been stuck in the mud FIRST. Also, the Bible says it was DRY GROUND (Ex. 14:21). So, there was NO MUD. The KJ is correct: God TOOK OFF the Egyptians' chariot wheels! Numbers 23:7 KJ: "... Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel." MSG: "... Go, curse Jacob for me; go, DAMN Israel." COMMENT: The MSG uses CURSE WORDS (like DAMN) even though the Bible says to NOT let ANY corrupt communication proceed out of our mouths (Eph. 4:29). And this verse ISN'T the only place the MSG CUSSES. In Lam. 3:65 the MSG says: "Break their miserable hearts! DAMN their eyes!". 2Ki. 9:34 says: "... Take care of that DAMNED woman, ...". 1Chron. 11:19 says: "I'd rather be DAMNED by God than drink this! ...". 1Co. 12:3 says: "... the Spirit of God would never prompt anyone to say 'JESUS BE DAMNED'. Micah 3:5 says: "... their God bless you turns into GOD DAMN YOU." etc. etc. Lev. 3:13 KJ: "... and the sons of Aaron shall SPRINKLE the blood thereof upon the altar ..." MSG: "... Aaron's sons will THROW the blood on all sides of the Altar." Deut. 23:17 KJ: "There shall be no ... SODOMITE of the sons of Israel." MSG: "... no son of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute." COMMENT: "SODOMITE" is watered down to just a 'sacred prostitute'. Sodomy is an ABOMINATION (Lev. 18:22), but the MSG has REMOVED sodomy. Deut. 32:8 KJ: "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, ... he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel." MSG: "When the High God gave the nations their stake, ... He put each of the peoples ... under the care of DIVINE GUARDIANS." COMMENT: Who are these 'divine guardians' that are in the MSG but NOT in the original Greek? Deut. 32:22 KJ: "For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest HELL, ..." MSG: "My anger started a fire, a wildfire burning deep down in Sheol, ..." COMMENT: HELL IS GONE in this verse in the MSG. Judges 7:20 KJ: "... The sword OF the Lord, and OF Gideon." MSG: "... A sword for God and for Gideon." COMMENT: Big difference in those two meanings. Judges 19:2 KJ: "And his concubine PLAYED THE WHORE against him, ..." MSG: "But she quarreled with him ..." COMMENT: Are quarreling and PLAYING THE WHORE the same? 1Sam. 6:19 KJ: "And HE SMOTE ... of the people FIFTY THOUSAND AND THREESCORE AND TEN MEN: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten [many] of the people with a GREAT SLAUGHTER." MSG: "God struck some of the men ... SEVENTY DIED. ... The whole town was ... reeling under the hard blow from God, ..." COMMENT: The KJ says it was a GREAT SLAUGHTER and the MSG says the whole town was REELING under the HARD BLOW FROM GOD. Now, slaying 70 (MSG) IS NOT a 'hard blow' nor a "great slaughter". But, slaying 50,070 (KJ) IS. The MSG has a numerical error. 1Sam. 20:30 KJ: "... Thou son of the perverse rebellious [woman], ..." MSG: "... You son of a SLUT! ..." COMMENT: The MSG uses CRUDE WORDS like SLUT here in 1Sam. 20:30 and GENITALS in Hosea 2:10 and in Hosea 4:12. 2Sam. 14:14 KJ: "... neither doth God RESPECT [ANY] PERSON: ..." MSG: "... But God does not take away life. ..." COMMENT: Are those two verses ANYTHING alike? 2Sam. 16:4 KJ: "... And Ziba said, I humbly BESEECH thee [that] I may FIND GRACE in thy sight, my lord, O king." MSG: "... Ziba said, 'How can I ever thank you? I'll be forever in your debt, my master and king; ...'" 2Sam. 21:19 KJ: "... Elhanan ... slew [THE BROTHER OF] Goliath ..." MSG: "... Elhanan ... killed Goliath ..." COMMENT: WHAT? 'Elhanan killed Goliath'? Sunday school CHILDREN know that DAVID SLEW GOLIATH! The MSG translation 'scholars' really blew this one. Oh, BTW, for a good book on the quality of the King James translators please see: "The Men Behind The KJV" by: Gustavus S. Paine ISBN: 0-8010-7008-2 published by Baker Book House. Scholar for scholar the translators of the KJ Bible were far greater men of God than any today. John Bois could read the Bible, in Hebrew, at age 5. Lancelot Andrews was fluent in 20 languages. John Chedderton knew Greek, Hebrew and Latin as well as you and I know English (and better) etc. etc. 1Kings 14:24 KJ: "And there were also SODOMITES in the land: ..." MSG: "... they had male sacred prostitutes, ..." COMMENT: "SODOMITES" are watered down to just 'prostitutes'. Sodomy is an ABOMINATION (Lev. 18:22), but the MSG has removed sodomy. Oh, BTW, an amateur archeologist has found the remains of Sodom and Gomorrah. I've seen their DVD and I believe it is real. Their web site is: http://www.wyattmuseum.com/cities-of-the-plain.htm 1Kings 15:12 KJ: "And he took away the SODOMITES out of the land, ..." MSG: "He got rid of the sacred prostitutes ..." COMMENT: Again, the MSG changes "SODOMITES" to 'prostitutes'. Sodomy is GONE, in the MSG, here in 1Kings 15:12, AND in 1Kings 14:24, AND in 1Kings 22:46 AND in 2Kings 23:7. 1Kings 20:38 KJ: " ... with ASHES upon his FACE." MSG: " ... with a band-age over his eyes, ..." COMMENT: In English, "ASHES" and 'bandage' are two different words entirely. So are "FACE" and 'eyes'. Job 19:26 KJ: "And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet IN MY FLESH shall I see God:" MSG: "And I'll see him- even though I get skinned alive! ..." COMMENT: The MSG denies the resurrection of the body. Job 41:1 KJ: "Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?" MSG: "Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your CREEL?" COMMENT: What is a 'creel'? Does anybody know? Question: Is the MSG more understandable than the King James? Psalm 12:6-7 KJ: "The WORDS OF THE LORD [are] pure words: ... THOU SHALT PRESERVE THEM ..." MSG: "... God, keep us safe ..." COMMENT: This scripture is about GOD PRESERVING HIS WORDS, not protecting people! The MSG blew this one. Psalm 45:6 KJ: "THY throne, O GOD, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre." MSG: "Your throne is God's throne, ever and always, ..." COMMENT: See the change? God's throne is GIVEN OVER to someone else. Psalm 48:10 KJ: "... thy right hand is full of RIGHTEOUSNESS." MSG: "... your arms are heaped with goodness -in-action." COMMENT: There's a difference between "RIGHTEOUSNESS" and 'goodness'. Psalm 72:5 KJ: "THEY SHALL FEAR THEE as long as the sun and moon endure, THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS." MSG: "Outlast the sun, outlive the moon- AGE AFTER AGE AFTER AGE." COMMENT: Two comments: 1) The FEAR of the LORD is GONE in the MSG because: A) We see that it is gone IN THIS VERSE and B) Because someone who DOES HAVE a FEAR of the LORD, WOULD NOT CHANGE GOD'S WORD (like the MSG does). 2) As the name infers, NEW AGE RELIGION teaches a 'series of AGES' here in Psalm 72:5 and also in Rev. 4:9, Rev. 4:10, Rev. 5:13, Rev. 14:11, and Rev. 22:5. So, we see that one of the MSG's SOCIAL AGENDAS is: NEW AGE DOCTRINE. Psalm 138:2 KJ: "... thou hast MAGNIFIED THY WORD ABOVE ALL THY NAME." MSG: "... most holy is your Word." COMMENT: God's word, being MAGNIFIED ABOVE ALL HIS NAME, is GONE in the MSG. Prov. 1:11 KJ: "... let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:" MSG: "... Let's go out and RAISE SOME HELL. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman." COMMENT: As we see, the MSG PERVERTS THE WORD HELL. And this ISN'T the only place. In Judges 19:22 the MSG says: "... a gang of local HELL RAISERS ...". Judges 20:13 says: "... these HELL-RAISERS of Gibeah. ...". 2Sam. 16:7 says: "... you HELLHOUND!". Acts 8:20 says: "... TO HELL with your money! ..." etc. etc. Prov. 5:20 KJ: "... and EMBRACE the bosom of a STRANGER?" MSG: "... for DALLIANCE with a PROMISCUOUS STRANGER?" COMMENT: Is the MSG's 'dalliance' a SIMPLER, MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, WORD than the KJ's "EMBRACE"? Also, the MSG changes STRANGER to PROMISCUOUS STRANGER even though God said NOT TO ADD TO HIS WORDS (Prov. 30:6). Prov. 6:24 KJ: "To keep thee from the EVIL woman, ..." MSG: "They'll protect you from WONTON women, ..." COMMENT: Is the MSG's 'wonton' a SIMPLER, MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, WORD than the KJ's "EVIL"? Prov. 23:14 KJ: "Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and SHALT DELIVER HIS SOUL FROM HELL." MSG: "A good spanking, ... might save them from something worse than death." COMMENT: The MSG changes SHALT DELIVER (i.e. certainty) to 'might save'. Also, the MSG is vague about what it might save them FROM. Prov. 30:5 KJ: "EVERY WORD of God [is] pure: ..." MSG: "... Every promise of God proves true; ..." COMMENT: The MSG CHANGES THE TOPIC of the verse. Prov. 30:6 KJ: "ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS, ..." MSG: "So don't second-guess him; ..." COMMENT: This verse is CLEAR: DO NOT ADD TO GOD's WORDS. DO NOT add to the Bible. Yet, not only does the MSG mis-translate this verse, the MSG goes on to add a whole sentence at the end of Matt. 5:22 and to Philip. 4:2. Eccl. 5:20 KJ: "... God ANSWERETH [HIM] in the joy of his heart." MSG: "... God deals out joy in the present, and now. ..." COMMENT: Are those two verses the same? S.O.S 2:1 KJ: "I [am] the ROSE OF SHARON [and] the lily of the valleys." MSG: "I'm JUST A WILDflower picked from the plains of Sharon, ..." COMMENT: This verse can only be speaking about the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the ROSE OF SHARON. Yet, the MSG denigrates him to being just a 'WILDflower'. Folks: Jesus is NOT WILD. He is MEEK and LOWLY in heart (Matt. 11:29). Isaiah 7:14 KJ: "... Behold, A VIRGIN shall conceive, ..." MSG: "... Watch for this: A girl who is PRESENTLY a virgin WILL get pregnant. ..." COMMENT: A VIRGIN that conceives (KJ) is DIFFERENT from a woman who at one time WAS a virgin and THEN later on got pregnant. Did you catch the craftiness in the MSG ? Isaiah 11:3 KJ: "And shall make him of quick understanding ..." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The verse is speaking of JESUS and says that he shall be "of quick understanding". The MSG omits this. Isaiah 14:12 KJ: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O LUCIFER, son of the morning! ..." MSG: "What a comedown ... Daystar! Son of Dawn! ... COMMENT: WHO is fallen from heaven? The MSG doesn't say. The King James says who: It's LUCIFER. Lucifer is GONE in this verse in the MSG. Isaiah 32:2 KJ: "And A MAN shall be as an hiding place from the wind, ..." MSG: "Each one will stand as a shelter from high winds, ..." COMMENT: The "MAN" here can be no one but CHRIST. Just another case of setting the Lord Jesus aside, and giving us a substitute. Think how serious all these corruptions are, and how they destroy the word of God by substitution. Isaiah 38:21 KJ: "For Isaiah had said, Let them take a LUMP of figs, ..." MSG: "Isaiah had said, 'Prepare a POULTICE of figs ...'" COMMENT: Is the MSG's 'poultice' a SIMPLER, MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, WORD than the KJ's "LUMP"? Isaiah 53:10 KJ: "... when thou SHALT make his soul an OFFERING FOR SIN, ..." MSG: "... The plan WAS that he give himself as an offering for sin ..." COMMENT: "SHALL" make an offering for sin is CERTAIN. 'The plan WAS that he give himself' is UNCERTAIN because it leaves open the possibility that the plan was CHANGED or that the plan DID NOT WORK OUT. Isaiah 66:5 KJ: "... he shall appear to your joy, ..." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The verse is about the Lord Jesus' APPEARING! The MSG omits this section. Jer. 2:24 KJ: "... in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her." MSG: "... Who could possibly corral her! On the hunt for SEX, SEX and more SEX-..." COMMENT: The MSG contains enough SEX to fill a PORN MAGAZINE. There is SEX, SEX and more SEX here in Jer. 2:24. ALSO, in the MSG, there is: SLUTTISH SEX (Eze. 16:24), SEX ORGIES, (Eze. 16:26), SEXUAL ORGIES (Hab. 2:15), a SEX GODDESS (2Ki. 21:7), SEX SHRINES (Jer. 5:7), SEXUAL PREDATORS (Job 24:15), SEX PEDDLERS (Rev. 21:8), DIRTY SEX (Jude 1:8), FILTHY SEX (Eze. 14:13), OBSESSIVE SEX (Eze. 23:49), SCANDALOUS SEX (1Co. 5:1), SEXUAL EXCESSES (Job 36:14), SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS (1Co. 5:9), LOOSE SEX (Hos. 4:2), CASUAL SEX (Heb. 13:4), CHEAP SEX (Gal. 5:19), DRUNK ON SEX (Hos. 4:12), SEXUAL OBSESSION (Eph. 4:19), SEXUAL FILTH (2Pe. 2:7), SEXUAL DISORDER (2Co. 12:21), SEXUALLY CONFUSED (Rom. 1:27), etc. etc. etc. etc. Jer. 18:13 KJ: "... the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing." MSG: "... Virgin Israel HAS BECOME A SLUT!" COMMENT: The MSG contains VULGARITY. The Bible says: "Let NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION proceed out of your mouth, ..." (Eph. 4:29). Jer. 31:22 KJ: "... the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN." MSG: "... God will create a new thing in this land: A transformed woman will embrace the transforming God!" COMMENT: The early church fathers are almost unanimous in interpreting this to refer to the virgin Mary 'compassing Christ' in her womb. Nothing like this before, that a child should be conceived without an earthly father. The MSG completely MISSES the truth here. Eze. 16:24 KJ: "[That] thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street." MSG: "At every major intersection you built your bold brothels AND EXPOSED YOUR SLUTTISH SEX, SPREADING YOUR LEGS FOR EVERYONE WHO PASSED BY." COMMENT: The MSG contains CRUDE LANGUAGE. Again, the Bible says: "Let NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION proceed out of your mouth, ..." (Eph. 4:29). Daniel 3:25 KJ: "... and the form of the fourth is like THE SON OF GOD." MSG: "... And the fourth man looks like a son of the gods!" COMMENT: 'A son of the (plural) gods'? It was JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, who was in the fiery furnace with Shadrach, Messach, and Abednego. It was Jesus Christ who protected them and it is Jesus Christ who PROTECTS US from the fiery furnace (i.e. from hell). Daniel 7:10 KJ: "... THE JUDGMENT WAS SET, and the books were opened." MSG: "... The courtroom was called to order, and the books were opened." COMMENT: The JUDGMENT OF GOD has been removed. Hosea 2:10 KJ: "And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. MSG: "I'LL EXPOSE HER GENITALS TO THE PUBLIC. ..." COMMENT: The MSG uses CRUDE WORDS like GENITALS in Hosea 2:10 and Hosea 4:12. It also uses SLUT in 1Sam. 20:30. Hosea 11:12 KJ: "... but Judah YET RULETH WITH GOD, AND IS FAITHFUL WITH THE SAINTS." MSG: "... Judah, meanwhile, is no better, addicted to cheap gods." COMMENT: Does the reader see ANY similarity between those two verses? Hosea 13:9 KJ: "O Israel, THOU HAST DESTROYED THYSELF; but in me [is] thine help." MSG: "I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU, ISRAEL. Who is going to stop me?" COMMENT: Here is a splendid example of how 'new versions' often say exactly the OPPOSITE of what was given by inspiration of God. Micah 3:5 KJ: "... they even prepare war against him." MSG: "... their 'God bless you' turns into 'God DAMN you'." COMMENT: The MSG also contains CURSE WORDS. Once again, the Bible says: "Let NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION proceed out of your mouth, ..." (Eph. 4:29). Zech. 9:9 KJ: "... behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having SALVATION; ..." MSG: "Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, ..." COMMENT: The reference to Christ's SALVATION is gone. Zech. 11:17 KJ: "Woe to the IDOL shepherd that leaveth the flock! ..." MSG: "Doom to you, USELESS shepherd, walking off and leaving the sheep! ..." COMMENT: The scholars missed this one. Zech. 13:6 KJ: "And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds IN THINE HANDS? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends." MSG: "And if someone says, 'And so where did you get that black eye?' they'll say, 'I ran into a door at a friend's house.'" COMMENT: 'Black eye'? 'Ran into a door'? This is a verse prophesying that Jesus Christ would be wounded IN HIS HANDS when he went to the CROSS for us. Mal. 3:6 KJ: "For I [am] the Lord, I CHANGE NOT; ..." MSG: "I am God - yes, I AM. I haven't changed. ..." COMMENT: 'Haven't changed'? Brothers and sisters notice the subtlety: The MSG infers that God CAN change. NOT TRUE. Matt. 1:25 KJ: "And knew her not till she had brought forth her FIRSTBORN son: ..." MSG: "... until she had the baby. ..." Matt. 2:4 KJ: "... he (King Herod) DEMANDED of them where Christ should be born." MSG: "... and asked, 'Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?'" COMMENT: King Herod, FURIOUS over the arrival of Jesus, (and wanting to DO AWAY WITH HIM) did NOT 'ask' where Christ should be born. He "DEMANDED" to know! Matt. 5:5 KJ: "BLESSED [are] the MEEK: for they shall INHERIT THE EARTH." MSG: "You're blessed when you're content with just who you are - no more, no less." COMMENT: WHAT? Should a homosexual be 'content with just WHO THEY ARE'? Or, how about a murderer? Or, a rapist? Or, a thief? Not only is the MSG teaching something that is NOT in the Greek, it ISN'T even BIBLICAL. Matt. 5:22 KJ: "But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother WITHOUT A CAUSE shall be in danger of the judgment: ..." MSG: "I'm telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. ..." COMMENT: WHAT? The MSG says you CAN'T be angry with your brother?!!! Brothers and sisters: The Apostle Paul was ANGRY and withstood the Apostle Peter to his face (Gal. 2:11). Jesus was ANGRY with the Church at Pergamos because of the erroneous doctrine of the Nicolaitanes (Rev 2:15). The Bible says to BE ANGRY but sin not (Eph. 4:26). And it says to not let the sun go down on YOUR ANGER (Eph. 4:26). The King James is CORRECT: Whosoever is angry with his brother WITHOUT A CAUSE is in danger of the judgment. There is a HUGE difference between those two verses. Matt. 5:44 KJ: "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HATE YOU, and pray for them which DESPITEFULLY USE YOU, and persecute you;" MSG: "I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst." COMMENT: Major doctrine has been left out of the MSG. Matt. 6:9 KJ: "... Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." MSG: Our Father in heaven, REVEAL WHO YOU ARE." COMMENT: Why would Jesus ask God the Father to 'reveal who he is' when Jesus said: "If you've seen me YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER" (John 14:9)? Notice: NO NEW revelation, or revealing, is needed! Also, the words: 'reveal who you are' are NOT in the Greek. Matt. 6:13 KJ: "... For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The MSG omits all this. Matt. 7:14 KJ: "Because STRAIT [is] the gate, and NARROW [is] the way, ..." MSG: "The way to life - to God! - is vigorous and requires total attention." COMMENT: Jesus NEVER said anything about 'vigor'. Jesus said: STRAIT [is] the gate, and NARROW [is] the way which leadeth unto life ... (as stated in the King James). Matt. 9:13 KJ: "... for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners TO REPENTANCE." MSG: "I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders." COMMENT: HELL will get all of the sinners who DON'T repent. JESUS will get all the sinners who DO repent! The doctrine in the KJ Bible, especially those last two words in this verse, ARE CRUCIAL. Matt. 11:23 KJ: "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to HELL: ..." MSG: "And Capernaum! ... are going to end up in the abyss. ..." COMMENT: Hell is GONE in this verse in the MSG. Matt. 12:6 KJ: "... That in this place is [ONE] GREATER than the temple." MSG: "There is far more at stake here than religion." COMMENT: This verse is about the presence of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The MSG totally misses the point. Matt. 12:40 KJ: "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the WHALE'S belly; ..." MSG: "Like Jonah, three days and nights in the fish's belly, ..." COMMENT: The Lord Jesus Christ knew the difference between a "WHALE" and a 'fish'. Matt. 12:42 KJ: "... behold, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON [is] here." MSG: "A far greater PREACHER than Jonah is here, ..." COMMENT: The presence of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (i.e. a GREATER THAN SOLOMON) is watered down to just a greater 'preacher' is here. The Lord Jesus Christ is a great preacher; but he is MUCH MORE THAN THAT. Amen? Matt. 13:39 KJ: "... the harvest is the end of the WORLD; ..." MSG: "... The harvest is the end of the age, ..." COMMENT: This verse is talking about THE END OF THE WORLD. There is a BIG difference between the END OF THE WORLD vs. a time period ending and a new one beginning. A 'harvest' is coming and it comes at the END OF THE WORLD. Matt. 16:3 KJ: "... O [YE] HYPOCRITES, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?" MSG: "You find it easy enough to forecast the weather - why can't you read the signs of the times?" Matt. 17:21 KJ: "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by PRAYER and FASTING." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: Why does the MSG not want us to PRAY and FAST? Matt. 18:11 KJ: "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." MSG: Omitted. Comment: Jesus' ENTIRE PURPOSE, for coming to the earth, is omitted in the MSG. MANY other verses are OMITTED in the MSG like: Matt. 23:14, Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26, Mark 15:28, Luke 17:36, Luke 23:17, John 5:4, Acts 8:37, Acts 15:34, Acts 24:7, Acts 28:29, Romans 16:24, 1John 5:7 etc. etc. etc. Matt. 18:26 KJ: "The servant therefore fell down, AND WORSHIPPED HIM, saying, LORD, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all." MSG: "The poor wretch threw himself at the king's feet and begged, 'Give me a chance and I'll pay it all back.'" COMMENT: The MSG deletes WORSHIPPED HIM and LORD. Matt. 19:9 KJ: "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." MSG: "I'm holding you ... liable for adultery if you divorce your faithful wife and then marry someone else. ..." COMMENT: An IMPORTANT verse about marriage, yet the MSG deletes the last one third of it. Matt. 19:17 KJ: "... WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? ..." MSG: "... Why do you question me about what's good? ..." Matt. 20:7 KJ: "... Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; AND WHATSOEVER IS RIGHT, [THAT] SHALL YE RECEIVE." MSG: "... 'Because no one hired us'. He told them to go to work in his vineyard." COMMENT: The MSG omits 1/2 the verse! And this omission makes it HARDER to understand the explanation given in Matt. 20:13. Matt. 20:16 KJ: "So the last shall be first, and the first last: FOR MANY BE CALLED, BUT FEW CHOSEN." MSG: "... many of the first ending up last, and the last first." COMMENT: The MSG omits: "FOR MANY BE CALLED, BUT FEW CHOSEN." Matt. 20:20 KJ: "Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, WORSHIPPING [him], ..." MSG: "... the mother of the Zebedee brothers came with her two sons and knelt before Jesus with a request." COMMENT: Kneeling down is not even close to true WORSHIP. Matt. 23:8 KJ: "But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your MASTER, [even] Christ; ..." MSG: "... You all have a single Teacher, ..." COMMENT: Jesus as "MASTER" is watered down to just 'teacher'. Matt. 23:14 KJ: "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." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: Jesus CONDEMNS HYPOCRISY, yet this warning is NOT in the MSG. Matt. 23:33 KJ: "[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the DAMNATION HELL?" MSG: "Snakes! Reptilian sneaks! Do you think you can worm your way out of THIS?" COMMENT: What does 'this' refer to? The MSG does not say. Jesus is WARNING about the DAMNATION OF HELL and only the KJ tells us so. Dear reader: Be sure that you, and those around you, are SAVED. Matt. 24:3 KJ: "... Tell us, ... of THE END OF THE WORLD ..." MSG: "... What will be the sign of your coming, that THE TIME'S UP?" COMMENT: Jesus ISN'T being asked about a "new time period" or a "new dispensation". He is being asked about the WORLD COMING TO AN END. There is a difference. Matt. 24:35 KJ: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY WORDS shall not pass away." MSG: "Sky and earth will wear out, my words won't wear out." COMMENT: 'Wear out'? Heaven and earth WILL NOT WEAR OUT! They will PASS AWAY (KJ). They will be REMOVED, and will be REPLACED by a NEW heaven and a NEW earth (Rev. 21:1). Also, Jesus' words DON'T 'wear out', either. His words SHALL NOT PASS AWAY (KJ). Matt. 25:13 KJ: "... ye know neither the day nor the hour WHEREIN THE SON OF MAN COMETH." MSG: "So stay alert. You have no idea when he might arrive." COMMENT: WHO is this 'he' (MSG). This verse is referring to JESUS, but, you wouldn't know it from the MSG. Also, unlike what the MSG says, we DO have 'an idea' of when Jesus is coming again. It is just that we do NOT know the EXACT DAY or HOUR. Matt. 27:4 KJ: "... I have sinned in that I have betrayed THE INNOCENT BLOOD. ..." MSG: "'I've sinned. I've betrayed an innocent man.'" COMMENT: There are lots of men that are innocent of certain crimes. But, ONLY JESUS CHRIST was "THE INNOCENT BLOOD". Think about it. Matt. 27:35 KJ: "And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET, THEY PARTED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND UPON MY VESTURE DID THEY CAST LOTS." MSG: "After they had finished nailing him to the cross and were waiting for him to die, they whiled away the time by throwing dice for his clothes." COMMENT: The MSG omits the section of scripture documenting this FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY. Mark 1:2 KJ: "As it is written IN THE PROPHETS, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee." MSG: "Watch closely: I'm sending my preacher ahead of you; He'll make the road smooth for you." Comment: The verse being quoted here is from Malachi 3:1. It documents THE FULFILLMENT OF A SCRIPTURE. The MSG omits that. Mark 1:15 KJ: "... the KINGDOM of God is at hand: REPENT ye, and believe THE GOSPEL." MSG: "Times up! God's kingdom is here! Change your life and believe the Message." COMMENT: Three items. One: We are supposed to believe THE GOSPEL (KJ). Two: The GOSPEL is SPECIFIC. 'The message' is vague and could be ANYTHING. Three: 'Changing our life' and then believing (MSG) is a WORKS BASED salvation. Believing the GOSPEL and THEN the POWER OF GOD changing our life, is a GOD BASED SALVATION. Mark 3:5 KJ: "... his hand was restored whole AS THE OTHER." MSG: "... it was as good as new!" Mark 3:29 KJ: "But he that SHALL BLASPHEME against the HOLY GHOST ... is in danger of ETERNAL DAMNATION:" MSG: "But if you persist in your slanders against God's Holy Spirit, you are ... severing ... all connection with the One who forgives." COMMENT: Four items. One: God's Holy Spirit (MSG) did not die for our sins, JESUS DID. Two: ETERNAL DAMNATION (KJ) is watered down to just 'severing all connection with'. Three: The KJ says anyone that SHALL (i.e. ONCE) blaspheme is in danger, but the MSG changes (once) to 'persists'. Four: Here's a question: How MANY then is 'persists'? Mark 5:30 KJ: "And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that VIRTUE had gone out of him, ..." MSG: "At the same moment, Jesus felt ENERGY DISCHARGING from him. ..." COMMENT: The MSG CHANGES "VIRTUE" going out of Jesus to 'energy discharging' from him. One NEW AGE teaching is that of 'energies'. And, we see that NEW AGE DOCTRINE here in Mark 5:30. But this is NOT the only place that the MSG tries to teach the NEW AGE doctrine of IMPERSONAL 'energies'. In Luke 6:28, the MSG says: "When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the ENERGIES OF PRAYER ..." In Eph. 1:20 the MSG says: "All this ENERGY issues from Christ: ...". And, in Philip. 2:13 the MSG says: "That ENERGY is God's ENERGY, an ENERGY deep within you, ...". etc. etc. Mark 6:11 KJ: "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, SHAKE OFF THE DUST UNDER YOUR FEET for a TESTIMONY against them. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR SODOM AND GOMORRHA IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THAT CITY." MSG: "If you're not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way." COMMENT: An important WARNING from Jesus, but the MSG leaves out the LAST HALF of it. Second: We are to SHAKE OFF THE DUST under our feet (KJ) not just shrug our shoulders (MSG). Third: When we do shake off the dust it is a TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM (which the MSG ignores). Mark 7:16 KJ: "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: Numbering verses 14, 15, and then 17 is NOT new math. The MSG leaves out JESUS' COMMAND TO HEAR HIM. Mark 9:29 KJ: "And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer AND FASTING." MSG: "He answered, 'There is no way to get rid of this kind of demon except by prayer.'" COMMENT: Notice: FASTING is left out! Wonder why Satan does not want us to fast? Mark 9:44,46 KJ: "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." MSG: This verse, in both Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46, is OMITTED. COMMENT: Their quote "best ancient manuscripts" are Codex B and Codex Aleph: both of which are the WORST OF ALL MANUSCRIPTS with the most errors. Those MSS have proved to be the MOST UNRELIABLE. Mark 10:21 KJ: "... and come, TAKE UP THE CROSS, and follow me." MSG: "... And come follow me." COMMENT: The Christian TAKES UP THE CROSS and dies (to their will) daily. The MSG has DELETED this. Mark 10:24 KJ: "... Children, how hard is it FOR THEM THAT TRUST IN RICHES to enter into the kingdom of God!" MSG: "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who 'have it all' to enter God's kingdom?" COMMENT: The problem, as correctly stated in the King James Bible, is: TRUSTING IN RICHES. Mark 11:10 KJ: "Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD: Hosanna in the highest." MSG: "... Blessed the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" Mark 11:26 KJ: "But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: A HUGE WARNING. Yet, Mark 11:26 is omitted in the MSG. MANY other verses are OMITTED in the MSG like: Matt. 18:11, Matt. 23:14, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 15:28, Luke 17:36, Luke 23:17, John 5:4, Acts 8:37, Acts 15:34, Acts 24:7, Acts 28:29, Romans 16:24, 1John 5:7 etc. etc. Mark 12:40 KJ: "... and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive GREATER DAMNATION." MSG: "... But they'll pay for it in the end." COMMENT: Here is A HUGE WARNING about hypocrisy, yet the MSG waters down "DAMNATION" to only 'pay for it'. Mark 13:6 KJ: "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [CHRIST]; ..." MSG: "Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities claiming, 'I'm the One.'" COMMENT: 'One' could be ANYBODY, but CHRIST is SPECIFIC. Mark 13:14 KJ: "But when ye shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, SPOKEN OF BY DANIEL THE PROPHET, ..." MSG: "... when you see the monster of desecration ..." COMMENT: Another section of scripture that points out the FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY, but, the MSG omits it. Mark 13:33 KJ: "Take ye heed, watch AND PRAY: ..." MSG: "... keep a sharp lookout, ..." COMMENT: What does the MSG have against PRAYING? Mark 14:22 KJ: "... Take, EAT: this is my body." MSG: "... Take, this is my body." Mark 15:28 KJ: "And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, AND HE WAS NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS." MSG: Omitted. Mark 16:9-20 KJ: (All verses of Mark 16:9-20 are included) MSG: Mark 16:9-20 gives the footnote, "The portion in brackets is contained only in later manuscripts." COMMENT: In the book, "The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel of Mark", John Burgeon wrote over 400 pages proving conclusively that this section was in the ORIGINAL manuscripts. Burgeon's book remains unanswered and is unanswerable. Mark 16:15 KJ: "... Go ye into all the world, and preach THE GOSPEL ..." MSG: "... Go everywhere and announce the Message of God's good news ..." COMMENT: There are many items in the Bible that are 'good news' like God's ability to provide, his ability to see the future etc etc. But, Jesus said SPECIFICALLY to preach THE GOSPEL. Luke 1:28 KJ: "And the angel came in unto her, and said, HAIL, [THOU THAT ART] HIGHLY FAVOURED, the Lord [is] with thee: BLESSED [ART] THOU AMONG WOMEN." MSG: "Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. COMMENT: Mary was HIGHLY FAVOURED and also BLESSED AMONG WOMEN. Also, what basis did the MSG translators have to know that it was 'morning' when the angel spoke with Mary, or that Mary was 'beautiful'? Answer: NO BASIS AT ALL. THEY MADE IT ALL UP. It's NOT in the original Greek. So, the MSG MAKES UP TWO ITEMS that are NOT in the original Greek and IGNORES TWO ITEMS that ARE in the original Greek. Luke 2:22 KJ: "And when the days of HER PURIFICATION ... were accomplished, ..." MSG: "Then when the days ... for purification were complete, ..." COMMENT: WHAT? The MSG MAKES JESUS A SINNER (by requiring purification FOR HIM). The King James is correct: The purification WAS FOR MARY, and for MARY ONLY. Luke 2:33 KJ: "And JOSEPH and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him." MSG: "Jesus' father and mother were speechless with surprise at these words." COMMENT: GOD WAS THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST NOT JOSEPH! If Jesus had only an earthly father and mother, then he is just any man. If he is just any man, then we are still in our sins. If we are still in our sins, then we are not saved! If we are not saved, then we have a BIG, BIG, problem! Luke 4:4 KJ: "... man shall not live by bread alone, BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD." MSG: "... It takes more than bread to really live." COMMENT: Other than bread, what else does man need? The MSG doesn't say. But, the King James tells us: We need EVERY WORD OF GOD! Luke 4:8 KJ: "And Jesus answered and said unto him, GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." MSG: "... Worship the Lord your God and only the Lord your God. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness.'" COMMENT: The MSG omits "Get thee behind me, Satan." Luke 4:18 KJ: "The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath ANOINTED me to preach the GOSPEL to the poor; HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised," MSG: Luke 4:18 omits "he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,". COMMENT: The MSG omits "HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED". Also, we are "ANOINTED" to preach (KJ) not just 'chosen' (MSG): A BIG DIFFERENCE. And, we are to preach the GOSPEL not just any generic 'message of good news' (MSG). Luke 6:28 KJ: "Bless them that curse you, and PRAY for them which despitefully use you." MSG: "When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the ENERGIES OF PRAYER ..." COMMENT: One of the NEW AGE teachings is that of 'energies'. Here we see that instead of a PERSONAL, loving, and caring God (KJ) answering our PRAYERS, it's the IMPERSONAL 'ENERGIES of prayer' that do the trick (MSG). The MSG is clearly NOT BIBLICAL because the Bible's definition of prayer is: TO ASK (Matt. 22:22). This is NOT the only place that the MSG tries to teach the NEW AGE doctrine of IMPERSONAL 'energies'. In Mark 5:30, the MSG says: "At the same moment, Jesus felt ENERGY DISCHARGING from him. ...". In Eph. 1:20 the MSG says: "All this ENERGY issues from Christ: ...". And, in Philip. 2:13 the MSG says: "That ENERGY is God's ENERGY, an ENERGY deep within you, ...". etc. etc. Luke 9:55-56 KJ: "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." MSG: "Jesus turned on them: 'Of course not!' And they travelled on to another village." COMMENT: Again, this casts doubt on the veracity, the authenticity of this passage. Luke 11:2 KJ: "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." MSG: "So he said, 'When you pray, say, Father, REVEAL WHO YOU ARE. Set the WORLD RIGHT.'" COMMENT: Unlike what the MSG says, THE EARTH WILL NEVER BE 'RIGHT'. In fact, God says he will have to make a NEW EARTH (Rev. 21:1 in the KJ). The Bible says that "THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, the EARTH ALSO and the works that are therein SHALL BE BURNED UP" (2Pe. 3:10, KJ). So here, in the MSG, we see FALSE TEACHING concerning the earth. Secondly: Why would Jesus ask God the Father to 'reveal who he is' when Jesus said: "If you've seen me YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER" (John 14:9). Notice: NO NEW revelation, or revealing, is needed! Lastly, the words: 'reveal who you are' are NOT in the Greek. Luke 11:4 KJ: "... AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION; but deliver us from EVIL." MSG: "... Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil." COMMENT: As the MSG says, we need to be delivered from the devil. But, the King James is correct AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE: We need to be DELIVERED FROM EVIL (from ALL of its forms). Also, the MSG omits "LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. Lastly, the KJ does not capitalize devil (Matt. 4:1), but the MSG DOES. Luke 11:29 KJ: "... but the sign of Jonas THE PROPHET." MSG: "... the only proof you're going to get is the Jonah-proof ..." COMMENT: JONAH'S CALLING AS A PROPHET IS GONE in the MSG. Luke 17:36 KJ: "Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left." MSG: Omitted. Luke 21:8 KJ: "... for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [CHRIST]; ..." MSG: "... Many ... are going to show up ... claiming, 'I'm the One,' ..." COMMENT: CHRIST (KJ) is SPECIFIC. Who is this 'One'? (MSG) Luke 21:36 KJ: "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted WORTHY to escape all these things ..." MSG: "... Pray constantly that you will have the STRENGTH and WITS to make it ..." COMMENT: Like the KJ says: We need to be WORTHY to escape. Luke 23:17 KJ: "(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)" MSG: Omitted. Luke 23:23 KJ: "... And the voices of them AND OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS prevailed." MSG: "... And finally they shouted him down." Luke 23:42 KJ: "And he said unto Jesus, LORD, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." MSG: "Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you enter your kingdom.'" COMMENT: Why leave out "LORD"? The thief GOT SAVED, so of course he addressed Jesus as LORD! Luke 23:45 KJ: "And the sun was DARKENED, ..." MSG: "The whole earth became dark, ... a total blackout." COMMENT: What happened to the sun? The King James tell us: It was DARKENED. In fact, the crucifixion of Jesus occurred at the time of a FULL MOON so a natural eclipse of the sun was IMPOSSIBLE. Luke 24:46 KJ: "... and thus it BEHOVED Christ to suffer, ..." MSG: "... it is written that the Messiah suffers, ..." COMMENT: The MSG misses a HUGE POINT: It "BEHOVED" Christ to suffer. He did it WILLINGLY. Luke 24:47 KJ: "And that REPENTANCE and remission of sins should be preached ..." MSG: "... and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins ..." COMMENT: The MSG omits REPENTANCE. REPENTANCE comes comes FIRST and THEN remission of sins. John 1:3 KJ: "All things were made BY him; ..." MSG: "Everything was created through him; ..." COMMENT: "BY" and 'through' are totally different. Think about it. John 1:10 KJ: "He was in the world, and the world was made BY him, ..." MSG: "... the world was there through him, ..." COMMENT: Again, "BY" and 'through' are not the same. John 1:14 KJ: "... (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of THE ONLY BEGOTTEN of the Father,) ..." MSG: "... We saw the glory with our own eyes, ... like Father, like Son, ..." COMMENT: The MSG waters down being a REAL SON, i.e. being THE ONLY BEGOTTEN (son) of the Father, to just being 'like' a son. John 1:42 KJ: "And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, WHICH IS BY INTERPRETATION, A STONE." MSG: "... Jesus took one look up and said, 'You're John's son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas' (or Peter, which means 'Rock')." COMMENT: The MSG says that Cephas means Rock. This is DISASTROUS. The correct reading is in the KJ where Jesus calls Peter "A STONE". Jesus did that to DIFFERENTIATE Peter (A STONE) from Jesus who is THE TRUE ROCK (1Co. 10:4). Thus, when Jesus says: upon THIS ROCK (not stone) I will build my church (Matt. 16:18) Jesus is NOT referring to Peter! And that is just one of many errors in, current day, Catholic doctrine. Also notice: In the KJ, Jesus says DEFINITIVELY that "Thou art Simon" because Jesus is GOD. But, in the MSG, Jesus says: 'You're John's son, Simon? (with a question mark, as if Jesus did NOT know something and therefore could NOT be God). Think about the difference. John 3:13 KJ: "And NO MAN hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven." MSG: "No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man." COMMENT: Here we see FALSE TEACHING in the MSG. Remember the angels on Jacob's ladder? They ascended and descended. The King James has the correct reading and it is: NO MAN hath ascended up to heaven ... Also, SATAN WENT INTO HEAVEN and made accusations against Job (Job 1:6). John 3:15 KJ: "That whosoever BELIEVETH in him SHOULD NOT PERISH, but have eternal life." MSG: "... and everyone who looks up to him, ... will gain ... eternal life." COMMENT: NOT PERISHING is important, don't you think? Also notice: The MSG waters down BELIEVING in Jesus to just 'looking up to him'. John 3:16 KJ: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his ONLY BEGOTTEN Son, ..." MSG: "... He gave his Son, his one and ONLY Son. ..." COMMENT: Believers in God are called his sons and daughters. God did NOT give his ONLY son. He has MANY. God gave his ONLY BEGOTTEN Son. John 3:17 KJ: "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that THE WORLD through him MIGHT BE SAVED." MSG: "God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, ... He came to help, TO PUT THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN." COMMENT: Brothers and sisters: Jesus came into the world that IT MIGHT be saved (based on EACH, SPECIFIC, PERSON exercising their OWN FREE WILL). I.E. SOME will be SAVED, SOME NOT. The Bible NEVER SAID that THE WORLD SHALL BE saved, only MIGHT BE saved. Also, unlike what the MSG says, THE EARTH WILL NEVER 'BE RIGHT'. In fact, God says he will have to make a NEW EARTH (Rev. 21:1 KJ). The Bible says that "THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, the EARTH ALSO and the works that are therein SHALL BE BURNED UP" (2Pe. 3:10, KJ). So here, in the MSG, we see FALSE TEACHING concerning the earth. John 3:36 KJ: "... he that BELIEVETH NOT the Son shall not see life; but the WRATH OF GOD abideth on him." MSG: "... the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he EXPERIENCES OF GOD IS DARKNESS, and an angry darkness at that." COMMENT: Two comments: 1) The person who 'avoids' the Son (MSG) is NOT the one that doesn't see life; it is the one that BELIEVES NOT (KJ). 2) Unlike what the MSG says, NO ONE 'EXPERIENCES OF GOD DARKNESS', because 1John 1:5 says "... God is LIGHT, and in him is NO DARKNESS AT ALL." What UNBELIEVING people WILL experience, though, is the WRATH OF GOD (KJ). John 4:23 KJ: "... true worshippers shall worship the Father IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." MSG: "... the Father is out looking for THOSE WHO ARE simply and honestly THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM in their worship." COMMENT: Should homosexuals just 'BE THEMSELVES' before God? Or rapists? Or murderers? NO! Worshipping God is NOT about being ourselves; it's about worshipping God IN SPIRIT and IN TRUTH. In other words, worshipping God is about being EMPOWERED BY GOD to worship him. John 4:24 KJ: "God [is] A Spirit: ..." MSG: "God is ... Spirit. ..." COMMENT: For the MSG to say: 'God is Spirit' infers that ALL spirits are of God. NOT true. There are evil spirits. But in God, there is NO evil. So, the King James is correct: God is "A" Spirit. John 5:4 KJ: "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." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The MSG omits a capability (apparently) of a HOLY angel of God. John 5:29 KJ: "... and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of DAMNATION." MSG: "... those who have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment." COMMENT: The MSG waters down "DAMNATION" to only 'judgment'. John 6:33 KJ: "For the bread of God IS HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." MSG: "The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world." John 6:69 KJ: "And we believe and are sure that thou art that CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD." MSG: "We've already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God." COMMENT: What happened to CHRIST? And, what happened to him being the Son of the LIVING GOD? John 8:9 KJ: "And they which heard [it], BEING CONVICTED BY [THEIR OWN] CONSCIENCE, went out one by one, ..." MSG: "Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, ..." COMMENT: No reason is given for omitting this phrase. John 8:36 KJ: "If the Son therefore shall MAKE YOU FREE, ye shall be free indeed." MSG: "So if the Son sets you free, you are free through and through." COMMENT: Jesus did not (passively) 'set' us free; NO, he TOOK ACTION and MADE us free. We had to be BORN AGAIN! To FIX US Jesus had to START OVER AGAIN FROM SCRATCH! The MSG waters down THE WORK Jesus did for us. John 8:59 KJ: "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." MSG: "They picked up rocks to throw at him. But Jesus slipped away, getting out of the Temple." COMMENT: Quite a different thought. John 9:4 KJ: "I must work the works OF HIM that sent me, ..." MSG: "WE need to be energetically at work for THE ONE who sent me ..." COMMENT: The MSG CHANGES personal pronouns such as "he" and "him" (that reference Jesus Christ and God the Father) to the impersonal term 'One'. Another doctrine of the 'New Age Movement' is that worship centers around 'the One'. Here, in John 9:4, we see that NEW AGE DOCTRINE. It is also in: John 6:46, Acts 13:25, Heb, 2:11, Rev, 4:9 etc. etc. etc. John 9:35 KJ: "... Dost thou believe on the SON OF GOD?" MSG: "... Do you believe in the Son of Man?" COMMENT: People had NO problem believing Jesus was the 'son of man'. It's Jesus' claim of being the "SON OF GOD" that they couldn't, or wouldn't, believe. John 10:30 KJ: "I and [MY] Father are ONE." MSG: "I and the Father are one heart and mind." COMMENT: The KJ's "MY" Father is GONE and is replaced by 'the' father. Thus, the MSG deletes the PERSONAL relationship of "MY FATHER" between Jesus Christ and the heavenly Father. Also, Jesus and the Father being ONE is watered down to only 'one heart and mind'. This denigrates the DEITY and UNIQUENESS of Jesus Christ. You see, David was 'a man after God's own HEART' (Acts 13:22). But, David was NOT GOD. John 11:41 KJ: "Then they took away the stone [FROM THE PLACE] WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID. ..." MSG: "... They removed the stone. ..." COMMENT: It's NOT a miracle if Lazarus isn't DEAD. John 14:2 KJ: "In my Father's house are MANY MANSIONS: ..." MSG: "There is plenty of room for you in my Father's home. ..." COMMENT: If Jesus thinks your work for him was worthy, wouldn't you want a "MANSION" instead of just 'plenty of room'? The MSG waters down one of the possible REWARDS from God. John 14:16 KJ: "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another COMFORTER, ..." MSG: "I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend ..." John 14:26 KJ: "But the COMFORTER, [which is] the Holy Ghost, ..." MSG: "The Friend, the Holy Spirit ..." John 15:26 KJ: "But when the COMFORTER is come, ..." MSG: "When the Friend ... comes ..." John 16:7 KJ: "... for if I go not away, the COMFORTER will not come ..." MSG: "... If I don't leave, the Friend won't come. ..." John 16:16 KJ: "A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER." MSG: "In a day or so you're not going to see me, but then ... you will see me." COMMENT: Jesus' prophecy, about himself, is corrupted in the MSG. John 17:5 KJ: "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had WITH THEE before the world was." MSG: "... glorify me with your very own splendor, The very splendor I had IN YOUR PRESENCE ..." COMMENT: Jesus had glory WITH the Father not just IN THE PRESENCE OF the Father. Think about the difference. Acts 1:3 KJ: ".. he shewed himself alive after his passion BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS, ..." MSG: "... he presented himself alive to them in many different settings ..." COMMENT: The evidence about Jesus is INFALLIBLE. Acts 2:30 KJ: "... that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HE WOULD RAISE UP CHRIST to sit on his throne;" MSG: "... that a descendant of his would rule his kingdom, ..." COMMENT: The MSG totally misses the point. It wasn't just a 'descendant' that would sit on the throne; it was GOD ALMIGHTY (Jesus Christ)! Acts 2:31 KJ: "He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not LEFT in HELL, NEITHER DID HIS FLESH SEE CORRUPTION." MSG: "... he, talked of the resurrection of the Messiah - no trip to Hades, ..." COMMENT: The MSG DELETES HELL (again). Also, the prophecy about Jesus' flesh is OMITTED. Lastly, the MSG DENIES that Jesus went to hell. Jesus DID go to hell (hell is in the center of the earth, Matt 12:40). It is just that Jesus' soul was NOT LEFT in HELL. Acts 2:47 KJ: "... And the Lord ADDED TO THE CHURCH daily such as should be saved." MSG: "... Every day their number grew as God added those who were saved." COMMENT: The people were added TO THE CHURCH (not just to a generic 'their number'). Acts 3:26 KJ: "... God, having raised up his son JESUS, ..." MSG: "... God, having raised up his Son, ..." COMMENT: What is the NAME of God's son? Acts 4:13 KJ: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and IGNORANT men, ..." MSG: "... Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training ..." COMMENT: No training? No training? Peter and John had been WITH JESUS. They had been trained by GOD ALMIGHTY HIMSELF (THE BEST TRAINER in the UNIVERSE!) They were, however, ignorant. Acts 4:25 KJ: "... Why did the HEATHEN rage, and the people imagine vain things?" MSG: "... Why the big noise, nations? Why the mean plots, peoples?" COMMENT: It wasn't 'nations' that raged and made a 'big noise'. It was the "HEATHEN". Acts 4:30 KJ: "... thy HOLY CHILD Jesus." MSG: "... your holy servant Jesus." COMMENT: The MSG waters down Jesus, as GOD'S HOLY CHILD, to just a 'holy servant'. Acts 8:9 KJ: "... a certain man, ... used sorcery, and BEWITCHED the people ..." MSG: "... a certain Simon had practiced magic .. and dazzling all the Samaritans ..." COMMENT: No! No! No! He didn't 'dazzle' the people (as if they were being entertained). No, he BEWITCHED them (to their DETRIMENT). Acts 8:37 KJ: "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." MSG: Acts 8:37 is OMITTED with no note explaining why. COMMENT: This verse shows THE REQUIREMENT for water baptism, namely: BELIEVING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. But, both Codex Aleph and B leave this verse out; and they are TWO OF THE WORST manuscripts. This is a good example of the SPIRITUAL BATTLE that surrounds the word of God. Acts 9:5-6 KJ: "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." MSG: "He said, 'Who are you, Master?' 'I am Jesus, the One you're hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you'll be told what to do next.'" COMMENT: Notice: Scripture is OMITTED and Jesus, as LORD, is watered down to 'Master'. Paul's VOLUNTARY REQUEST of what God would have him to do is OMITTED, too. Truly the translators have emasculated these two verses. Again they would inject doubt into the mind of anyone who believes the Bible to be the verbally inspired word of God. Acts 10:37 KJ: "THAT WORD, [I say], ye know, which was PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAEA, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;" MSG: "You know the story of what happened in Judea. ... after John preached a total life-change." COMMENT: The MSG is VAGUE. It says: 'you know the story of what happened ...' but then doesn't say WHAT HAPPENED! The King James tells us: THE WORD WAS PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAEA. Acts 12:4 KJ: "... after EASTER ..." MSG: "... after Passover." COMMENT: Herod was a HEATHEN King. He did NOT regard Passover! He would have regarded EASTER, though. Note: Easter and Passover are NOT the same. Easter is PAGAN. Passover is BIBLICAL. Acts 15:11 KJ: "But we believe that through the GRACE of the LORD Jesus CHRIST we shall be saved, even as they." MSG: "Don't we believe that we are saved because the MASTER JESUS ... out of sheer generosity moved to save us ..." COMMENT: What happened to God's "GRACE"? What happened to "CHRIST"? And WHY is Jesus as "LORD" changed to just 'master'? The answer to WHY Jesus as LORD is CHANGED to 'master Jesus' is that the root of the New Age Movement teaches that during various 'ages' teachers, or guides, arise called MASTERS. So, we see that ONE of the SOCIAL AGENDAS in the MSG is NEW AGE DOCTRINE. And this is NOT THE ONLY VERSE in the MSG espousing a NEW AGE 'master Jesus'. Acts 7:59 says: "As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, 'MASTER JESUS, take my life'". Acts 11:20 says: "Then some of the men ... started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the MASTER JESUS". 2Co. 4:14 says: 'And what we believe is that the One who raised up the MASTER JESUS ...". Rev. 22:20 says: "... Yes! Come, MASTER JESUS!". Rev. 22:21 says: "The grace of the MASTER JESUS be with all of you. ..." etc. etc. Acts 15:34 KJ: "Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still." MSG: Omitted with no note as to why. COMMENT: Numbering verses 32, 33, and then 35 ... is NOT new math. Acts 16:31 KJ: "And they said, BELIEVE on the LORD Jesus CHRIST, and thou shalt BE SAVED, and thy house." MSG: "They said, 'Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you'll live as you were meant to live - and everyone in your house included!'" COMMENT: BELIEVING on Jesus is watered down to only 'putting trust in' Jesus. LORD is changed 'Master Jesus' (again, NEW AGE DOCTRINE). CHRIST is omitted. And, BEING SAVED is changed to only 'living as you were meant to live'. Acts 17:22 KJ: "Then Paul stood in the midst of MARS' HILL, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are TOO SUPERSTITIOUS." MSG: "So Paul took his stand ... at the Areopagus and laid it out for them. 'It is plain to see that you Athenians take your religion seriously." Comment: Being 'religious' and "TOO SUPERSTITIOUS" are entirely DIFFERENT! Also, is the MSG's 'Areopagus' "simpler and more understandable" than the King James' MARS' HILL? Acts 18:21 KJ: "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. ..." MSG: "But after saying good-bye, he promised, 'I'll be back, God willing.'..." COMMENT: The requirement to KEEP BIBLICAL FEASTS is GONE, in this verse, in the MSG. Acts 19:35 KJ: "... the city of the Ephesians is a WORSHIPPER of the great goddess Diana, ..." MSG: "... our dear city Ephesus is protector of glorious Artemis ..." COMMENT: The MSG waters down the IDOLATRY of the Ephesians. Acts 23:9 KJ: "... let us not fight against God." MSG: "... What if it turns out we're fighting against God?" COMMENT: GOOD ADVICE in the KJ (an ADMONITION TO NOT FIGHT AGAINST GOD) is CHANGED to only a question: 'WHAT IF it turns out we're fighting against God?' Acts 24:6-7 KJ: "Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great violence took [him] away out of our hands," MSG: Most of this has been changed, or omitted. Acts 24:14 KJ: "But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call HERESY, so worship I the God of my fathers, ..." MSG: "But I do freely admit this: In regard to the Way, which they malign as a dead-end street, ..." COMMENT: The unbelievers who came against the Apostle Paul did NOT think Christianity was a 'dead-end' street. NO! They thought it was HERESY. Acts 28:29 KJ: "And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves." MSG: Acts 28:29 is omitted. COMMENT: The VAST MAJORITY of manuscripts have this verse! Yet, there is no reason given in the MSG for deleting this. Here is still another doubt cast upon the word of God. Romans 1:16 KJ: "For I am NOT ASHAMED of the GOSPEL OF CHRIST: ..." MSG: "It's news I'm most proud to proclaim, ..." COMMENT: NEWS can be ANYTHING, but the GOSPEL OF CHRIST is SPECIFIC. Also, Paul said he was NOT ASHAMED. The MSG changes that to PROUD. Note: PRIDE is NOT of God (see 1Jo. 2:16). God HATES a proud look (Prov. 6:17). Folks: PRIDE is SIN. Romans 1:18 KJ: "... men, who HOLD THE TRUTH in unrighteousness;" MSG: "... people try to put a shroud over truth." Romans 1:25 KJ: "Who CHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD into a lie, ..." MSG: "... they traded the true God for a fake god, ..." COMMENT: Those two verses are NOT the same. The topic is NOT God (MSG); it is THE TRUTH of God (KJ). Romans 6:3 KJ: "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH?" MSG: "When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace-a new life in a new land!" COMMENT: 'A NEW LIFE in a new land'? The MSG says that baptism saves (i.e. salvation by works). That is NOT TRUE. It's JESUS who saves! Baptism is an act of OBEDIENCE TO HIM. Romans 6:18 KJ: "Being then MADE FREE from sin, ye became the SERVANTS of righteousness." MSG: "But thank God you've started listening to a new master, one whose commands SET you FREE ..." COMMENT: The MSG is partly true. We ARE FREE from sin BUT it's because we were MADE FREE from sin (KJ). The word MADE is an ACTIVE word. We were NOT 'set free' from sin, set being a PASSIVE word. To free us from sin Jesus had to START OVER FROM SCRATCH! We had to be BORN AGAIN! Also, the MSG only only recognizes our new freedom. It pays NO ATTENTION to the fact that we are now SERVANTS of righteousness, with WORK to be DONE. Romans 6:19 KJ: "... now yield your members SERVANTS to RIGHTEOUSNESS ..." MSG: "... And how much different is it now as you live in God's freedom, ..." COMMENT: The MSG MISSES the point. In our new freedom we are NOT to yield to just anything. But, we are to YIELD our members SERVANTS to RIGHTEOUSNESS ...". Notice the DOCTRINE OMITTED in the MSG. Romans 8:1 KJ: "[There is] therefore now NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT." MSG: "With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being - here - for - us no longer have to live under a continuous, low - lying black cloud." COMMENT: Does the MSG teach anything close to the same doctrine as the KJ? Romans 8:35 KJ: "WHO shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" MSG: "Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? ... Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, NOT EVEN THE WORST SINS LISTED IN SCRIPTURE." COMMENT: 'Not even the worst sins listed in scripture'? What this verse is ACTUALLY SAYING is that NO PERSON (OR HARDSHIP FROM THOSE PEOPLE) can separate us from the love of Christ. SIN DOES SEPARATE US FROM GOD. Hello? That is why Christ had to DIE FOR OUR SINS. Apparently, the MSG translators do not have (even) a basic understanding of the Bible. Romans 9:5 KJ: "... concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, GOD BLESSED FOREVER. Amen." MSG: "... the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!" Romans 10:17 KJ: "So then FAITH [COMETH] by hearing, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD." MSG: "... Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ's Word is preached, there's NOTHING to listen to. COMMENT: 'Unless Christ's word is preached, there is NOTHING to listen to'? WHAT? One can listen to the news, or to music, or to the weather forecast. There is PLENTY a person can listen to (if Christ's word is not preached). The difference, as stated in the KJ, is that FAITH comes by NOTHING ELSE but by hearing the WORD OF GOD. Romans 13:2 KJ: "Whosoever ... resisteth the ordinance of God: ... shall receive to themselves DAMNATION." MSG: "If you're irresponsible to the state, then you're irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible." COMMENT: The MSG waters down this WARNING. Romans 13:9 KJ: "... Thou shalt not bear false witness, ..." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The Bible says that all liars (false witnesses) go to the LAKE OF FIRE (Rev. 21:8). So, why leave this out? Romans 14:1 KJ: "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to DOUBTFUL disputations." MSG: "Welcome with open arms fellow believers ... And don't jump all over them every time they do or say something you don't agree with ..." COMMENT: Notice: The KJ does NOT say we cannot have disputes, only that we should not have DOUBTFUL disputes. What are doubtful disputes? Whether we can 'eat all things' or only 'herbs'(Romans 14:2) or whether we 'esteem every day alike' or 'one day over another' (Romans 14:5). But, in the MSG we would NEVER DISPUTE ANYTHING including KEY DOCTRINE. But, the Bible is clear that DOCTRINE IS PARAMOUNT, as shown by Paul and Barnabus going up to Jerusalem concerning whether circumcision was necessary for salvation (Acts 15:1-2). The MSG would also come against both Titus 1:9 where we are to use SOUND DOCTRINE doctrine to CONVINCE THE GAINSAYERS and 2Tim. 3:16 where ALL SCRIPTURE is profitable for REPROOF and for CORRECTION. Romans 15:13 KJ: "Now may the God of hope fill you ..." MSG: "Oh! May the God of GREEN hope fill you ..." COMMENT: Here we see that the MSG also has an ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL AGENDA. The word GREEN is NOT in the Greek. Romans 16:24 KJ: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen." MSG: Omitted. COMMENT: The vast majority of manuscripts have this verse. The King James Bible uses the phrase "Lord Jesus" 115 times and it uses the phrase "Lord Jesus Christ" 82 times (by my count). Yet, the MSG NEVER uses "Lord Jesus" nor "Lord Jesus Christ". The MSG does use the single word "Lord" (sometimes) but then doesn't specify who they are calling Lord. 1Cor. 1:18 KJ: "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which ARE SAVED it is the power of God." MSG: "The Message that points to Christ on the cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those ON THE WAY OF SALVATION it makes perfect sense." COMMENT: Contrary to what the MSG says, we are NOT 'ON THE WAY of salvation', we ARE ALREADY THERE! We are NOT being saved, WE ARE SAVED (KJ). Salvation is NOT A PROCESS; it is an IMMEDIATE EVENT. 1Cor. 1:21 KJ: "... it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching TO SAVE THEM that BELIEVE." MSG: "... God ... took delight in using what the world considered dumb - preaching, of all things! - to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation." COMMENT: Contrary to the MSG, God does not save those that 'trust him'. God saves those that BELIEVE HIM (KJ). This was true even in the OT where Abraham BELIEVED God and it was counted unto him for RIGHTEOUSNESS (Romans 4:3). Also, God SAVES THEM (an IMMEDIATE EVENT) that BELIEVE (KJ) NOT puts them into 'the way of salvation' (a process). 1Cor. 5:4 KJ: "In the name of our LORD Jesus CHRIST, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our LORD Jesus CHRIST," MSG: "... in the authority of Jesus our Master. Assemble the community - I'll be present in spirit with you and our Master Jesus will be present in power." COMMENT: IN BOTH CASES THE NAME "CHRIST" and "LORD" are omitted with no reason given. Why do the translators dislike the name "LORD" AND "CHRIST" so much? Are the translators of 'new versions' really saved? 1Cor. 5:7 KJ: "... For even Christ our passover is sacrificed FOR US:" MSG: "... The Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has already been sacrificed for the Passover meal, ..." COMMENT: If Christ is not sacrificed FOR US we cannot be saved! Those last two words in the KJ are CRUCIAL. AND NOTICE: Christ's sacrifice FOR US (i.e. for our SALVATION) is UNBELIEVABLY WATERED DOWN in the MSG to JUST a sacrifice for a Passover 'MEAL'. INCREDIBLE. 1Cor. 6:9 KJ: "... NOR EFFEMINATE, ..." MSG: "Nor effeminate" has been omitted in MSG. 1Cor. 6:10 KJ: "Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." MSG: "... Those who ... USE AND ABUSE THE EARTH ... don't qualify as citizen's in God's kingdom." COMMENT: The MSG has an ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL AGENDA. It is shown here and in Romans 15:13. 1Cor. 6:20 KJ: "For ye are bought with a price: therefore GLORIFY GOD in your body, AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD'S." MSG: "The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people SEE GOD in and through your body. COMMENT: "GLORIFYING" God has been watered down to only letting people 'see' God. Also, we are to glorify God in BOTH OUR BODY AND IN OUR SPIRIT (KJ) and not just 'in and through' our body (MSG). 1Cor. 7:39 KJ: "The wife is BOUND BY THE LAW as long as her husband liveth; ..." MSG: "A wife must stay with her husband as long as he lives. ..." 1Cor. 9:1 KJ: "... have I not seen Jesus CHRIST our LORD? ..." MSG: "... Wasn't I commissioned to this work in a face-to-face meeting with Jesus, our MASTER?" COMMENT: In Matt. 26:25 it says of Judas: "Then Judas, which BETRAYED HIM, answered and said, MASTER, is it I? ..." Note: Judas Iscariot NEVER called Jesus "LORD Jesus" or "LORD Jesus Christ". Judas only called Jesus 'master'. Then, Judas goes on to BETRAY Jesus. The MSG ALSO BETRAYS JESUS NEVER CALLING HIM "LORD JESUS" OR "LORD JESUS CHRIST". That's right. The MSG NEVER addresses Jesus as "Lord Jesus" or as "Lord Jesus Christ". On some occasions the MSG says Lord, but then doesn't say (by NAME) whom it is calling 'Lord'. 1Cor. 9:27 KJ: "But I keep ... my body, ... into subjection: lest ... I myself should be a CASTAWAY." MSG: "I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself." COMMENT: Being a "CASTAWAY" and 'missing out' are VERY DIFFERENT. Think about it. 1Cor. 10:28 KJ: "... FOR THE EARTH [IS] THE LORD'S, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF:" MSG: This section of scripture, concerning God's SOLE OWNERSHIP OF THE EARTH, is omitted in the MSG. 1Cor. 11:24 KJ: "And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, TAKE EAT: this is my body, which is broken for you: ..." MSG: "The Master, Jesus, ... took bread. Having given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body, broken for you. ..." COMMENT: Jesus said the bread was his body (flesh). And Jesus said we are to EAT his flesh and drink his blood (John 6:53). The MSG omits this. 1Cor. 11:29 KJ: "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh DAMNATION TO HIMSELF, ..." MSG: "If you give no thought (or worse, don't care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you're running the risk of serious consequences." COMMENT: Here we see ANOTHER one of God's WARNINGS that is WATERED DOWN in the MSG. 1Cor. 12:13 KJ: "For by one Spirit are WE ALL BAPTIZED into one body, ..." MSG: "By means of his one Spirit, we all said good-bye to our partial and piecemeal lives. ..." COMMENT: In the MSG, what happened to BAPTISM into Jesus' body? 1Cor. 15:1 KJ: "Moreover, BRETHREN, I declare unto you THE GOSPEL ..." MSG: "Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time - ..." COMMENT: BRETHREN in Christ is CHANGED to just any 'friend'. And THE GOSPEL which is SPECIFIC, and what Jesus said to preach (Mark 16:16 in the KJ), is only 'the message' which is VAGUE and could be ANYTHING. 1Cor. 15:45 KJ: "... The first man Adam was made a living SOUL; ..." MSG: "... The First Adam received life, ..." COMMENT: A MAJOR difference between man and beast is that man is the ONLY creature with a "SOUL". 1Cor. 15:55 KJ: "... O GRAVE, where is thy victory?" MSG: Omitted. 1Cor. 16:22 KJ: "If any man LOVE NOT the LORD JESUS CHRIST, let him be Anathema Maranatha." MSG: "If any one won't love the Master, throw him out. ... " COMMENT: Leaving out the "LORD JESUS CHRIST" leaves us GUESSING as to whom the MSG wants us to love. 1Cor. 16:23 KJ: "The GRACE of our Lord Jesus CHRIST [be] with you." MSG: "Our Master Jesus has his arms wide open for you." COMMENT: How is GRACE the same as 'having arms wide open'? And, why do they keep eliminating the name "CHRIST"? Grace doesn't come from everyone named 'Jesus'! There are MANY named Jesus! Grace comes from the ONE AND ONLY: JESUS CHRIST! 2Cor. 2:15 KJ: "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them THAT ARE SAVED, ..." MSG: "Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent ... which is recognized by those on the way of salvation- ..." COMMENT: What? AGAIN? The MSG is teaching salvation is a PROCESS. NO! It is an IMMEDIATE EVENT. We are NOT 'on the way of salvation'. WE ARE SAVED. 2Cor. 2:17 KJ: "For we are not as many, which CORRUPT the word of God: ..." MSG: "... we don't take God's Word, ... to the streets to sell it cheap. ..." COMMENT: 'Selling' and CORRUPTING are VERY DIFFERENT. 'New versions' try and hide from the truth they are CORRUPTING the word of God. 2Cor. 5:17 KJ: "... behold, ALL THINGS are become new." MSG: "... what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah ... is created new. ... a new life burgeons!" COMMENT: NOT ONLY are saved believers NEW; But in addition to US being new, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW! The KJ has the FULL TRUTH. 2Cor. 5:20 KJ: "... be ye RECONCILED to God." MSG: "... Become friends with God, ..." COMMENT: The MSG deletes RECONCILIATION, Jesus' work the cross, and substitutes only 'friendship'. 2Cor. 8:9 KJ: "For ye know the GRACE of our LORD Jesus Christ, ..." MSG: "You are familiar with the generosity of our Master, Jesus Christ. ..." COMMENT: "LORD" (deity) is CHANGED to just 'Master". And, 'generosity' is substituted for GRACE. Think about it: You and I can be 'generous', but, it is because of God's GRACE that we can be SAVED. That difference is HUGE. 2Cor. 11:31 KJ: "The God and Father of our LORD Jesus CHRIST, ..." MSG: "The ... God and Father of our Master Jesus ..." COMMENT: We ask in all sincerity, "Are the translators anxious to get rid of the name CHRIST altogether?" Also, deity (LORD) is CHANGED AGAIN to just 'Master'. Gal. 2:20 KJ: "I AM crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; ..." MSG: "I have been crucified with Christ. ..." COMMENT: The MSG says their crucifixion is over! NOT TRUE. The believer's crucifixion is an ongoing, PRESENT TENSE, transaction. Gal. 3:1 KJ: "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?" MSG: "You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? ... it's obvious you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. ..." COMMENT: OBEYING BIBLICAL TRUTH has been OMITTED, in this verse, in the MSG. Also, it was Jesus CHRIST that was crucified for us and not just anyone named Jesus. Lastly, being FOOLISH (KJ) is different from being 'crazy' (MSG). Gal. 5:12 KJ: "I would they were even cut off which trouble you." MSG: "Why don't these agitators, ... go all the way and CASTRATE themselves!" COMMENT: WHAT? The MSG says the Apostle Paul wanted some people to CASTRATE themselves? What kind of perversion is the MSG teaching? Gal. 5:20 KJ: "Idolatry, WITCHCRAFT, hatred, ..." MSG: ".. joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; MAGIC-SHOW RELIGION; ..." COMMENT: Is the MSG's 'magic-show religion' a SIMPLER, MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, TERM than the KJ's "WITCHCRAFT"? Gal. 6:17 KJ: "... for I bear in my body the marks of the LORD Jesus." MSG: "... I bear in my body scars from MY SERVICE to Jesus." COMMENT: Apparently, the translators don't like the name "LORD" either. And, the marks of the Lord Jesus which are inside our body are from JESUS CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS! They are NOT because of OUR service to him. The KJ gives GLORY to GOD. The MSG tries to credit MAN. Eph. 1:6 KJ: "... he hath made us ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED." MSG: "... He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son." COMMENT: HOW is it that we enter in? The MSG does NOT say. But, the KJ tells us: Because we have been ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED. And, we are ACCEPTED because of the SACRIFICE OF JESUS. Think about it. We can give 'lavishly' to others, but none of us went to the cross to DIE for others. Eph. 3:14 KJ: "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST," MSG: "My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, ..." COMMENT: WHICH Father is the MSG talking about? WHICH Father do we BOW our knees to? SATAN is a father (the "father" of lies). Only the King James tells us which Father it is: It is the Father OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. There is a difference. Eph. 5:1 KJ: "Be ye therefore FOLLOWERS of God, ..." MSG: "Watch what God does, and then YOU do it, ..." Comment: The MSG documents Satan's position EXACTLY. Think about it: Only Satan tries to imitate God and 'do what God does' as Satan wants to be worshipped AS God. In Isa. 14:14 it quotes Satan as saying: "... I will BE LIKE the most high.". i.e He wants to 'do what God does'. Born again believers cannot 'do everything that God does'! We can't run the universe!!! We can only FOLLOW God. Remember, Jesus DID NOT tell his "fishers of men" to 'do what God does'. Jesus said: "FOLLOW ME". Eph. 5:9 KJ: "(For the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)" MSG: "The good, the right, the true - these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours." COMMENT: What happened to God's HOLY SPIRIT in the MSG? Eph. 5:30 KJ: "For we are members of his body, OF HIS FLESH, AND OF HIS BONES." MSG: "... we are part of his body." Philip. 2:6 KJ: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD:" MSG: "He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status ..." COMMENT: Those two verses are DIFFERENT. Philip. 2:12 KJ: "... WORK OUT your own salvation with fear and trembling." MSG: ".. you should keep on doing what you've done from the beginning." COMMENT: The KJ teaches that once we are saved we must "WORK OUT" our salvation. This is like going to the gym to "work out" i.e. exercise our muscles. The gym DID NOT GIVE US OUR MUSCLES! It is ONLY a place where we can "EXERCISE" our muscles. Likewise, we are to "work out" i.e. EXERCISE our salvation. The MSG omits this teaching. Philip. 3:21 KJ: "Who shall change our VILE BODY, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, ..." MSG: "... who will transform our earthy bodies into glorious bodies like his own. ..." COMMENT: 'Earthy bodies'? The problem is that our bodies are "VILE". Our HEART is desperately WICKED (Jer. 17:9). Our FLESH is SINFUL (Romans 8:3). There is NO GOOD THING that dwells in our FLESH (Romans 7:18) etc. etc. Philip. 4:3 KJ: "And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, ..." MSG: "And, oh, yes, SYZYGUS, since you're right there to help them work things out, ..." COMMENT: Who is SYZYGUS? I ask that question because he is NOT in the original Greek. Col. 1:14 KJ: "In whom we have REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, [even] the forgiveness of sins:" MSG: "... who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating." COMMENT: Jesus didn't just get us out of a 'pit': He REDEEMED US. Also, the MSG omits "THROUGH HIS BLOOD". Why omit the blood? This omission can be traced, as usual, to the manuscripts classed as "Neutral Texts" by Westcott and Hort. These are in agreement with the Vatican and Sinaitic manuscripts: two of the WORST manuscripts. Remember: Without the shedding of blood there is NO REMISSION (Heb. 9:22). Col. 1:16 KJ: "For BY HIM were all things created, ..." MSG: "... everything got started IN him ..." COMMENT: "BY" and 'in' are NOT the same. Col. 2:2 KJ: "... to the acknowledgement of the MYSTERY OF GOD, AND OF THE FATHER, and of Christ;" MSG: "... focused on Christ, God's great mystery." COMMENT: God THE FATHER is omitted and so is "the mystery of GOD". Col. 2:9 KJ: "For IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY." MSG: "Everything of God gets expressed in him, ..." COMMENT: The MSG makes Christ SEPARATE from God. The King James makes Christ God, as Christ is part of the Godhead. Col. 2:10 KJ: "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:" MSG: "You don't need a telescope, a microscope, or a HOROSCOPE to realize the fullness of Christ ..." COMMENT: A horoscope? Col. 2:11 KJ: "... in putting off the body of THE SINS OF THE FLESH by the CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST:" MSG: "... It's not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. ..." Col. 3:2 KJ: "Set your AFFECTION on things above, ..." MSG: "Look up, ... See things from his perspective." COMMENT: 'Seeing things' from Jesus Christ's perspective is fine. But, the BIGGER issue is our AFFECTIONS, (i.e. our heart), as properly stated in the King James Bible. See also Proverbs 4:23. Col. 3:6 KJ: "For which things' sake the wrath of God COMETH ON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE:" MSG: "It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger." COMMENT: God's anger is coming on the "CHILDREN" of disobedience. 1Thes. 2:19 KJ: "... in the presence of our LORD Jesus CHRIST at his coming?" MSG: "... when our Master Jesus appears ..." 1Thes. 3:11 KJ: "Now God himself and our Father, and our LORD Jesus CHRIST, direct our way unto you." MSG: "May God our Father himself and our Master Jesus ..." 1Thes. 5:22 KJ: "Abstain from ALL APPEARANCE of evil." MSG: "Throw out anything tainted with evil." COMMENT: The MSG COMES SHORT OF THE FULL TRUTH. We should 'throw out anyTHING tainted with evil'. But ALSO, WE OURSELVES, should NOT be 'tainted with evil'. And, not only that, but we should ALSO abstain from ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL (KJ). 2Thes. 2:9-12 KJ: "[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan ... with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them THAT PERISH; ..." MSG: "The Anarchist's coming is all Satan's work. ... Since they refused to trust truth, they're BANISHED to their chosen world of lies and illusions." COMMENT: The MSG changes the WARNING about PERISHING to just being 'banished'. 1Tim. 1:1 KJ: "... and LORD JESUS Christ, [which is] our hope;" MSG: "... for Christ, our living hope." 1Tim. 1:10 KJ: "For WHOREMONGERS, for them that defile themselves with mankind, ..." MSG: "... but for the irresponsible, who defy all authority, ..." COMMENT: The MSG changes WHOREMONGERS to just the 'irresponsible'. Would the reader agree that there is a HUGE difference between those two? 1Tim. 1:17 KJ: "... the only WISE God, [be] honour and glory ..." MSG: "Deep honor and bright glory to the King of All Time- ..." 1Tim. 3:16 KJ: "... GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, ..." MSG: "He appeared in a human body, ..." COMMENT: Yours truly appears in a human body. How is that a big deal? The MSG misses a HUGE point: It was GOD that was manifest in the flesh, not a GENERIC 'he'. And THAT IS A BIG DEAL! Also, people can 'appear' on my TV set, but they are NOT "MANIFEST". Big difference there, too. 1Tim. 4:1 KJ: "... in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to SEDUCING SPIRITS, and DOCTRINES OF DEVILS;" MSG: "... as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional LIARS." COMMENT: The MSG deletes words that imply the OCCULT (i.e. SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS) and then substitutes "naturalistic" causes (i.e. LIARS). 1Tim. 5:21 KJ: "I CHARGE [THEE] before God, and the LORD Jesus CHRIST, ..." MSG: "God and Jesus and angels all back me up in these instructions. ..." 1Tim. 6:1 KJ: "... that the name of God and [HIS] doctrine be not BLASPHEMED." MSG: "... don't blame God and our teaching ..." COMMENT: I can 'teach' 2+2=4 but that is NOT "DOCTRINE". And, the doctrine we preach is HIS (i.e. God's). It is not 'ours' as the MSG states. You see, we are AMBASSADORS for Christ (2Co. 5:20). And as ambassadors we bring SOMEONE ELSE'S MESSAGE. Lastly, in the MSG, BLASPHEMED is 'watered down' to just 'blame'. 1Tim. 6:5 KJ: "... men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such WITHDRAW THYSELF." MSG: "... truth is but a distant memory. They think religion is a way to make a fast buck." COMMENT: The MSG twists this verse. Re-read it carefully. "GAIN IS GODLINESS" is twisted to say GODLINESS (religion) is GAIN (fast buck). Lastly, WITHDRAW THYSELF is OMITTED in the MSG. 1Tim. 6:10 KJ: "For the LOVE OF MONEY is THE ROOT of ALL EVIL: ..." MSG: "... Lust for money brings trouble ..." COMMENT: 'Lust for money' does bring trouble like the MSG says. But, MORE THAN THAT, the LOVE OF MONEY is THE ROOT of ALL EVIL: A BIG item of doctrine which the MSG OMITS. 1Tim. 6:19 KJ: "... that they may lay hold on ETERNAL LIFE." MSG: "... gaining life that is truly life." COMMENT: What is this 'true life' that the MSG is referring to? The verse is VAGUE. You see, gaining 'life' on this earth DOES NOT COMPARE to "ETERNAL LIFE" (KJ). 1Tim. 6:20 KJ: "... avoiding ... oppositions of SCIENCE falsely so called:" MSG: "... Avoid ... the practiced confusion of so called experts. ..." COMMENT: It's NOT so called 'experts' that we are to avoid it's "SCIENCE" falsely so called. For example: The theory of evolution, which, BTW, has been proven wrong at some good creationist web sites, like: http://www.drdino.com http://www.answersingenesis.org http://www.icr.org 2Tim. 1:7 KJ: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a SOUND MIND." MSG: "God doesn't want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible." COMMENT: God has given us a SOUND MIND (KJ). But, it is GONE in the MSG. 2Tim. 1:11 KJ: "... and a teacher OF THE GENTILES." MSG: "... and teacher." COMMENT: The Apostle Paul's target ministry is GONE in the MSG. 2Tim. 2:15 KJ: "STUDY to shew thyself approved unto God, ..." MSG: "Concentrate on doing your best for God, ..." COMMENT: We are supposed to STUDY the word of God. 2Tim. 2:25 KJ: "... instructing those that OPPOSE THEMSELVES; ..." MSG: "... working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. ..." COMMENT: The MSG is exactly BACKWARDS. 2Tim. 3:3 KJ: "... despisers of THOSE THAT ARE GOOD," MSG: "... allergic to God." COMMENT: Are those two phrases ANYTHING alike? 2Tim. 3:13 KJ: "But EVIL MEN AND SEDUCERS SHALL WAX WORSE AND WORSE, deceiving and being deceived." MSG: "Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as deceived as the people they lead astray. As long as they are out there, THINGS CAN ONLY GET WORSE." COMMENT: It's "EVIL MEN" that will get worse and worse, not 'things'. 2Tim. 4:1 KJ: "I charge [thee] therefore before God, AND THE LORD JESUS Christ, ..." MSG: "... God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, ..." 2Tim. 4:3 KJ: "For THE TIME WILL COME when they will not endure sound doctrine; ..." MSG: "... there will be TIMES when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, ... COMMENT: This verse is NOT talking about 'times' when people will not 'stomach solid teaching'. That has ALREADY happened, on and off, since Genesis! This verse is talking about a FINAL TIME (KJ) when they will not endure sound doctrine. There is a difference. Titus 1:4 KJ: "... from God the Father and THE LORD Jesus CHRIST our Saviour." MSG: "... Receive everything God our Father and Jesus our Savior give you!" Titus 3:10 KJ: "A man that is an HERETICK after the first and second admonition reject;" MSG: "Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him." COMMENT: Reject 'a quarrelsome person'? NO! The one holding to false doctrine (the HERETICK) is the one to be rejected. Philemon 6 KJ: "... every good thing which is in you IN CHRIST JESUS." MSG: "... this faith we hold in common keeps showing up in the GOOD THINGS WE DO, ..." COMMENT: Note what the KJ says: "... IN CHRIST JESUS." The King James gives GLORY to JESUS CHRIST; the MSG emphasizes MAN. Heb. 1:3 KJ: (Jesus) "Who BEING THE BRIGHTNESS OF [HIS] GLORY, and the express image of his person, ... when he had BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;" MSG: "This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says-powerful words!" COMMENT: Jesus is MORE THAN just 'stamped with God's nature'; HE IS GOD! And, Jesus more than 'mirrors God'; he is the BRIGHTNESS OF GOD'S GLORY. Then, does the MSG DELETE the part about Jesus PURGING OUR SINS? Kind of an important point don't you think? The MSG REALLY WATERS DOWN the GLORY that Jesus Christ DESERVES. Heb. 2:11 KJ: "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all OF ONE: ..." MSG: "... have a common ORIGIN, ..." COMMENT: This word 'origin', being added without any basis whatsoever, makes the Lord Jesus have a SINFUL NATURE like all other humans in Adam's race. See Micah 5:2. Christ himself NEVER had a beginning. Mary only gave the eternal God A BODY. Heb. 2:16 KJ: "For verily he (Jesus) took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham." MSG: "... he didn't go to all this trouble for angels. ..." COMMENT: The MSG is not close. Heb. 3:1 KJ: "Wherefore, HOLY BRETHREN, partakers of THE heavenly calling, consider the APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST of our profession, CHRIST Jesus;" MSG: "So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus." COMMENT: CHRIST is left out, so, this could be ANYONE named Jesus. And HOLY BRETHREN is changed to just 'Christian friends', Lastly, what happened to Jesus' offices of: APOSTLE and HIGH PRIEST? Heb. 4:8 KJ: "For if JESUS had given them REST, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day." MSG: "And so this is still a live PROMISE. It wasn't cancelled at the time of JOSHUA, ..." COMMENT: This verse is NOT about 'Joshua'! It is about "JESUS". And, it is not about a 'promise', but about a REST. The MSG blew this one. Heb. 7:21 KJ: "... Thou [art] A priest for ever AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC:)" MSG: "You're THE permanent priest ..." COMMENT: What KIND of priest? The MSG doesn't say. But, the KJ tells us: It's "AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC". Also, by the MSG saying 'THE' permanent priest vs."A" priest like the KJ says, the MSG negates OUR ROLE as PRIESTS: a VIOLATION OF SCRIPTURE (see Rev. 5:10 in the KJ). Heb. 10:14 KJ: "For by one offering HE HATH PERFECTED FOR EVER them that ARE SANCTIFIED." MSG: "By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done for everyone who takes part in the purifying process." Heb. 10:30 KJ: "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompense, SAITH THE LORD. ..." MSG: "HE was quite explicit: 'Vengeance is mine, and I won't overlook a thing'..." COMMENT: 'He' is vague and could be anybody, even the anti-christ. This verse is supposed to be about GOD, as stated in the King James Bible. Heb. 11:6 KJ: "... he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him." MSG: "... he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him." COMMENT: We must DILIGENTLY seek him. And, God does not just 'respond', he REWARDS. Heb. 12:2 KJ: "Looking unto Jesus the AUTHOR and FINISHER of [our] FAITH; ..." MSG: "Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in." COMMENT: This verse is NOT about a 'race'; it's about our FAITH. Jesus is both the AUTHOR (the beginning) of our FAITH and the FINISHER (the end) of our FAITH. James 5:16 KJ: "Confess [your] FAULTS one to another, ..." MSG: "... Confess your sins to each other ..." COMMENT: The Bible says ONLY GOD can forgive sins. So, we confess our SINS to him. We should, however, confess our FAULTS to one another. Note: This doctrinal error in the MSG is ALSO in current day Catholic doctrine and practices. 1Peter 1:22 KJ: "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth THROUGH THE SPIRIT ..." MSG: "Now that you've cleaned up your lives BY FOLLOWING THE TRUTH, ..." COMMENT: What happened to God's HOLY SPIRIT? The King James gives God's HOLY SPIRIT the GLORY. By saying that WE'VE cleaned up our lives 'by following the truth', the MSG credits MAN'S efforts. 1Peter 2:2 KJ: "... desire the sincere milk of the WORD, that ye may GROW THEREBY:" MSG: "Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness." COMMENT: It's God's WORD that causes us to "GROW THEREBY" (KJ) not God's 'kindness' (MSG). 1Peter 3:1,7 KJ: "Likewise, ye wives, [be] in SUBJECTION to your own husbands; ...". "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] ... as being HEIRS TOGETHER of the grace of life; ..." MSG: "The same goes for you wives: Be GOOD wives to your husbands, RESPONSIVE to their needs." "The same goes for you husbands: ... Treat your wives, then AS EQUALS ... COMMENT: The husband is HEAD of the wife (Eph. 5:23). Yet, the MSG removes the wife's SUBJECTION to the husband and then makes the wife EQUAL WITH the husband. Notice the FEMINIST AGENDA in the MSG. Having said that, it is ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE Luke 12:48: "... For unto whomsoever MUCH IS GIVEN, of him shall be MUCH REQUIRED: ...". In other words, since God has given the husband AUTHORITY over the wife, God will hold the husband ACCOUNTABLE. So, husband TAKE NOTICE: BE IN AUTHORITY over your wife; but do so KNOWING YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. And wife TAKE NOTICE: Do not be deceived by the NON-BIBLICAL FEMINIST AGENDA. Instead, BE IN SUBJECTION TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND: Knowing that YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUBJECTION. You WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HEADSHIP OF THE FAMILY: YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. 1Peter 3:15 KJ: "But sanctify THE LORD GOD in your hearts: ..." MSG: "... keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, ..." COMMENT: Is this ANOTHER attempt to do away with the LORDSHIP of God? 1Peter 4:1 KJ: "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered FOR US in the flesh, ..." MSG: "Since Jesus went through everything you're going through, and more ..." COMMENT: Christ suffered FOR US. Kind of important don't you think? 1Peter 4:14 KJ: "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: ON THEIR PART HE IS EVIL SPOKEN OF, BUT ON YOUR PART HE IS GLORIFIED." MSG: "If you're abused for because of Christ, count yourself fortunate. It's the Spirit of God and his glory in you that brought you to the notice of others." COMMENT: The MSG leaves out about 1/2 of the verse. 1Peter 5:11 KJ: "To him [be] GLORY AND DOMINION for ever and ever. Amen." MSG: "He gets the last word; yes, he does. COMMENT: What is the MSG talking about? 2Pe. 1:20-21 KJ: "Knowing this first, that NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy MEN of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost. " MSG: "... no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of private opinion. And why? Because ... Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted MEN AND WOMEN to speak God's Word." COMMENT: NO BOOK OF THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY A WOMAN. Hello? Not only is the MSG in ERROR, but it is clear that one of the MSG's SOCIAL AGENDAS is FEMINISM. 2Peter 2:1 KJ: "... there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in DAMNABLE HERESIES, ..." MSG: "... there will be lying religious teachers among you. They'll smuggle in destructive divisions, ..." COMMENT: The problem is NOT that the doctrine is 'divisive' (MSG). JESUS was 'divisive'! The problem is that the heresies are DAMNABLE. 2Peter 2:7 KJ: "And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:" MSG: "But that GOOD MAN LOT, driven nearly out of his mind by the SEXUAL FILTH and perversity, was rescued." COMMENT: Two issues: 1) There is ONE GOOD and that is God (Mark 10:18). NO MAN IS GOOD, only GOD. 2) The amount of SEX in the MSG DEFIES BELIEF. There is SEXUAL FILTH here in 2Peter 2:7. AND ALSO in the MSG, there is: SLUTTISH SEX (Eze. 16:24), SEX ORGIES, (Eze. 16:26), SEXUAL ORGIES (Hab. 2:15), a SEX GODDESS (2Ki. 21:7), SEX SHRINES (Jer. 5:7), SEXUAL PREDATORS (Job 24:15), SEX PEDDLERS (Rev. 21:8), FILTHY SEX (Eze. 14:13), OBSESSIVE SEX (Eze. 23:49), SCANDALOUS SEX (1Co. 5:1), SEXUAL EXCESSES (Job 36:14), SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS (1Co. 5:9), LOOSE SEX (Hos. 4:2), CASUAL SEX (Heb. 13:4), CHEAP SEX (Gal. 5:19), DRUNK ON SEX (Hos. 4:12), SEXUAL OBSESSION (Eph. 4:19), SEXUAL DISORDER (2Co. 12:21), SEXUALLY CONFUSED (Rom. 1:27), etc. etc. 2Peter 2:17 KJ: "... to whom the mist of darkness is reserved FOR EVER." MSG: "... they're ... headed for a black hole in hell." COMMENT: FOR EVER is a long time, yet that part of the warning has been DELETED in the MSG. 1John 1:7 KJ: "... and the blood of Jesus CHRIST his Son cleanseth us from all sin." MSG: "... the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God's Son, purges all our sin." 1John 2:20 KJ: "But ye have AN UNCTION from the Holy One, and YE KNOW ALL THINGS." MSG: "The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it." COMMENT: Are "UNCTION" and 'anointing' the same? Also: Is 'you all know it' the same as "YE KNOW ALL THINGS"? 1John 4:3 KJ: "And every spirit that confesseth not that JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH is not of God: ..." MSG: "And everyone who refuses to confess faith in Jesus has nothing in common with God. ..." COMMENT: Folks! There are SOME Christians that are shy and do not confess faith in Jesus, especially those in Muslim countries where it may cost them THEIR LIVES! Yet, they are SAVED! The TRUE test for spirits that are "NOT of God" (KJ) is that those spirits DO NOT CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH. 'New versions' like the MSG corrupt the test for the anti-christ/evil spirits. 1John 5:6-7 KJ: "This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." MSG: Mostly omitted. COMMENT: The majority of both of these verses is OMITTED in the MSG, yet there is no mention as to why. 1John 5:8 KJ: "AND THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN EARTH, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three AGREE IN ONE." MSG: "A triple testimony: the Spirit, the Baptism, the Crucifixion. And the three in perfect agreement." 1John 5:13 KJ: "... that ye may know that ye have eternal life, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD." MSG: "... that you ... will know ... that you have eternal life, ..." COMMENT: No reason is given for this phrase being omitted. 2John 1:3 KJ: "Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father, and from THE LORD Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love." MSG: "Let grace, mercy, and peace be with us in truth and love from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, Son of the Father!" Jude 1:8 KJ: "Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion and speak evil of dignitaries." MSG: "This is exactly the same program of these latest infiltrators: DIRTY SEX, rule and rulers thrown out, glory dragged in the mud." COMMENT: The MSG contains enough SEX to COMPETE with a PORN MAGAZINE. There is DIRTY SEX here in Jude 1:8. AND ALSO in the MSG, there is: SLUTTISH SEX (Eze. 16:24), SEX ORGIES, (Eze. 16:26), SEXUAL ORGIES (Hab. 2:15), a SEX GODDESS (2Ki. 21:7), SEX SHRINES (Jer. 5:7), SEXUAL PREDATORS (Job 24:15), SEX PEDDLERS (Rev. 21:8), FILTHY SEX (Eze. 14:13), OBSESSIVE SEX (Eze. 23:49), SCANDALOUS SEX (1Co. 5:1), SEXUAL EXCESSES (Job 36:14), SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS (1Co. 5:9), LOOSE SEX (Hos. 4:2), CASUAL SEX (HEB. 13:4), CHEAP SEX (Gal. 5:19), DRUNK ON SEX (Hos. 4:12), SEXUAL OBSESSION (Eph. 4:19), SEXUAL FILTH (2Pe. 2:7), SEXUAL DISORDER (2Co. 12:21), SEXUALLY CONFUSED (Rom. 1:27), etc. etc. etc. etc... Rev. 1:9 KJ: "... and for the testimony of Jesus CHRIST." MSG: "... the witness of Jesus." Rev. 1:11 KJ: "Saying, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST: and, What thou seest, write in a book, ..." MSG: "Write what you see into a book. ..." COMMENT: Jesus as "THE FIRST AND THE LAST" is omitted. Rev. 3:22 KJ: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches." MSG: "Are your ears awake? listen to the WIND WORDS, the Spirit blowing though the churches." COMMENT: What are 'wind words'? Rev. 5:14 KJ: "... And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped HIM THAT LIVETH FOR EVER AND EVER." MSG: "... the Elders fell to their knees and worshiped." COMMENT: Worshipped WHO? John? Sam? Sally? The devil? Who? The MSG doesn't say. But, the King James is CLEAR: We worship him that "LIVETH FOR EVER AND EVER"! Rev. 4:8 KJ: "And the four beasts ... rest not day or night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." MSG: "The Four Animals ... CHANTED night and day never taking a break: Holy, holy, holy, ..." COMMENT: The MSG is into CHANTING. But, my Bible says, in Leviticus 19:26: "Ye shall not... use ENCHANTMENT, ..." So, here we see ANOTHER AGENDA in the MSG: It is NEW AGE DOCTRINE, specifically that of CHANTING. Rev. 6:17 KJ: "For the great day of HIS wrath is come; and who shall BE ABLE TO STAND?" MSG: "The great Day of their wrath has come - who can stand it?" COMMENT: There is quite a difference between 'their wrath and "HIS" wrath! Also, the King James' "who shall be able TO STAND" (vs. sit) is the correct translation from Greek into English NOT 'who can stand it' (as in who can put up with it). Rev. 7:3 KJ: "... Hurt not the earth, ... till WE have sealed the servants of our God IN their foreheads." MSG: "... Don't hurt the earth! ... until I'VE sealed the servants of our God ON their foreheads!" COMMENT: The sealing of the servants of God is changed from IN their foreheads (KJ) to ON their foreheads (MSG) here in Rev. 7:3, Rev. 9:4, and in Rev. 14:1. Also notice, and this is interesting: The KJ's until "WE" have sealed the servants is changed to until 'I've' sealed the servants. This change from a PLURAL to a SINGULAR maybe, and I say MAYBE, a reference to the ANTI-CHRIST (SINGULAR) who will make people take the mark of the beast. Rev. 8:13 KJ: "... and heard AN ANGEL flying ... saying with a loud VOICE, ..." MSG: "... I heard a lone EAGLE, flying ... CRYING OUT ... Doom! Doom! Doom ..." COMMENT: How could the MSG translators mis-translate "ANGEL" as 'eagle'? And then, couldn't they have caught their error when they then ADDED that the EAGLE TALKED? Rev. 11:17 KJ: "... We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, AND ART TO COME; ..." MSG: "... We thank you, O God, ... Who Is and Who Was. ..." COMMENT: WHAT IS JESUS GOING TO DO? That's right: He is COMING AGAIN (i.e. "ART TO COME")! Yet, the MSG omits it. Rev. 12:12 KJ: "... Woe to THE INHABITERS OF the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, ..." MSG: "... but doom to earth and sea, For the Devil's come down to you ... raging with anger; ..." COMMENT: There is a BIG DIFFERENCE in woe coming to the 'earth and sea' vs. to "THE INHABITERS OF" the earth and sea. Also notice: The KJ does NOT capitalize devil, BUT, THE MSG DOES. Rev. 13:16 KJ: "And he causeth all, ... to receive a mark IN their right hand, or IN their foreheads:" MSG: "It forced all ... to have a mark ON the right hand or forehead." COMMENT: The "mark of the beast" will be IN the right hand or IN the forehead (as in the possibility of a microchip, or something IN the skin that CANNOT be washed off, etc.). Note: Something ON the right hand or ON the forehead could be more easily REMOVED. Also: The change from IN their right hand and IN their forehead (KJ) to ON their right hand and ON their forehead (MSG) occurs here in Rev. 13:16 and in Rev. 14:9. Rev. 15:3 KJ: "... thou King OF SAINTS." MSG: "... King of the nations!" COMMENT: There's a BIG difference. Think about it. Rev. 16:7 KJ: "And I heard ANOTHER OUT OF THE ALTAR SAY, ..." MSG: "... I heard THE ALTAR CHIME IN, YES O GOD ... YOUR JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND JUST!" COMMENT: Whoever heard of an 'altar' TALKING? Rev. 19:8 KJ: "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and WHITE: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." MSG: "She was given a bridal gown of BRIGHT and shining linen. ..." COMMENT: The linen of the saints is "WHITE" because WHITE symbolizes PURITY. 'Bright' could be ANY COLOR. Rev. 20:9 KJ: "... and fire came down FROM GOD out of heaven, ..." MSG: "... fire will pour out of Heaven ..." COMMENT: The point is: It was GOD that judged. Rev. 21:24 KJ: "And the NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED shall walk in the light of it: ..." MSG: "The NATIONS will walk in its light ..." COMMENT: There's a BIG difference between 'nations' and "NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED". Rev. 22:14 KJ: "BLESSED [ARE] THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, ..." MSG: "How blessed are those who wash their robes! ..." COMMENT: What? 'Wash their robes'? Are those two verses the same? Brothers and sisters: If you want TO BE BLESSED, BE SURE TO DO HIS (Jesus') COMMANDMENTS! Amen? AMEN!