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Today we are going to discuss KJV onlyism. Now, maybe you don't know what the heck I'm talking about.

Maybe you know exactly what I'm talking about. Maybe you were raised in this world. Maybe you were a believer in KJV onlyism right now.

Maybe you know it. Maybe you don't, but I've gotten a lot of questions about this subject.

When I posted about it very briefly on Instagram a while ago, I got a ton of you asking me, can you please do an episode on this?

So I am. But if you have no idea what I'm talking about, I still think this is going to be beneficial for you,

because you may run into people who believe this and you should know what they're talking about,

and you should be able to rebut it. And that's what we're going to do today.

But I do want to give a fair assessment of what it is. I want to give, I want to fairly lay out some of the arguments

and also talk about the fact that there's a spectrum of KJV onlyism. I can't put everyone into the most extreme camp.

But basically KJV onlyism is the belief that the KJV, the King James version, is the only correct translation of the Bible.

It's the only trustworthy translation. All the other translations have been watered down in order to gain cultural relevance.

But the KJV is the only inspired translation the argument goes that everyone should be reading. I have run in.

To many people who believe this, whether it's on Instagram or whatever, this has been a long debate by the way.

This is not like a new thing that's cropping up. This is something that has been argued, has been defended,

by certain people within Christianity, in particular, evangelicalism for a long time.

And there are just new generations of people that latch onto it. It seems.

If you don't know, like I said, KJV stands for King James version. It may also be referred to as AV or authorized version.

It's most commonly thought of as the old English translation of the Bible.

So if you've got like an old family Bible, typically it's in this King James version.

So let me read you a verse from the KJV so you know what I'm talking about if you don't all ready.

So Galatians 3.1 that's just a random verse that I decided to pick. Oh, foolish Galatians, who have bewitched you

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