KJV Questions and Answers - Far Eastern Bible College

CHAPTER IPREAMBLEA Personal Affirmation of the 100% Inspiration and the 100%Preservation of the Original Language ScripturesUnderlying the King James Version(1) I do believe in the divine, verbal and plenary inspiration of theScriptures in the original languages, their consequent inerrancy andinfallibility, and as the Word of God, the Supreme and final authorityin faith and life.(2) I do affirm the biblical doctrine of providential preservation that theinspired words of the Hebrew OT Scriptures and the Greek NTScriptures are “kept pure in all ages” as taught by the WestminsterConfession.(3) I do believe that the Texts which are purest and closest to theautographs of the Bible are the Traditional Masoretic Hebrew Textof the Old Testament, and the Traditional Greek Text for the NewTestament underlying the King James Version.(4) I believe that the purity of God’s words has been faithfullymaintained in the Traditional/Byzantine/Majority/Received Text,and fully represented in the Textus Receptus that underlies the KJV.Providential preservation is not static but dynamic.(5) I do believe that God’s providential preservation of the Scripturesconcerns not just the doctrines but also the very words of Scriptureto the jot and tittle (Ps 12:6-7, Matt 5:18, 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke21:33, Rev 22:18-19).(6) I do not deny that other faithful Bible translations, including foreignlanguage ones, that are based on other editions of the TextusReceptus can be deemed the Word of God.6 KJV Q&A