Timothy S. Morton
If a Bible Believer has been involved with the "Bible versions controversy," as your author has for the last 20 years, he has invariably been confronted with "Strong arm" tactics from those who wish to correct his pure Bible. Armed only with a Strong's (or Young's) Concordance, these self deluded egomaniacs actually believe they can correct any Bible text by simply looking up the English word, find its Hebrew or Greek source word, and then define the source word with Strong's definition. They often quote these definitions with such pathos and dignity as if they were quoting from the famed Original Autographs themselves. "Never mind what the King James Bible (or any other Bible) says, Strong's says the word should be...."
While watching these armchair scholars in action, a keen observer gains a valuable lesson in the inherent pride of the human nature. The lust for recognition, "authority," and the appearance of "knowledge" by insecure brethren who apparently fear they have none of these virtues has caused them to succumb to these destructive tactics. A few years ago we were engaged in a newspaper debate with a "Holiness" pastor who used this method. He was a promoter of the corrupt New Living Translation and constantly berate the King James Bible claiming it was full of errors and highly inferior. He wrote,
"...I will use these remarks to show you how to use a concordance to define the Greek and Hebrew, and you too can uncover KJ error. A Bible concordance is similar to an English dictionary, the difference is a dictionary gives us the meaning of an English word, and a concordance takes a Greek or Hebrew word and gives us only the appropriate English word with the same meaning...."
This fellow routinely "corrected" every Bible he encountered with his beloved concordance, especially the King James. Apparently, the concordance was used as a "security blanket" to wrap around his hidden insecurities about not going to "Bible School" and getting a "college degree." However, this tactic is not limited to Holiness, Pentecostal, or Charismatic preachers; Independent, Fundamental, Baptists have fallen into the same snare.
As we mentioned several years ago in our article, Are All Doctors Really Doctors, education (or the appearance of one) is one of the "gods" or lusts of the world. Along with money and sex it makes up the world's "holy trinity." As we said then, knowledge and education are distinctly different. One does not necessarily go with the other. One can have valuable knowledge and very little education or extensive education with very little practical knowledge. However, education suggests the presence of knowledge and this appearance is what largely motivates the deception of the Honorary Doctorate and the pretended knowledge of "Greek" from a Strong's Concordance.
Your author has heard on numerous occasions Fundamental preachers appeal to a concordance as their authority, sometimes not even naming the concordance as their source. They would say things like, "The Greek word for 'hell' in this passage is 'hades' and could be transliterated 'hades' or rendered 'the unseen world....'" Thus instead of letting the Bible define its own terms the preacher appeals to an extra-biblical source as his final authority. It is highly unlikely these brethren know the facts of James Strong and his "connections."
James Strong (1822-1894) was born in New York City and became a Methodist theologian and scholar. As with many scholars of his day his views concerning the inspiration and preservation of the Scriptures were quite liberal. As G.A. Riplinger states in one of her articles,
Strong's liberal views got him a seat on the corrupt Revised Standard/American Standard Version committee. Westcott and Hort sought American Bible critics to join with them and work on their Revised Version. In 1870 the British Committee voted "to invite the cooperation of some American divines" (Matthew Brown Riddle, The Story of the Revised New Testament American Standard Edition (Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times, 1908, p. 11). Strong became "a member of the Old Testament company of revisers" (New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, Vol. XI, p. 115).
Strong was hand-selected by Phillip Schaff, new age Parliament of World Religions participant.
Philip Schaff was probably the most "esteemed" scholar of the 19th century. He was a prolific writer and a key element in the production of the ASV. Needless to say, Schaff was also an avowed liberal,
Philip Schaff denied the inspiration of the Bible and only chose committeemen who agreed that the Bible had never been inspired; he called 'inspiration,' "the moonshine theory of the inerrant apostolic autographs" (See New Age Bible Versions for more details, p. 458; David Schaff, The Life of Phillip Schaff, NY: Scribner's Sons, 1897, pp. 439, 351, 357, 434-435). Not only did they deny that God gave the Bible to man, but they denied that what they termed 'men's words' were preserved. Their ASV Preface jabbed that, "The Hebrew text is probably corrupt..." (p. vii).
In 1885 Westcott and Hort published their corrupt Revised Version. Some of the American scholars (Schaff, etc.) who were involved with the project were not completely satisfied with the new translation and endeavored to produce an "Americanized" edition of the RV. The American Standard Version of 1901 was the result. The corrupt RV and ASV are the basis of all the modern versions that flood the market today.
The RV and ASV are loaded with heresy, but why should that surprise anyone? They were translated by heretics. Notice in this quote from Riplinger the doctrine of another noted "authority" often quoted by ignorant Fundamentalists,
The RV/ASV Committee included several Unitarians (those who deny the Trinity and other central doctrines). One such man was American Bible critic, J. Henry Thayer, author of Thayer's Lexicon. Therefore it is no surprise that the ASV marginal note for Matt. 2:2 ("worship him") states that Jesus Christ is just a man, a "creature," and not God, the "Creator." The ASV's note for John 9:38 repeats that Jesus is a "creature" not the "Creator" (in reference to the words, "And he worshipped him"). The notes say, "The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to a creature (as here) or to the Creator ..." However, the ASV has a similar note in Luke 4:7 referring to the worship that the devil asks for ("If thou wilt therefore worship before me..." ASV). Here the note omits the parenthetical (as here). Therefore, the ASV specifies that Jesus is, in their opinion, a "creature," not the Creator. But it does not specify that the devil is a "creature" and not the "Creator"! Again, in Matt. 4:9, the ASV leaves the choice to the reader whether the devil is a creature or the Creator. The ASV states emphatically that Jesus is a "creature."
Regardless of what many think when reading the definitions in the back of Strong's Concordance, he is not necessarily reading generic, unbiased definitions of Hebrew/Greek words. Often he is reading Strong's corrupt ASV. Notice the likenesses between them and their differences from the AV in the following chart (adapted from Riplinger),
| King James Bible |
Strong's Lexicon | Strong's ASV |
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Godhead
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divinity
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divinity
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Master
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teacher
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teacher
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charity
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love
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love
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follow
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imitate |
imitate
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temperance
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self-control
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self-control
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too superstitious
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very religious
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very religious
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heresy
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party
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party
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curious
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magical
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magical
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bottomless pit
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abyss |
abyss
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hell
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Hades |
Hades
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devils
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demonic being |
demons
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Lucifer
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morning-star
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day-star
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Obviously, Strong's definitions are biased toward the modern trend of weakening and generalizing the words of God. They mirror the new translations at the expense of the God honored King James Bible. The RV was produced with the intent of replacing the King James as the Bible in English, but it failed miserably. In fact, it has been out of print for decades (we do have a copy of the RV and ASV available in our Bible Analyzer Suite CD-Rom for comparison purposes). The ASV, which was hoped by Schaff and Strong to do the same, also failed and is now essentially out of print. But our precious King James Bible lives on. It has bore the relentless assaults against its purity and integrity from these upstarts for over 120 years and by God's grace will continue to do so.
As a reminder to the believer who may not think the differences between the modern versions and the King James Bible are very significant, below is a table with many of the differences marked. This list does not deal with translation changes which are also significant, only omitted words. (To view all the differences between the King James Bible and the ASV use our free Bible Analyzer Software)
This table shows the verse as found in the King James Bible with the omitted words in bold dark red. It deals with the Alexandrian Text in general, but nearly all these omissions apply to the ASV. (This table was adapted from the at www.av1611.com)
| Matthew | |
| 1:25 | And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. |
| 5:44 | 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; |
| 6:13 | And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. |
| 6:33 | But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. |
| 8:29 | And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? |
| 9:13 | But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
| 12:35 | A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. |
| 13:51 | Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. |
| 15:8 | This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. |
| 16:3 | And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? |
| 16:20 | Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. |
| 17:21 | Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. |
| 18:11 | For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. |
| 19:9 | 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. |
| 19:17 | And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. |
| 20:7 | They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. |
| 20:16 | So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. |
| 20:22 | But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. |
| 23:14 | 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. |
| 25:13 | Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. |
| 27:35 | 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. |
| 28:9 | And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. |
| Mark | |
| 1:14 | Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, |
| 1:31 | And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. |
| 2:17 | When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
| 6:11 | 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. |
| 6:16 | But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. |
| 7:8 | For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. |
| 7:16 | If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. |
| 9:24 | And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. |
| 9:42 | And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. |
| 9:44 | Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. |
| 9:46 | Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. |
| 9:49 | For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. |
| 10:21 | Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. |
| 11:10 | Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. |
| 13:14 | But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: |
| 13:33 | Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. |
| 14:68 | But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. |
| 15:28 | And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. |
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16:9-20
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Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. (typically marginalized or set in brackets. Footnotes in NIV are patently false.) |
| Luke | |
| 1:28 | 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. |
| 4:4 | And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. |
| 4:8 | 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. |
| 4:41 | And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. |
| 7:31 | And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? |
| 9:54-56 | And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 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. |
| 11:2-4 | 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. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. |
| 11:29 | And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. |
| 17:36 | Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. |
| 21:4 | For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. |
| 22:31 | And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: |
| 22:64 | And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? |
| 23:17 | (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) |
| 23:38 | And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 23:42 | And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. |
| 24:6 | He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, |
| 24:40 | And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. |
| 24:49 | And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. |
| 24:51 | And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. |
| John | |
| 1:14 | And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. |
| 1:27 | He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. |
| 3:13 | And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. |
| 3:15 | That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
| 4:42 | And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. |
| 5:3-4 | In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 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. |
| 6:47 | Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. |
| 6:69 | And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. |
| 11:41 | Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. |
| 16:16 | 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. |
| 17:12 | While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. |
| Acts | |
| 2:30 | Therefore being a prophet, and knowing 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; |
| 7:30 | And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. |
| 7:37 | This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. |
| 8:37 | And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. |
| 9:5-6 | 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. |
| 10:6 | He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. |
| 16:31 | And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. |
| 17:26 | And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; |
| 20:25 | And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. |
| 20:32 | And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. |
| 23:9 | And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. |
| 24:6-8 | 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, Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. |
| 24:15 | And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. |
| 28:16 | And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. |
| 28:29 | And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. |
| Romans | |
| 1:16 | For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. |
| 1:29 | Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, |
| 8:1 | There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. |
| 9:28 | For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. |
| 10:15 | And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! |
| 11:6 | And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. |
| 13:9 | For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
| 14:21 | It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. |
| 15:29 | And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. |
| 16:24 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. |
| 1 Corinthians | |
| 1:14 | I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; |
| 5:7 | Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: |
| 6:20 | For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. |
| 7:5 | Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. |
| 10:28 | But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: |
| 11:24 | And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. |
| 11:29 | For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. |
| 15:47 | The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. |
| 16:22-23 | If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. |
| 2 Corinthians | |
| 4:6 | For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. |
| 5:18 | And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; |
| 11:31 | The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. |
| Galations | |
| 1:15 | But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, |
| 3:1 | 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? |
| 3:17 | And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. |
| 4:7 | Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. |
| 6:15 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. |
| 6:17 | From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. |
| Ephesians | |
| 3:9 | And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: |
| 3:14 | For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 5:30 | For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. |
| 6:1 | Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. |
| 6:10 | Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. |
| Philippians | |
| 3:16 | Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. |
| Colossians | |
| 1:2 | To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 1:14 | In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: |
| 1:28 | Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: |
| 2:11 | In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: |
| 3:6 | For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: |
| 1 Thessalonians | |
| 1:1 | Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2:19 | For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? |
| 3:11 | Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. |
| 3:13 | To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. |
| 2 Thessalonians | |
| 1:8 | In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 1 Timothy | |
| 1:17 | Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 2:7 | Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. |
| 3:16 | And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. |
| 4:12 | Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. |
| 6:5 | Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. |
| 2 Timothy | |
| 1:11 | Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. |
| 4:1 | I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; |
| 4:22 | The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. |
| Titus | |
| 1:4 | To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. |
| Philemon | |
| 1:6 | That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. |
| 1:12 | Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: |
| Hebrews | |
| 1:3 | Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; |
| 2:7 | Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: |
| 3:1 | Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
| 7:21 | (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) |
| 10:30 | For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. |
| 10:34 | For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. |
| 11:11 | Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. |
| 1 Peter | |
| 1:22 | Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: |
| 4:1 | Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; |
| 4:14 | 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. |
| 5:10-11 | But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 2 Peter | |
| 2:17 | These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. |
| 1 John | |
| 1:7 | But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. |
| 2:7 | Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. |
| 4:3 | And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. |
| 4:9 | In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. |
| 4:19 | We love him, because he first loved us. |
| 5:7-8 | For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. |
| 5:13 | These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. |
| Jude | |
| 1:25 | To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. |
| Revelation | |
| 1:8 | I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. |
| 1:11 | Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. |
| 2:13 | I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. |
| 5:14 | And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. |
| 6:1 | And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. |
| 11:17 | Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. |
| 12:12 | Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. |
| 12:17 | And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
| 14:5 | And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. |
| 16:17 | And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. |
| 20:9 | And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. |
| 21:24 | And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. |
All should be clear. The ASV is a counterfiet Bible from a counterfiet text translated at the very least by deceived men. James Strong was one of these men and his bias is reflected in his concordance definitions. Neither Strong's Concordance or any other reference should be a believers final authority. Nothing should be his final authority other than the Holy Bible as God has preserved it for us in the King James Bible. Thus any believer who quotes Strong as an authority at the expense of the King James Bible is reckless and deceived.
Preacher, the next time you feel the urge to show-off a little, instead of consulting corrupt "authorities" such as Strong's, Thayers, Vines, etc., which spread doubt concerning the authority of the Scriptures, why don't you dazzle your congregation with a thorough knowledge of the words God has preserved for you in English with the King James Bible? You and your congregation will fare much better!