NKJV

So I finally took a moment to research the NKJV. It did not take long to realize that of all the different versions available today, the NKJV is as dangerous if not worse than all other. The NKJV presents itself as being "Equivilent" to the KJV. The scholars who worked on this project sought to ride the "shirt tail" of the KJV. In their own preface they go to great lengths to present both as one in the same.
While the translators claim that the "Textus Receptus" was the "BASIC" text used in translation, they also admit that many other Greek Texts were considered. While reading some key scriptures in the NKJV I found some differences that I, as a KJV advocate, would rather the original translation over the new, and while some may think that their are no "smoking guns" in which one must be alerted over, in fact, the "weapons of mass destruction are there".
Here is the danger of the NKJV.
1. They claim to be an equivalent to the KJV (If they thought so highly of the KJV, why did they see a need to change it?)
2. They claim to use the "Textus Recptus" in thier translation, while in the next sentence admit that other Greek Texts were used. (They used other texts when the "True" text did not agree with their theology/)
3. They created the NKJV translation with footnotes. These footnotes reveal differences in other Greek Texts. When other Greek Texts disagreed with the Textus Receptus they alerted people to that fact.
a. In their own words the scholars stated that they felt that it was better for them to leave it up to the average reader as to what text they would accept, therefore they used footnotes.
(So basically if I read the NKJV and don't agree with what it says, and I find in the footnotes that another Greek Text omitted that particular part--by the guidance of the scholars of the NKJV, I have the freedom to "choose" which one I like best.)

The NKJV by far is the most dangerous of all versions in that it seeks to deceive people into thinking that it is an "Equivalent" of the KJV, when in fact it is a version that promotes the "Average Reader" to make their own decisions as to what is God's Word and what is not.

Bro. Joey Grappe
Missionary Jena Louisiana