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ExFundy said:Colossians 1:14 niv, takes out the blood.
Here is a look at this issue from the other direction, that of using the NIV as the standard version.
People complain modern versions leave out words found in the KJV. The real question is, “is it in the original Hebrew and the original Greek�
Here are a few places where the KJV comes up short when compared to the NIV.
KJV takes out "through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Jude verse 25, the NIV says that God gets glory "through Jesus Christ our Lord." In the KJV "through Jesus Christ our Lord" is missing.
KJV takes out, the "Holy Spirit".
Acts 4:25, KJV has “by the mouth of thy servant Davidâ€. NIV “that God spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David." The KJV leaves out "Holy Spirit."
KJV takes out, "Of Jesus".
Acts 16:7 the KJV has, "the Spirit suffered them not." The NIV has, "the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to." "Of Jesus" is left out of the KJV.
KJV takes out, “of Godâ€.
Philippians 1:14, NIV says the "word of God." The KJV only has "word." The KJV is missing “of Godâ€
KJV takes out, “Christ".
Colossians 2:9, NIV says "in Christ". KJV says "in Him." “Christ" is missing in the KJV.
Of course this is a ridiculous way to determine the proper renderings of the original languages in the versions we use.
Miles Smith explains to us what to use to determine proper renderings in versions of the Bible.
“They trusted in him that hath the key of David, opening and no man shutting: they prayed to the Lord the Father of our Lord, to the effect that S. Augustine did; O let thy Scriptures be my pure delight, let me not be deceived in them, neither let me deceive by them. In this confidence, and with this devotion did they assemble together; not too many, lest one should trouble another; and yet many, lest many things haply might escape them. If you aske what they had before them, truely it was the Hebrew text of the Olde Testament, theGreeke of the New. These are the two golden pipes, or rather conduits, where-through the olive branches emptie themselves into the golde. Saint Augustine calleth them precedent, or originall tongues; Saint Jerome, fountaines. The same Saint Jerome affirmeth, and Gratianhath not spared to put it into his Decree, That as the credit of the olde Bookes (he meaneth of the Old Testament) is to bee tryed by the Hebrewe Volumes, so of the New by the Greeke tongue, he meaneth by the originall Greeke. If trueth be to be tried by these tongues, then whence should a Translation be made, but out of them? These tongues, therefore, the Scriptures wee say in those tongues, wee set before us to translate, being the tongues wherein God was pleased to speake to his Church by his Prophets and Apostles. Neither did we run over the worke with that posting haste that the Septuagint did, if that be true which is reported of them, that they finished it in 72. dayes; neither were we barred or hindered from going over it againe, having once done it, like S. Jerome, if that be true which himselfe reporteth, that he could no sooner write any thing, but presently it was caught from him, and published, and he could not have leave to mend it: neither, to be short, were we the first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture into English, and consequently destitute of former helpes, as it is written of Origen, that hee was the first in a maner, that put his hand to write Commentaries upon the Scriptures, and therefore no marveile, if he overshot himselfe many times. None of these things: the worke hath not bene hudled up in 72. dayes, but hath cost the workemen, as light as it seemeth, the paines of twise seven times seventie two dayes and more: matters of such weight and consequence are to bee speeded with maturitie: for in a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of convenient slacknesse. Neither did wee thinke much to consult the Translators or Commentators, Chaldee, Hebrewe, Syrian, Greeke,or Latine, no nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we disdaine to revise that which we had done, and to bring backe to the anvill that which we had hammered: but having and using as great helpes as were needfull, and fearing no reproch for slownesse, nor coveting praise for expedition, wee have at the length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the worke to that passe that you see.â€