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Granted, while I do use Modern Translations to update the "Early Modern English" (1600's English) to "Late Modern English" (Today's English), the NKJV makes huge corruptions to God's Word (i.e. the KJV).
It changes:
"soul" (KJV) to....... "living being" (NKJV) (Genesis 2:7)
"sodomites (KJV) to "perverted persons" (NKJV) (1 Kings 14:24, 15:12, etc.)
"which are saved (KJV) to "who are being saved (NKJV) (1 Corinthians 1:18)
"bewitched the people (KJV) to "astonished the people (NKJV) (Acts 8:9)
"They were amazed" (KJV) to "They are dismayed" (NKJV) (Job 32:15)
"repented" (KJV) to "relent" (NKJV) (Matthew 21:32)
"wounds" (KJV) to "tasty triffles" (NKJV) (Proverbs 18:8) Tasty triffles? Really?
"dishonesty" (KJV) to "shame" (NKJV) (2 Corinthians 4:2)
"and let not thy soul spare for his crying." (KJV) to "and do not set your on his destruction." (NKJV) (Proverbs 19:18)
In Isaiah 11:3, the entire phrase "And shall make Him of quick understanding" in the KJV is eliminated in the NKJV, NWT, NASV, NIV, and RSV.
In the footnoes on Daniel 3:25, the NKJV casts doubt on the words, "Son of God" by placing in the footnote: "Or: a son of the gods."
In 2 Timothy 2:15, the KJV says, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God." The NKJV and NASV change "study" to "be diligent." The NIV and RSV change the word "study" to "DO YOUR BEST." There is a big difference in me "studying" versus "being diligent" and or "doing your best."
"to take on" (KJV) to "give aid" (NKJV) (Hebrews 2:16).
Jesus did not take on the nature of angels. Big difference to what the NKJV says.
(KJV) "For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham."
(NKJV) "For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham."
"God" (KJV) to "divine" (NKJV) (1 Peter 3:20)
I know God was longsuffering as He waited in the days of Noah.
But in the world does "divine longsuffering supposed to mean?
(KJV) "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
(NKJV) "who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while [the] ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water."
"Corrupt" (KJV) to "Peddle" (NKJV) (2 Corinthians 2:17)
The NKJV hides that which it does.
The NKJV corrupts the Word of God elimating the word "corrupt" to some kind of selling of the Word.
(KJV) "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ."
(NKJV) "For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ."
It changes:
"soul" (KJV) to....... "living being" (NKJV) (Genesis 2:7)
"sodomites (KJV) to "perverted persons" (NKJV) (1 Kings 14:24, 15:12, etc.)
"which are saved (KJV) to "who are being saved (NKJV) (1 Corinthians 1:18)
"bewitched the people (KJV) to "astonished the people (NKJV) (Acts 8:9)
"They were amazed" (KJV) to "They are dismayed" (NKJV) (Job 32:15)
"repented" (KJV) to "relent" (NKJV) (Matthew 21:32)
"wounds" (KJV) to "tasty triffles" (NKJV) (Proverbs 18:8) Tasty triffles? Really?
"dishonesty" (KJV) to "shame" (NKJV) (2 Corinthians 4:2)
"and let not thy soul spare for his crying." (KJV) to "and do not set your on his destruction." (NKJV) (Proverbs 19:18)
In Isaiah 11:3, the entire phrase "And shall make Him of quick understanding" in the KJV is eliminated in the NKJV, NWT, NASV, NIV, and RSV.
In the footnoes on Daniel 3:25, the NKJV casts doubt on the words, "Son of God" by placing in the footnote: "Or: a son of the gods."
In 2 Timothy 2:15, the KJV says, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God." The NKJV and NASV change "study" to "be diligent." The NIV and RSV change the word "study" to "DO YOUR BEST." There is a big difference in me "studying" versus "being diligent" and or "doing your best."
"to take on" (KJV) to "give aid" (NKJV) (Hebrews 2:16).
Jesus did not take on the nature of angels. Big difference to what the NKJV says.
(KJV) "For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham."
(NKJV) "For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham."
"God" (KJV) to "divine" (NKJV) (1 Peter 3:20)
I know God was longsuffering as He waited in the days of Noah.
But in the world does "divine longsuffering supposed to mean?
(KJV) "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
(NKJV) "who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while [the] ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water."
"Corrupt" (KJV) to "Peddle" (NKJV) (2 Corinthians 2:17)
The NKJV hides that which it does.
The NKJV corrupts the Word of God elimating the word "corrupt" to some kind of selling of the Word.
(KJV) "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ."
(NKJV) "For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ."
Those are not corruptions Jason, as when Jesus breathed the breath of life in man he did become a living being.
The body without the spirit/soul is dead and not living, so it is not a corruption as man does not become a soul. The soul is what God is placing in the body to become a living being. Sodomites are perverted people, and changing to those who are being saved is not corruption either as the believing in the Lord is shown to be a continuous belief that leads to salvation. I do not follow the false teaching that people are saved immediately at day one, because the Lord Himself said those who endure to the end will be saved. Not you are saved and then endure to the end.
Word play and using now day language that people can understand does not corrupt the word unless it blatantly changes the context. The examples you give do not do that and changing the word peddle from corrupt does not either if you take it in proper context, because one who corrupts His word does peddle/squander away their chance at eternal life. If you are dishonest then you are shameful, the word play is within all bibles as well as the KJV as some words we have in English that were used do not mean exactly what the Hebrew and Greek words said.
Your right that the NKJV changed some of the words to modern English words we now use mainly to help the readers understand, but the main purpose of the NKJV was to fix the translation errors in the KJV. If you do not believe that then that is on you, but those errors can be easily found in study, and this does not come from just atheists as you previously brought up. There is many well known biblical scholars throughout history who have shown these errors as well.