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Clark, formerly an attorney, undertakes a very thorough studycomparing characteristics and advantages of the proliferating English translations of the Bible, He sought, internationally, the best available references published upon the questions that he was pursuing,
After explaining that this work was for his own edification, largeiy of cutandpaste character, he disqualifies himself as a linguist, then examines the academic credentials and motives of the new translators.
He finds that some of them have abandoned the "received text" that underlies the KJV in favor of an undocumented mismash of additional texts,
In summary, he finds patterns that by p,indicate that the new "translations" present "such a pollution of the sacred text by these Extreme Textualists as may weaken in the minds of many and destroy in the minds of some, the great fundamental fact that Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Messiah, the Son of God, the Christ that was to come to earth to redeem men from the Fall and bring salvation and exaltation to the human family.
the King James Version is the best version we have in English, "

Upon a return to this book, I was disappointed to find that, after reviewing the frustrations of the modern translators with
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the inconsistencies between the various versions, ancient and modern, of the scriptures, Clark gave no reason to conclude that the version originally selected as 'TEXTUS RECEPTUS' Sinaiticus was in any way superior to the many others.
cf. pp.note twentythree, item three


I have discovered a reason to trust the textus receptus, According to the Jewish Study Bible, it is the best version of the scriptures that the Masoretes have been able to produce after many centuries of careful comparisons, notes, and annotations.
Besides, it is the result of printing many identical copies that could be used by translators concurrently, .