Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The YouTube channel known as “abide in the Word” has recently made a video claiming that modern Bible versions (NIV, ESV, NASB, etc.) have “willfully, flagrantly, knowingly adulterated the word of God” through their translation of 1 Timothy 6:19. The reason he makes this claim is that modern versions have the English word “truly,” while older versions have the English word “eternal.”

This might seem like a trivial issue. After all, when you read it in context (cf. 1 Tim 6:12), the meaning of the verse isn’t really affected either way. However, the claim made in this video raises a serious accusation against the trustworthiness of modern translations of the Scriptures.

Are modern Bible translators really trying to mislead us, or has the creator of this video missed something? We explore this question in this short video.

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