The NIV (and ESV, NASB, CSB, etc.) are based on the Alexandrian manuscript tradition — primarily Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus. These manuscripts are older but contain thousands of omissions compared to the Textus Receptus, the Greek text underlying the KJV. The question isn't "did the KJV add verses?" but "did these manuscripts lose them?"

Yes. When "study" becomes "do your best," "Lucifer" becomes "morning star," and entire verses disappear, the meaning of Scripture shifts. These studies let you compare the translations side by side and decide for yourself.

We're saying: compare them. These 58 studies lay the evidence out — the verses, the manuscripts, the church fathers. Read them side by side and draw your own conclusions. That's the whole point of "What's In Your Bible?"

The "Received Text" — the Greek New Testament compiled by Erasmus and used as the basis for the KJV, the Geneva Bible, and Tyndale's translation. It represents the majority of Greek manuscripts (5,800+), while modern translations rely on a handful of Alexandrian texts.