Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 1:1 | Paul a seruant of God, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, according to the Faith of Gods Elect, and the acknowledging of the trueth which is after godlinesse, |
| 1:2 | In hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began: |
| 1:3 | But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed vnto mee according to the commandement of God our Sauiour: |
| 1:4 | To Titus mine owne Sonne after the common faith, Grace, mercie, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour. |
| 1:5 | For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordaine Elders in euery citie, as I had appointed thee. |
| 1:6 | If any be blamelesse, the husband of one wife, hauing faithfull children, not accused of riot, or vnruly. |
| 1:7 | For a Bishop must be blameles, as the steward of God: not selfewilled, not soone angry, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre, |
| 1:8 | But a louer of hospitality, a louer of good men, sober, iust, holy, temperate, |
| 1:9 | Holding fast the faithfull word, as hee hath beene taught, that he may bee able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to conuince the gainsayers. |
| 1:10 | For there are many vnruly and vaine talkers and deceiuers, specially they of the circumcision: |
| 1:11 | Whose mouthes must be stopped, who subuert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake. |
| 1:12 | One of themselues, euen a Prophet of their owne, said: The Cretians are alway lyers, euill beasts, slow bellies. |
| 1:13 | This witnesse is true: wherefore rebuke them sharpely that they may be sound in the faith; |
| 1:14 | Not giuing heede to Iewish fables, and commandements of men that turne from the trueth. |
| 1:15 | Unto the pure all things are pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure: but euen their mind and conscience is defiled. |
| 1:16 | They professe that they know God; but in workes they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.