Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 1:1 | God who at sundry times, and in diuers manners, spake in time past vnto the Fathers by the Prophets, |
| 1:2 | Hath in these last dayes spoken vnto vs by his Sonne, whom he hath appointed heire of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, |
| 1:3 | Who being the brightnesse of his glory, and the expresse image of his person, and vpholding all things by the word of his power, when hee had by himselfe purged our sinnes, sate down on ye right hand of the Maiestie on high, |
| 1:4 | Being made so much better then the Angels, as hee hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name then they. |
| 1:5 | For vnto which of the Angels said he at any time, Thou art my sonne, this day haue I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Sonne. |
| 1:6 | And againe, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, hee saith, And let all the Angels of God worship him. |
| 1:7 | And of the Angels he saith: Who maketh his Angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. |
| 1:8 | But vnto the Sonne, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for euer and euer: a scepter of righteousnesse is the scepter of thy kingdome. |
| 1:9 | Thou hast loued righteousnesse, and hated iniquitie, therefore God, euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes. |
| 1:10 | And, thou Lord in the beginning hast layed the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the works of thine hands. |
| 1:11 | They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shal waxe old as doth a garment. |
| 1:12 | And as a vesture shalt thou fold them vp, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile? |
| 1:13 | But to which of the Angels said hee at any time, Sit on my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footstoole? |
| 1:14 | Are they not all ministring spirits, sent foorth to minister for them, who shall be heires of saluation? |
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.