An Open Letter

An Open Letter to Church Leaders Who Teach KJV-Only and the “Perfect TR” Doctrine

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

I write this not out of anger, but out of a heavy heart. My soul aches to see the body of Christ divided, not over the cross of Christ, but over which English words are most divine. I honor your love for Scripture — I share it deeply. But I cannot stay silent while that love turns into a sword that cuts the Church instead of a balm that heals it.

The Word of God is perfect — yes, wholly inspired, infallible, and sufficient in the original truth God breathed into holy men of old. But when we begin to claim that one translation, one edition, or one text family is the only perfect one, we stop defending the Bible and start dividing the Body.

Brothers, think of this: what if your own family — your sons, your daughters — were torn apart because each believed that only their version of your voice was the true one? Would that not grieve you? Would you not cry out, “You’ve all missed my heart, though you quote my words”? That is what we are doing to our Father in heaven when we make His Word a banner of pride rather than a bridge of love.

I have seen churches split, friendships die, and faiths grow cold — not because men stopped believing the Bible, but because they stopped believing that others could believe the Bible differently and still love the same Lord. And that, dear teachers, is not the fruit of the Spirit.

If the apostles who walked with Christ could honor the Scriptures in Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic — if the Reformers gave their lives to open the Word to every tongue — how can we now narrow the voice of God to one 17th-century English translation? The King James Bible is a treasure, yes — a monument of faith and language. But it was never meant to be a golden calf.

I plead with you: teach the Word, not the version. Exalt the Truth, not the tradition. Let us unite under the living Word, not be chained to any one human rendering of it. The church is weary of wounds. The lost are watching. Christ is not divided.

May the Lord soften our hearts, renew our humility, and remind us that the Bible is not a battlefield but bread for the hungry — not a wall but a window to the glory of God.

With love and grief,
A servant of the same Lord and lover of the same Word