Heresy

When doctrines such as Verbal Plenary Preservation, KJV-Onlyism, or the pursuit of a “perfect Bible” become instruments of division rather than devotion, they cease to serve the unity of Christ’s body and take on the character of heresy—exalting textual perfection above the person of the Word Himself.

Heresy is not merely falsehood; it is truth misapplied until it divides. The claim that God’s Word is perfectly preserved in one language or version may begin as a defense of inspiration, but when it becomes a basis for exclusion or schism, it dethrones Christ as the locus of unity and enthrones a manuscript in His place.

When the love of a translation outweighs the love of Christ, orthodoxy turns into heresy.

“When our loyalty to a version eclipses our loyalty to Christ, the Word becomes an idol rather than our truth.”

“A Bible defended without love divides the body it was given to unite.”

“If our pursuit of a perfect Bible destroys the unity of Christ’s church, we have already lost perfection.”

“When Scripture’s defenders become dividers, they have ceased to defend Scripture.”

“The moment a manuscript replaces the Messiah as our measure of truth, heresy has taken root.”

While the preservation of Scripture is a vital conviction, any view—whether Verbal Plenary Preservation, KJV-Onlyism, or the pursuit of a “perfect Bible”—that elevates a textual tradition to infallibility and divides believers who confess the same gospel, ceases to be fidelity to the Word and becomes heresy in practice.

Whenever our defense of Scripture leads us to divide the Church for the sake of a version, we have crossed from reverence into idolatry. A doctrine that begins by guarding the Bible but ends by fracturing Christ’s body has already betrayed the Word it claims to defend.