Authorized (King James) Bible, facsimile of the 1611 edition

    The authorized edition is largely a revision of previous English translations, such as the Tyndale edition of 1315 and the Bishop's Bible. The translators compiled several thousand extant Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts, which differ in many minor and major aspects. Many additional texts have been discovered since, notably the Nag Hamadi codices and Dead Sea Scrolls.

    The KJV includes many inaccuracies. For example, 1 John 5:7-8 includes as an inserted passage a late Latin fabrication intended to work a reference to the Trinity into the New Testament: The story of Jesus and the woman "taken in adultery" [John 7:53 - 8:11]  is not present in the oldest available texts, and early Church Fathers do not refer to it. Compare the KJV with more recent editions such as the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).