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NO! With thr decovery of ancient scrolls like the one found recently which is older than the dead sea scrolls that the Bible is basically unchanged despite millenniums of recopying on perishable materials
But mistakes were made in copying. Most of these differences are minor and do not change the meaning of the text.,yet while mistakes have been made is it out of the question the Arch enemy Satan the Devil has made deliberate attempts to alter the Bible’s message ?

Why would the g-d of this world who had all males killed in an attempt to kill the Messiah Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem as well as Pharaoh kills the Hebrew children after his scribes warn him of the impending birth of the threat to his crown Moses not alter the Bible’s message.

The Devil knows the scriptures better than any bible scholars and have quoted passages saying what is written .

So he is very dangerous in his tampering but not just that he is a master of deception ,for instance we read:

Matt 4 NWT JW
Then the Devil took him along into the holy city,
and he stationed him on the battlement of the temple and said to him: “If you are a son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: ‘He will give his angels a command concerning you,’ and, ‘They will carry you on their hands, so that you may not strike your foot against a stone.’”

Here he quotes Psalms ,but he is a master now of the law ,so the danger here to Jesus is not just a showcase display to jump but where he wanted Jesus to just stand which was on top of the temple sanctuary.,if Jesus who was not a Levite would have broke the Law by standing on top of the temple sanctuary

So we are dealing with a master of the scriptures and knows the truth and G-ds message.

So what has he done in the translations of the Churches of Christendom? NOTHING ?
He is said to be a deceiver so he would let the word of G-d go unadulterated ,NO,Lets see how cleverly he had half truths to change the meaning and outright deception.

At 1 John 5:7 in the main Church transaction the King James we read:

in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Clearly if true G-d is a Trinity ,but this verse is deception by the Devil,HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?

Reliable manuscripts confirm that these words were not in the original text. They were added later
These words are not found in the Codex Sinaiticus, the Codex Alexandrinus, the Vatican Manuscript 1209, the original Latin Vulgate, the Philoxenian-Harclean Syriac Version, or the Syriac Peshitta.

Even other Church translations and several has footnotes have excluded them

New International Version
For there are three that testify:

New Living Translation
So we have these three witnesses—

English Standard Version
For there are three that testify:

Berean Study Bible
For there are three that testify:
Amplified Bible
For there are three witnesses:

Christian Standard Bible
For there are three that testify:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For there are three that testify:

American Standard Version
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Exposing the KJV as a fraud

At John 20 in KJV is a subtle half truth,first Jesus who has been resurrected says to Mary

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?

She come to see its Jesus and wanted to hug him but the KJV says:

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended

That gives the wrong thought perhaps because she is a woman she cant even touch him but later Thomas can even feel his wounds .

That was not what he told Mary,the correct translation is:

JW NWT :

Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me

Many Church translations agree with our NWT

Holman Christian Standard Bible

John 20:17 (CSB) "Don't cling to Me,

English Standard Version

John 20:17 (ESV) Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me

The Message Bible

John 20:17 (MSG) Jesus said, "Don't cling to me,

Yes this is not a outright deception but gives the wrong thought ,the question has to be asked:

HOW MANY OTHER PASSAGES IN THE KJV ARE SIMILAR ?

There are huhdreds more real subtle misinformation type verses

If there are that many are there outright others like 1 John 5

The Devil invented teachings like a Rapture to heaven of billions knowing only 144,000 will enter,he invented the Trinity teaching to violate the very first commandment ,so its not surprising he tampered with yet another verse to show JESUS IS G-d

1 Timothy 3:16 KJV

And beyond controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh,

If true then Jesus is G-d

YET ANOTHER FRAUD

Several Churches agree with our translation [HE]

[‘He was made manifest in flesh

AMP

And great, we confess, is the mystery [the hidden truth] of godliness: He (Jesus Christ

CSB
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great: He
CJB
Great beyond all question is the formerly hidden truth underlying our faith: He was
ERV
Without a doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: Christ
ESV
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh

And many more agree with JW NWT

So how did the Devil do this?

1 Timothy 3:16 is often used as a "proof" of the trinity.
The way this verse is mistranslated, its no wonder.

It really does look like proof of the trinity and the deity of Jesus Christ.

But once anybody quotes this verse to prove the trinity, you know they haven't done their homework.

Once you look at the ancient text of 1 Timothy 3:16 Greek, you will understand.

Greek interlinear of 1 Timothy 3:16 and can verify that the word "God" is not in here, but rather "who" instead.
It appears that sometime after the 2nd century the θεός [Theos = God] reading came into existence, either via confusion with ὅς [hos = who] or as an intentional alteration to magnify Christ and clear up the syntax at the same time. Once it got in, this theologically rich reading was easily able to influence all the rest of the mss [manuscripts] it came in contact with (including mss already written, such as אA C D). That this reading did not arise until after the 2nd century is evident from the Western reading, ὅ [which].

There is overwhelming external textual evidence & expert testimony that the original reading of I Timothy 3:16 first had the word "which", then that got changed to "who", which was further degraded to "God"

The internal evidence: the reading of "God" in this verse contradicts the laws of logic and multitudes of scriptures. Therefore, Satan is the ultimate author of the corruption of I Timothy 3:16 because God's word never changes and he would not corrupt his own word which he magnified above all his name.

Therefore, the corruption of I Timothy 3:16 was a deliberate forgery.