The following explanation of the “Statement of Purpose” of the New King James Version of the Bible was given by its executive editor, Arthur L. Farstad, in The New King James Version: In the Great Tradition (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1989, p. 33).
“The purpose of this project is to preserve the original intended purity of the King James Version in its communication of God’s Word to man.
“Insofar as is humanly and textually possible, the intention is to clarify this translation by the use of current words, grammar, and sentence structure so that this edition of the King James Version will speak to the individual reader in this final quarter of the twentieth century in as clear, simple, and accurate a manner as the original translators of the King James Version in 1611 endeavored to speak to their readers. This edition shall not add to, nor take from, nor alter the communication that was the intent of the original translators.
“All participants in this project agree to sign the Statement of Faith that ‘The Bible (both Old and New Testaments) alone, and the Bible in its entirety (plenary), is the infallible Word of God, and is therefore inerrant (free from error), inspired (God-breathed) Scripture, in the autographs.’
“This edition shall not corrupt nor diminish the original translation, but shall endeavor to speak in the late twentieth century as simply, clearly, and effectively as possible—all within the format of the original 1611 version—so that a reader of this edition may follow without confusion a reading of the original edition from the pulpit.”
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