For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Revelation 22:18-19
“This clause applies to the case of all the books of Holy Scripture: comp. Deuteronomy iv.2; Proverbs xxx.6; but it especially applies to the Apocalypse, the crowning point of prophecy, which was exposed to peculiar danger, and the minute and admirable connection of which might be disturbed or obscured by the change of even a single word.” (Gnomon of the New Testament, Volume V, by Johann Albrecht Bengel, p. 385)
Johann Bengel says that Revelation 22:18-19 applies to all of Holy Scripture. I think he is correct. Some modern King James Bible detractors act like King James Onlyists alone are saying that Revelation 22:18-19 applies beyond the book of Revelation. Bengel was clearly no King James Onlyist. In fact, his Gnomon was written in German and only later translated into English.
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