Books by KJV translators
Digital versions of 13 of these books are available for free reading online. Access to digital versions of some of the other rare books are available through EEBO (Early English Books Online). Access to EEBO is provided through some university libraries. To see which libraries nearest to your location hold an item, we suggest doing a search at http://www.worldcat.org.
Disclaimer: We have strived to be accurate in the data presented here. For example, we are aware that there were two authors by the names of John Boys and George Abbot who lived in the 17th century who were associated with the Anglican church, but we list only books by the actual KJV translators who carried that name. If you suspect any mistakes feel free to leave a comment in the space provided at the bottom of the page.
| Author (KJV revisers) | Book title | Misc. |
| Abbot, George | The case of impotency as debated in England… | |
| Abbot, George | A sermon preached at Westminster May 26. 1608 at the funerall solemnities of the Right Honorable Thomas Earle of Dorset | |
| Abbot, George | A briefe description of the whole worlde (1599, reprinted 1970) | |
| Abbot, George | An exposition vpon the prophet Ionah: Contained in certaine sermons, preached in S. Maries Church in Oxford | |
| Abbot, George | Articles to be enquired of, in the ordinarie visitation of the most reuerend father in God, George… | |
| Abbot, George | A treatise of the perpetuall visibility, and succession of the true church in all ages (1624) | |
| Abbot, George | The reasons vvhich Doctour Hill hath brought, for the vpholding of papistry, which is falselie termed the Catholike religion (1604) | |
| Abbot, George | Quæstiones sex totidem prælectionibus, in schola theologica (1598 in Latin) | |
| Abbot, George | Speech to King James ; at the Councel table, July the 18th. 1623 | |
| Abbot, George | The coppie of a letter, shewing reasons wh. induced the King’s majestie to prescribe directions for preachers (1622) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Apospasmatia Sacra, Or A Collection of Posthumous and Orphan Lectures … (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Sixteen sermons, chiefly on the principal fasts and festivals of the Church … (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Ninety-Six Sermons By The Right Honorable And Reverend Father In God, Lancelot Andrewes Volume I (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Ninety-Six Sermons By The Right Honorable And Reverend Father In God, Lancelot Andrewes Volume II (Read for free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Ninety-Six Sermons By The Right Honorable And Reverend Father In God, Lancelot Andrewes Volume III (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Ninety-Six Sermons By The Right Honorable And Reverend Father In God, Lancelot Andrewes Volume IV (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Ninety-Six Sermons By The Right Honorable And Reverend Father In God, Lancelot Andrewes Volume V (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Preces Privatae Of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop Of Winchester (Read for free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | A Pattern Of Catechistical Doctrine And Other Minor Works Of Lancelot Andrewes (Read for free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Sermons of Lancelot Andrews Vol. 11: Pascal & Pentecost | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | A Manual Of Private Devotion, Chiefly From Bishop Andrewes | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Devotions of Bishop Andrews (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Holy devotions with directions to pray : also a brief exposition upon the Lords prayer, the Creed, the Ten commandments, the 7 penitential psalms, the 7 psalms of thanksgiving (1684) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | A rationale upon the Book of common prayer of the Church of England (1672) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Of the right of tithes a divinity determination in the publike divinity schools of the University of Cambridg (1647) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Sacrilege a snare (1646) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Nineteen sermons concerning prayer (1641) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Sermons on the nativity | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Sermons of Lancelot Andrews Vol. 11: Pascal & Pentecost | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | Selections From The Sermons Of Lancelot Andrewes | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The morall Law expovnded (1642) (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Private Devotions and Manual for the Sick (Read for free online) | |
| Andrewes, Lancelot | The Form Of Consecration Of A Church Or Chapel: And Of The Place Of Christian Burial (1675) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Tracts ascribed to Richard Bancroft : edited from a manuscript in the Library of St. John’s College, Cambridge | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Tracts of the Anglican fathers (Read free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Bancroft, Richard | A survey of the pretended holy discipline (1663) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Constitutions and canons ecclesiastical (1678) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Daungerous positions and proceedings
published and practised within this iland of Brytaine, vnder pretence of Reformation, and for the Presbiteriall discipline (1593) |
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| Bancroft, Richard | Articles to be inquired of (1605) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Certaine demandes with their grounds (1605) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | A briefe discouery of the vntruthes and slanders (against the true gouernement of the Church of Christ) (1590) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse | |
| Bancroft, Richard | Fair warning, or, XX prophesies concerning the return of popery (1663) | |
| Bancroft, Richard | A note of such things as shall be reformed in the church (1603) | |
| Barlow, William | On the Beheading of the Earl of Essex (1601) | Sermon included in the book In God’s Name: Examples of Preaching in England from the Act of Supremacy to the Act of Uniformity 1534 – 1662 |
| Barlow, William | The first of the foure sermons preached before the Kings Maieste, at Hampton Court in September last this concerning the antiquity and superioritie of bishoppes, Sept. 21, 1606 | |
| Barlow, William | The summe and substance of the conference which it pleased his Excellent majestie to have with the lords, bishops, and other of his clergie at Hampton Court, January 14, 1603 | |
| Barlow, William | An answer to a Catholike English-man (so by him-selfe entitvled) who, without a name, passed his censure vpon the apology, made by the Right High and Mightie Prince Iames … | |
| Barlow, William | A brand, Titio erepta (1607) | |
| Barlow, William | The eagle and the body described in one sermon preached before Queene Elizabeth (1609) | |
| Barlow, William | A defence of the articles of the Protestants religion (1601) | |
| Barlow, William | The sermon preached at Paules Crosse (1606) | |
| Barlow, William | Vita et obitus ornatissimi celeberrimíq[ue] viri Richardi Cosin (1598 in Latin) | |
| Barlow, William | Psalmes and hymnes of praier and thanksgiuing (1613) | |
| Barlow, William | Articles to be enquired of, by the church-wardens and sworn-men, in the first visitation of the Right Reuerend Father in God, William (1605) | |
| Barlow, William | Ordinaria dæmonum eiectio hodie nulla est vt nec possessio. Vasa in contumeliam facta non possunt fieri vasa salutis (1599 in Latin) | |
| Bedwell, William | A Discovery of the Impostures of Mahomet and of the Koran | |
| Bedwell, William | Mahomet unmasked. Or a discoverie of the manifold forgeries, falshoods, and horrible impieties of the blasphemous seducer Mahomet…: Whereunto is annexed the Arabian Trudgman, interpreting certaine Arabicke terms… | |
| Bedwell, William | [Various titles related to architecture and arithmetic] | |
| Bilson, Thomas | The Perpetual Government of Christ’s Church (1593) (Read for free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Bilson, Thomas | The Effect of certaine sermons touching the full redemption of mankind by the death and bloud of Christ Jesus : wherein besides the merite of Christs suffering, the manner of his offering, the power of this death, the comfort of his crosse, the glorie of his resurection, are handled … Published 1599. (Read for free online) | |
| Bilson, Thomas | The survey of Christs sufferings for mans redemption: and of his descent to hades or hell for our deliverance (1604) | |
| Bilson, Thomas | True Difference between Christian Subjects and Unchristian Rebellion | |
| Bilson, Thomas | A sermon preached at Westminster before the King and Queenes Maiesties, at their coronations on Saint Iames his day being the xxv. of Iuly. 1603 | |
| Boys, John | Veteris interpretis cum Beza (1655 in Latin) | |
| Chaderton, Lawrence | On Justification | |
| Chaderton, Lawrence | An excellent and godly sermon (1578) | |
| Chaderton, Lawrence | A fruitfull sermon, upon the 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. & 8. verses of the 12. Chapter of the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes (1586) | http://www.puritan-books.com |
| Clarke, Richard | Sermons preached by that reverend and learned divine Richard Clerke … One of the most learned translators of our English Bible (1637) | |
| Dillingham, Francis | Manual of the Christian Faith | |
| Dillingham, Francis | A probleme propounded by Francis Dillingham, in which is plainely shewed, that the holy scriptures haue met with popish arguments and opinions | |
| Dillingham, Francis | A disswasiue from poperie, containing twelve effectual reasons by vvhich every Papist, not wilfully blinded, may be brought to the truth, and euery Protestant confirmed in the same (1625) | |
| Dillingham, Francis | A quartron of reasons, composed by Doctor Hill, vnquartered, and prooued a quartron of follies (1603) | |
| Dillingham, Francis | A golden keye opening the locke to eternall happines. Containing seuen most sweete and comfortable directions to a Christian life | |
| Dillingham, Francis | The progresse in pietie taught by Frances Dillingham in his parish of Wilden, and now published for the benefit of all good Christians (1625) | |
| Eedes, Richard | Six learned and godly sermons preached some of them before the Kings Maiestie, some before Queene Elizabeth | |
| Featley, Daniel | Clavis mystica : a key opening divers difficult and mysterious texts of Holy Scripture | |
| Featley, Daniel | Virtumnus romanus, or, A discovrse penned by a Romish priest wherein he endevours to prove that it is lawfull for a papist in England to goe to the Protestant church, to receive the communion, … (1642) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Ancilla pietatis, or, The hand-maid to private devotion being instructions, hymns, and prayers, containing the duty of a Christian : fitted to the dayes of the week, the feasts, and fasts of the church (1675) | |
| Featley, Daniel | The dippers dipt. Or, The Anabaptists duck’d and plung’d over head and ears, at a disputation in Southwark (1645) | |
| Featley, Daniel | The gentle lash, or, The vindication of Dr Featley a knowne champion of the protestant religion also seven articles exhibited against him (1644) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Roma ruens Romes ruine : being a svccinct answer to a popish challenge concerning the antiquity, unity, universality, succession, and perpetuall visibility of the true church … (1644) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Sacra nemesis, the Levites scourge, or, Mercurius Britan. disciplin’d, [Mercurius] civicvs [disciplin’d] … (1644) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Dr. Daniel Featley revived, or, The faithfull shepheard … (1661) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Threnoikos the house of mourning, furnished with : directions for, preparations to, meditations of, consolations at, the hour of death : delivered in LVI sermons (1672) | |
| Featley, Daniel | The Romish Fisher (1624) | |
| Featley, Daniel | Philip’s memento mori; or , The passing bell (1708) Read for free online | |
| Featley, Daniel | Pelagius redivivus, or, Pelagius raked out of the ashes by Arminius and his schollers (1626) | http://www.puritan-books.com |
| Featley, Daniel | The grand sacrilege of the Church of Rome (1630) | |
| Featley, Daniel and others | Threnoikos :
the house of mourning : furnished with directions for preparations to meditations of consolations at the houre of death (1640) |
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| Fenton, Roger | A Treatise on Usury | |
| Holland, Thomas | He panegurìs D. Elizabethæ Dei gratiâ Angliæ Reginæ
a sermon preached in Pauls Church at London the 17 of November in the yeare of our Lord 1599… |
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| Kilby, Richard | Book of Exodus | |
| Kilby, Richard | Hallelu-iah, praise yee the Lord, for the vnburthening of a loaden conscience, by his grace in Iesus Christ, vouchsafed unto the worst sinner of all the world | |
| Kilby, Richard | A sermon preached in Saint Maries Church in Oxford, March 26, 1612, at the funerall of Thomas Holland | |
| Kilby, Richard | A sermon preached in Oxford | |
| KJV translators | Original Preface to the King James Version: Translators to the Reader | |
| KJV translators | KJV Bible 1611 facsimile in easy-to-read font | The only 1611 reproduction in print. Contains notes in the margins as well as books of the apocrypha between both testaments. |
| Laifield, John | A large Relation of the Port Ricco voiage (1625) | |
| Lake, Arthur | Ten sermons vpon severall occasions (1641) | |
| Lake, Arthur | Sermons : with some religious and divine meditations (1629) | |
| Lively, Edward | A true chronologie of the times of the Persian monarchie… (1597) | |
| Overall, John | The convocation book of 1606 : commonly called Bishop Overall’s convocation book, concerning the government of God’s Catholic church and the kingdoms of the whole world (Read for free online) | |
| Reynolds, John | John Rainolds’s Oxford Lectures on Aristotles Rhetoric (reprinted 1986) | Purchase hard copy |
| Reynolds, John | The ivdgement of Doctor Reignolds concerning episcopacy whether it be Gods ordinance (1641) | |
| Reynolds, John | A sermon upon part of the eighteenth psalm (1586) | |
| Reynolds, John | A defence of the ivdgment of the Reformed churches : that a man may lawfullie not onelie put awaie his wife for her adulterie, but also marrie another (1609) | |
| Reynolds, John | The svmme of the conference betvveene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart; tovching the head and the faith of the chvrch (1609) | |
| Reynolds, John | Johannis Rainoldi, de Romanae ecclesiae idololatria (1596 in Latin) | |
| Reynolds, John | Dr. Reignolds his letter to that worthy councellor, Sir Francis Knolles concerning some passages in Dr. Bancrofts sermon at Pavles Crosse, Feb. 9. 1588 (1641) | |
| Reynolds, John | The prophecie of Obadiah (1613) | |
| Reynolds, John | The prophesie of Haggai (1649) | |
| Reynolds, John | A letter of Dr. Reinolds to his friend, concerning his aduice for the studie of diuinitie
(1613) |
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| Reynolds, John | An excellent oration of that late famously learned Iohn Rainolds (1638) | |
| Reynolds, John | Sex theses de Sacra Scriptura, et Ecclesia (1580 in Latin) | |
| Reynolds, John | The discovery of the man of sinne … (1614) | |
| Reynolds, John | Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and church (1609) | |
| Reynolds, John | A replye answering A defence of the sermon preached at the consecration of the Bishop of Bathe and Welles, April 17. 1608 (1614) | |
| Reynolds, John | Censura librorum apocryphorum Veteris Testamenti, adversum pontificios, inprimis Robertum Bellarminum … Prælectionibus ducentis et quinquaginta posthumis in Academia Oxoniensi tractata a Johanne Rainoldo (1611) | |
| Reynolds, John | Calvino-Turcismus;
id est, Calvinisticae perfidiae, cum Mahumetana collatio, et dilucida utriusque sectae confutatio: quattuor libris explicata (1597 in Latin) |
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| Saravia, Hadrian | A treatise on the different degrees of the Christian priesthood (Read for free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Saravia, Hadrian | On the Holy Eucharist (Read for free online) | |
| Saravia, Hadrian | De diversis ministrorum evangelii gradibus, sic ut a Domino fuerunt instituti (1591 in Latin) | |
| Saravia, Hadrian | De imperandi authoritate et christiana obedientia (1593 in Latin) | |
| Saravia, Hadrian | Brief aan de classes van Holland en Zeeland (1588 in Dutch) | |
| Smith, Miles | A learned and godly sermon preached at Worcester (1602) | |
| Smith, Miles | Sermons of the Right Reuerend Father in God Miles Smith, late Lord Bishop of Glocester. Transcribed out of his originall manuscripts, and now published for the common good (1632) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | A short treatise very comfortable for all those Christians that be troubled and disquieted in theyr consciences with the sight of their owne infirmities (1580) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | The high vvay to Heaven (1597) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | An ansvvere to Master Iohn De Albines, notable discourse against heresies (1591) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | A sermon preached at Cheanies at the buriall of the right honorable the Earle of Bedford (1585) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | A sermon preached at Whaddon in Buckinghamshyre the 22. of Nouember 1593. at the buriall of the Right Honorable, Arthur Lorde Grey (1593) | |
| Sparke, Thomas | A brotherly persvvasion to vnitie, and vniformitie in iudgement, and practise touching the receiued, and present ecclesiasticall gouernment, and the authorised rites and ceremonies of the Church of England (1607) | |
| Spencer, John | Ecclesiastical Politic (introduction only, rest of book by Richard Hooker) 1604 | |
| Spencer, John | A Sermon at Paule’s Crosse on Esay (1615) | |
| Thompson, Richard | Elenchus refutationis Torturae torti (1611 in Latin) | |
| Thompson, Richard | Richardi Thomsonis Angli Diatriba de amissione et intercisione gratiæ, et iustificationis (1616 in Latin) | |
| Thorne, William | Ducente deo (1592 in Latin) | |
| Thorne, William | Esoptron basilikon. Or A kenning-glasse for a Christian king (1603) | |
| Ward, Samuel | Two Elizabethan Puritan Diaries | Purchase hard copy |
| Ward, Samuel | The Diary Of Samuel Ward, A Translator Of The 1611 King James Bible | Purchase hard copy |
Books about KJV translators
The listing of a given book should not be considered an endorsement of every statement therein by the administrator of Literatura Bautista.
Names of those appointed to translate the KJV
This list follows Translators Revived, except where otherwise noted.
Abbot, George – Not to be confused with another George Abbot of the era (1604-1649) who was a prolific writer.
Algionby, John – Alternate spelling: Aglionby
Andrews, Lancelot – Alternate spelling: Andrewes; Launcelot
Andrews, Roger – Alternate spelling: Andrewes
Bancroft, Richard
Barlow, William (not to be confused with two other William Barlow’s of the era, whom to my knowledge did not write about religious topics)
Bedwell, William – Alternate spelling: Beadwell
Bilson, Thomas
Bing, Andrew – Alternate spelling: Binge, Byng
Bois, John – Alternate spelling: Boyes, Boys, Boyse* (not to be confused with another John Boys, Dean of Canterbury from 1619-1625)
Brainthwaite, William – Alternate spelling: Branthwaite, Branthwait
Brett, Richard
Burleigh, Francis – Alternate spelling: Burghley, Burgley,* Burley*
Chaderton, Lawrence – Alternate spelling: Laurence, Chatterton
Clarke, Richard – Alternate spelling: Clerke, Clark
Dakins, William
Dillingham, Francis
Downes, Andrew – Alternate spelling: Downs
Duport, John – Alternate spelling: Dewport
Eedes, Richard – Alternate spelling: Edes
Eyre, William [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Fairclough, Daniel – pseudonym for Daniel Featley – Alternate spelling: Danielis, Featlei, Faireclowe*
Fenton, Roger
Harding, John
Harmar, John – Alternate spelling: Harmer
Harrison, Thomas
Holland, Thomas
Hutchinson, Ralph – Alternate spelling: Hutchenson*
Hutten, Leonard
Kilby, Richard – Alternate spelling: Kilbye
King, Geoffry – Alternate spelling: Geoffrey
Laifield, John – Alternate spelling: Layfield, Leifield
Lake, Arthur [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Lively, Edward
Love, Nicholas [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Mountague, James – Alternate spelling: Montague or Montagu [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Overall, John – Alternate spelling: Overal
Peryn, John – Alternate spelling: Perne or Perin
Rabbet, Michael – Alternate spelling: Rabbett
Raldcliffe, Jeremiah – Alternate spelling: Radcliffe, Radclife
Ravens, Ralph
Ravis, Thomas
Reynolds, John – Alternate spelling: Rainolds, Reignolds
Richardson, John
Ryves, George [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Sanderson, Thomas
Saravia, Hadrian – Alternate spelling: Adrien, Hadrianus; “A Saravia”
Savile, Sir Henry – Alternate spelling: Savill
Smith, Miles
Sparke, Thomas [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Spaulding, Robert – Alternate spelling: Spalding
Spencer, John – Alternate spelling: Spenser. (Not to be confused with another John Spencer of the era, who lived 1601-1671)
Thompson, Richard – Alternate spelling: Thomson
Tomson, Giles – Alternate spelling: Thomson
Thorne, William [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Tighe, Robert – Alternate spelling: Teigh or Tjghe, sometimes misspelled Leigh
Tomson, Giles
Ward, John – Alternate spelling: Warde
Ward, Robert [not listed in Translators Revived, but listed in The Men Behind the King James Version]
Ward, Samuel – Alternate spelling: Warde (Not to be confused with another Samuel Ward of the era, an Anglican who lived 1577-1638)
Books on the history of the KJV
| Author | Title | Misc. |
| Gaebelein, Frank E. | The Story of the King James Bible | 1924, 63 pp. |
| McAfee, Cleland Boyd | The Greatest English Classic: A study of the King James version of the Bible and its influence on life and literature | |
| Scrivener, F.H.A | The Authorized Version of the English Bible (1611): Its Subsequent Reprints and Modern Representatives | 312 pages |
| Norton, David | A Textual History of the King James Bible | 402 pages |
| Buttersworth, Charles C. | The Literary Lineage of the King James Bible 1340-1611 | University of Pennsylvania Press (1941) |
| Cook, Albert S. | The Authorized Version of the Bible and its influence | 1910, 80 pp. |
| Conner, Kenneth | They Captured the Spirit | 2007 |
Non-extreme books in defense of the KJV or the Textus Receptus
(Under construction). The fact that a given book does not appear on this list, does not mean it is automatically considered extreme by the administrator of this site. As previously mentioned, a listing here does not constitute an endorsement of every statement therein.
| Author | Title | Misc. |
| Pickering, Wilbur N. | The Identity of the New Testament Text | |
| Miller, Edward | A Guide to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament | Dean Burgon Society reprint |
| Van Bruggen, Jacob | The Ancient Text of the New Testament | 1976, reprinted 2002 by Premier Publishing in Winnipeg |
| Burgon, John | The Last Twelve Verses of Mark | |
| Burgon, John | The causes of the corruption of the traditional text of the Holy Gospels (Read free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Burgon, John | The Revision Revised | |
| Burgon, John | The traditional text of the Holy Gospels vindicated and established (Read free online) | Purchase hard copy |
| Morris, Henry M. | A Creationist’s Defense of the King James Bible | Small pamphlet by the Institute of Creation Research |
| Brown, A.J. | A Review of D.A. Carson’s “The King James Version Debate” | Small pamphlet by the Trinitarian Bible Society in 1979 |
| Houck, Steven | The King James Version of the Bible | Peace Protestant Reformed Church – Lansing, IL. 1990, 25 pp. |
| Mauro, Philip | Which Version? Authorized or Revised | 1924 |
| Sturz, Harry A. | The Byzantine text-type and New Testament textual criticism | |
| Martin, Robert | Accuracy of Translation: The Primary Criterion in Evaluating Bible Versions With Special Reference to the New International Version | |
| Trinitarian Bible Society | Plain Reasons for Keeping to the Authorised Version | Pamphlet |
| Williams, Robert J. | The Credibility of the Majority Text | BFT #1239 |
| Watts, Malcolm H. | The Lord Gave the Word | Trinitarian Bible Society |
| Trinitarian Bible Society | The Power and the Glory | Leaflet |
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