 The
21st Century King James Version contains special
features which contribute to reading ease and
understanding.
- The text is
presented in an uncrowded,
single-column format which is
easy to follow across the page.
- Bold-faced
type is used for passages
which are among the most
powerful, most familiar, best
loved, and most-often-quoted and
memorized. Combined with the
words of Christ, these passages
are superlative for teaching
Christian morals and values.
- Poetic portions
are arranged in a typical poetic
format for ease in responsive
reading and memorization.
- All passages of
Scripture listed in the Revised
Common Lectionary are clearly
marked in the KJ21®
text by double diamonds
 at the beginning of
the passage, and a single diamond
at the end. The Revised
Common Lectionary is
currently in use by many mainline
church denominations throughout
the United States, Canada, and
the British Isles in the
selection of Sunday Bible
readings, sermon topics, and
Bible study materials for all age
groups. Lectionary citations were
selected by an ecumenical
committee appointed by the
Consultation on Common Texts
(CCT). This committee was
composed of representatives from
eighteen large and prominent
church denominations including,
among others, The Episcopal
Church, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), Roman Catholic
Church in the United States,
Unitarian Universalist Christian
Fellowship, United Church of
Christ, and the United Methodist
Church. The selected citations
purport to speak to "the
needs and issues of the
day." This special feature
should be useful in showing which
portions of Scripture the CCT
considers most relevant to
today's religious and social
environment. Exclusions from the
lectionary (those passages not
included within the diamonds)
will be of particular interest to
the critics of the Revised
Common Lectionary in showing
which portions of Bible text the
CCT considers to be of lesser
importance for the circumstances
of the day. A comparison with
earlier lectionaries, and with
the emphasized text in the KJ21®,
will also be helpful for this
purpose.
- Chapter summaries
from the original 1611 King James
Version are included, a feature
found in no other modern Bible. Click here
to see what Mark, Chapter 1 looks
like.
- Cross references
from the original 1611 King James
Version have been included.
- The preface to
the original 1611 edition of the
King James Version, entitled The
Translators to the Reader,
updated and abridged, is included
in the Appendix.
- Comfortable type
sizes and styles facilitate
reading ease.
- Capitalization,
paragraphing, and punctuation
have been updated.
- All text from the
King James Version is included.
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