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Social media trigger queries about reliability of NIV Bible

There has been anxiety among Christians because of information circulating in the social media to the effect that the New International Version (NIV) is not a reliable version of the Bible.

The post, whose source is unknown, claims that some "Satanic owners" of NIV have altered the content of the Bible by removing some verses. Furthermore, the article argues that some key words such as Jehovah, Calvary, Holy Ghost, etc — usually found in the King James Version (KJV) — have also been replaced.

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