Why are some verses missing in the NIV?

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The NIV has some "missing" verses because it is based on different manuscripts than, say, the King James version.

For some background, we don't have manuscripts of the original writings of the New Testament. We have copies of them, and as with text that is copied manually, there is room for copyist error, or for people to add or remove things - purposely or inadvertently. Note that copyist errors don't affect the doctrine of inspiration, inerrancy, or infallibility of the Word. And even though there are slight changes, it's still reliable for doctrine.

The verses that the NIV "removes" are simply not in the manuscripts used for translating it.

There's more detail available all over the web. This is one such page.

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📝 Did Jesus perform miracles as a child?
📝 Are there any exorcisms in the Old Testament?
📝 Did the sun and the moon really stop rotating?
📝 Is "God damn it" blasphemy?
📝 How do those who believe in a dual system (Old & New Covenant simultaneously operative) pre-70 AD understand "one Lord, one faith, one baptism"?
📝 Are birthday celebrations ungodly?
📝 Indications that Enoch and Elijah have never gone to Abraham's bosom?
📝 What are some of the recent doctrinal controversial matters in the Eastern Orthodox Church?
📝 Does everything - everything in our heart and every external event- happen according to God's plan? (Catholic)
📝 According to Catholicism, does reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit protect against demon possession?
📝 How should we react facing a disease? Should we fight against a disease? I mean, to seek for healthcare. Do diseases have a purpose?
📝 What is the Biblical basis of the idea that a deceased person has "entered into eternal rest"?
📝 For those who don't believe baptism is required for salvation, when, scripturally, does someone die with Christ?
📝 If and When a Catholic Priest May Reveal Something from a Penitent's Confession
📝 In light of the many changes in regulations, what is the purpose of the Roman Catholic altar and is it neccessary for a valid Mass?
📝 Why is the ritual of baptism needed?
📝 According to the Trinity doctrine was the Son created by the Father?
📝 Marriages that are blessed (convalidated) and Holy Communion
📝 When was papal supremacy accepted by the entirety of the Catholic Church?
📝 Doing Good Deeds In the Sight of Others
📝 What is the difference between the Christologies of Nestorianism and Pelagianism?
📝 Papal blessings via alternate media?
📝 Where was the blessed Virgin Mary on Jesus' resurrection?
📝 Has the Church stated any advantages or reasoning or prompting to re-formulating positively the Catholic Church's salvation doctrine?
📝 How do Christians who are neither Evolutionists nor Young Earth Creationists explain the timeline of the six days of creation in Genesis chapter 1?
📝 What does St. Thomas Aquinas mean by 'alteration' of heavenly bodies in Summa Theologiae?
📝 Why do some Bible Translations omit John 7:53-8:11?
📝 Is it accurate to call Abraham a Jew?
📝 What was the reason why the Jews specifically used the substitute Adonay/Kyrios for the Tetragrammaton?
📝 Does the Pope talk with God?

Source: stackoverflow.com

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