I can agree with that;
The Preface certainly gives a glimpse into the heart of the Translators and from the sense of the Preface, you can conclude the humility and privilege they felt to be a part of the Authorized Version. I did not gather that they would imply "their" translation is perfect. They likened the Translation to a piece of polished gold, as opposed to the previous versions and translative works that were by comparison dirty and unrefined, and yet were still held as the "Word of God."
Regarding the modern translations, developed from the Wescott and Hort Greek text, that did not arise until almost 300 years after the King James Translators had completed their translation. The modern Greek perversion was produced and presented in 1881, so therefore Christians up until that time did not use it and that's where the issue arises. If we accept Wescott and Hort's Greek as the pure Word, then Christians did not have the pure Word of God (in the New Testament) for nearly 1900 years.
By calling the Greek Text they used (Textus Receptus) as the golden pipes, no doubt they (KJV Translators) would reject modern bibles because of the source.
Matthew 7:17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.Not withstanding, I hold the position as I believe most of you do, that The King James Version is the simplest, purest, most undefiled translation for the English speaker. If your native tongue is English, and your goal is to sanctify yourself from leaven, then you need to be reading the King James Version.
Where we may differ, I believe if other languages, ie. Filipino, Chinese, Russian, etc. are to also have the simplest, purest, most undefiled translation for their tongue, they should be translating their Bibles from the Textus Receptus (golden pipes) identified by the King James Translators.
I included this site in the link, but here is is again, this is a very interesting website, to learn more about how we hold our King James Bible today:
http://textusreceptusbibles.comThere is a link called "The Alexandrian Text" where you can read "How Wescott and Hort rewrote history to fool the scholars" and other great reads.
