--- title: Changed LDS Scripture/Part 8 description: "By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 Joseph Smith claimed he “translated” his Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible by “revelation” from God, without any ancie" --- [Articles ](https://blog.atriresearch.org/articles) # [Changed LDS Scripture/Part 8](https://blog.atriresearch.org/articles/changed-lds-scripturepart-8) Written by [JA Show Staff](https://blog.atriresearch.org/articles/author/ja-show-staff) | Jun 20, 2010 4:00:00 AM | By: **Marvin W. Cowan**; ©2010 | | --- | | Joseph Smith claimed he “translated” his Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible by “revelation” from God, without any ancient manuscripts or anything other than a copy of the King James Version of the Bible. By definition that is really a revision of the KJV rather than a translation or revelation. | [Previous Article](https://www.jashow.org/articles/general/changed-lds-scripturepart-7) ## Joseph Smith Translation Joseph Smith claimed he “translated” his *Joseph Smith Translation* ( *JST*) of the *Bible* by “revelation” from God, without any ancient manuscripts or anything other than a copy of the King James Version of the *Bible*. By definition that is really a *revision* of the *KJV* rather than a translation or revelation. When the LDS Church published their official *KJV Bible* in 1979, they put **parts** of Smith’s “translation” in the margins and appendix and called it the *JST*. Before 1979 it was called the *Inspired Version* of the Bible and was published only by the Reorganized LDS Church which is now The Community of Christ Church. Why didn’t the LDS Church publish the **entire** *JST* if they really believed it was revealed by God as Smith claimed? LDS leaders have given no clear answer to that question. But some possible answers may become obvious as we discuss the *JST* in these articles *.* The JST has many of Smith’s teachings in it. For example, Genesis 6:26b through Genesis 7:75 in the *JST* has 123 verses or about eight pages which are not in any other *Bible*, nor in any ancient manuscript. It is one of the longest *additions* in one place in the *JST, *so Smith must have had a reason for adding it *.* It contains a long message by Enoch with many LDS doctrines that are not in any other *Bible.* People are more likely to believe something if it is in the *Bible*, so in his *JST,* Smith simply added, changed, or deleted content in the *KJV* so that it said what he wanted to teach. Following are a few of the changes, additions and unique LDS doctrines in the *JST* in Genesis 6:26b through 7:75. Genesis 6:37-38 in the *JST* says Enoch anointed his eyes and “beheld the spirits that God had created.” That teaches the LDS doctrine that God created people, animals and everything else *spiritually* first before they were created physically, an LDS doctrine also found in the *JST* in Genesis 2:5 and 9 and 6:52. Genesis 6:47 in the *JST* says, “Because that Adam fell, we are.” LDS believe Adam and Eve *had to* sin in order to become mortal so they could have children. The *Book of Mormon* says in II Nephi 2:25, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are that they might have joy.” LDS believe that God gave Adam and Eve two *contradictory* commands when He put them in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 1:30 and 2:19-20 of *JST* they were told to *multiply and replenish the earth* but were also told * **not **to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil*. LDS believe Adam and Eve were immortal in the Garden of Eden and couldn’t reproduce. In order to “multiply and replenish the earth” they had to *fall* so they could become *mortal, *and * *that meant they *had to disobey God’s other command* and eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and Adam and Eve *wisely* chose to do that. LDS believe Adam’s and Eve’s *disobedience was necessary* so that all mortals could continue their eternal progression toward godhood in the celestial kingdom ( *Mormon Doctrine*, pp. 238, 268-269, 289). In Genesis 6:51-53 of the *JST* Enoch said, “God hath made known unto our fathers that all men must repent. And He called upon our father Adam, by His own voice, saying, I am God; I made the world and all men before they were in the flesh. And He said unto him, if thou wilt, turn unto Me and hearken unto my voice, believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and *be baptized,* even in water, in the name of Mine *Only Begotten Son,* who is full of *grace and truth*, which is **Jesus Christ**, the *only name* which shall be *given under heaven, whereby salvation* shall come unto the children of men….” Those who *know* the Bible can see that Smith has taken several *New Testament* teachings and put them in the *Old Testament* in Genesis in his *JST*! The doctrines mentioned in *this text* are **not **in any Old Testament manuscripts or in any other Hebrew records from Old Testament times, but they *are* in the New Testament. For example, in this text God spoke to Adam and told him to “believe, repent, and be baptized” which is Peter’s message in Acts 2:38. Adam was to be baptized in the name of God’s *Only Begotten Son*. “Only Begotten Son” is an expression used only five times in the *King James Translation* of the New Testament and all five were by the Apostle John. He used it four times in the Gospel of John and once in 1 John 4:9. Other translations use the word “unique” or some equivalent instead of “Begotten.” So, Smith borrowed those words from John in the *KJV.* John 1:14, 18 speaks of Christ as “the Only Begotten of the Father, *full of grace and truth*,” so Smith found those words there. The *JST* said Christ was “full of grace and truth, *whose name is Jesus Christ*.” The Lord is **never** called “ **Jesus Christ**” in the Old Testament, but John1:17 says, “ *Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ,”* so Smith borrowed those New Testament words too! Then the *JST* says of Jesus Christ, that His **name** is the “ *only name given under heaven whereby salvation shall come* unto the children of men,” which is a paraphrase of Peter’s message in Acts 4:12. Joseph Smith claimed that the **gospel** of Christ was taught to Adam and all men after him except during “great apostasies.” That is why Smith put these things in Genesis in the *JST*. The LDS Church teaches “baptism by immersion ***for*** the remission of sins” (4 th Article of Faith). However, in the *JST* of Genesis 6:55, “The Lord said unto Adam, Behold, *I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the Garden of Eden.*” That was ***before*** Adam was baptized in verse 67 of that chapter! The *JST* of Genesis 6:67 says, “Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water and was brought forth out of the water; and thus *he was **baptized***.” If baptism remits sin, how were Adam’s sins forgiven ***before ***he was baptized? LDS also believe that baptisms must be performed by *men* with LDS *Priesthood* or God won’t recognize it. LDS believe that *God the Father and Son have resurrected bodies* but the *Holy Spirit* does **not **( *Doctrine and Covenants* 130:22). Did the Holy Spirit, without a body, have the LDS Priesthood when He baptized Adam? More information is available about the * JST* in my book, *Mormon Claims Answered*. Next time we will continue our discussion of Enoch’s Message in the *JST*. 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