JOSEPH W. TKACH
PASTOR GENERAL

December 1987

Dear Friend:

Thank you for your recent question concerning the marginal references in the King James Version of the Bible.

Those references have been compiled over the years by various individuals and revised by the different publishers. The marginal references in the Bibles published by the Oxford press and by the Cambridge press were probably created by the divinity schools of each of those universities.

Certainly, those references, even though they are often helpful, are not inspired by God. They are only aids devised by men and are subject to error. Therefore, one should use marginal references and notes with caution, evaluating them by the Scriptures themselves.

We hope you will let us know whenever we can be of additional assistance in your study of the Bible. It is our pleasure to serve you.

PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE DEPARTMENT