We grew up on the KJV, but we never felt under bondage. We had concordances, dictionaries and study guides, and even the context itself explained what the church really is an what the bishops and deacons were to do.

There were some obstacles alright, but those who loved the Lord and were sensitive to the Holy Spirit were able to understand the truth most of the time.

When modern translations were made available, we used them. At the same time, I feel some of them tend to "dumb down" the meaning at times. IMO the word pictures used in the original languages are more powerful than the simple interpretations given to explain for us the meaning.