Hi PaladinGirl,
The NIV bible isn't much worse or any much better than any translation of the bible, because that's all it is a translation.
The NIV has an overall excellence of both expression and accuracy that no other version has yet emulated, as its continued enormous sales prove. The KJVO movement did not begin until after its first publication, even though other translations had been made previously, all of them based on source texts other than the TR. The NIV is not perfect by any means, but it is the greatest Biblical challenge to those who prefer the gospel to be extinguished, back in Latin if it has to be published at all.
Last edited by calluna; 15th July 2008 at 09:15 AM.
It is not perfect by any means, but it is the greatest Biblical challenge to those who prefer the gospel to be extinguished, back in Latin if it has to be published at all.
Who, apart from a bunch of nutters the Roman Catholic church ignores largely, wants the church to go back to Latin?
And what's that got to do with prefering the Jerusalem to the NIV, or vice versa?
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Try these bibles out listed below PaladinGirl if you want a more accurate scriptural reading simply because these translations have been copied from the oldest known original manuscripts around today and not merely from Textus Recptus, aka, the recieved texts of the 15th & 16th centuries which were translated from the Alexandrian texts.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible Robert Young's Literal Translation The Concordant Literal NT The Bible In Modern English The Greek Septuagint The Emphatic Diaglot (Also on the net as a free PDF download) Scarlet's bible Ferrar Fenton's Bible
I myself like Rotherham's except he uses way too many commas in his translation and doesn't use capitilization much.
They have it at this site which I like because it also has the 3 major greek texts to compare with.
(Rotherham) Romans 5:10 For, if being enemies we were reconciled unto God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
(NKJV) Romans 5:10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
(NASB) Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Textus Rec.) Romans 5:10 ei gar ecqroi onteV kathllaghmen tw qew dia tou qanatou tou uiou autou pollw mallon katallagenteV swqhsomeqa en th zwh autou
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quote FSTDT: From what I've seen, LLJ is a bit of a bible-quoting robot. Often he posts things in General Apologetics that are quite off-topic. At least he doesn't call Atheists deluded unlike most Christians. I think that he's too far gone to be saved at this point. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Hebrews 2:14Therefore then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood and He in like manner did partake to the same. That thru the Death He might take-away the one having the power of the Death, that is the Devil
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"Most people" think the Bible is totally irrelevant to their lives. Frankly, they couldn't give a damn if the Bible were written in Serbo-Croat, Akkadian or txt language. Again, what has that to do with one's choice of prefered translation?
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Liberal Christians do it in context
"Literalism is the first line of defense of a mind that wants to put itself to sleep." Walter A Davis
The NIV has an overall excellence of both expression and accuracy that no other version has yet emulated, as its continued enormous sales prove. The KJVO movement did not begin until after its first publication, even though other translations had been made previously, all of them based on source texts other than the TR. The NIV is not perfect by any means, but it is the greatest Biblical challenge to those who prefer the gospel to be extinguished, back in Latin if it has to be published at all.
Non-Christians have no general preference for or against the NIV, and they are certainly not pro-Latin.
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quote FSTDT: From what I've seen, LLJ is a bit of a bible-quoting robot. Often he posts things in General Apologetics that are quite off-topic. At least he doesn't call Atheists deluded unlike most Christians. I think that he's too far gone to be saved at this point. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Hebrews 2:14Therefore then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood and He in like manner did partake to the same. That thru the Death He might take-away the one having the power of the Death, that is the Devil
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