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1 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 603 | ||
. . . The best Bible version is the one YOU use -- the one you can understand AND trust. . . . If you asked 20 different people what's the best version, you would get 20 different answers. . . . First you have to answer the question, best for what? What will you be using this Bible for -- general reading, devotional reading, personal study, evangelism, teaching youth, etc.? . . . I personally use 16 different versions of the Bible. What are my top recommendations? . . . They are, in alphabetical order: . . . The Amplified Bible . . . New American Standard Bible . . . New International Version . . . New King James Version. . . . Which is my personal favorite over all, for reading, study, teaching, memorization, devotional reading, etc.? It's the New American Standard Version of the Bible. The New American Standard has been widely acclaimed as "the most literally accurate translation" from the original languages. Today the NASB remains the most literally accurate Bible in the English language. I use many translations every week, but after 30 years of reading, studying, teaching and praying in the NASB, it is my personal favorite over all the others. . . . The advocates of the King James Only movement are violently opposed to any and all modern translations. Their view is the KJV is the only perfect (without error) English Bible in existence. I merely define their views, as I understand them. I refuse to be drawn into a dispute over the King James Only controversy. I personally love and respect the King James and have done all my memory work in it. But is it the most literally accurate Bible in the English language? No. While it contains a remarkable degree of general accuracy, it cannot and does not make the claim for itself of being the only perfect English translation. NO TRANSLATION IS PERFECT, INERRANT AND INFALLIBLE. Inerrancy can be said to apply only to the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. No honest Bible scholar would claim otherwise. . . . Brothers and sisters, let us live at peace with one another. Back to my original answer: The best Bible version is the one you use -- the one you can understand AND trust. |
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2 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | SlayTheWicked | 117678 | ||
I like your answer. I go to a "KJV only" church but I now use the NIV, Amplified, NASB, and KJV.( In that order) | ||||||
3 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 117689 | ||
It's interesting that you attend a "KJV Only" church and yet prefer NIV, Amplified, and NASB. Don't they consider these modern versions rather wicked and you a bit daft, if not outright heretical, for using them? You say you use them, but is this at home in private or do you manage to smuggle these contraband versions into the church building when you attend worship services? How is it that you, who has in the KJV Only view a wildly ecumenical view of Bible versions, happen to be associated with a KJV Only group? I am not deriding you at all. On the contrary I am avidly interested in your experiences with such a group and feel that by relating your first-hand experiences you can help members of this Forum better to understand this curious phenomenon commonly known as King James Onlyism. --Hank | ||||||
4 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | SlayTheWicked | 117809 | ||
Hi Hank. I used to feel that the Kings english was the only bible. I am pretty sure that my brothers and sisters in Christ will understand my decision to study Gods Word in the NIV also. I have a comparison bible where I can compare the KJV,NASB,Ampl,and the NIV. You may want to check out the International bible society website. There is some GOOD information about translating and "king james onlyism". I would rather enjoy the freedom of worshipping Jesus than worry about the legalism that some try to press on a person when he reads a bible in a translation that better suits our day and age. Isn't "King James Onlyism" idol worship? I enjoy the church I attend and get fed the Word abundantly every time I attend. I am not sure how they feel about my view points on bible translation. I'm not really worried about it. Nowhere in the bible does it say that we are to only read the king james version. Just to study to show ourselves approved. IF a person on a deserted island came across an NIV bible, never hearing of God I know that he could find salvation in that Book. Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through Me(Jesus).-Tom | ||||||