tracekuhn.com » bible http://www.tracekuhn.com Random thoughts of a Christ follower Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Bible Versions http://www.tracekuhn.com/2009/02/25/bible-versions/ http://www.tracekuhn.com/2009/02/25/bible-versions/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:06:43 +0000 TK http://www.tracekuhn.com/?p=215 wordie

When I’m teaching I use the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as my main bible reference. Mostly because I have found it to be the most accurate translation. Plus it is the version of the Bible I’ve used for the last 15 years.

Recently I purchased a Chronological Bible and it New International Version (NIV). I enjoy reading it and find it to be very straight forward.

In class a couple of weeks ago, I used the New Living Translation (NLT) on a handout. I did so because I wanted the class to be able to read a verse to a small group and I wanted the reader to be able to share the verse in very plain, everyday language. We didn’t have time for the reader to explain the context of the words used as that would take away from the topical discussion. That handout caused a few eyebrows to be raised because I used NLT versus some of the more common interpretations of the Bible.

My question today is: What version of the Bible do you use and why?

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