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Is He Indignant or Moved by Compassion?
I am a confessed translation junkie. As I read the Common English Bible and the NIV, I come across different ways certain phrases are turned. Mark 1:41 is a good example. The leper comes to Christ and says, “If you are willing you can make me clean.” The response is so interesting. CEB: 41 Incensed,[a] Jesus reached out his hand,…
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James 2:1 in the CEB and the NRSV
I looked at James 2:1 in the Common English Bible and found it to be interesting because the phrase “deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ” was not in the NIV or ESV. Is the connotation there? If we are showing favoritism, are we denying the faithfulness of Christ? My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the…
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Comparison of CEB on James 2:1
Here is James 2:1 in the CEB: 1 My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected in glory. The NIV: 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. The ESV: 1 My brothers,[a] show no partiality as you hold the faith in our…
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Repent — Comparing NIV and CEB
It’s an old fashioned word. It’s a biblical word. It’s a word that fits an “old time” Pentecostal preaching method. I like the word! I get visions of Billy Sunday with his flaring high kick and his finger ready to come down as he glares into someone’s soul and cries out, “REPENT!” And I like the way the Common English Bible…
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A Comparison of the CEB and NIV 2011
I keep trying out the Common English Bible because it has the Apocrypha and the language is a bit easier to read. But then I find times when I am comparing with the NIV 2011, which is still my favorite. (If only they had stepped up and boldly put out an edition with the Apocrypha!) This morning my reading was…
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Translation Battles and the Advantage of One Main Bible
I try to read broadly on issues of English translations, though I know I miss a lot. Over the past several years I have wanted to settle in on a translation that is useful for me in personal study and in public reading. As I have settled on one main translation (and still using a LOT of others as I…
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NIV, TNIV and Use of “Man”
I was preaching this past week from Matthew 4. The quote from Deut. 8 is interesting because the NIV 2011 went back to “man.” I was surprised. Deut. 8:3 (TNIV): He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that people do not live on…
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