Bible Recommendations
The bible is known as "the Word of God".
The bible is a library, consisting of 66 books, which are bound
into a single cover. The books were written by several authors
who were guided by the Holy Spirit. The authors came from different
cultures and countries and wrote the books over many centuries.
The bible is unique from all other "books",
because of the way all these different books, written by different
authors, in different times, in different countries all fit perfectly
together.
The bible is also a supernatural book
(2 Timothy 3:16, NLT)
"All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach
us what is true and to make us realise what is wrong in our lives"
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Translations
The books of the bible were originally written in Hebrew, Greek
and Aramaic. These have since been translated into other languages.
Today we can choose from many Bible translations.
There are six translations in modern English, that I recommend.
The last one (The NET Bible) is a free online bible, which can
be printed out freely, or downloaded to your computer.
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Bible Recommendations
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New International Version
(NIV), 1973
http://www.zondervanbibles.com/translations.htm#NIV
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"For God
so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life". (John 3:16) |
The NIV is a very
common translation, found in many churches today. This is
what Gospelcom.net have to say about it: Since the complete
NIV was published in 1978, it has established itself as the
most popular of all modern translations.
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New
Living Translation (NLT),
1996
http://www.newlivingtranslation.com
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"For
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so
that everyone who believes in him will not perish but
have eternal life". (John 3:16) |
My pastor highly recommends
the NLT, as it is very easy to read and understand
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New
King James version (NKJV)
Thomas Nelson, Inc.
http://nelsonbibles.com/ |
"For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life". (John 3:16) |
The NKJV is the version
I use daily, it is the KJV version updated. It is better suited
for study.
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The Message
by Eugene Peterson
(NavPress, 1993)
http://www.navpress.com/message.asp |
"This is
how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one
and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be
destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole
and lasting life".
(John 3:16) |
Now this is the translation
God spoke to me through when I wasn't a Christian
(see
my testimony), not recommended for study, better suited
for bedtime reading.
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New American
Standard Bible (NASB)
(The Lockman Foundation)
http://lockman.gospelcom.net/
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"For God
so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have
eternal life". (John 3:16) |
For serious studying
choose the NASB. It's a literal translation.
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The NET Bible
http://www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm
Free Online Bible
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"For this
is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and
only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will
not perish but have eternal life". (John 3:16) |
| This bible is freely
available online and for download. It also comes with 60,932
notes! Which makes it a great resource for studying. Definitely
worth checking out as is the rest of the site. |
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Reading Suggestion
As mentioned earlier the bible consists of 66 books. Initially
it's not a good idea to start reading at the beginning and continuing
on through all books to the end.
Instead I would suggest, to read the individual books as follows
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John
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Acts
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Genesis
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Romans
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remaining letters (after Romans)
Supernatural Book
The bible is a supernatural book, which is hard to explain to a
non-Christian. But basically it is full of hidden information and
it's also extremely intelligent. There are double
meanings etc. throughout and only Christians who have been given
the Holy Spirit, will be able to decipher and see them (discern
them).
"The man without the Spirit
does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for
they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually discerned".
(1 Corinthians 2:14)
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