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« on: November 17, 2010, 07:20:28 pm »

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I’ve spent some time looking over the recently revised New International Version of Scripture. The online version has been available for two weeks now.

NIV readers who had philosophical misgivings about the TNIV (primarily because of its rendering of the text in a gender-neutral manner) will be happy to see that some of the more controversial revisions in the TNIV have been modified. Still, the NIV 2011 appears to retain its overall commitment to a gender-neutral translation philosophy.

I don’t want to use this space to get into a debate about the merits of gender-neutral translations. I’ve read through the TNIV on several occasions. I’m a big fan of The Bible Experience as a way of listening to the Bible being read (or better said, “performed”). In seminary, I was required to read books on both sides of the discussion. Good brothers (or should I say, brothers and sisters?) may disagree sharply about translation philosophy. Yet surely we can agree that a person’s conviction on this matter should not cause us to look upon one another with scorn.

The problem I see with the NIV 2011 is that the publisher (Zondervan) seems to be putting churches and church leaders in a position where they are forced to make a choice. A few years ago, upon considering the resistance from some evangelicals toward the TNIV, Zondervan assured Bible-readers that the 1984 NIV would remain available. But no such assurance is given now. In fact, the publisher has expressly indicated the desire for the NIV 2011 to replace both the original NIV and the TNIV.

Though many evangelicals have gravitated toward other translations (such as the English Standard Version or the Holman Christian Standard Bible), most evangelical churches continue to use the 1984 NIV as their common text. NIV Bibles occupy the pews in thousands of churches, giving it the prominence of being a kind of “default” contemporary translation.

But the widespread use of the NIV as a “standard” English translation will probably disappear. Why? Because this most recent revision (one that straddles the fence between dynamic and formal equivalence, between gender-neutral and gender-specific language) seals the translation philosophy for the NIV as it eventually replaces the 1984 version.

Many faithful NIV readers will not overlook the differences between the original NIV and this recent revision. I don’t foresee pastors and churches quickly updating all their literature and switching to the new NIV in the coming decade. Since the old NIV will eventually be out of print, pastors and churches will be forced to make a choice. Either make the move to the NIV 2011 or move to another translation altogether.

We live in a world of constant updates. The programs on my computer require me to update often. A trustworthy program in one decade may require an update installation in order to continue to function properly. But the Bible is not like a computer program. Translation updates are necessary, yes. But they must be done with great care. People read, study, and memorize the Scriptures. To force readers to update to a new version is counterproductive.

I am at a loss as to why the NIV 2011 will force the original NIV out of commission. Why not keep both in circulation? Goodness, we can still read translations like the King James which are hundreds of years old.

It’s ironic that the NIV 2011 revision is scheduled to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the King James Version, the most popular and most influential English translation of all time. Unfortunately, the launch of this new revision will have the opposite effect of the KJV. The King James Version united Bible readers around a common text. I’m afraid the NIV 2011 will speed up the growing fragmentation of evangelicals in regards to Bible translations.

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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 07:24:08 pm »


    Beware NIV 2011

    by David J. Stewart

    Jude 1:11, “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

           Zondervan is up to their evil works again, greedily going after the way of Balaam. It was announced in September of 2009 that in 2011, an updated New International Version [NIV] will hit the market. Already, this is proving to be evil to the core.

    GUARANTEED, you will see further butchering of God's Word and an even sharper departure from the Biblical faith. Whereas the original NIV departed from the King James Bible in 65,000 places, the NIV 2011 will be much worse, I have no doubt . . .

        http://nivbible2011.com/

    Just as in the NIV, they've already announced that Acts 8:37 (which is in the precious King James Bible) will NOT be included, “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Why would anyone remove this Scripture?

    On the following webpage, they refer to Mary, Jesus' mother as the “Blessed Mother.” Blessed mother? That is Catholic doctrine! . . .

        http://nivbible2011.com/?cat=7

    They openly admit that the goal of the new NIV 2011 is a universal Bible. Satan's goal is to funnel existing religions into a one-world religion, which will require a universal Bible; hence the NIV 2011. The Antichrist is coming!

    The TNIV is to be discontinued and there's no doubt, as they have already hinted, that the NIV 2011 will be gender inclusive. The homosexual community is excited about the new perversion of the Bible. The whole notion of gender inclusivity is nothing less or more than political correctness, an agenda that should not be used to filter the Words of God. As the religious world has become more homosexualized, feminized and apostate, you can know that the NIV 2011 will reflect these evils. It is tragic that wicked people are corrupting the Bible to fit the political correctness of a wicked generation. The Committee on Bible Translation [CBT] are doing evil by following the corrupt texts of Westcott and Hort.

    These are evil people, who are making BILLIONS of dollars perverting the Words of the living God. With over 400 Bibles in the English-speaking language, who are they kidding? Like we really need another Bible in English! The NIV 2011 translators openly admit that their goal is to publish a non-biased Bible, that caters to multiple different religious denominations, including the damnable Lutheran religion that requires water baptism and holy communion for salvation. Martin Luther was an unsaved heretic!

    Look at how messed up the NIV is!

    The truth is that all parties involved love MONEY! Zondervan shot themselves in the foot with the politically correct TNIV. NIV sales have been collapsing. Now in desperation, they've come out with a so-called newer, better and more accurate Bible. How many times have we heard that lie before? And the Bible versions coming out continue to get worse and worse! Their real goal is money, money, money. There is no other reason!

    Psalm 11:3, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

    Satan is trying to destroy the foundations, taking away the Doctrine of Christ (2nd John 1:9), and perverting the simplicity of the Gospel message (2nd Corinthians 11:3). Whereas God confounded men at the Tower of Babel to prevent them from going to Satan (Acts 17:26-27); today Satan is confounding men to prevent them from going to God (2nd Corinthians 4:4). Satan is using all the hundreds of different corrupt Bible versions to confound everyone. All of the doctrines being taught in churches today are confusing, confounding people. Satan knows that people won't memorize a Bible that keeps changing. I plead with you, use only the King James Bible (not the 21st Century KJV and not the New KJV).

    Satan is the author of confusion, which is exactly what Zondervan's business is . . . CONFUSION!!!

        Satan loves to do this to us. He loves to draw us on, to seduce us, without allowing us to ever quite realise that all these harmless little steps really amount to a massive change of direction which takes us out of our accustomed orbit around the Son and into the darkness. Those approaching a cliff may do so by sleepy little steps. But one of those harmless little steps will not be so harmless. Suddenly the cliff-edge gives way. Waking, we find, to our horror, that we are falling, falling towards the rocks, into sin and death. Above us, as we fall in fear and misery, with certainty of pain ahead, there is demonic laughter at us.

        This, I think, is what may have happened to the NIV team. If so they weren’t the first, and won’t be the last. But the first need is to recognise that they have been led into a serious sin, to repent, and take measures to deal with it. Just going on, as if nothing had happened, will not serve, and will make things worse.

        http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/?p=2505

    The Devil's feminist, homosexual, abortionist crowd wants to produce a unisex Bible that doesn't condemn the sin of homosexuality. The NIV 2011 will be a theological nightmare, as is the NIV. It's all about the love of money and further corrupting the Words of God. I shudder to think what they're butchering in the NIV 2011. Be on guard against this coming imposter version of the Bible! Woe unto Zondervan publishers for corrupting the Bible!

    Love and cherish your precious, inerrant, infallible, preserved and inspired King James Bible!!! There is no comparison!

    The King James Bible Defended

                1st Corinthians 14:33, “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”

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