I was gifted this bible late last year and have been understanding everything fairly well but a few days ago one of my friends asked me what version I was reading and I told him it was the NIV and he then proceeded to call it the Non Inspired Version and went on sort of a rant about it, can't remember exactly said but the gist was to get a different version. I'm gonna keep reading it cause I can understand it better than others but what gives though? Are there other versions more truer than NIV or what? I just want to read what is right, understand everything correctly, and be closer to God.
I'm so lost
Matthew Cooper
Carter Gray
He just thinks God want us to read 'thou' and 'wilt' every 5 seconds.
Hudson Hernandez
Maybe I guess, I was gonna talk to him about that but he goes super into depth about stuff and I'd probably be lost within the first 2 minutes of the conversation.
James Fisher
How does reading the bible make one closer to God? I never got how that works
Alexander Hall
Well maybe not closer to God but moreso you're able to understand him, who he is, and who he wants you to be. At least thats what I think.
Jackson Rogers
Coincidentally, I literally gifted this same exact bible to a friend last week. I read NIV, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Some people say that some passages don't hold the same weight as other editions, but for someone who doesn't know every book by heart, I think more is gained in being able to actually understand it than is lost in emphasis. The cool kids read KJV, but I have a hard time reading it.
Either way, don't listen to anyone who gives you crap for trying to read the Bible. Some people are going to have stronger opinions than others what edition to use. Don't let it get to ya.
Jayden James
>more truer
It's a bunch of books written over a thousand years in two different millenia-old languages. It's not about what version is "truer" it's about what gets the idea of the original text across best. If you wanna study language and translations after then go for it but that's an extra layer of knowledge on top of the text itself.
Anthony Walker
He speaks for himself a decent amount over the whole thing so you get a decent gist of what the guy is like.
Michael Scott
From what I know the Catholic versions have more books in them. Unrelated but recommend getting a Catholic one so you can read the other books.
Brayden Gutierrez
Hey OP, and anons. I say this very politely, the NIV is NOT the word of God. Here's an example:
>John 3:16 (NIV) "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."
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>John 3:16 (KJV) "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
You see the NIV says "one and only Son" which is incorrect and makes no sense in context of the bible. Adam, angels, the children of Israel and Christians are referred to as sons of God in the bible. The difference is that the Lord Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. That's why the KJV says he's the only begotten. Which is factually correct. While the NIV is saying a blatant lie. The NIV also has verses missing, and supposedly 60k words missing as well. So dear user, I counsel to stop reading the NIV and start reading the KJV.
>In English, the KJV Bible is God's word. Period.
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When you read Genesis 1 and 2, you can see God speaking things into existence. God is the Word in the beginning.
>Genesis 1:3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
The Bible where the word of God is written is the same. Its spirit and life. Its his you get to spend time with God personally.
>John 6:63 "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life"
And faith comes by hearing.
>Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
I hope you understand, user. Check out the links in post.