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[thereselittleflower]

12 minutes ago, なつこ said:

Thank you for all the replies. I have been looking at bibles today, who would of thought choosing a book would be so confusing. Not sure whether just to stick with KJV or try and locate one which uses grammar and syntax of today. 

The first bible I ever owned was the Good News for Modern Man -  it was so very easy to read.  I would recommend one that is easy to read, and pray and ask God to open the scriptures to you.

[angels4u]

30 minutes ago, なつこ said:

Thank you for all the replies. I have been looking at bibles today, who would of thought choosing a book would be so confusing. Not sure whether just to stick with KJV or try and locate one which uses grammar and syntax of today. 

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I just picked up a bible from Max Lucado at the Mission store , I don't know much about this Bible and started to read it, it is very easy reading and I believe if you want to know what is in the Bible this could be a good start , I was planning to give it to somebody who lost her Bible and is looking for an another Bible. I always use the NKJ myself but I have to say so far I like this Max Lucado Bible also, it reads the Bible like a story~~

[thereselittleflower]

5 minutes ago, angels4u said:

I just picked up a bible from Max Lucado at the Mission store , I don't know much about this Bible and started to read it, it is very easy reading and I believe if you want to know what is in the Bible this could be a good start , I was planning to give it to somebody who lost her Bible and is looking for an another Bible. I always use the NKJ myself..but I have to say so far I like this Max Lucado Bible also, it reads the Bible like a story..

I would caution that bibles put out by an individual will have notes and such which reflect the individual's understanding which may or may not be correct or appropriate.   Max Lucado has some very questionable ideas, and for someone just starting out learning about christian beliefs, I would not recommend his bible.

I would recommend a simple standard translation that is not tied to some particular group or individual.

 

But a translation that is like reading the bible like a story is what I was going for -  that is why I was very, very fond of the Good News for Modern Man that I had when I first converted back to God as a teen.

 

[Reinitin]

31 minutes ago, なつこ said:

Thank you for all the replies. I have been looking at bibles today, who would of thought choosing a book would be so confusing. Not sure whether just to stick with KJV or try and locate one which uses grammar and syntax of today. 

I read holmes christian standard study bible. You should look up a bible your considering cause there are a few that change the translation to support specific beliefs that are not always suportable. If you like to study heavy the blue letter king james with hebrew and greek is real nice 

[Omegaman 3.0]

16 minutes ago, なつこ said:

Thank you for all the replies. I have been looking at bibles today, who would of thought choosing a book would be so confusing. Not sure whether just to stick with KJV or try and locate one which uses grammar and syntax of today. 

That is a complex topic, of much debate なつこ, but I wouldn't worry about that much. Some think that the KJV is the only Bible in English, that is legitimate, others think that Bible based on the same manscripts that the KJV is based on, are legitimate. I happen to believe that later translations, based on older manuscripts, are a better choice. However, I would offer this, every doctrine about God that we need to know, is contained in Bible from both manuscript families. I recommend that you get a Bible, that you can understand, and will read. That is more important the the KJV/other version debate.

You know, you can go online at places like http://biblehub.com, and read many difference Bible, and decide later.

Also, this might be a little dated, but check out http://dlee.omegazine.com/resources.html to see other ways of accesing the Bible.

There are those will want to bring the KJV debate into this thread. I will not let that happen, Any post that brings that debate here, will be deleted. There are already threads of the forums, where that debate is ongoing, Those interested in that, can read about that topic in those threads. I am not going to tolerate the confusion of a seeker by version evangelists.

[thereselittleflower]

Omegaman has a great suggestion -  www.biblehub.com is a great resource.

When you're ready to get a bit more into the scriptures and original languages,  www.blueletterbible.org is a fantastic resource as well.

 

[angels4u]

1 minute ago, Omegaman 3.0 said:

That is a complex topic, of much debate なつこ, but I wouldn't worry about that much. Some think that the KJV is the only Bible in English, that is legitimate, others think that Bible based on the same manscripts that the KJV is based on, are legitimate. I happen to believe that later translations, based on older manuscripts, are a better choice. However, I would offer this, every doctrine about God that we need to know, is contained in Bible from both manuscript families. I recommend that you get a Bible, that you can understand, and will read. That is more important the the KJV/other version debate.

You know, you can go online at places like http://biblehub.com, and read many difference Bible, and decide later.

Also, this might be a little dated, but check out http://dlee.omegazine.com/resources.html to see other ways of accesing the Bible.

There are those will want to bring the KJV debate into this thread. I will not let that happen, Any post that brings that debate here, will be deleted. There are already threads of the forums, where that debate is ongoing, Those interested in that, can read about that topic in those threads. I am not going to tolerate the confusion of a seeker by version evangelists.

I believe the Max Lucado is a very nice easy reading Bible...:)

[Omegaman 3.0]

3 minutes ago, thereselittleflower said:

Omegaman has a great suggestion -  www.biblehub.com is a great resource.

When you're ready to get a bit more into the scriptures and original languages,  www.blueletterbible.org is a fantastic resource as well.

I should also have mentioned that there are parallel Bible available, Bibles with more that one version, bound in the same book, so that you can compare them side by side. Some modern version also point out variences in ancients manuscripts, in the foot notes pn the bottoms of the page, Lack of information, is not an issue to modern Christians, sorting through the aboundance of information, is the harder part.

[angels4u]

4 minutes ago, Omegaman 3.0 said:

I should also have mentioned that there are parallel Bible available, Bibles with more that one version, bound in the same book, so that you can compare them side by side. Some modern version also point out variences in ancients manuscripts, in the foot notes pn the bottoms of the page, Lack of information, is not an issue to modern Christians, sorting through the aboundance of information, is the harder part.

We have different Bibles and also the parallel Bible, if you want to compare the translations side by side is very time consuming. If you want to read to Bible to know what is in the Bible I would take a more modern version. If I study the Bible I use my NKJ..

The Lord will use any translation to get your attention

[Omegaman 3.0]

3 minutes ago, angels4u said:

We have different Bibles and also the parallel Bible, if you want to compare the translations side by side is very time consuming.

I have never found that to be that much of an issue. How much time can we devote to the study of God's word? Twenty minutes of reading a day, will get you through the Bible in one year. of course, 40 minutes a day, could get you through two versions of the Bible in one year, or, stay with 20 minutes, and it takes 2 years. Most people spend more time each day watching TV commercials that reading the Bible, it is up to them to figure out which is more important, and adjust their priorities. Most people, who call themselves Christians, as near as I can tell, never read the Bible even one time in their life!

This thread does not need to spend time cataloging how many ways we can come with to explain 'how hard it is". The fact is, there is nothing hard about it, it is just a decision.