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Translating Truth (Foreword by J.I. Packer): The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Which translation do I choose? In an age when there is a wide choice of English Bible translations, the issues involved in Bible translating are steadily gaining interest. Consumers often wonder what separates one Bible version from another. The contributors to this book argue that there are significant differences between literal translations and the alternatives. The task of those who employ...

stresses that those who believe in him … shall never perish but shall live and remain forever” (the passages are John 6:51, 58; 8:51; 10:28; 11:26), and none of them uses μένω.47 I believe the commentator was seriously hampered by the NIV translation strategy. We could pursue this kind of study for the other repeated words, but space does not permit that—though we shall return to τηρέω and τελειόω / τέλειος in later discussions. Anyone who reads 1 John carefully will
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