fights far above the it’s-all-Greek-to-me heads of people in the pew, some of the flak falls on the flock. The sheep today have many resources—like this book—and can do some good homework, but if they can’t read the original languages of Scripture they must still take sides based largely on whom they trust. Multiple translations don’t necessarily create distrust; it’s possible to have multiple trusted translations. It’s equally possible that a common standard may lose public trust, even without any
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