Comments on: “Predestined” (Ephesians 1:5) and the NLT http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/index.php/predestined-ephesians-15-and-the-nlt/ A Voice of Reason for the 21st Century Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne Leman http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/index.php/predestined-ephesians-15-and-the-nlt/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Wayne Leman Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/?p=579#comment-593 <i>Sometimes removing “biblish” can bring clarity to a text that had been previously muddled by scholars, commentators, and theologians.</i> Amen! Preach it!! If only we could get that message out far and wide, and if only more people would believe it, we would have more people truly understanding what the Bible is saying. I think that the NLT does a good job of translating the meaning of the biblical text to standard English without making the language too simple. Sometimes removing “biblish” can bring clarity to a text that had been previously muddled by scholars, commentators, and theologians.

Amen! Preach it!! If only we could get that message out far and wide, and if only more people would believe it, we would have more people truly understanding what the Bible is saying. I think that the NLT does a good job of translating the meaning of the biblical text to standard English without making the language too simple.

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