Note on 1 Thessalonians 5:17
… at my Participatory Bible Study Blog.

… at my Participatory Bible Study Blog.
I’ve written a brief response to a particularly bad article about The Message over on my Participatory Bible Study Blog.
I like this presentation, though I list some quibbles on my Participatory Bible Study Blog. I would put this up against the line on my book cover: The best Bible version is one you read!
I’ve posted two items on my Participatory Bible Study blog, the first on clarity of translation, On Translating to be Understood, and the second on just how clearly we understand the Bible writers in the first place, Paul not Lucid.
I don’t weight all the versions precisely as he does, but he provides some excellent guidelines. Not surprisingly he likes the NET. I do too, though I don’t put it quite as high on my list.
Find the link at Near Emmaus.
According to the Christian Post, some major churches are rejecting the NIV2011. Their concern is over accuracy, and particularly “literal accuracy.” The article cites Pastor Gregg Matte of Houston’s First Baptist Church, and Andrew Werley, pastor of Houston’s Jersey Village Baptist Church. “I believe the TNIV or the NIV 2011 revision has drifted from what…