English Bible Translations

“The UK’s Trinitarian Bible Society is one of the most serious and sober KJV-Only organizations active today…. Recently, TBS published an article that was actually written shortly before the release of my book” - Mark Ward

“…the KJV-Only movement as a whole, and many individuals within it, are not telling the truth, and the leaders at least should know better…. repeatedly I have seen KJV-Only leaders say that 1) all the modern versions use a different textual basis than the KJV.

“…in a debate like this one, the objections never really end. And I think there are a few more that merit attention.” - Mark Ward

“The sheer number of fine-grained decisions that goes into the making of any Bible translation says to me that people are in special danger of committing the ‘insufficient sampling’ fallacy when evaluating them.” - Mark Ward

“I had a theory: these were regenerated but misguided people I was dealing with, and the bold and frankly nasty claims they were making on their signs about our alleged apostasy were things they would not be able to say if they sat across a table from me.” - Mark Ward

FBFI: It is my view that there are still some aspects of the issue about which the FBFI needs to clarify its position. I would suggest that there are at least two.

Mark Ward: We preachers and Bible teachers would do better not to publicly correct the Bible translations on people’s laps. Here are three reasons why.

Andy Naselli: When some people discuss English Bible translations, they mainly argue about which is the best and why others are inferior. Here’s what to do instead—six suggestions.

“Faced with declining membership among millennials, the Southern Baptists are seeking to modernize their language. The denomination has adopted a new Bible with more gender-neutral terms.” NPR