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Question 3: What Bible translation would you recommend to your church and why?

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Presbyterian (Steve) writes: This is an interesting question.  There are those fundamental churches that cling to the King James Version of the Bible.  When we were missionaries in France some supporting churches wrote asking what translation of the Bible we used in preaching and even in our devotions.  They were hoping we would say the KJV. Now of course the KJV doesn't even exist in France so it was a very silly but sad question.  I encourage people to use the translation or paraphrase of the Bible which is most helpful to them.  I recommend the NIV but only because it is one of the most recent good translations. In our church pews we use the RSV which is the translation of most mainline churches.  Realistically there is very little difference between any accepted translations of the Bible.

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