Featured Red Letter, Verse Format

Red letter does not matter unless one is going to use some kind of color system to mark one's Bible.

 

I am red-green colorblind, so I never use a red-letter Bible. Instead of making the words of Jesus stand out, they are harder to see. I also prefer paragraph style, as it brings the complete idea together. So, I am totally opposite of @Baptist4life.

 

I prefer black letter, paragraph, and large print!

 

What I like is: black letter, verse by verse format, large print/giant print.

Black letter, verse by verse format is what I'm used to, since the NASB is what I've used most often.

 

A dead childhood friend of mine does not like red letter editions just because of the above.

 

Some different red letter editions include or exclude some words being attributed to Christ.

 

Have you any idea what the reasoning is behind that decision?

 

Also: I much prefer the red letter editions published by the Lockman Foundation (Foundation Publications) than those published by Zondervan.

The red letters found in the NASB Bibles from Foundation Publications are a dark red, which I find to be more pleasing, and much easier on the eyes than the red letters found in the NASB Bibles from Zondervan, which are a bright red (or even a bright pink).

 

An example is John 316-21, a disagreement as to whose words, Jesus being quoted or John's writing.

 

Which is an interesting topic in and of itself. I don't see any reason to believe those were Christ speaking. They were most certainly John.

Now, to the OP, I don't really have a preference personally. HOWEVER, I lean towards non-red lettering. There are dangers with the red letters. Some people put more emphasis on the red letters than the rest of Scripture as if it were not all the Word of God.

 

It seems increasingly difficult to find Bibles in the verse by verse format these days, isn't it?

 

For me, the fact that red letter editions are, quite often, bright pink makes them difficult for me to comfortably read.

 

QUOTE="alexander284, post: 2787469, member: 2198"]For me, the fact that red letter editions are, quite often, bright pink makes them difficult for me to comfortably read.[/QUOTE]
I wish the publishers would simply print the words of Jesus in boldface. If it must be a different color, maybe blue would work.

 

Your deceased friend did not like...

 

Sorry, dear. I didn’t catch my faux pas.
#IGoofed

 

Honestly, I prefer only the chapter headings for quick reference and paragraph markers, but no verse markers at all. No red letters. No commentaries or reference notes. I want to read the text with as little bias as possible. All those "helps" just serve to bias the reader.