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  1. Baptist4life

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    All the phrases in the NKJV are pretty simple and very easy to understand. Most of those words are still used quite frequently. Perhaps the problem is not with the translation, but the intelligence of the reader.
     
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    Acts 2:4
    NKJV : gave them utterance
    NLT : gave them the ability this ability

    Luke 23:12
    NKJV : they had been at enmity with each other
    NLT : had been enemies before

    Acts 8:2
    NKJV : made great lamentation
    NLT : with great mourning
     
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    Ro. 5:18
    NKJV : all men
    NLT : everyone

    Matt. 4:19
    NKJV : fishers of men
    NLT : fish for people

    1 Cor. 2:5
    NKJV : the wisdom of men
    NLT : human wisdom

    Eph. 4:8
    NKJV : gave gifts to men
    NLT : gave gifts to his people
     
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    Matt. 6:34
    NKJV : sufficient for the day is its own trouble
    NLT : today's trouble is enough for today

    Matt. 18:3
    NKJV : turn and become
    NLT : turn from your sins and become
     
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    Acts 8:2 stands out to me, because we really don't use the word "lamentation" in our current vernacular.
     
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    The NLT is obviously "gender inclusive," which makes sense, given its translation philosophy, and "target audience," so to speak.
     
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    Nothing "blasphemous" here! ;)
     
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    Yeah, I tend to shy away from the gender exclusive translations.
     
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    A question can be asked, why did God give His word in a gender exclusive way? Like it was not important?




    Note 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
     
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    You can't be that dull in your thinking.
     
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    Please explain what you mean.
     
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    I guess you really are that dull of comprehension.
     
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    Why do you think that?
     
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    Although I'm not particularly fond of gender inclusive language (in the context of Bible translations) I can certainly understand why "updated" Bible translations are moving in that direction.
     
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    Do they get a government grant or something to do that?
     
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    They sell more Bibles, eh?
     
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    Heb. 1:3
    NKJV : the word of his power
    NLT : the mighty power of his command

    Luke 24:49
    NKJV : the promise of my Father
    NLT : just as my Father promised

    Mark 4:5
    NKJV : no depth of earth
    NLT : the soil was shallow

    Ro. 6:4
    NKJV : newness of life
    NLT : may live new lives

    Ro. 8:2
    NKJV : the Spirit of life
    NLT : the life-giving Spirit
     
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    1 Thess. 1:3
    NKJV : patience of hope
    NLT : enduring hope

    Heb. 2:9
    NKJV : the suffering of death
    NLT : he suffered death

    2 Peter 3:4
    NKJV : Where is the promise of his coming?
    NLT : What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again?

    Ps. 37:1
    NKJV : Do not fret because of evildoers
    NLT : Don't worry about the wicked

    Luke 13:23
    NKJV : are there few who are saved?
    NLT : will only a few people be saved?
     
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    I find Hebrews 1:3 to be particularly helpful, because "word of his power" is not easily understood.
     
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    I find 1 Thessalonians 1:3 helpful, because "patience of hope" is not easily understood.
     
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