Best Type of Bible Translation? 

Jonathan is a very kind brother. I once bought a Bible from him and he threw in a free copy of St. John Chrysostom's Liturgy which I have greatly enjoyed reading.

Love this video it’s so important my dear brother!! I love personally like you for preaching and teaching the NKJV!!! The Western Text basis is my preference. I use other translations for study of course..

" let the word speak for itself" Amen brother

I remember this....time flies! Also, Tim you look younger now.

The NJB is the best actual idea of "dynamic equivalence" I've found. It's a tough balance to find when idioms don't carry over languages.

8:30, I agree, this has been my experience too with dynamic equivalence/paraphrase translations.

Lovong the BSB, still use NKJV, and HCSB. I'm waiting with great enthusiasm for them to publish their majority text. However the BSB has become a huge favourite for me, as it has 90% of what i want in a bible.

I like the NLT, NKJV, NASB, and ESV in that order.

GREAT VIDEO TIM! 🦬🌲🌲🌲🦬

CSB for me these days. 😊

My daily reader is NLT. I love the NLT but whenever I preach to kids, youth or adults, I just the NKJV.

Several people don't bother to read the footnotes though, so I think that italics or bolded words are helpful because they at least call the reader's attention to them. I speak from the perspective of one who studies Scripture though. I can't just pick up the Bible and read for the sake of reading. Something will always jump out at me and say hey, I'm important. Study me!

Good discussion, gentlemen. While my personal favorite is the NKJV, I also like the NASB very much. Lately I've been reading the CSB and I find it to be both an excellent translation and highly readable. It's not hard to understand why the CSB is growing in popularity. As an aside... the New Living Translation is a translation and NOT a paraphrase. I think many people confuse the NLT with The Living Bible (which is a paraphrase) because their names are similar and both are published by Tyndale. While I would not use the NLT as my primary scripture source, it makes an excellent companion to more literal translations like the KJV, NKJV, NASB, and ESV.

Im KJV. Looking for an literal alternative. I was using ASV for that but am looking for another. Lastly, maybe and only as a companion a dynamic. For this I've used Amplified but am open to others. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Can't wait for part 2

The ones that were around before 1881.

It's not the translation of the Bible that is important. It is whether the Bible has been altered in any way, such as removing Scripture, Adding Scripture, or altering Scripture which all Bibles from the 16th century have done.

I thought the NLT was a translation. Father John was saying it’s a paraphrase. ??

If you avoid the KJV because it is hard to read, you must ask yourself this question. Why do you read Shakespeare/Chaucer and other old literature in order to develop culture/impress people BUT avoid the KJV which is your instruction manual for walking with God/saving your soul?