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Why did they change Romans 13:14 in the update to the NLT?

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 03:32

I have an older copy of the New Living Translation which renders this verse very nicely, preserving the Spirit-inspired word picture used by the apostle Paul. It reads:

Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.” (Romans 13:14 NLT emphasis added)

Personally, and I don’t think I am alone in this, when I read the Bible the first thing I want to know is what do the scriptures say. Then, if possible I want to grasp what it meant to the original audience, and finally to understand what that means to us today. I guess the update to the New Living Translation had greater accessibility in mind when they changed this verse to read:

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Psalm 77:10 in error in the NLT

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 03:13

Psalm 77:10 first got my attention about two years ago, and I made a translation of it using the E-Sword Bible software program. Verse ten is the key to the whole psalm, and it has been translated a number of different ways. In what follows I intend to defend the literal translation of the text of verse ten, and to explain the sense of that rendering. The reason for writing about this psalm is because of what I read a few mornings ago in the One Year Book of Psalms:

And I said, “This is my fate, that the blessings of the most high have changed to hatred.” (Psalm 77:10 New Living Translation)

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Why did they change Romans 13:14 in the update to the NLT?

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 03:32

I have an older copy of the New Living Translation which renders this verse very nicely, preserving the Spirit-inspired word picture used by the apostle Paul. It reads:

Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.” (Romans 13:14 NLT emphasis added)

Personally, and I don’t think I am alone in this, when I read the Bible the first thing I want to know is what do the scriptures say. Then, if possible I want to grasp what it meant to the original audience, and finally to understand what that means to us today. I guess the update to the New Living Translation had greater accessibility in mind when they changed this verse to read:

Read more
Read the Full Post: 
http://urbanministry.org/blogs/psalm77/2009/06/26/why-did-they-change-romans-131...

Psalm 77:10 in error in the NLT

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 03:13

Psalm 77:10 first got my attention about two years ago, and I made a translation of it using the E-Sword Bible software program. Verse ten is the key to the whole psalm, and it has been translated a number of different ways. In what follows I intend to defend the literal translation of the text of verse ten, and to explain the sense of that rendering. The reason for writing about this psalm is because of what I read a few mornings ago in the One Year Book of Psalms:

And I said, “This is my fate, that the blessings of the most high have changed to hatred.” (Psalm 77:10 New Living Translation)

Read more
Read the Full Post: 
http://urbanministry.org/blogs/psalm77/2009/06/18/psalm-7710-in-error-in-the-nlt...
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