The first paperback edition of the Literal Standard Version (LSV) Bible.

This Modern Literal Version New Testament edition is: Sky Blue with black lettering covers, BOLD Letter, 2017 update, 2-18-2018, black and white with the words of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit in BOLD print, standard 12 point font size and about 45 blank pages for notes. The MLV is not sold for profit; electronic versions are free. Unlike ALL other translations in print, all Christian groups have had the opportunity to propose fixes for the MLV or to assist in some way, Open Source to remove all religious biases, traditions or doctrines of men. The Modern Literal Version uses the Majority Text (The New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Textform 2005/2010, Compiled and Arranged by Maurice A. Robinson and William Pierpont ISBN: 978-1540415585 & 978-1540792457). Only three primary methods exist to translate a foreign language. The first is to translate each word in a literal word for word fashion, keeping the original word order. (ISBN: 978-1973921967). When combined with the Greek text, they are called interlinears. The Modern Literal Version is the second type: ''Literal'' or ''word-for-word'' translation. This sounds like the first, but is not the same and the two are often confused. In a literal version each word and phrase is uniformly rendered, Greek idioms are carefully translated uniformly. The Greek parts of speech are rearranged as they would be in typical English order of: Subject, verb, object, indirect object, and punctuation are added. Greek is extremely choppy and supplied words are needed to have an ''English like flow'' to them rather than paraphrasing. Supplied words are identified in the MLV. The third translation method, and the most common one in the past 30 years, is to paraphrase the Greek into English. These are easy to spot because they read like a newspaper and have no supplied words marked. They are known by various names, such as dynamic equivalence, essentially literal, free style, thought-for-thought, better than a word-for-word, and so on. 95% of all Bible translations are this type. The value of paraphrased versions is for those looking for a Bible that reads like a story book and would never be used as a study tool. However, we feel strongly that thought-for-thought introduces too many editorial opinions. We want what God said, not an interpretation of it. They are sometimes better described as ''opinion for opinion'' because each time they are proofread more personal beliefs are exchanged for the Word of God. One way to look at it is like this: If there was a court case with a key document as evidence, and this document was in a foreign language, would a ''thought-for-thought'' translation be acceptable? The document we are talking about here is the ''Last Will and Testament'' of our Lord Jesus. The third type translations are watered down and those places that are disputed by the various religious groups will always match the beliefs of their translators, publishing company or the church behind the translation! These are the Amazon search terms (ISBN) for every book in the MLV & Byzantine Text Form series: 7"x10" MLV N.T. in pink for the ladies and cancer survivors (12pt): 978-1976027314All below are 8.5"x11" Modern Literal Word for Word (Pre) Translation (11pt): 978-1973921967 MLV English Concordance linked with Strong''s Numbers (11pt): 978-1503330115 Greek Lexicon & Greek Concordance with Strong''s (11pt): 978-1503338166 Analytical Greek Lexicon & Greek Concordance (12.5pt Greek): 978-1974377015 MLV Larger Print N.T. (14pt) 978-1545531419 MLV O.T (11pt).: 978-154040211 Wide Margin MLV N.T. (12pt): 978-1494881146 MLV N.T. (used to be used for beta editions; 11pt): 978-1492776277 New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform 2005/2010: 978-1540415585, with NU footnotes: 978-1540792457 Jesus is Lord! To God is the glory forevermore. Amen. PDF samples at www.MLVbible.com.

This is the translation that appears in the margins of Jay P. Green, Sr.'s best-seller, The Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible. This is the third edition of this most accurate of all versions. Due t o additional intense study, and the suggestions of others, we feel confident that this version has now been perfected.

THE NEW TESTAMENT was written in Koine Greek during the first century AD. From the time of its original revelation, handwritten copies continually were prepared in order tomaintain and preserve that original text into the modern era. All copies made prior to the invention of movable-type printing were made by hand, resulting in various scribal alterations, most of these being of a minor nature. Although the autographs no longer exist and no two manuscript copies are completely identical, sufficient evidence exists by which one can produce an accurate representation of the original text by comparing and evaluating the overall manuscript consensus. Robinson and Pierpont have taken the utmost care in preparing that text for this edition.Various other methods for restoration of the original NT text have fallen short of their goal, in part due to methodological subjectivity, and in part to a presuppositional bias against the claims of the Byzantine Textform. The texts created under such a bias tend to be based on only a handful of favored manuscripts, and fail to consider all transmissional factors in the preservation of the original text. As a result, the modern eclectic texts tend to preserve more of a caricature than the essence of the originals.In contrast, Robinson and Pierpont have applied many of the same methods of textual criticism to their task, but without the anti-Byzantine bias. Their method of "reasoned transmissionalism" is based on the wider scope of manuscript transmission throughout history. The preface of this edition explains the basic method by which the present editors have arrived at their basic text. The appendix contains Robinson's essay, "The Case for Byzantine Priority," which presents a rationale for and defense of the theory and methodology that has been applied in the preparation of this edition.

Compact reference Bible in the Modern English Version.

After starting the MLV N.T we were asked multiple times to create an O.T. After seeking advice from multiple Hebrew Scholars, we decided on the "A Conservative Version" done Dr. Walter L Porter, ThD. The ACV was already a great revision of the "American Standard Version 1901." Dr. Porter's goals were to remove archaic wording and put it into better English form (subject, verb, object). We cannot hope to achieve the accuracy of the Old Testament like we did in the "Modern Literal Version New Testament". Hebrew is just not as precise as Koine Greek but so far to date we have corrected about 42,000 places.

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