Comments on: Why I Switched to the New Living Translation

By: Evie Polsley

Evie Polsley — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:55:17 +0000

In reply to zack. To help make translations choices there is a wonderful book published by IVP "One Bible, Many Versions" It is extremely helpful in better understanding Bible translation.

By: Evie Polsley

Evie Polsley — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:52:04 +0000

In reply to TOM CRICK. Thank you for sharing your story!! We love how God draws people closer to him through the NLT!

By: TOM CRICK

TOM CRICK — Mon, 23 May 2022 20:13:44 +0000

WOW! It was a joy to come across this article. I’m now 78 yrs old. Started out in teens w/The King James Bible, reading, studying, memorizing and using to witness. I loved what I had because I believed it was the Word of God. A lot of years went by that the KJV language and understanding of it were an obstacle to it blessing me. I came across “THE BOOK”, a translation that was so understandable and enjoyable and just looked at it to find that it was special addition of the NLT, 1998. Then in 2019, purchased the “LIFE APPLICTION STUDY BIBLE” (NLT) with cross-reference verses and foot notes. WOW, WOW, WOW, – JOY, JOY, JOY. I enjoy it so much and feel it has helped grow me Spiritually in ways I would have loved to have had help me when I was younger. It is the “Holy Word of God” but also a tool, an instrument thru which the Holy Spirit can work – even more so the better I understand it. I write other cross-reference verses, and notes in the margins. I underline in red and blue ink for verses and thoughts that speak to me so I can easily spot them. I don’t worship it, but my God and Savior that the NLT so wonderfully reveals to me.

By: zack

zack — Mon, 23 May 2022 18:48:49 +0000

I’ve been trying to decide whether to choose CSB or NLT as a family devotional and reading bible and one I can get for my kids to read on their own too. Both have a somewhat lowered reading level compared to ESV which has been my standard for a long time.

In general from more difficult to less difficult I would rank ESV -> CSB -> NIV -> NLT in that order. I do fear NLT may have taken a few too many liberties for the sake of readability, lowering the reading level so much that some of the richness of language is gone. I really like the readability of NIV, it also feels very smooth and natural to me. But CSB gets high praise, similar to NLT, while diehard NIVers tend to not like newer revisions and stick to the 80s revisions which I don’t fully understand.
So then, I’m still left contemplating CSB versus NLT and I’m open to anyone’s particular viewpoint on that.

By: Evie Polsley

Evie Polsley — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:03:46 +0000

In reply to Dr Austin McCaskill Jr. Thank you for sharing this! Love to hear how God is using the NLT and thank you for your ministry!

By: Evie Polsley

Evie Polsley — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:01:51 +0000

In reply to Amanda. Thank you! We pray he is drawn closer to the Lord through reading the NLT!

By: Evie Polsley

Evie Polsley — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:01:06 +0000

In reply to Samuel Kwame Forson. Thank you for sharing this! Love hearing how God uses the NLT to draw people closer to Him!

By: Jackson dibaal

Jackson dibaal — Mon, 23 May 2022 15:08:13 +0000

thanks again and a lot, because it’s making my relationship with Christ very unique , I mean it’s very understandable

By: Mariam Tapela

Mariam Tapela — Mon, 23 May 2022 09:12:23 +0000

Thank you so much for such information. I have been wondering which bible version is easy and simple.

By: Samuel Kwame Forson

Samuel Kwame Forson — Thu, 19 May 2022 10:25:59 +0000

Reading Pastor Allen’s story was like reliving a new life. I purchased a secondhand copy of the NLT Bible in a Turkish restaurant in Tottenham, London in 2010. I was a newly baptised Christian, and seeing a copy of the Bible in a restaurant among a handful of other old books intrigued me. When I asked the proprietor whether I could have the Bible he said, yes. He gave it to me for £3! Later, when I read the NLT alongside the NIV (the preferred version of the church I belonged), I found the NLT enthralling. When I read the whole of 2 Peter in the NLT, I knew in my heart that God had put this translation of His Word into my hands. Bible study through the NLT has changed my understanding of the Scriptures and changed my life. I have since recommended it to every single person I’ve shared God’s Word with. Thank you Pastor Allen, for sharing.