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Originally Posted by TheLegalist
your first problem is you are using NLT which is about on the same level as NIV which like many allows way to much personal view and subjection to the text....
thought-for-thought is not literal which allows for more for theology base translation. Again just my opinion. I never use them for quoting or serious argument.
When people start quoting "The Message" and others like it. I just ignore pretty much everything they just said because it is pretty much a theological opinion piece disguised as what the Bible says.
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Your analysis just isn't accurate. And you don't have a faint clue how much personal opinion was actually inserted into any of the translations, including the KJV. And...the NLT nor the NIV is NOTHING like "The Message" bible, although I do enjoy The Message.
But just to make sure, I don't use any of the translations one can find in the store. I went to the Middle East and dug up original manuscripts. Then I learned to speak every language. Now I only preach in those languages because I insist on being accurate. It sucks for the audience because they don't have a clue what I'm saying, but what the heck, I'm accurate!