Tag Archives: Bible translations

Positive Feedback; January 19, 2024


Philemon 1:6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. I have liked the NIV translation of this verse from the … Continue reading

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The Bible; January 14, 2024


2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. This chapter is loaded with stuff I could … Continue reading

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Choosing Faith; December 3, 2023


Isaiah 7:9 “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.” Every once in a while I really like the turn of phrase chosen by the NIV translators, and this is one of those … Continue reading

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God’s Grace; March 24, 2023


Psalm 21:7 For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken. This Psalm says it is “A Psalm of David,” but virtually everything about it seems like it was … Continue reading

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The Glory of God; January 20, 2023


Romans 5:2 And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Doing this bilingually can get awkward at times, because Greek has no punctuation, and the sentence structure is often very different between the English and Japanese translations. … Continue reading

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The Creator; November 22, 2022


Zechariah 10:1 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. There are various points in the Bible … Continue reading

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Living Hope; July 6, 2022


1 Peter 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into … Continue reading

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Sharing God’s Truth; June 20, 2022


1 Thessalonians 5:27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. This is certainly a verse I’ve never written on before! As I was reading all the rich content in the rest of … Continue reading

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Assurance of Salvation; June 8, 2022


Ephesians 1:13-14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing … Continue reading

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The Bible; April 29, 2022


Jeremiah 8:8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?’” Here we have a statement in the Bible that some of … Continue reading

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