Inclusive Language Causes Southern Baptists To Reject Updated NIV
If it matters, I agree with the SBC.
“Southern Baptists repeatedly have affirmed our commitment to the full inspiration and authority of Scripture,” the resolution states. “This translation alters the meaning of hundreds of verses, most significantly by erasing gender-specific details which appear in the original language.”
Expressing “profound disappointment” with Biblica and Zondervan Publishing House, who printed 1.9 million copies of the updated Bible in the first run, the SBC “respectfully [requested]” that Lifeway Bookstores not sell the new version in their stores and encouraged pastors to let their congregations know of the translation errors.
“We cannot commend the 2011 NIV to Southern Baptists or to the larger Christian community,” the resolution concluded.
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