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[2] [5] Other elements in the story, e.g., lamps, oil, delay of the bridegroom, and exclusion of the foolish virgins from the celebration, also often take on various meanings. R. T. France writes that the parable is "a warning addressed specifically to those inside the professing church who are not to assume that their future is unconditionally ...
The New International Version Inclusive Language Edition (NIVi) of the Christian Bible was an inclusive language version of the New International Version (NIV). It was published by Hodder and Stoughton (a subsidiary of Lagardere Publishing) in London in 1995; New Testament and Psalms, with the full bible following in 1996. It was only released ...
The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English. Published by Biblica, the complete NIV was released on October 27, 1978 [6] with a minor revision in 1984 and a major revision in 2011. The NIV relies on recently-published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. [1] [2]
Lists of "missing" verses and phrases go back to the Revised Version [2] and to the Revised Standard Version, [3] [4] without waiting for the appearance of the NIV (1973). Some of these lists of "missing verses" specifically mention "sixteen verses" – although the lists are not all the same. [5] [better source needed]
Approximately 7% of the text was changed from the most recent (1984) version of the NIV. [5] According to Craig Blomberg the TNIV moves in a "more literal direction three times more often than not". [5] Mark L. Strauss has stated that the majority of changes are "based on advances in biblical scholarship, linguistics, and archaeology". [6]
In June 2009, Joseph Park was hired as president of BibleGateway.com. [7] Park was co-founder and former CEO of Kozmo.com, [8] which was the subject of the documentary film e-Dreams. He was also co-founder and former CEO of Askville , which was owned by Amazon and closed in 2013.
[7] [8] Matthew 5:3–12 [9] includes the Beatitudes. These describe the character of the people of the Kingdom of Heaven, expressed as "blessings". [10] The Greek word most versions of the Gospel render as "blessed," can also be translated "happy" (Matthew 5:3–12 in Young's Literal Translation [11] for an example). In Matthew, there are ...
Jesus compares himself to a doctor to show that, as a doctor fights disease by working with the sick, so Jesus must go to sinners in order to help them overcome their sins. Jesus had earlier announced that his mission was a call to repentance in Mark 1:14–15. The Oxyrhynchus Gospels 1224 5:1-2 also record this episode of "dining with sinners".