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    NIV, Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted
    NIV, Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted
    NIV, Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted
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    NIV, Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted

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    Do you believe that God not only loves you, but that he also likes you?

    It's just one of the soul-searching questions posed by bestselling author Brennan Manning who confesses he has been "John the beloved, Peter the coward, and Thomas the doubter all before the waitress brought the check."

    The NIV Ragamuffin Bible offers a collection of Manning’s raw, painfully honest, yet grace-filled devotions, meditations, and reflections of his journey limping back to—like the prodigal son—his overjoyed father. When you journey through this Bible, you will likewise find yourself returning to your Heavenly Father, basking in the knowledge that God not only loves you, he delights in you.

    Features:
    • Complete text of the world’s most popular modern-English Bible, the NIV
    • 104 Devotions guide you into a deeper connection to God and his Word
    • 250 Reflections help you understand what it means to be a child of God
    • 150 Quotes offer short but thoughtful insights into God’s kingdom

    9-point type size
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateNov 5, 2013
    ISBN9780310411130
    NIV, Ragamuffin Bible: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted
    Author

    Brennan Manning

    Brennan Manning spent his life and ministry helping others experience the unconditional love of Jesus Christ. A recovering alcoholic and former Franciscan priest, his own spiritual journey took him down a variety of paths, all of them leading to the profound reality of God’s irresistible grace. His ministry responsibilities varied greatly – from teacher, to minister to the poor, to solidary reflective. As a writer, Brennan Manning is best known as the author of the contemporary classics, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Abba’s Child, Ruthless Trust, The Importance of Being Foolish, Patched Together, and The Furious Longing of God.

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      NIV, Ragamuffin Bible - Brennan Manning

      NIV Ragamuffin Bible

      The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®

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      Table of Contents

      How to Use This Bible

      Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

      Topical Articles Index

      Reflections Index

      Quotables Index

      Introduction

      Preface to the NIV

      OLD TESTAMENT

      NEW TESTAMENT

      Table of Weights and Measures

      Acknowledgments

      OLD TESTAMENT

      Genesis

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50

      Exodus

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40

      Leviticus

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27

      Numbers

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36

      Deuteronomy

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34

      Joshua

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

      Judges

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

      Ruth

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      1 Samuel

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

      2 Samuel

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

      1 Kings

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

      2 Kings

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25

      1 Chronicles

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29

      2 Chronicles

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36

      Ezra

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

      Nehemiah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

      Esther

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

      Job

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42

      Psalms

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150

      Proverbs

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

      Ecclesiastes

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

      Song of Songs

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

      Isaiah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66

      Jeremiah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52

      Lamentations

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

      Ezekiel

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48

      Daniel

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

      Hosea

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14

      Joel

      1 | 2 | 3

      Amos

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

      Obadiah

      1

      Jonah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      Micah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

      Nahum

      1 | 2 | 3

      Habakkuk

      1 | 2 | 3

      Zephaniah

      1 | 2 | 3

      Haggai

      1 | 2

      Zechariah

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14

      Malachi

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      NEW TESTAMENT

      Matthew

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28

      Mark

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

      Luke

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

      John

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

      Acts

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28

      Romans

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

      1 Corinthians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

      2 Corinthians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

      Galatians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

      Ephesians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

      Philippians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      Colossians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      1 Thessalonians

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

      2 Thessalonians

      1 | 2 | 3

      1 Timothy

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

      2 Timothy

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4

      Titus

      1 | 2 | 3

      Philemon

      1

      Hebrews

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

      James

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

      1 Peter

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

      2 Peter

      1 | 2 | 3

      1 John

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

      2 John

      1

      3 John

      1

      Jude

      1

      Revelation

      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

      How to Use This Bible

      Thank you for purchasing the HarperCollins Christian Publishing eBook version from Thomas Nelson and Zondervan’s excellent line of Bible translations that exist to serve Christians who not only recognize the Bible’s importance, but who also want a Bible to treasure in their lifelong pursuit of the knowledge of God’s revelation of Himself.

      There are a multitude of Bibles available to engage children, youth, men, and women with the Word of God, including Text Only, Daily, Devotional, Reference, and Comprehensive Study.

      What is the difference between an eBook and a print book?

      eBook versions of various Bibles contain all of the content and supplementary materials found in the original print versions and are optimized for navigation in the various apps and devices used for display. eReaders recognize text as one fluid string and are formatted in a single-column. eReaders currently do not support the more complex layout seen in print version books. Therefore, some content may not appear in the same place as in the original print version, but it is structured consistently and uses hyperlinks to navigate between related content.

      How do I use the eBook Table of Contents?

      *Important Note: Be sure to consult your device manufacturer’s User’s Guide for device-specific navigation instructions.*

      The Table of Contents is the primary navigation anchor to quickly access various parts of the Bible and is generally formatted in the same order as the original print version and hyperlinked as follows:

      • Front matter – Introductory articles

      • Old Testament

      • New Testament

      • Bible books

      • Bible chapters

      • Back matter – Supplementary materials

      Old Testament and New Testament hyperlinks quickly access individual Bible books and chapters in each testament.

      • Book links go directly to the Introduction.

      • Chapter links go directly to the beginning of the chapter associated with a book.

      • Every Bible book and chapter hyperlink returns or goes back to the Table of Contents.

      • Every entry is hyperlinked directly to the content-specific location in the main text.

      • Use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      How do I navigate to Bible Books, Chapters and Verses?

      Use the Table of Contents to navigate to Bible verses using one of the 2 methods below:

      Method 1

      • Navigate to and select a specific book of the Bible from the Table of Contents.

      • Select a chapter number hyperlink.

      • Use the device’s Next Page/Previous Page buttons or functions to scroll through the verses.

      • Use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      Method 2

      • Select either the Old Testament or New Testament hyperlink in the Table of Contents.

      • Use the device’s Next Page/Previous Page buttons or functions to scroll through the Bible books.

      • Select a chapter number hyperlink.

      • Use the device’s Next Page/Previous Page buttons or functions to scroll through the verses.

      • Use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      How do I navigate Supplementary Materials?

      The eBook version of the NIV Ragamuffin Bible includes introductory articles, the complete Old and New Testament text, Footnotes (Translators’ Notes), Reflections articles, topical articles, and Quotables by author Brennan Manning. Hyperlinks to the materials appear in the Table of Contents as well as the main Bible text.

      Footnotes (Translators’ Notes) are marked with a hyperlinked lowercase letter a to indicate important textual information.

      • Select the hyperlinked letter to the left of the word or phrase in the main Bible text to the corresponding note.

      • Select the hyperlinked letter to the left of the note and you are returned to the main Bible text or use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      Reflections articles feature thoughts about specific Bible passages.

      • Select the hyperlinked entry with a title that begins with the word Reflections at the end of a Bible verse to go to its location following the last chapter of each Bible book.

      • Select the hyperlinked chapter/verse 3:16 entry to go back to the Bible verse location or use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      Topical articles are articles that explore various Biblical topics.

      • Select the hyperlinked article title entry at the end of a Bible verse to go to its location following the last chapter of each Bible book.

      • Select the hyperlinked chapter/verse 3:16 entry to go back to the Bible verse location or use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      Quotables are short quotes by author Brennan Manning.

      • Select the hyperlinked Quotables entry at the end of a Bible verse to go to its location following the last chapter of each Bible book.

      • Select the hyperlinked chapter/verse 3:16 entry to go back to the Bible verse location or use the device’s back button or function to go back to the last selection.

      Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

      The books of the New Testament are indicated by italics.

      Acts

      Amos

      1 Chronicles

      2 Chronicles

      Colossians

      1 Corinthians

      2 Corinthians

      Daniel

      Deuteronomy

      Ecclesiastes

      Ephesians

      Esther

      Exodus

      Ezekiel

      Ezra

      Galatians

      Genesis

      Habakkuk

      Haggai

      Hebrews

      Hosea

      Isaiah

      James

      Jeremiah

      Job

      Joel

      John

      1 John

      2 John

      3 John

      Jonah

      Joshua

      Jude

      Judges

      1 Kings

      2 Kings

      Lamentations

      Leviticus

      Luke

      Malachi

      Mark

      Matthew

      Micah

      Nahum

      Nehemiah

      Numbers

      Obadiah

      1 Peter

      2 Peter

      Philemon

      Philippians

      Proverbs

      Psalms

      Revelation

      Romans

      Ruth

      1 Samuel

      2 Samuel

      Song of Songs

      1 Thessalonians

      2 Thessalonians

      1 Timothy

      2 Timothy

      Titus

      Zechariah

      Zephaniah

      Topical Articles Index

      Genesis

      Why Did God Make the World? (Genesis 1)

      Recreation (Genesis 2:1–3)

      Authentic Faith (Genesis 12)

      Wrestling (Genesis 32:22–32)

      Forgiveness (Genesis 45)

      A Trusting Heart (Genesis 50:15–21)

      Exodus

      Scandal (Exodus 20:1–3)

      Trinkets and Trophies (Exodus 32)

      God Loves You as You Are (Exodus 34:5–6)

      Pay Attention (Exodus 40:34–38)

      Leviticus

      Unclean (Leviticus 11)

      Numbers

      Divine Abandon (Numbers 13)

      Tainted Trust (Numbers 13)

      Deuteronomy

      Winky (Deuteronomy 7:7–10)

      Because He Loves You (Deuteronomy 23:5)

      Joshua

      Grace Precedes the Call (Joshua 1)

      Judges

      Samson (Judges 16)

      Ruth

      Do the Work (Ruth 2)

      2 Samuel

      Trust What You’ve Received (2 Samuel 7)

      Treasure This Child (2 Samuel 9)

      No Others (2 Samuel 9)

      Life-Changing Trust (2 Samuel 22:33)

      1 Kings

      The Weight of Glory (1 Kings 3)

      1 Chronicles

      Mighty Warriors (1 Chronicles 11:10–47)

      Ezra

      Stop Harping (Ezra 10:1–17)

      Nehemiah

      Risky Business (Nehemiah 2:1–10)

      Job

      God Is Sovereign (Job 1)

      Good and Trouble (Job 2:1–13)

      Psalms

      The Far Side of Hopelessness (Psalm 10:14, 17–18)

      Content in All (Psalm 28:6–7)

      Have Mercy (Psalm 123:2)

      Matters Too Great for Me (Psalm 131)

      Proverbs

      One Master (Proverbs 12:20)

      A Mirror (Proverbs 15:32)

      Ecclesiastes

      Well Done? (Ecclesiastes 4)

      Song of Songs

      Winter’s Over (Song of Songs 2)

      Isaiah

      The Great Season (Isaiah 9:1–7)

      Listening and Living Free (Isaiah 11:6–10)

      Liked by God! (Isaiah 49:1–5, 15)

      Suffering and Glory (Isaiah 53)

      Sabbath (Isaiah 58)

      Jeremiah

      Never Too Young (Jeremiah 1)

      The Summons (Jeremiah 7:1–29)

      Thank You, Lord (Jeremiah 33:10–11)

      Lamentations

      Help! (Lamentations 3:22–25)

      Ezekiel

      Brilliance (Ezekiel 1)

      Deceiving Ourselves (Ezekiel 18:21–22)

      He Wants the Heart (Ezekiel 39:21–29)

      Daniel

      The Flames of God’s Glory (Daniel 3)

      Hosea

      Prayer (Hosea 11:1, 3–4, 8–9)

      Joel

      Compassion (Joel 2:13)

      Amos

      Empty Religion (Amos 5)

      Jonah

      Think Big About God (Jonah 4)

      Micah

      The Mountain of God (Micah 4)

      Habakkuk

      Look. Watch. Be Amazed. (Habakkuk 1)

      Zephaniah

      We Grow Tender (Zephaniah 3:17)

      Moment of Truth (Zephaniah 3:17)

      Zechariah

      God Takes It Slow (Zechariah 2:13)

      True Justice (Zechariah 7)

      Matthew

      Poverty of Spirit (Matthew 5:3)

      Got to Be More (Matthew 6:19–21)

      Reaping What You Sow (Matthew 13:1–9)

      Now (Matthew 18:1–5)

      Debts and Debtors (Matthew 18:21–35)

      Insanely Generous (Matthew 20:1–16)

      Unknown Day and Hour (Matthew 24:36–51)

      No Wasting Time (Matthew 24:36–51)

      We Shall Live Too (Matthew 28:1–10)

      Mark

      God’s Son (Mark 2:20–35)

      Poverty of Uniqueness (Mark 6:1–6)

      Jesus and the Children (Mark 10:13–16)

      God as Abba (Mark 14:36)

      Luke

      Crazy With Love (Luke 15:11–32)

      The Maddening Crowd (Luke 19:1–10)

      John

      Angry Savior (John 2:13–25)

      Beware of Caiaphas (John 11:45–57)

      Leaning on Jesus (John 13:23, 25)

      A New Command (John 13:31–38)

      Do You Love Me? (John 21:15–21)

      Acts

      Faithful to Worship (Acts 28:11–16)

      Romans

      Praise in Our Brokenness (Romans 7)

      Nothing Can Separate Us (Romans 8:31–39)

      Lost in Wonder (Romans 11:33–36)

      1 Corinthians

      Ancient Expectations (1 Corinthians 1:18–31)

      Christ Crucified (1 Corinthians 2:1–4)

      Cadre of Christians (1 Corinthians 4:10)

      In Christ (1 Corinthians 15:22)

      2 Corinthians

      Living Through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:11–21)

      Hope in Weakness (2 Corinthians 12:1–10)

      Galatians

      Death to Life (Galatians 2:19–21)

      Ephesians

      Talking to the Father (Ephesians 5:19–20)

      Philippians

      Because He Lives (Philippians 1:12–26)

      Colossians

      The Risen Jesus (Colossians 1:15–23)

      1 Thessalonians

      No Bad Prayers (1 Thessalonians 5:16–18)

      1 Timothy

      True Humility (1 Timothy 3)

      2 Timothy

      Remember Jesus (2 Timothy 2:1–13)

      Titus

      A Great Affection (Titus 3:3–8)

      Hebrews

      Jesus the Merciful (Hebrews 5:1–10)

      Chutzpah (Hebrews 10:19–39)

      James

      Taming the Tongue (James 3)

      The Good We Ought to Do (James 4:13–17)

      2 Peter

      Love (2 Peter 1:5–7)

      1 John

      Self-Deception (1 John 1:8)

      Genuine Faith (1 John 4:16)

      Revelation

      A New Name (Revelation 2:17)

      Reflections Index

      Genesis

      Very Good (Genesis 1)

      Element of Delight (Genesis 2)

      The Great Deception (Genesis 3)

      Babel and Babble (Genesis 11)

      Stopping at Nothing (Genesis 12:1–7)

      Whatever You Want (Genesis 17)

      Encountering God (Genesis 18:1–15)

      Laughter (Genesis 21:1–7)

      Testing (Genesis 22:1–19)

      Abrahamic Trust (Genesis 22)

      Grab Aholt (Genesis 32:22–32)

      Exodus

      Choose This Day (Exodus 3)

      Remember (Exodus 12:31–42)

      Rock Solid (Exodus 17)

      The Name (Exodus 33:19)

      Leviticus

      The Jubilee! (Leviticus 25:8–12)

      Numbers

      Blessing (Numbers 6:24–26)

      God Wants Humble Leaders (Numbers 12)

      Obstacles to Trust (Numbers 14:1–4)

      Deuteronomy

      Trusting the Lord (Deuteronomy 1:29–33)

      Humbled (Deuteronomy 2)

      Do (Deuteronomy 5)

      Caring for Each Other (Deuteronomy 19)

      The Courage to Be (Deuteronomy 31:1–8)

      Joshua

      Go (Joshua 1:1–9)

      Creative Tension (Joshua 3:1–6)

      Unfailing (Joshua 23:14)

      Yes, We Are Witnesses (Joshua 24:19–28)

      Judges

      Saddened (Judges 2:1–5)

      No Other Gods—None! (Judges 10:6)

      Ruth

      At Wit’s End (Ruth 1:6–22)

      Wherever You Lead, I’ll Follow (Ruth 1)

      1 Samuel

      Hopefully (1 Samuel 2:1–10)

      Coming Up Short (1 Samuel 8)

      Success (1 Samuel 12:16–25)

      Looking Inward (1 Samuel 16:7)

      The Gift of a Friend (1 Samuel 18:1–4)

      2 Samuel

      To Dance (2 Samuel 6)

      The Grace to Forgive (2 Samuel 12:1–14)

      Heroic Courage (2 Samuel 18:33)

      Everything Comes From God (2 Samuel 23:2)

      1 Kings

      Request for Wonder (1 Kings 3:1–15)

      Authentic Prayer (1 Kings 8:22–53)

      Consider Solomon (1 Kings 10:26—11:3)

      Falling and Crying, He Is God! (1 Kings 18)

      Shock and Awe (1 Kings 19)

      2 Kings

      The Root of Peace (2 Kings 1:1–18)

      Helping a Widow (2 Kings 4:1–7)

      No Bad Prayers (2 Kings 19:14–19)

      Risks (2 Kings 23)

      1 Chronicles

      Second Call (1 Chronicles 16:33–35)

      Magnificent Monotony (1 Chronicles 29:11)

      2 Chronicles

      Joy and Other Emotions (2 Chronicles 30:26)

      Qualified to Lead (2 Chronicles 33:12–20)

      Naked Trust (2 Chronicles 34:1–13)

      The Crucible (2 Chronicles 36:15–23)

      Ezra

      Quiet Confidence (Ezra 9:8)

      Nehemiah

      Drawing Near to God (Nehemiah 9:2–3)

      In God’s Hands (Nehemiah 9:17)

      Thanksgiving (Nehemiah 12:46)

      Esther

      Trust (Esther 4)

      Mourning into Joy (Esther 9:20–32)

      Job

      Prayer of Abandonment (Job 3)

      Talking Isn’t Listening (Job 6:8–9)

      I Wish, I Wish (Job 7:11–16)

      Fragile Trust (Job 8:14–15)

      Trust Grows (Job 13:15)

      Something From Nothing (Job 26)

      Breath of the Almighty (Job 33:4)

      God’s Wonders (Job 37)

      Raw God (Job 42:7)

      Psalms

      Dwelling in Safety (Psalm 4)

      How Majestic! (Psalm 8)

      What He Actually Is (Psalm 22:16–18)

      The Good Shepherd (Psalm 23)

      Saying Good-Bye to Fear (Psalm 34:4)

      Peace and Love (Psalm 37:17)

      Good and Evil (Psalm 37)

      Let Me Know (Psalm 39)

      Your Will, Not Mine (Psalm 40:8)

      Conscious Communion (Psalm 46)

      White as Snow (Psalm 51)

      The Sound of Silence (Psalm 62)

      Someone to Thank (Psalm 65)

      Helper of the Fatherless (Psalm 68:5)

      Home (Psalm 84:3)

      The Song of Trust (Psalm 89)

      Making Music to His Name (Psalm 92:1–3)

      Hard Hearts (Psalm 95)

      Enter His Courts (Psalm 100)

      The Challenge of Trust (Psalm 102)

      Grumbling (Psalm 106:24–27)

      Love God and People (Psalm 119:10)

      So We Can Serve Today (Psalm 130)

      Enduring Love (Psalm 136)

      Truly Known (Psalm 139)

      The Mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Psalm 145:9)

      Proverbs

      Our True Vocation (Proverbs 1)

      Don’t Put Off Until Tomorrow (Proverbs 15:19)

      Noonday Devil (Proverbs 16:2)

      As Yourself (Proverbs 19:8)

      Falling (Proverbs 24:15–16)

      Tuned In (Proverbs 28:10)

      Give Me Only What I Need (Proverbs 30:1–4)

      A Woman of Nobility (Proverbs 31:10–31)

      Ecclesiastes

      Glory’s Territory (Ecclesiastes 1)

      De-Selfing (Ecclesiastes 2:17–26)

      A Christian Life (Ecclesiastes 7:15)

      Song of Songs

      Quiet and Still (Song of Songs 7:10)

      Isaiah

      What God Doesn’t Want (Isaiah 1)

      Jesus Knew (Isaiah 7:14)

      Transformational Trust (Isaiah 26:1–3)

      It’s More Than God and Me (Isaiah 29:13)

      Self-Concept (Isaiah 30:15–18)

      Lift Up Your Eyes (Isaiah 40:26)

      Plea for Forgiveness (Isaiah 43:1–7)

      The Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 52:13–15)

      The Great Intercession (Isaiah 53:12)

      Granting Access to Honesty (Isaiah 59)

      We Are Not God (Isaiah 64:6)

      The Writing on the Wall (Isaiah 66:18–21)

      Jeremiah

      No Fear (Jeremiah 1:4–10)

      Words, Words (Jeremiah 7:1–8)

      Remain in God’s Love (Jeremiah 20:14–18)

      Plan to Prosper (Jeremiah 29:1–23)

      Abounding Faithfulness (Jeremiah 31:31–34)

      Nothing Is Too Hard for Him (Jeremiah 32:17)

      God’s Will (Jeremiah 40)

      Lamentations

      Help and Comfort (Lamentations 1:16)

      Ezekiel

      Watchman (Ezekiel 3)

      Abba Is Not Our Enemy (Ezekiel 18)

      Vision (Ezekiel 37:1–14)

      Astonished by His Presence (Ezekiel 43:1–12)

      Daniel

      Total Devotion (Daniel 1:8–16)

      Hosea

      Divine Lover (Hosea 2)

      Imagery (Hosea 6)

      His Name Is Mercy (Hosea 14)

      Amos

      Artists and Mystics and Shepherds (Amos 1)

      What God Hates (Amos 5)

      Obadiah

      What Is the Lord’s (Obadiah 21)

      Jonah

      Life Interrupted (Jonah 1)

      Sin and Grace (Jonah 3:6–10)

      Micah

      Great Expectations (Micah 6:8)

      Mercy’s Delight (Micah 7:18)

      Recessed of Eternity (Micah 7:18–19)

      Nahum

      His Mercy Is a Refuge (Nahum 1:6–8)

      Habakkuk

      The Great One (Habakkuk 3)

      Haggai

      Presence and Promise (Haggai 2:1–9)

      Zechariah

      Caretaker (Zechariah 10)

      The Beautiful Cross (Zechariah 12:10)

      Last Days (Zechariah 14:1)

      Malachi

      Freedom in Love (Malachi 4:2)

      Matthew

      God’s Son (Matthew 3:13–17)

      Worship (Matthew 5:23–24)

      Wise Builders (Matthew 7:24–27)

      Fighting for the Sinners (Matthew 9:9–13)

      Necessity of Faith (Matthew 9:27–31)

      Compassionate Savior (Matthew 9:35–38)

      The Fellowship of the Suffering (Matthew 10)

      Friend of Sinners (Matthew 11:19)

      Lesson in Humility (Matthew 11:25–30)

      Surrender Is Victory (Matthew 16:21–28)

      Being First (Matthew 18:1–5)

      The Responsibility of Being Free (Matthew 23:1–12)

      Practice What You Preach (Matthew 23:1–12)

      Go There and Pray (Matthew 26:36–46)

      Living With Jesus Now (Matthew 28:20)

      Mark

      God Alone (Mark 2:1–12)

      Breaking Bread With Jesus (Mark 2:13–22)

      Illusions and Expectations (Mark 4:35–41)

      Surpassing Worth (Mark 8:29)

      Exchanging Security for the Savior (Mark 10:46–52)

      Why? (Mark 15)

      Luke

      Nearer to God (Luke 5:17–26)

      Countercultural Lifestyle (Luke 6:27–36)

      The Children (Luke 9:46–48)

      True Servanthood (Luke 12:35–48)

      Explaining Suffering (Luke 13:1–9)

      Doing Over Being (Luke 14:1–14)

      Clever Resourcefulness (Luke 16:1–15)

      Questioning the Pharisee Within (Luke 18:9–14)

      The Sinner’s Guest (Luke 19:1–10)

      The Good Thief (Luke 23:26–43)

      Dinner With Jesus (Luke 24:30–32)

      John

      False Images of God (John 3:1–21)

      The Secret Meeting (John 3:1–21)

      The Great Revealer (John 3)

      The Danger of Human Praise (John 5:43–44)

      Rediscovery (John 10:10)

      A Servant’s Heart (John 13:1–17)

      A New Day (John 15:1–17)

      Knowing God (John 17:3)

      True Victory (John 19)

      Acts

      We Need Others (Acts 2:42–47)

      Pentecost (Acts 2)

      A Continued Pentecost (Acts 3:1–10)

      Gathered in the Name of Jesus (Acts 4:32–35)

      The Only Question (Acts 5:12–16)

      The Power of Baptism (Acts 8:35–38)

      Without Exception (Acts 10)

      Good News (Acts 13:32–41)

      Nobility Obligation (Acts 16:11–15)

      Only the Daring (Acts 18:18–28)

      Romans

      Gospel of Grace (Romans 1:1–7)

      Good News? (Romans 1:17)

      Befriending the Riffraff (Romans 3:10)

      Christlikeness (Romans 5:1–11)

      Being Alive in Christ (Romans 6:1–14)

      Our Father (Romans 8:14–16)

      The Help of God (Romans 13:11–14)

      1 Corinthians

      Crazy Foolish (1 Corinthians 4:1–5)

      Outer and Inner Life (1 Corinthians 9:1–18)

      Do Not Be Uninformed (1 Corinthians 12)

      L-O-V-E (1 Corinthians 16:14)

      In Christ (1 Corinthians 16:24)

      2 Corinthians

      Restoring the Sinner (2 Corinthians 2:5–11)

      Freedom in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:17)

      Blessed Imperfection (2 Corinthians 12:9)

      Galatians

      Freedom With Limits (Galatians 5:13)

      Fools for Christ (Galatians 6:11–18)

      Ephesians

      Filled to the Fullness (Ephesians 3:17–19)

      The Importance of Forgiveness (Ephesians 4:1–6)

      Serve Wholeheartedly (Ephesians 6:7)

      Philippians

      In the Spirit (Philippians 2:1–3)

      Power in the Risen Christ (Philippians 3:10)

      Indifference (Philippians 4:10–20)

      Colossians

      Glorious Freedom (Colossians 2:16–17)

      In Christ, In Peace (Colossians 3:15)

      1 Thessalonians

      The Source of Life (1 Thessalonians 5:19)

      1 Timothy

      Beware (1 Timothy 1:15–17)

      2 Timothy

      Those Around Us (2 Timothy 3:1–5)

      Titus

      Believing We Are the Beloved (Titus 3:3–8)

      Philemon

      A Prayer for God’s Plans (Philemon)

      Hebrews

      Our Father (Hebrews 1:1–2)

      No More Fear (Hebrews 2:8–9)

      Jesus Is God (Hebrews 4:14–16)

      Cost of Discipleship (Hebrews 11:24–26)

      Jesus the Pioneer (Hebrews 12:2)

      1 Peter

      Present Resurrection (1 Peter 1:3–5)

      Mirror of Christ (1 Peter 2:21)

      Humble Realizations (1 Peter 5:5–6)

      1 John

      Love in Action (1 John 3:17–18)

      God Is Love (1 John 4:8–10)

      What He Didn’t Say (1 John 4:11)

      Jude

      A Moral Code (Jude)

      Revelation

      Presence of Christ (Revelation 3:20)

      Like Father, Like Son (Revelation 11:15–18)

      The Rider Called Faithful and True (Revelation 19)

      Judgment (Revelation 20)

      From Darkness to the Light (Revelation 21:1–4)

      Quotables Index

      Genesis 6:1

      Genesis 14:1

      Genesis 25:1

      Genesis 33:1

      Genesis 41:1

      Genesis 48:1

      Exodus 6:1

      Exodus 13:1

      Exodus 18:1

      Exodus 28:1

      Exodus 36:1

      Leviticus 3:1

      Leviticus 9:1

      Leviticus 19:1

      Numbers 1:1

      Numbers 8:1

      Numbers 16:1

      Numbers 24:1

      Numbers 34:1

      Deuteronomy 3:1

      Deuteronomy 11:1

      Deuteronomy 18:1

      Deuteronomy 26:1

      Deuteronomy 33:1

      Joshua 6:1

      Joshua 15:1

      Judges 1:1

      Judges 7:1

      Judges 13:1

      Judges 21:1

      Ruth 4:1

      1 Samuel 10:1

      1 Samuel 14:1

      1 Samuel 21:1

      1 Samuel 30:1

      2 Samuel 3:1

      2 Samuel 14:1

      2 Samuel 24:1

      1 Kings 12:1

      1 Kings 20:1

      2 Kings 6:1

      2 Kings 14:1

      1 Chronicles 1:1

      1 Chronicles 9:1

      1 Chronicles 19:1

      1 Chronicles 27:1

      2 Chronicles 3:1

      2 Chronicles 11:1

      2 Chronicles 19:1

      2 Chronicles 27:1

      Ezra 1:1

      Ezra 6:1

      Nehemiah 5:1

      Esther 1:1

      Esther 7:1

      Job 10:1

      Job 17:1

      Job 24:1

      Job 31:1

      Job 40:1

      Psalms 5:1

      Psalms 12:1

      Psalms 20:1

      Psalms 30:1

      Psalms 43:1

      Psalms 49:1

      Psalms 58:1

      Psalms 67:1

      Psalms 75:1

      Psalms 82:1

      Psalms 91:1

      Psalms 97:1

      Psalms 104:1

      Psalms 112:1

      Psalms 121:1

      Psalms 126:1

      Psalms 134:1

      Psalms 142:1

      Psalms 149:1

      Proverbs 2:1

      Proverbs 10:1

      Proverbs 18:1

      Proverbs 21:1

      Proverbs 26:1

      Ecclesiastes 3:1

      Ecclesiastes 10:1

      Song of Songs 1:1

      Song of Songs 6:1

      Isaiah 4:1

      Isaiah 13:1

      Isaiah 21:1

      Isaiah 31:1

      Isaiah 37:1

      Isaiah 46:1

      Isaiah 56:1

      Isaiah 62:1

      Jeremiah 4:1

      Jeremiah 12:1

      Jeremiah 19:1

      Jeremiah 27:1

      Jeremiah 36:1

      Jeremiah 46:1

      Lamentations 5:1

      Ezekiel 9:1

      Ezekiel 20:1

      Ezekiel 29:1

      Ezekiel 38:1

      Ezekiel 47:1

      Daniel 9:1

      Hosea 8:1

      Joel 1:1

      Amos 8:1

      Micah 1:1

      Nahum 3:1

      Habakkuk 2:1

      Zephaniah 1:1

      Haggai 1:1

      Zechariah 5:1

      Zechariah 13:1

      Malachi 2:1

      Matthew 1:1

      Matthew 8:1

      Matthew 15:1

      Matthew 22:1

      Mark 1:1

      Mark 12:1

      Luke 1:1

      Luke 7:1

      Luke 14:1

      Luke 21:1

      John 6:1

      John 14:1

      Acts 1:1

      Acts 7:1

      Acts 15:1

      Acts 24:1

      Romans 16:1

      1 Corinthians 7:1

      2 Corinthians 1:1

      2 Corinthians 10:1

      Galatians 4:1

      1 Thessalonians 1:1

      2 Thessalonians 2:1

      2 Thessalonians 3:1

      Hebrews 8:1

      2 Peter 2:1

      2 John 1:1

      3 John 1:1

      Revelation 6:1

      Revelation 15:1

      Introduction

      The Bible was written with a specific reading audience in mind—humanity, the great we. As such, this book is for you. It really is. I wrote the following words years ago in The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus and I cannot improve on them, so here they are again. My prayer is that they serve as an introduction. If you don’t have a bishop, substitute pastor or minister. If you don’t have one of those in your life, insert the word friend.

      Suppose it were so ordained that your whole future, your eternal destiny, was to depend on your personal relationship with the bishop of your area. Wouldn’t you arrange to spend considerably more time with him than you do now? Wouldn’t you try with his help to overcome all the character defects and personality traits that you knew were displeasing to him? And suppose business obligations called you away to that city of saints and scholars, Brooklyn, New York. Wouldn’t you drop him frequent notes from there and be eager to return to him as the deer pants for streams of water (Psalm 42:1)?

      And if he confided to you that he kept a diary of personal memoirs, which were the deepest whisperings of his inner self, wouldn’t you be eager not only to read them but to steep yourself in them so that you might know and love him more?

      What you have in your hands is God’s personal memoirs. There are some of my thoughts sprinkled throughout as well, but they serve only to highlight God’s extravagant love. Because as the French Easter liturgy says, "L’amour de Dieu est folie," the love of God is foolishness, and it demands a joyous response from us.

      Under the mercy,

      Brennan

      Preface to the NIV

      The goal of the New International version (NIV) is to enable English-speaking people from around the world to read and hear God’s eternal Word in their own language. Our work as translators is motivated by our conviction that the Bible is God’s Word in written form. We believe that the Bible contains the divine answer to the deepest needs of humanity, sheds unique light on our path in a dark world and sets forth the way to our eternal well-being. Out of these deep convictions, we have sought to recreate as far as possible the experience of the original audience—blending transparency to the original text with accessibility for the millions of English speakers around the world. We have prioritized accuracy, clarity and literary quality with the goal of creating a translation suitable for public and private reading, evangelism, teaching, preaching, memorizing and liturgical use. We have also sought to preserve a measure of continuity with the long tradition of translating the Scriptures into English.

      The complete NIV Bible was first published in 1978. It was a completely new translation made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The translators came from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, giving the translation an international scope. They were from many denominations and churches—including Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Wesleyan and others. This breadth of denominational and theological perspective helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias. For these reasons, and by the grace of God, the NIV has gained a wide readership in all parts of the English-speaking world.

      The work of translating the Bible is never finished. As good as they are, English translations must be regularly updated so that they will continue to communicate accurately the meaning of God’s Word. Updates are needed in order to reflect the latest developments in our understanding of the biblical world and its languages and to keep pace with changes in English usage. Recognizing, then, that the NIV would retain its ability to communicate God’s Word accurately only if it were regularly updated, the original translators established The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The committee is a self-perpetuating group of biblical scholars charged with keeping abreast of advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English and issuing periodic updates to the NIV. CBT is an independent, self-governing body and has sole responsibility for the NIV text. The committee mirrors the original group of translators in its diverse international and denominational makeup and in its unifying commitment to the Bible as God’s inspired Word.

      In obedience to its mandate, the committee has issued periodic updates to the NIV. An initial revision was released in 1984. A more thorough revision process was completed in 2005, resulting in the separately published Today’s New International version (TNIV). The updated NIV you now have in your hands builds on both the original NIV and the TNIV and represents the latest effort of the committee to articulate God’s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.

      The first concern of the translators has continued to be the accuracy of the translation and its faithfulness to the intended meaning of the biblical writers. This has moved the translators to go beyond a formal word-for-word rendering of the original texts. Because thought patterns and syntax differ from language to language, accurate communication of the meaning of the biblical authors demands constant regard for varied contextual uses of words and idioms and for frequent modifications in sentence structures.

      As an aid to the reader, sectional headings have been inserted. They are not to be regarded as part of the biblical text and are not intended for oral reading. It is the committee’s hope that these headings may prove more helpful to the reader than the traditional chapter divisions, which were introduced long after the Bible was written.

      For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The Masoretic Text tradition contains marginal notations that offer variant readings. These have sometimes been followed instead of the text itself. Because such instances involve variants within the Masoretic tradition, they have not been indicated in the textual notes. In a few cases, words in the basic consonantal text have been divided differently than in the Masoretic Text. Such cases are usually indicated in the textual footnotes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions—the Greek Septuagint, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, the Latin vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, the Aramaic Targums and, for the Psalms, the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the scribal traditions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading. In rare cases, the committee has emended the Hebrew text where it appears to have become corrupted at an even earlier stage of its transmission. These departures from the Masoretic Text are also indicated in the textual footnotes. Sometimes the vowel indicators (which are later additions to the basic consonantal text) found in the Masoretic Text did not, in the judgment of the committee, represent the correct vowels for the original text. Accordingly, some words have been read with a different set of vowels. These instances are usually not indicated in the footnotes.

      The Greek text used in translating the New Testament is an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. The committee has made its choices among the variant readings in accordance with widely accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where uncertainty remains.

      The New Testament authors, writing in Greek, often quote the Old Testament from its ancient Greek version, the Septuagint. This is one reason why some of the Old Testament quotations in the NIV New Testament are not identical to the corresponding passages in the NIV Old Testament. Such quotations in the New Testament are indicated with the footnote (see Septuagint).

      Other footnotes in this version are of several kinds, most of which need no explanation. Those giving alternative translations begin with Or and generally introduce the alternative with the last word preceding it in the text, except when it is a single-word alternative. When poetry is quoted in a footnote, a slash mark indicates a line division.

      It should be noted that references to diseases, minerals, flora and fauna, architectural details, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments and other articles cannot always be identified with precision. Also, linear measurements and measures of capacity can only be approximated (see the Table of Weights and Measures). Although Selah, used mainly in the Psalms, is probably a musical term, its meaning is uncertain. Since it may interrupt reading and distract the reader, this word has not been kept in the English text, but every occurrence has been signaled by a footnote.

      One of the main reasons the task of Bible translation is never finished is the change in our own language, English. Although a basic core of the language remains relatively stable, many diverse and complex linguistic factors continue to bring about subtle shifts in the meanings and/or connotations of even old, well-established words and phrases. One of the shifts that creates particular challenges to writers and translators alike is the manner in which gender is presented. The original NIV (1978) was published in a time when a man would naturally be understood, in many contexts, to be referring to a person, whether male of female. But most English speakers today tend to hear a distinctly male connotation in this word. In recognition of this change in English, this edition of the NIV, along with almost all other recent English translations, substitutes other expressions when the original text intends to refer generically to men and women equally. Thus, for instance, the NIV (1984) rendering of 1 Corinthians 8:3, But the man who loves God is known by God becomes in this edition But whoever loves God is known by God. On the other hand, man and mankind, as ways of denoting the human race, are still widely used. This edition of the NIV therefore continues to use these words, along with other expressions, in this way.

      A related shift in English creates a greater challenge for modern translations: the move away from using the third-person masculine singular pronouns—he/him/his—to refer to men and women equally. This usage does persist at a low level in some forms of English, and this revision therefore occasionally uses these pronouns in a generic sense. But the tendency, recognized in day-to-day usage and confirmed by extensive research, is away from the generic use of he, him and his. In recognition of this shift in language and in an effort to translate into the common English that people are actually using, this revision of the NIV generally uses other constructions when the biblical text is plainly addressed to men and women equally. The reader will frequently encounter a they, them or their to express a generic singular idea. Thus, for instance, Mark 8:36 reads: What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? This generic use of the indefinite or singular they/them/their has a venerable place in English idiom and has quickly become established as standard English, spoken and written, all over the world. Where an individual emphasis is deemed to be present, anyone or everyone or some other equivalent is generally used as the antecedent of such pronouns.

      Sometimes the chapter and/or verse numbering in English translations of the Old Testament differs from that found in published Hebrew texts. This is particularly the case in the Psalms, where the traditional titles are often included in the Hebrew verse numbering. Such differences are indicated in the footnotes at the bottom of the page. In the New Testament, verse numbers that marked off portions of the traditional English text not supported by the best Greek manuscripts now appear in brackets, with a footnote indicating the text that has been omitted (see, for example, Matthew 17:[21]).

      Mark 16:9–20 and John 7:53–8:11, although long accorded virtually equal status with the rest of the Gospels in which they stand, have a very questionable—and confused—standing in the textual history of the New Testament, as noted in the bracketed annotations with which they are set off. A different typeface has been chosen for these passages to indicate even more clearly their uncertain status.

      Basic formatting of the text, such as lining the poetry, paragraphing (both prose and poetry), setting up of (administrative-like) lists, indenting letters and lengthy prayers within narratives and the insertion of sectional headings, has been the work of the committee. However, the choice between single-column and double-column formats has been left to the publishers. Also the issuing of red-letter editions is a publisher’s choice—one the committee does not endorse.

      The committee has again been reminded that every human effort is flawed—including this revision of the NIV. We trust, however, that many will find in it an improved representation of the Word of God, through which they hear his call to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and to service in his kingdom. We offer this version of the Bible to him in whose name and for whose glory it has been made.

      The Committee on Bible Translation

      September 2010

      The Old Testament

      Genesis

      Genesis 1

      The Beginning

      ¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Why Did God Make the World? Reflections: Very Good

      ³And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

      ⁶And God said, Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water. ⁷So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. ⁸God called the vault sky. And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

      ⁹And God said, Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry ground land, and the gathered waters he called seas. And God saw that it was good.

      ¹¹Then God said, Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. And it was so. ¹²The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

      ¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, ¹⁵and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth. And it was so. ¹⁶God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. ¹⁷God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

      ²⁰And God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky. ²¹So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²²God blessed them and said, Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth. ²³And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

      ²⁴And God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so. ²⁵God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

      ²⁶Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,a and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

      ²⁷So God created mankind in his own image,

      in the image of God he created them;

      male and female he created them.

      ²⁸God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

      ²⁹Then God said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food. And it was so.

      ³¹God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

      Genesis 2

      ¹Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. Recreation Reflections: Element of Delight

      ²By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. ³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

      Adam and Eve

      ⁴This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the

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      God made the earth and the heavens.

      ⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the eartha and no plant had yet sprung up, for the

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      God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streamsb came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the

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      God formed a manc from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

      ⁸Now the

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      God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The

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      God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

      ¹⁰A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. ¹¹The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹²(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resind and onyx are also there.) ¹³The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.e ¹⁴The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

      ¹⁵The

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      God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶And the

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      God commanded the man, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; ¹⁷but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.

      ¹⁸The

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      God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

      ¹⁹Now the

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      God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. ²⁰So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

      But for Adamf no suitable helper was found. ²¹So the

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      God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribsg and then closed up the place with flesh. ²²Then the

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      God made a woman from the ribh he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

      ²³The man said,

      "This is now bone of my bones

      and flesh of my flesh;

      she shall be called ‘woman,’

      for she was taken out of man."

      ²⁴That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

      ²⁵Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

      Genesis 3

      The Fall

      ¹Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the

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      God had made. He said to the woman, Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? Reflections: The Great Deception

      ²The woman said to the serpent, We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’

      ⁴You will not certainly die, the serpent said to the woman. ⁵For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

      ⁶When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

      ⁸Then the man and his wife heard

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