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What’s a good Bible to get

NoBacon

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Is the king James study bible a good one to get into the Bible ? Or are there better ones?

The one which I read fully (well, almost) is NIV.

I have it on kindle because it’s just convenient, I have several physical copies in various translations.

NIV is very readable, which is the most important thing imo. At least to begin with.
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NoBacon

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Does it have footnotes and shit in it? I don’t want to have to keep looking shit up all the time

Just read the NIV New Testament in full, think about it obviously but just finish it, that’s where you should start. Then read the Old Testament and then worry about studying it, there’s a billion companion study books, YouTube etc. I’ve started a Bible study group (nobody will believe me so I don’t talk about it) and we have a growing group of like minded guys my age.

The Lord is opening the eyes of many in this degenerate troubling time. Every one of us started as athiests and turned to Christ during Covid.
 
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Just read the NIV New Testament in full, think about it obviously but just finish it, that’s where you should start. Then read the Old Testament and then worry about studying it, there’s a billion companion study books, YouTube etc. I’ve started a Bible study group (nobody will believe me so I don’t talk about it) and we have a growing group of like minded guys my age.

The Lord is opening the eyes of many in this degenerate troubling time. Every one of us started as athiests and turned to Christ during Covid.

Yea most of my “eye openers” happened during the military. With covid, political insanity, and people wanting more government… something is going on. Also, seeing legit walking dead people right out my bed room window is another good sign.
 

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Just read the NIV New Testament in full, think about it obviously but just finish it, that’s where you should start. Then read the Old Testament and then worry about studying it, there’s a billion companion study books, YouTube etc. I’ve started a Bible study group (nobody will believe me so I don’t talk about it) and we have a growing group of like minded guys my age.

The Lord is opening the eyes of many in this degenerate troubling time. Every one of us started as athiests and turned to Christ during Covid.
Are you saying you watched Superbook in lockdown?

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Just read the NIV New Testament in full, think about it obviously but just finish it, that’s where you should start. Then read the Old Testament and then worry about studying it, there’s a billion companion study books, YouTube etc. I’ve started a Bible study group (nobody will believe me so I don’t talk about it) and we have a growing group of like minded guys my age.

The Lord is opening the eyes of many in this degenerate troubling time. Every one of us started as athiests and turned to Christ during Covid.

Also, the whole bashing of Jesus being allowed is also really telling.

Looking back at this, that was another eye opener. I think the only funny “bash” on Jesus I have ever seen was the memes from like 20 years ago with Jesus with laser eyes. Or Jesus bugging people in the bank. Even though those weren’t really mean spirited or bashing him really.
 

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go with that blue bible book app or whatever - after you download the addons you will have access to like 5 dozen different versions and the ability to splitscreen them for easy comparison.
 

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go with that blue bible book app or whatever - after you download the addons you will have access to like 5 dozen different versions and the ability to splitscreen them for easy comparison.
That's one thing that bothered me about American evangelicals. They believe in absolute biblicism, bible is the word of God, not a one of them studies the languages it was written in or bothers with more than one translation. The translator isn't god, stupid.
 

NoBacon

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Yea most of my “eye openers” happened during the military. With covid, political insanity, and people wanting more government… something is going on. Also, seeing legit walking dead people right out my bed room window is another good sign.

This helped me:

If you want to know how to fight demons.

And this testimony is what I believe in my heart to be what we need to hear now. I had to hear this and this is how I did. The message will reach everyone differently if they’re hearts aren’t hardened.

 

NoBacon

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Also, the whole bashing of Jesus being allowed is also really telling.

Looking back at this, that was another eye opener. I think the only funny “bash” on Jesus I have ever seen was the memes from like 20 years ago with Jesus with laser eyes. Or Jesus bugging people in the bank. Even though those weren’t really mean spirited or bashing him really.

It all must happen, I know this to be true, the craziest shit ever is when you read the Bible and realise how rational and direct it is at times, it tells you bluntly and simply what is to come and why and what to do. (This is why I know @JebJoh and his ilk haven’t read it, because they still think what they’ve been told about it, that it’s all nonsense rambling and irrational)

My battle is not being angry and letting go.

The “woke mind virus” is actually just “the unholy anti Christ spirit”.
 

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The Catena app is pretty cool. Based on the septuagint, has all the books that the Protestants leave out of their bibles plus commentaries from the church fathers. If you want a hardcover get the Orthodox Study Bible.
 

Turry Fawks

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That's one thing that bothered me about American evangelicals. They believe in absolute biblicism, bible is the word of God, not a one of them studies the languages it was written in or bothers with more than one translation. The translator isn't god, stupid.
They basically elevate the Bible itself to a fourth member of the Trinity. Idolaters.
 

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Also, the whole bashing of Jesus being allowed is also really telling.

Looking back at this, that was another eye opener. I think the only funny “bash” on Jesus I have ever seen was the memes from like 20 years ago with Jesus with laser eyes. Or Jesus bugging people in the bank. Even though those weren’t really mean spirited or bashing him really.
This image always made me laugh, even though it's not the intent.
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