Category: Living the Word
The ESV and the Importance of Biblical Clarity
About 40 years ago I bought my first New American Standard (NAS), a Ryrie Study Bible. I desired to use that translation based on my desire to have “biblical clarity” in my personal study and public preaching and teaching. Since introduction, the NAS has been regarded as the best all-around translation considering both accuracy and readability. This translation is significantly faithful in its accuracy to current biblical scholarship, and provides the most faithful and dependable translation of the biblical writers’ original documents. Accuracy – Use of the most authoritative Greek & Hebrew manuscripts, translated by a team of respected…
