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Jag fick The Message, The New Testament av Marie när jag fyllde år. Alltså Bibeln på modern engelska kan man säga. Mer vardagligt språk. Och den är helt otroligt bra. Jag blir way more inspirerad av den än min svenska bibel! Det är definitivt språket som gör det. Jag önskar jag hade hela Bibeln av den sorten.
Men jag vill i alla fall dela med mig av några otroligt bra bibelverser från The Message, The New Testament:

"Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first",
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always look for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end."
1 Kor. 13:4
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"It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going."
2 Kor. 5:7
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"What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth.
Every GOD-direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it."
Ps. 18:30
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"Be brave. Be strong. Don't give up. Expect GOD to get here soon."
Ps. 31:24
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Okej, låt mig visa skillnaden mellan min svenska bibel med modernt språk och The Message. Kolla in denna versen från Tit. 2:11, i min svenska bibel:

"Gud har visat oss sin kärlek och förlåtelse, och genom hans förlåtelse kan alla människor bli räddade."
 
och märk skillnaden i min engelska:

"God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone!"

ENJOY.