Quotes
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“To translate without literacy is to give a gift without the means to open it.” — Kristine Trammell
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“I have here translated, brethren and sisters most dear and tenderly beloved in Christ, the New Testament, for your spiritual edifying, consolation, and solace.” —
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“Without the written Word of God in a translation, the church has no charter, no doctrine, no direction, and no original history.” — William Barrick
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“God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.” — Oswald Chambers
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“The Bible itself does not generally exhibit the clarity to which its modern translators aspire; the Hebrew writers reveled in the proliferation of meanings, the
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“The translator’s personal background, historical period, cultural heritage, and ecological environment all intertwine to make it very difficult to translate the Bible in a way
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“When outside money and other material things accompany the spread of the Christian gospel, sometimes people get the wrong impression about the gospel itself.” —
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“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” – The Psalmist (Psalms 119:105 NKJV)
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“All the years of painstaking work are worth it when translators see the Spirit of God begin drawing people to transformation in Christ.” – Steve