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The '''Living Bible''' is a translation of the [[Bible]] into easy-to-read [[English]] completed in 1971.  The first published version of this translation was a [[New Testament]] published as the ''Living Letters'' in 1961, and the complete Living Bible was released in 1971.  The Living Bible is a [[paraphrase]] rather than a literal, word-for-word translation.  It was one of the more popular versions of the Bible during the 1970s and 1980s and was published in several editions, some of them using other names such as ''The Book''.   

The '''Living Bible''' is a translation of the [[Bible]] into easy-to-read [[English]] completed in 1971.  The first published version of this translation was a [[New Testament]] published as the ''Living Letters'' in 1961, and the complete Living Bible was released in 1971.  The Living Bible is a [[paraphrase]] rather than a literal, word-for-word translation.  It was one of the more popular versions of the Bible during the 1970s and 1980s and was published in several editions, some of them using other names such as ''The Book''.   

It was one of the first modern translations to gain wide acceptance among some [[Evangelical Christian]]s, who had historically used the [[King James Version]] and viewed the then-popular [[Revised Standard Version]] with some skepticism.  The [[Billy Graham]] Crusade helped popularize the Living Bible by distributing it (and its predecessor, Living Letters) widely.  The Living Bible was also criticized by some because of its nature as a paraphrase, and by some [[Calvinist]]s who believed the Living Bible had an [[Arminian]] bias to the translation.

It was one of the first modern translations to gain wide acceptance among some [[Evangelical Christian]]s, who had historically used the [[King James Version]] and viewed the then-popular [[Revised Standard Version]] with some skepticism.  The [[Billy Graham]] Crusade helped popularize the Living Bible by distributing it (and its predecessor, Living Letters) widely.  The Living Bible was also criticized by some because of its nature as a paraphrase, and by some [[Calvinist]]s who believed the Living Bible had an [[Arminian]] bias to the translation (Arminius was a Dutch theologian who rejected the Calvinist belief in [[predestination]]).

 

 

*Proverbs 16:27 ("Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.")  The New Living Translation does not translate it as effectively ("Scoundrels create trouble; their words are a destructive blaze.").

It has since been revised as the New Living Translation which was released in 1996 and has effectively replaced the Living Bible.

It has since been revised as the New Living Translation which was released in 1996 and has effectively replaced the Living Bible.