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The '''New International Version''' (NIV) is a translation of the Bible which purged numerous references to the unborn child, presumably to mislead many Christians into allowing
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The '''New International Version''' (NIV) of the [[Bible]] is the bestselling English translation of the Bible, but it is written at the 7th grade reading level (some say it is as low as the 4th grade level).
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The '''New International Version''' (NIV) is a translation of the [[Bible]] which [[Feminist Bible|purged numerous references to the unborn child]], presumably to mislead many Christians into allowing [[abortion]].  Written in modern and simple English, the NIV has been promoted widely among the evangelical community and has supplanted the [[King James Version]] as the bestselling English translation.
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The '''NIV''' has gained wide acceptance among evangelicals due to its adherence to [[conservative]] doctrinal points with respect to the divinity of Christ, salvation through faith, and both [[Old Testament]] prophecies and the fulfillment of them. 
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The NIV tends to use gender-specific pronouns in obvious places in order to avoid anticipated criticism, but like the discredited [[TNIV]] the NIV embraces gender neutrality in other places, as in changing the reverence to "layman" to "anyone other than a priest" in Lv 22:12:
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But the '''NIV''' erases numerous biblical references to the unborn child,<ref>See [[Feminist Bible]].</ref> perhaps to appease supporters of [[abortion]].  This has enabled professors at Wheaton College and elsewhere to dilute or deny Christian opposition to abortion.
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The NIV tends to use gender-specific pronouns in obvious places in order to avoid anticipated criticism.  But the NIV (like the [[TNIV]]) embraces gender neutrality in less obvious places, as in changing the reverence to "layman" to "anyone other than a priest" in Lv 22:12:
      
:"If a priest's daughter marries a '''layman''', she ...." ([[ESV]]))
 
:"If a priest's daughter marries a '''layman''', she ...." ([[ESV]]))
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