| − | 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. In its latest version released in 2010, the NIV replaced "with child" to "pregnant" in Matthew 1:18, thereby downplaying the existence of the unborn child, despite the [[KJV]], the [[NASB]], and even the earlier version of the NIV all using "with child" in that passage. | + | 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. In its latest version released in 2010, the NIV replaced "with child" by "pregnant" in Matthew 1:18, thereby downplaying the existence of the unborn child, despite the [[KJV]], the [[NASB]], and even the earlier version of the NIV all using "with child" in that passage. |
| | 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: | | 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: |