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[[Category:Bible]][[Category:Bible Versions]][[Category:Christianity]]''The Message'' is a modern translation of the Holy Bible created by Pastor Eugene Peterson. The purpose of the translation was to capture what Peterson calls the "vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek." Seeking to translate the Bible in a way that would read to English speakers as it would have read to Greek speakers, he wrote much of it in an informal fashion.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref>

[[Category:Bible]][[Category:Bible Versions]][[Category:Christianity]]''The Message'' is a modern translation (or more accurately, a paraphrase) of the Holy Bible created by Pastor Eugene Peterson. The purpose of the translation was to capture what Peterson calls the "vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek." Seeking to translate the Bible in a way that would read to English speakers as it would have read to Greek speakers, he wrote much of it in an informal fashion.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref>

For example, the famous line from Psalm 23 "The Lord is shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" is translated in ''The Message'' as "God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing."<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref>

For example, the famous line from Psalm 23 "The Lord is shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" is translated in ''The Message'' as "God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing."<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref> Some passages have been changed substantially in order to appear more exciting, such as in James 4:7, where "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" becomes "Yell a loud "No" to the devil and watch him scamper."<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%204:7&version=MSG</ref>

Some of its translated verses can be refreshing, but on balance it is a [[liberal]] rendition. On the refreshing side, it translates silent aftermath of the Apostles' argument about which of them was the greatest as "the silence was deafening."  The Message is more [[conservative]] than the [[NIV]] with respect to describing the unborn child, as in Romans 9:10.<ref>See [[Disputed Bible Translations]].</ref>  But an illustration of its liberal bias can be found in the all-important John 3:16: "... by believing in him anyone can have a whole and lasting life" (rather than "eternal life").

Though sometimes a refreshing read, it is, on balance, a [[liberal]] rendition. On the positive side, it translates silent aftermath of the Apostles' argument about which of them was the greatest as "the silence was deafening."  The Message is more [[conservative]] than the [[NIV]] with respect to describing the unborn child, as in Romans 9:10.<ref>See [[Disputed Bible Translations]].</ref>  But an illustration of its liberal bias can be found in the all-important John 3:16: "... by believing in him anyone can have a whole and lasting life" (rather than "eternal life").

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