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American Standard Version (view source)
Revision as of 15:14, January 20, 2008
, 15:14, January 20, 2008improved, with verses
This translated the English Revised Version of 1881 for an American audience, and was later used for 20th century translations such as the Revised Standard Version and the [[New American Standard Bible]].<ref>http://www.bible-researcher.com/asv.html</ref> The American Bible Society in New York City preserves the papers of the American committee in connection with this translation.
This translated the English Revised Version of 1881 for an American audience, and was later used for 20th century translations such as the Revised Standard Version and the [[New American Standard Bible]].<ref>http://www.bible-researcher.com/asv.html</ref> The American Bible Society in New York City preserves the papers of the American committee in connection with this translation.
This translation does have some critics.
This translation does have some [[Protestant]] critics, particularly with respect to these verses as compared to the [[King James Version]]:
* John 1:3 (changing all things made "by" Jesus to the weaker "through" Jesus)
* Colossians 1:14 (dilution of the reference to redemption through the ''blood'' of [[Christ]])
* Colossians 1:16 (change creation "by" Jesus to the weaker "in" Jesus)
* 1st John 5:7 (dilution of the concept of the [[Holy Trinity]])
* James 5:16 (confess your sins (rather than faults) to one another, perhaps for [[Catholic]] [[confession]])
* 1st Timothy 3:16 (replacing God with He in "manifested in the flesh")
* 2nd Timothy 2:15 (change "study" the [[Bible]] to "give diligence" to the Bible)
* Philippians 2:6 (suggesting a difficulty in Jesus's grasping that He was God)
== References ==
== References ==