Regarding the “lesbian NIV”. It would appear corrections have been made.
The 1984 NIV rendering
did not make clear whether homosexual activity per se was being condemned or whether only certain kinds of offensive homosexual activity was being condemned., said Moo.
The updated NIV makes clear that the Greek words here indicate any kind of homosexual activity. The updated NIV also reflects the fact that the key Greek word here refers to males.
According to Moo, other verses that were altered due to scholarship and to make the message clearer included Romans 1:26-27 and Leviticus 18:22.
In Romans 1:26, the verse even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones, was changed to, even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. While in Leviticus 18:22, the verse Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, was changed to, Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman.
One verse that appears to have been changed dramatically was 1Timothy 1:10, where the word perverts from the 1984 NIV was changed to those practicing homosexuality.
The same key Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 6:9 occurs here also, and so the reason for the change here was the same as the reason for the change in 1 Corinthians 6:9, said Moo.
The NIV 2011 version debuted amid controversy, with some Christian groups and individuals criticizing the translation for allegedly having too much gender inclusive language, similar to the TNIV translation of the Bible.
Last year, members of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Committee on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood criticized the edition, saying the 2011 NIV cannot be considered sufficiently trustworthy in its translation of gender language.”
According to the Committee on Bible Translations website, however, every example of gender inclusive language found in the TNIV was reconsidered, especially when compared to the 1984 NIV.
Some changes were preserved, some were rescinded in favor of the 1984 rendering, and many were re-worded in a third, still different way, reads an entry from the CBT websites Frequently Asked Questions page.
All gender decisions for the updated NIV were subjected to rigorous scrutiny in the light of this data to ensure that the words chosen maximize comprehension of the original meaning, the committee maintains.
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Strange; the stuff I post repeatedly about homo's is mostly from the NIV...
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Leviticus niv
18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
Same way with those who have been TAUGHT in our public schools that homosexuality IS part of 'natural' relations!
Now, let's deal with it, I will go ahead a grant to you that these changes have been made. (But again the fact that they had to make the changes, tells me were not dealing with people who were truly serious or really cared about God's word in the first place. That's why I call it the Not Inspired Version). But what about the other 64,000 words that have been deleted from the text? For example, the word hell was removed from the Old Testament in the NIV and replaced with the word hades, did you know that according to Greek Myth, hades has rivers flowing through it, and there are some not so bad places in hades.
Does that sound like the hell described in the New Testament? If not then why, do you think the word hell was taken out, and replaced with the word hades?
Ask 50 random people if they have heard of hell, and can they describe it to you, then ask the same 50 if they heard of hades, and have them describe it to you.
What kind of answers to you think you'll get?