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The ESV, John 1:18, and the Trinity: The 'Eternal Functional Subordination' Controversy

By Filings on Tue, 03/11/25
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“I’ll try to help you understand [Eternal Functional Subordination] if this terminology is new to you. After my best explanation we’ll connect back to John 1:18 in the 2025 ESV.” - Mark Ward

The EFS topic starts around 4:14.

Is the ESV a Calvinist Bible?

By Filings on Tue, 02/25/25
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“It is the character of this channel to attempt to answer patiently charges that are clearly wrong, even ridiculous. Let us begin our discussion of Revelation 13:8.” - Mark Ward

Editor’s note: If you’re in a hurry, 3:40 is a good place to jump in.

They're Changing the ESV Again

By Filings on Mon, 02/17/25
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“They are changing the 2001 ESV for the 2025 edition—and that’s after changes in 2007, 2011, and 2016. But I’m not alarmed, and I don’t think you should be.” - Mark Ward

ESV Bible update includes 68 word edits, reverts Genesis 3:16 wording

By Filings on Fri, 02/14/25
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“The ESV’s 2016 edition…: ‘Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.’ In the 2025 revision, the verse will revert to its 2001 translation: ‘Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.’” - CPost

Did Evangelical Snowflakes Censor the Bible? (vs. Salon story on ESV)

By Filings on Wed, 07/21/21
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“I carefully read not only the Salon interview but also the scholarly article in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion which gave rise to it. In what follows, I will pretty freely mix the academic article and the popularizing Salon interview.” - Mark Ward

THE INCREDI-NASB!!!! More Literal than a Speeding ESV!!!

By Filings on Mon, 06/07/21
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“ ‘Literaler is better’ is a common trap. As with many common traps, there is some truth set in this one as bait. We’ll get to that. But first we have to reductio.” - Mark Ward

Catholics in Britain launch campaign against using ESV Bible at mass

By Filings on Tue, 10/13/20
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“Some Catholic women in Britain are backing an online petition that urges the Church’s leadership in England and Wales to reverse their decision to use the ‘gender-exclusive’ English Standard Version of the Bible (Catholic edition), instead of the Jerusalem Bible translation, at mass.” - C.Post

Why the English Standard Version (ESV) Should not become the Standard English Version

By Jim on Tue, 01/23/18
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[While] I like the ESV. I am writing this article, however, because I have heard a number of Christian leaders claim that the ESV is the “Bible of the future”—ideal for public worship and private reading, appropriate for adults, youth and children.

A change to a popular translation of the Bible could affect readers’ views on marriage and gender roles

By Jim on Sun, 11/20/16
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“The text as other major translations have it—and as the ESV originally did—acknowledges female desire, a relatively progressive move given the ancient context. But the new translation erases the allusion to Eve’s natural want for physical and emotional intimacy and replaces it with anticipation of marital strife.”

The new permanent ESV echoes the example of the KJV.

By Jim on Fri, 09/09/16
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After Tweaking 29 Verses, Bible Translation Becomes Unchanging Word of God

ESV Permanent Text Edition (2016) - Word Changes (52 Total)

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