[djohnson(XLCmember)]

I neglected to mention I like the old school KJV for the sheer beauty of the language. Probably also because I memorized a lot of my favorite passages from the KJV. But Igzy is right. The New Testament was written in Koine Greek i.e. the common Greek used at the time and in a way people could understand.

The KJV was a translation done in the way that people spoke and understood at the time. As common usage of the language changes translation work should keep up with it. Today's generation esp the youth cannot readily understand the KJV so thankfully there is the NLT and other versions they can relate to. And as they grow in the Lord and begin to be serious Bible students there are many versions they can refer to.

We are really blessed in the English speaking world because we have so many teams of scholars through the years that have produced good translations. Some languages have one translation or maybe two and many times they are very inaccurate.