The document summarizes reasons why the NIV is a complete and reliable biblical text. It notes that the NIV includes content from other manuscripts as footnotes when some translations include verses not found in the oldest manuscripts. It also explains that the source materials for the NIV were written around 1,000 years closer to biblical events than earlier English translations, as scholars have recently discovered many ancient manuscripts dating to as early as the 4th century AD. This makes the NIV translation more reliable than earlier versions.

1. The NIV is a complete
& reliable biblical text.
HERE ARE SOME GOOD REASONS WHY:
FROM VERSE
TO FOOTNOTE
NIV NOTE
MATTHEW 18:[11]
A. SOME
MANUSCRIPTS
INCLUDE HERE
THE WORDS OF
LUKE 19:10.
In instances where some translations include a verse that does not appear in
the oldest and most reliable ancient manuscripts, the NIV includes that same
content as a footnote.
4TH
CENTURY A.D.
EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS
12TH
CENTURY A.D.
LATER MANUSCRIPTS
USED IN THE EARLIEST
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
2011 A.D.
NIV TRANSLATION
NIV
THE OLDER THE BETTER.
NEW TESTAMENT
MANUSCRIPTS:
Because scholars have recently
discovered so many ancient
manuscripts, the source materials
on which the NIV is based were
written nearly 1,000 years closer
to the time of Biblical events than
those used in the earliest English
translations (such as the Tyndale
translation of the early 1500’s or the
Geneva Bible of 1560), making the
NIV more reliable.
Many of which are as old as the 4th century A.D.!
1ST
CENTURY A.D.
LIFE OF JESUS
THE NIV NEW TESTAMENT IS BASED ON
5,200 MANUSCRIPTS
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• ACCURATE
•
REA
DABLE • CLEAR