(Note: This is a guest post written by “Berean Crossroads” who blogs here and his audio Bible recording can be found here. I am currently away and thank the brother for this guest post. If you have thoughts and questions, feel free to comment and when he has time he will respond.)
1 Peter 3:15 and Multiple Translations in a Congregation
ASV, CEB, KJV, CSB, ESV, NASB, Legacy, NIV, NKJV, RSV, etc. are not alphabet soup or new flavors of ice cream from Baskin-Robbins but rather various translations of the bible. In the not-too-distant past, it was not uncommon to have all members within a congregation utilizing the same bible translation. Churches, when purchasing bibles for their congregations, typically would select a single translation (e.g., KJV) for all their members and visitors to use in the church. In our modern era, however, a pastor definitely can’t count on having all his church members utilizing the same bible translation.