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Roy Coates:
Lewis Bible bindery www.lewisbibles.com made in America, fine leather binding.

buying a Bible is a journey, pray, research, search and enjoy

carol v:
I don't know about the Lewisbibles site Roy -- I bet they have some beautiful bibles but they have a special link for the Scofield and that is awful. I used a Scofield for awhile until I found myself writing "complete crap" in giant letters across the commentary one day. I had to retire my Scofield. But Lewisbibles probably has other ones and they look beautiful.

Amazon has a great price on the Nelson study bible and while I don't always agree with the commentary it doesn't drive me to distraction. It's helpful. The headings and center column references are great. For a nice leather Bible, it's a bargain. Nelson also has a large print which is quickly becoming my favorite version altogether since my eyesight seems to go down exponentially with my age these days.

Allbibles.com has a few great wide margin Bibles with no commentary and I really like that. I like to write lots of notes.

The study commentary I like best comes with the NIV though. It is very literal/historical and doesn't try to tell you what it's saying spiritually. It just gives great background history and references. You can now get the NIV study guide for esword.

Darren, I went through both my KJVs and marked out the "spurious passages" to the Bible that I think Joe mentioned above. The link is http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,6638.0.html. Didn't take very long and you will find some surprises. Other than that, just trust the God knows your heart. Pray daily for truth and no strong delusions and then trust that God will teach you what He wants ya to know.

Carol

Roy Coates:
I agree in regards to the Scofield commentary, all commentary's tend to be bias as they are the opinions of the writer.


We find that different translations have problems too. As the editors tend to control the translating. Like the NIV has 17 missing verses

I have many different translations. Each has a special quality that the other doesn't. A young person and a new believer may benefit from readability to get started such as the message, ncv or bbe. Gradually move up to the niv kjv nasb, then explore the clnt, ylt, wnt. Maybe for accuracy Greek  interliner. The possibilities are vast

buying a Bible is a journey, pray, research, search and enjoy and I forgot read read read :)

David:
I have twelve Bibles. My favourite for ease of use, fairly accurate, easy to read large print, helpful center column references  is a Nelson NKJ finished in a liver coloured leatherette cover, 9 3/4 inch by 6 1/2. I put a ribbon page marker in it myself using a piece of satin ribbon and some super glue, easy done. I bought it from Truro Cathedral shop. Most Cathedrals in the UK sell Bibles at cost plus 10%, so its a great place to buy a Bible. The same Bible in Christian book shops and high street book shops costs about 50% more.
I have a couple of study Bibles, which knowing what I know now thanks to this site are pretty useless. The study notes are by and large standard Church doctrine. If they do serve any use, its to see the endless contradictions the theologians that compiled the study notes believe and teach.

jerreye:
I just purchased the Rotherham Emphasized Bible on Amazon just now :)

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