1. Where Did the Bible Come From?

2. Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart

3. Brief Overview of History
Hebrew OT written between 1450BC and 400BC
Septuagint (LXX) 3BC – 2BC
Latin Vulgate 383AD
Textus Receptus 1516AD
Nestle-Aland Greek NT 1898AD

4. Brief Overview of History
Wycliffe English Bible 1382
Tyndale Bible
The Great Bible 1539
The Geneva Bible 1560
The Bishops Bible 1568
King James Bible 1611

5. Brief Overview of History
American Standard 1901
Revised Standard Version 1952
New American Standard 1971
New International Version 1978
New King James Version 1982
English Standard Version 2002

6. Translation Theories Formal (word for word)
Dynamic Equivalence (thought for thought)

8. So which Bible should you use?
For Study
For teaching
For devotional reading

9. A Final Thought
All Scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work Timothy 3:16