What about the Berean Standard Bible?

[@photobalko]

Thank you. The topic has come up from time to time in Christian social media circles, and your measured and considered response has been quite helpful and is much appreciated. Keep it up.

[@Ldgreggbell]

I have to disagree with you about the BSB literalness. Last year I read the CSB, BSB, and NIV side-by-side for the entire year. The CSB is closer in literalness to the ESV, although it uses more contemporary words, and syntaxes. The BSB word vocabulary is more traditional, however most of its Syntaxes are closer to the NIV 2011. The BSB is still more literal than the NIV, and tends to be very close to the CSB half of the time. In the pauline epistles you find the BSB leaning closer to the NIV.

[@jovondeonte89]

Tbh the CSB and BSB i think are equal in literalness. They both do a fair job. CSB is most dynamic in the OT poetry area. BSB does a much much better job in the OT. The CSB does a little better job in the NT in literalness than the BSB at times.

[@Ldgreggbell]

@jovondeonte89 I would certainly agree with that. The CSB and BSB are extremely similar in a lot of places. When I read through the 3, I found the BSB and CSB being closer together. I do find them to be siblings in a way, where one is a contemporary style, and the other keeps the traditional renderings.

[@jovondeonte89]

@@LdgreggbellI love how described them, one offers contemporary and the other traditional. That’s spot on

[@vincewoolley6774]

I've recently started using the Concordia Study Bible. Hopefully the translation is accurate, I'm sure it is.

[@kerrytusc]

Have you looked into the Berean Majority Text?

[@bbharat307]

Pastor, could you please explain what role the lay people can play or what the laity can do inorder to make our church bodies remain Confessionally Lutheran. Thank you.

[@jwhippet8313]

Ive not even gotten to the question, but it's time for a haircut. Im used to the close cut, and it looks like they pulled tou from a dungeon to make a video.

[@jovondeonte89]

You Could have just said you don’t like this translation overall to save us time 😂

[@SolitaireZeta]

That's not the vibe I got at all. He seems to be basically okay with it, with some minor nitpicks here and there.