People often lump functional equivalent translations like the NIV with natural language translations like the NLT, and then critique the former based on the latter. But these are two distinctly different approaches to translation and should be kept separate, although obviously they share much in common.

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For years, Bill Mounce's Monday with Mounce blog has been helping students of Greek apply what they are learning. Now you can learn by listening. This podcast will also include episodes from <a href="https://BillMounce.com/bsg" target="_blank">Bible Study Greek</a> (i.e., learn enough Greek to go deeper in your Bible study), occasional interviews with other biblical scholars, and various thoughts from Bill.

Bill is the founder and President of BiblicalTraining.org, serves on the Committee for Bible Translation(which is responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible), and has written the best-selling biblical Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other Greek resources. He speaks and blogs regularly on issues relating to trusting the Bible, the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus), Greek and issues of spiritual growth.

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For years, Bill Mounce's Monday with Mounce blog has been helping students of Greek apply what they are learning. Now you can learn by listening. This podcast will also include episodes from Bible Study Greek (i.e., learn enough Greek to go deeper in your Bible study), occasional interviews with other biblical scholars, and various thoughts from Bill. Bill is the founder and President of BiblicalTraining.org, serves on the Committee for Bible Translation(which is responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible), and has written the best-selling biblical Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other Greek resources. He speaks and blogs regularly on issues relating to trusting the Bible, the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus), Greek and issues of spiritual growth.

For years, Bill Mounce's Monday with Mounce blog has been helping students of Greek apply what they are learning. Now you can learn by listening. This podcast will also include episodes from <a href="https://BillMounce.com/bsg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bible Study Greek</a> (i.e., learn enough Greek to go deeper in your Bible study), occasional interviews with other biblical scholars, and various thoughts from Bill.

Bill is the founder and President of BiblicalTraining.org, serves on the Committee for Bible Translation(which is responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible), and has written the best-selling biblical Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other Greek resources. He speaks and blogs regularly on issues relating to trusting the Bible, the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus), Greek and issues of spiritual growth.

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