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Title: The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The common English version, corrected by the final committee
of the American Bible Union.

Author: Various

Editor: Committee of the American Bible Union

Release Date: August 19, 2008 [EBook #26361]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by Keith G. Richardson

THE

NEW TESTAMENT

OF OUR

LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

THE COMMON ENGLISH VERSION, CORRECTED BY THE FINAL

COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.

Second Revision.

[_Willingham Memorial_.]

NEW YORK:

AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.

LONDON:

TRUBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1866.

_2d Thousand_.] [_Brevier 18mo Edition_.

NOTE.

This Revised Testament has been prepared under the auspices of the
American Bible Union, by the most competent scholars of the day. No
expense has been spared to obtain the oldest translations of the
Bible, copies of the ancient manuscripts, and other facilities to make
the revision as perfect as possible.

The paragraph form has been adopted in preference to the division by
verse, which is a modern mode of division, never used in the ancient
scriptures. But, for convenience of reference, the numbers of the
verses are retained.

All quotations from the Old Testament are distinctly indicated, and
the poetic form is restored to those which appear as poetry in the
original.

The revisers have been guided in their labors by the following rules
prescribed by the Union:

RULES FOR THE REVISION OF THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT.

The received Greek text, critically edited, with known errors
corrected, must be followed.

The common English version must be the basis of revision, and only
such alterations must be made as the exact meaning of the text and the
existing state of the language may require.

The exact meaning of the inspired text, as that text expressed it to
those who understood the original Scriptures at the time they were
first written, mus