This version was prepared in the belief that there isstill room for a version in current English, free from old-fashioned wordsand unfamiliar grammar, free also from colloquialisms and slang expressions;a version which follows the original closely, paraphrasing only where necessitydictates; one which seeks above all to maintain the simple, dignified styleof writing which has for so long been associated with the Scriptures inEnglish.

This version will be found to make use of words whichare Anglo-Saxon rather than of classical extraction. There are some words,however, such as justification, remission, propitiation (to name only afew) of Latin origin, and not in common use, which cannot be dispensedwith as they are so woven with Christian thought. In a few places, forclarity purposes, words have been supplied which are not in the originalGreek. Certain pronoun and verb forms that are not in use today have beendiscarded.

Letchworth Printers (1948)

[Bridwell Library, Perkins Schoolof Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas]