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one sentence in the Greek New Testament, comprised of 270 words. There is no way to read it in one
breath! You can tell how literal a translation is (formal equivalence) by looking at this passage and
counting the sentences of your translation.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having foreordained us unto adoption
as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the
glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he
made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the
times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I
say, 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of
him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise
of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth,
the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of
promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto
the praise of his glory.

Look at the following chart:

Translation Sentences Published
American Standard (ASV) 1 1901
J.P. Green (LITV) 1 1987
Young (YLT) 1 1898
Modern King James (MKJV) 2 1962
King James (KJV) 3 1611
New King James (NKJV) 4 1982
New American Standard (NASV) 4 1960
New Revised Standard (NRSV) 6 1989
J.B. Phillips (PHL) 6 1958
New American Bible (NAB) 6 1970
New English Translation (NET) 7 1997
New International Version (NIV) 8 1973
New Living Translation 15 1996

No translation is completely formal – even translations considered formal such as the KJV or NKJV and
the NASB contain dynamic translations. Let’s see an illustration of what we mean from Luke 9:44.

KJV NASB NIV
Let these sayings sink Let these words sink Listen carefully to what
down into your ears: into your ears: I am about to tell you.
for the Son of man for the Son of Man the Son of Man is going
shall be delivered into is going to be delivered to be betrayed into the
the hands of men. into the hands of men. hands of men.

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