"As an evangelist committed to communicating the truth, relevancy, and power of the Gospel, I'm thankful to have the TNIV as one more valuable tool in reaching the next generation."
Lee Strobel
Author, The Case For Christ
"The Bible can be intimidating for new believers and seekers. So, as a communicator who is committed to helping people fall in love with the Scriptures, I’ve chosen the TNIV as my standard text. The accuracy and clarity of this updated translation make it a perfect..."
Andy Stanley
Senior Pastor, North Point Community Church
"It is part of the mission of the church to make the scriptures available and accessible to people in our generation. The TNIV does this with accuracy, clarity, sensitivity and beauty. God will use it in great ways."
John Ortberg
Teaching Pastor, Menlo Presbyterian Church
Author, Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them
"As someone who is passionate about evangelism, I enthusiastically embrace the TNIV as a translation that faithfully communicates God’s word to the next generation of seekers and believers. The TNIV is not only accurate, but incredibly readable. I look forward to u..."
Bill Hybels
Founding Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
Author, Courageous Leadership; Just Walk Across the Room
"As the editor of the Student Bible, I’ve spent thousands of hours trying to help readers understand the NIV Bible. I’m thrilled to hear about the TNIV and its ability to help add clarity and impact to the study of God’s Word...."
Philip Yancey
Author, What's So Amazing About Grace?; Prayer
"It’s an awesome challenge to be a writer and speaker in today’s world and to seek to build bridges and not walls. I’m not referring to being ‘politically correct’ but to showing intelligent Christian courtesy and sensitivity regarding gende..."
Warren Wiersbe
Pastor and Bible Teacher
"We welcome the arrival of the TNIV. It is a translation that seeks to accurately communicate the Word of God in contemporary English and as such strengthens our mission in reaching college and university students with the Gospel."
Alec Hill
President, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
"The TNIV is a welcome improvement to biblical understanding. Most sensitive and careful expositors have routinely made the adjustments in the language as they read the text aloud or otherwise clarified the meaning from the pulpit. Now the plain meaning is available. To ..."
Jay Kesler
Chancellor, Taylor University
"What a shame it would be to lose the wonderful opportunity and openness to Jesus and Christian spirituality that emerging generations are beginning to desire - but only have it shut down due in not being sensitive to how the Scriptures can be communicated in today's..."
Dan Kimball
Pastor, Vintage Faith Church
Author, The Emerging Church; Emerging Worship
"Today's New International Version is a powerful tool for evangelization in the 21st Century. God's Word was meant to be read and understood by everyone and the TNIV has been prayerfully translated toward this God/glorifying goal. I give it my highest recommendat..."
Jim Cymbala
Pastor, The Brooklyn Tabernacle
"Not all updates of Bible translations succeed at being both faithful and elegant. The TNIV manages to do both. This old friend has added a new sparkle to its familiar sound, and promises to be a favorite for years to come. Kudos to the the translation team and to Zonder..."
Ben Patterson
Campus Pastor, Westmont College
"For those of us who believe in the Bible as the authoritative word of God, the new TNIV, with its updated, careful scholarship, including use of gender-accurate language, is a godsend. Only a person who would wish to maintain a nonbiblical cultural bias would not welcom..."
Glenn R. Palmberg
President, The Evangelical Covenant Church
"I trust the TNIV. While the NIV has been my Bible of choice for years, the TNIV updates much of the wording I’ve found cumbersome or problematic based on our current usage of the English language. I can’t wait to recommend this translation to teenagers and y..."
Mark Oestreicher
President, Youth Specialties
"For the last two decades the NIV has been my trusted companion to bring the powerful and profound Word of God to the people I have been given to minister. It has had a great impact on my personal development in Christ. I am excited about the TNIV and the promise it brin..."
Randy Frazee
Teaching Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
Author, The Connecting Church
"The TNIV is a welcome improvement on the NIV, which I've used with great profit for many years. It's important to me to have a translation that uses current language while maintaining absolute fidelity to God's word. As a writer I'm very aware of shifts ..."
Tim Stafford
Senior Writer, Christianity Today Magazine
Co-Editor, The Student Bible
"As a teaching pastor, I am eager to use the TNIV. Clarity, accuracy, intelligibility and accessibility are key factors in communicating the life-capturing truths of the Bible. The TNIV exhibits these factors and is an excellent resource for pastoral work."
John W. Frye
D. Min., Author and Former Pastor, Bella Vista Church
"Christian apologetics should not have to apologize for biblical scholarship and language that don't match today's most faithful possibilities. As a Christian writer and personal evangelist, I welcome the TNIV as a gift to today's seekers."
Diane Komp
M.D., Author, A Window to Heaven
"I majored in Bible for three years and have a commitment to teaching and preaching the scriptures with integrity. I tenaciously hold to the inspiration of all scripture and to the importance of not tampering with the scriptural truth. I read all the comparison texts you..."
Ken Davis
Author and Speaker
"My appreciation for Today’s New International Version has increased throughout use of it in ministry around the world. We’ve found that communicating God’s Word requires sensitivity to two dominant global realities: the growth of English as the common ..."
Dr. Norm Nelson
President, Life At Its Best Ministry
"I love how the TNIV is in everyday English. It is down to earth and easily accessible to anyone longing to know what God has spoken through the Scriptures."
Erwin McManus
Pastor, Mosaic
"The only foundation that will prevail is the one built on God’s Word. That’s why I’m proud to stand with Zondervan, bringing the Word to today’s generation. That’s why I believe so strongly in Today’s New International Version, the TN..."
Peter Furler
Lead Singer, newsboys
"Great job!! We need all the help we can get if we're to escape becoming a biblically illiterate culture."
Stuart Briscoe
Adjunct Faculty, D.D. Pheonix Seminary
Retired Pastor, Embrook Church
Co-Founder,Telling the Truth Ministries
"I'm enthusiastic about the TNIV for many reasons related to my own training and calling. I studied graduate linguistics and translation theory for two years with Wycliffe Bible Translators (SIL) and served for many years in Asia; I gained a keen appreciation for the..."
Ron Forseth
Director of Business Development, Outreach, Inc.
"I am delighted to recommend TNIV. It is time for a new translation of the scriptures that captures the original intent in modern language. I plan to read and preach from this new translation."
Ed Dobson
Senior Pastor, Calvary Church
"You have managed to capture the scholarship of the NIV and the contemporary language of today. The result is nothing short of awesome! You have done nothing with the timeless message of the Bible but make it even easier to understand. Please know that this is one Southe..."
Dan Southerland
Former Teaching Pastor, Flamingo Road Church
Author, Transitioning: Leading Your Church Through Change
"Since the goal of all Bible translation is to faithfully reflect the original Biblical languages in contemporary language usage, I heartily applaud this endeavor that more clearly includes women as well as men in the language of the Bible...."
Doug Ross
Retired President, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
"I remember distinctly the summer I got my first NIV – I couldn't put it down. Even though I loved the King James Version I'd been brought up with, I spent most of my summer break reading the NIV just for the fun of it because it spoke my language! But that..."
Rob Lacey
Actor, Broadcaster, and Author of The Word on the Street (Deceased)
"I remember how excited I was when my daughter began reading her new Bible. But then one night, as I put her to bed, she asked, 'Daddy, why is the Bible only written to boys?' My heart sank. I tried to explain to her that male pronouns are sometimes used to refer..."
Rev. Adam Hamilton
Senior Pastor, Church of the Resurrection
"I wholeheartedly applaud how the TNIV translation makes Holy Scripture relevant and understandable to the ever-changing human family. While every new translation triggers an understandable concern among faithful Christians that the translators do not sacrifice eternal t..."
Noel Becchetti
President, Center for Student Missions
"As a professional Christian communicator working full-time in evangelical publishing for the past 30 years, the NIV has been my personally preferred translation since it came out. I have always appreciated and admired it's literary style as much as I've trusted ..."
Gregg Lewis
Author, Jesus M.D.
"The TNIV is a fine translation whose goal of being sensitive to the English of its audience opens up the Word, especially to those who may not be familiar with Scripture. The use of alternatives in the marginal notes helps the reader see where the translation is dispute..."
Darrell Bock
Ph.D. Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
"I love the NIV and look forward to using the TNIV now that it’s here. It updates the language so I don’t have to. For years I would add sisters to the greetings and instructions to the church that before just said brothers. All the girls in youth ministries ..."
Tic Long
President of Events, Youth Specialties
"The TNIV is more accurate than its remarkable predecessor, the much-loved NIV, while retaining all the readability of the latter. It is a version I can use with confidence, whether I am speaking at a university mission, or in a Bible conference anywhere in the English-s..."
D.A. Carson
Ph.D, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"It has never been easy to distinguish between a 'translation' and a 'paraphrase'. Translations tend to go for contemporary scholarship at the expense of contemporary language, whereas paraphrases tend to sacrifice accuracy for relevance. Today's New ..."
John R. W. Stott
Rector Emeritus, All Souls Church
President, London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Author, Basic Christianity
"The TNIV avoids the overly free translation of certain texts that previous gender-inclusive translations have included, while rendering gender-inclusive uses of "man," "he," "brothers," and the like with appropriate, contemporary English ex..."
Craig Blomberg
Ph.D., Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary
"The TNIV speaks to the whole church, and does so with grace and truth."
Rev. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Ph.D., President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary
"Searching for a good, relevant translation is like a merchant looking for a fine pearl. When discovered, the merchant sells everything in order to buy it. The TNIV is like a fine pearl—I heartily recommend it for all people of the 21st century."
Benny C. Aker
Ph.D., Professor of New Testament and Exegesis, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
"The TNIV takes the clearest and most accurate English Bible version—the NIV—and makes it even better. By updating the NIV with reference to textual, linguistic and historical issues, the TNIV represents the cutting edge of contemporary Bible translation...."
Mark Strauss
Ph.D., Associate Professor of New Testament, Bethel Seminary West
"As a layman, I have benefited by more than a dozen translations and paraphrase versions of God's Word. Now I am excited to read personally and publicly this updated TNIV so relevant to our times. May the Holy Spirit use this to draw in the cautious skeptic, edify th..."
Robert C Andringa
Ph. D., President, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
"Surely even the most casual observer must recognize the great changes that have taken place within the English language itself. Such developments have and continue to dictate that the changeless Word of God must nevertheless meet with accuracy, clarity and power the nee..."
Dr. Richard D. Patterson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Liberty University
"The Word of God deserves nothing but the best linguistic vehicle for its impartation. The TNIV has become the best translation of the New Testament in the English language. It has achieved improved readability of the Scripture without compromising the integrity of the o..."
Gilbert Bilezikian
Th.D., Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College
"I am thrilled with Today’s New International Version. The TNIV offers significant improvements in scholarship and in its use of English idiom. Without question, the TNIV is the finest English translation available at the beginning of this new millennium...."
John R. Kohlenberger III
Bible scholar
Reference Book Editor
Author, The Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek New Testament
"Most women with whom I work care deeply about Scripture and about their obedience to God's Word. Because so many women do take the Scriptures seriously, it is refreshing to have the TNIV in hand, removing some misleading gendered translations of biblical texts gover..."
Alice Mathews
Ph.D., Lois W. Bennet Distinguished Professor of Educational Ministries and
Women's Ministries, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
"The TNIV is a wonderful, important new translation—faithful to the original and understandable to today's generation."
Ronald J. Sider
Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Culture, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
"This is a very good translation made even better by the current revisions. The expertise, theological diversity and evangelical orthodoxy of the revision committee are outstanding. This revision is a milestone in modern translations."
Allen Johnson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Ethics, Wheaton College and Graduate School
"I was very excited to learn of Today's NIV. The English language is constantly changing and it is absolutely crucial that such a talented team of translators is working to keep the Bible so clear and accessible for future generations...."
R. T. Kendall
Retired Minister at Westminster Chapel (1977-2002)
"The Reformers of the 16th century translated the Bible into the vernacular languages of their day so that 'the farm boy at his plow and the milk maid at her pail' could read and understand the Scriptures in their everyday speech. The TNIV stands in this same tra..."
Timothy George
Th.D., Executive Editor of Christianity Today
Dean, Beeson Divinity School
"The TNIV is an exciting translation for the present time. It is written in contemporary English and is completely accurate to the original languages."
Tremper Longman III
Ph.D., Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College
"This new translation is the most accurate ever. It is more faithful to the actual Greek text than any of the standard translations."
Terry C. Muck
Ph.D., Professor of Mission and World Religions, Asbury Theological Seminary
"Since the 1970s, the NIV rightly won its place among millions as a trustworthy, accurate, and eloquent translation of the scriptures. Now after years of painstaking work by a long list of skilled evangelical scholars, the TNIV is ready for another era. It continues the ..."
Gary Burge
Ph.D., Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College and Graduate School
"The TNIV should become the standard translation of its kind. It incorporates many helpful and accurate updates in the most widely used translation of our time. I welcome it, will use it personally, and plan to encourage both new and advanced Bible readers to do the same..."
Dr. John Armstrong
President, Reformation & Revival Ministries
"The 21st century world is going to demand a Bible translation in which linguistic forms reflect the embrace of God's grace. We can thank God that a group of top biblical scholars, utterly committed to an accurate translation, have gotten out in front of those who wo..."
Bill Robinson
President, Whitworth College
"The TNIV is enjoyable to read without sacrificing the original meaning. It makes some notable improvements to the NIV. The strong scholarship and diverse evangelical backgrounds represented in the committee are noteworthy."
Craig S. Keener
Ph.D., Professor of New Testament, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
"As one of the more than one hundred scholars who labored to produce the original NIV, and one who strongly advocated the inerrancy of the autographic text of scripture, I would like to indicate my strong approval of the purpose of the TNIV and of its implementation of t..."
Roger Nicole
Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary
"The TNIV is a wonderful, careful translation, true to the meaning of the text. It includes all of us in its message of God's good news of grace."
Myron Augsburger
Th.D., President Emeritus, Eastern Mennonite University
"I commend the TNIV. It makes the unchanging truths of God's Word even more accessible to contemporary readers. It makes a good translation even better."
Martin H. Manser
Reference Book Editor
Bible Scholar
"Overall, the TNIV is an accurate, suitable, and wise revision of the NIV. In view of the high quality of the TNIV New Testament, one awaits with considerable anticipation the revision of the Old Testament."
Dr. Michael W. Holmes
Professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity
Chair, Department of Biblical and Theological Studies, Bethel College
"The NIV took the late twentieth century church by storm. It has been the most readable version of the Bible in English. Today's NIV is even better. I recommend it warmly."
Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Green
Senior Research Fellow,Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University
"'Of the making of translations there is no end', but sometimes more is better, and in the case of the TNIV we finally do have a much better translation than any of the other ones out there on the market. This translation is fresh, very readable, faithful t..."
Dr. Ben Witherington, III
Professor of New Testament, Asbury Theological Seminary
"Great and long overdue! This translation is a welcome and necessary improvement and will make access to the Scriptures easier."
Klyne Snodgrass
Ph.D., Paul W. Brandel Professor of New Testament Studies, North Park Theological Seminary
"Taking advantage of recent advances in biblical scholarship, linguistics and archaeology, Today's New International Version translates the original languages of the Bible into contemporary, very readable, English. Focusing on the meaning of the original text, ..."
Dr. Kenneth J. Collins
Professor of Historical Theology and Wesley Studies Asbury Theological Seminary
