{"id":1111,"date":"2022-11-03T17:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2022-11-03T17:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:10:48","slug":"why-so-many-translations-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"Why so many translations? Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever felt decision fatigue considering what English Bible to read? Or found yourself wondering, &#8220;If there is only one Word of God, how come we have so many translations?&#8221; If so, you are in luck! Here is the first part of 2 parts of written up notes from our 2-week class on why there are so many English translations&#8211;and which ones are good ones to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who were there, there is more information here than we covered in class. 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