Hello everyone,
I would love to buy a Study Bible.
What do you know about the New Living Translation Study Bible?
Is there any Study Bible with an universal approach?
Thanks
Shalom and Love
Dani

Hi Doni:
It’s an individual approach. But I would recommend going to Amazon and looking at what the collective reviews and ratings are saying. They have different study bibles and just type in the keywords study bible. It’s a method that hasn’t let me down yet.

I don’t know of any study Bibles with a universalist approach.

Jonathan Paul Mitchell however, has produced a highly interesting and unique New Testament translation (into English) which is helpful for studying various options of Greek grammatic or stylistic meaning; and he has been working on a set of commentaries for the New Testament Epistles for several years. So far, in three collections, he has commented on Romans (a commentary book to itself); First Peter, Philippians, Colossians, First Thessalonians, Second Thessalonians, First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus, and James (all in his first commentary book); First John, Second John, Third John, Judah (Jude), Hebrews, and Galatians (all in his second commentary book).

Listing them another way for reference:

Romans (3rd commentary, by itself)
1 Corinthians (not yet)
2 Corinthians (not yet)
Galatians (2nd commentary)
Ephesians (not yet)
Philippians (1st commentary)
Colossians (1st)
1 Thessalonians (1st)
2 Thessalonians (1st)
1 Timothy (1st)
2 Timothy (1st)
Titus (1st)
Philemon (not yet)
Hebrews (2nd)
James (1st)
1 Peter (1st)
2 Peter (not yet)
1, 2, 3 John (2nd)
Jude (2nd)

So he’s still missing Philemon, Ephesians, and the two Corinthians. No doubt those are on the way, God willing and the creek don’t rise. He hasn’t written commentaries on the Gospels, Acts, or RevJohn yet either.

His books are a little expensive, but he is a trinitarian Christian universalist (or was last I checked) and currently he’s the closest thing I know of to a Christian universalist study Bible, although obviously he’s only about half done with a Study NT.

Editions of his books are scattered around Amazon in various places, but you can find the latest links at his website: jonathanmitchellnewtestament.com/

He also updates his main work once a year, and tends to make previous editions available for free as a pdf. So the 2014 edition of his NT translation is available for free there.

thank you very much

Hi Jason,

The Barclay Daily Study Bible sure does drift toward the UR view, as I believe Barclay was a Universalist. But In my e-sword, it shows as a commentary, (which is what it really is) and it to is NT.

Dani,

I would recommend e-sword. You can literally have dozens of bibles right at your fingertips!

Good luck.