The translations we quote
Guided Formation quotes scripture at nearly every step, and each quotation names the translation it is drawn from, because a verse can read differently from one translation to the next and you should not have to guess which one is in front of you. Six translations appear across the modules. Each publisher asks for a particular acknowledgement, and each one is below, in that publisher's own words rather than ours.
New International Version (NIV)
Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.
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English Standard Version (ESV)
Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
King James Version (KJV)
The King James Version is in the public domain in the United States. In the United Kingdom it is not: rights there are held by the Crown and administered by Cambridge University Press, who ask for this acknowledgement.
Scripture quotations from The Authorized (King James) Version. Rights in the Authorized Version in the United Kingdom are vested in the Crown. Reproduced by permission of the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Scripture quotations are from Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
If a quotation anywhere in the journey looks wrong to you, or names a translation you don't think it came from, we would like to hear about it. Write to us at guides@faithfulwitness.us.