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Subject: Have you read the Bible in its entirety?
Date Posted: 4/17/2012 5:42 PM ET
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Have you read the Bible in its entirety?  Did you read it with a group or by yourself? And how long did it take you?

Have you read it multiple times?  If so, how many times?

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format?

Which versions have you used/read personally?  Which one is it your favorite?

Let's please stay away from criticism of various methods or versions.  smiley



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Have you read the Bible in its entirety?   Yes   Did you read it with a group or by yourself?    By myself     And how long did it take you?    A year

Have you read it multiple times?    Yes   If so, how many times?   3

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format?   Once front to back and a couple of times following a 'read the Bible in a year' format

Which versions have you used/read personally?    New American and New International  Which one is it your favorite?           I like them both, but usually use NIV for study

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Have you read the Bible in its entirety?  Yes 

Did you read it with a group or by yourself?    By myself          And how long did it take you?  About a year

Have you read it multiple times?   No, and shame on me

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format?  Front to back

Which versions have you used/read personally?  NIV, NLT, CEV, NKJV, KJV, Message 

Which one is it your favorite?  have two NLT and NKJV

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Have you read the Bible in its entirety?  Yes.

Did you read it with a group or by yourself? Have done both.

And how long did it take you? It depends. Sometimes I do the Bible in a Year program but other times I just read. I normally read through twice a year.

Have you read it multiple times? Definitely:)

If so, how many times? Couldn't count. Well over 20 times.

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format? Normally read front to back but like I said above, I have done the Bible in a Year program and sometimes they do it differently.

Which versions have you used/read personally? KJV and NIV

Which one is it your favorite? King James Version is by far my favorite.

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Have  you read it in its entirety?   Yes

Did you read with a group or by yourself? By myself

How long did it take you? Various lengths of time from 6 months to one year

Have you read it multiple times? Yes

If so, how many? Not sure, but several times

Did you read it front to back, chonological or some other format? Front to back

Which version have  you used/ read personally? KJV, LIVING BIBLE,. THE MESSAGE, AMPLIFIED, NIV

Which one is your favorite? KJV

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Have you read the Bible in its entirety? Yes

Did you read it with a group or by yourself? The first time I read it with my college classes. The other times--by myself. 

And how long did it take you? The first time--2 semesters. The other times--various, depended on translation, etc.

Have you read it multiple times? Yes, but not as many times as I would like.

If so, how many times? A few--can't really say

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format? Front to back, chronological--whatever way the translation was written.

Which versions have you used/read personally? King James, Living Bible, New American Standard, New Century, Amplified, NIV, New King James, others

Which one is it your favorite? Right now I'm reading the Expanded Bible (NT), which I really, really like. For memorizing, I generally use KJV. My favorite study Bible is The MacArthur Study Bible--New American Standard, Updated Edition. 

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Have you read the Bible in its entirety? Yes

Did you read it with a group or by yourself? By myself

And how long did it take you? 3 years, 1 year

Have you read it multiple times?  If so, how many times? Only twice.

Did you read it front to back, in chronological order, or some other format?  I started in Psalms the first time.  The second time I front to back.

Which versions have you used/read personally?  Which one is it your favorite?  I use the New American or the St. Joseph's edition, but I have a lot of different ones on my shelf for comparison.



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