Editing New International Version (section)

=== 2011 revision ===
Professor of New Testament Studies [[Daniel B. Wallace]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dts.edu/about/faculty/dwallace/ |title=Daniel B. Wallace Faculty Page |website=Dallas Theological Seminary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019041436/http://www.dts.edu/about/faculty/dwallace/ |archive-date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> praised the 2011 update and called it "a well-thought out translation, with checks and balances through rigorous testing, overlapping committees to ensure consistency and accuracy, and a publisher willing to commit significant resources to make this Bible appealing to the Christian reader."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2011/07/a-review-of-the-new-international-version-2011-part-4-of-4/ |title=A Review of the New International Version 2011 |last=Wallace |first=Dan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327112421/http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2011/07/a-review-of-the-new-international-version-2011-part-4-of-4/ |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] rejected the 2011 update because of [[gender in Bible translation|gender-neutral language]]<ref name="Samuel">{{Cite news |last=Stephanie Samuel |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/lifeway-tells-critics-of-2011-niv-bible-trust-the-trustees-76954/ |title=LifeWay Tells Critics of 2011 NIV Bible: 'Trust the Trustees' |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref> although the update had dropped some gender-neutral language of the 2005 revision.<ref name=gender />

Southern Baptist publisher [[LifeWay Christian Resources|LifeWay]] declined the Southern Baptist Convention's censor request to remove the NIV from its stores.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marty King |url=http://www.lifeway.com/Article/News-LifeWay-to-continue-selling-NIV-Trustees-select-new-leadership |title=LifeWay to continue selling NIV; trustees select new leadership |access-date=April 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715071124/http://www.lifeway.com/Article/News-LifeWay-to-continue-selling-NIV-Trustees-select-new-leadership |archive-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> While the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] rejected its use,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Audrey Barrick |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/lutherans-latest-to-reject-new-niv-bible-over-gender-language-81060/ |title=Lutherans Latest to Reject New NIV Bible Over Gender Language |access-date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> some in the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] (WELS) believe many of the translations changes are right and defensible.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenneth A. Cherney, Jr |url=http://www.wels.net/sites/wels/files/gender-neutral%20NIV%202011%20article%20edited.pdf |title=Gender-Neutral Language, with Special Reference to NIV 2011 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618072352/http://www.wels.net/sites/wels/files/gender-neutral%20NIV%202011%20article%20edited.pdf |archive-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref>

Professor of New Testament Studies Rodney J. Decker wrote in the ''[[Themelios]] Journal'' review of the NIV 2011:<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://tgc-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/themelios/36-3/Themelios36.3.pdf#page=41 |title=An Evaluation of the 2011 Edition of the New International Version |first=Rodney J. |last=Decker |journal=[[Themelios]] |volume=36 |issue=3 |date=November 2011 |pages=[http://tgc-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/themelios/36-3/Themelios36.3.pdf#page=73 447]–448}}</ref>
<blockquote>By taking a mediating position between formal and functional equivalence (though tending, I think, closer to the formal end of the spectrum), the NIV has been able to produce a text that is clearer than many translations, especially those weighted more heavily with formal equivalence{{nbsp}}... If we are serious about making the word of God a vital tool in the lives of English-speaking Christians, then we must aim for a translation that communicates clearly in the language of the average English-speaking person. It is here that the NIV excels. It not only communicates the meaning of God's revelation accurately, but does so in English that is easily understood by a wide range of English speakers. It is as well-suited for expository preaching as it is for public reading and use in Bible classes and children's ministries.</blockquote>