In the span of just a few generations more than a hundred English Bible versions have become available. Each version has strong points and weak points. No version is perfect. But this does not mean that our choice of a study Bible is not important. The Bible is God's chosen medium of communicating with man, and we should use the best version we can find for studying the deep truths of His Word.
Many scholars evaluate Bible versions following a naturalistic method.
We, however, will use a faith-oriented approach that also takes into consideration scholarly evidence. We will compare various versions to the biblical description of the inspired Word of God. The version that best fits this description will be our Bible of choice. The Word of God is described in several places in the Scriptures. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.