The translator should express the exact meaning in the way that the people for whom he is translating will most easily understand. Idioms or figurative language in the original text may need to be expressed more directly in the translation in order to enable the new audience to understand the original meaning correctly. Sometimes, new figurative expressions will be introduced in the translation in order to communicate accurately and dynamically the original meaning of the source text. We only have manuscripts that are copies of the original manuscripts, or copies of copies. There are differences between the copies.
Some manuscripts have certain words, while other manuscripts have slightly different words.
Therefore a decision has to be made as to which words were probably the original words that the author wrote. Significant different textual readings for which there is also good manuscript evidence are discussed in the Notes. A few Greek words are quoted in the Notes. These are written in italic letters. Greek words are written with English letters, except for two letters which have marks over them.