Listen with the speaker, not against him. Apply the scriptures to yourself, correcting your own faults. B.Proper tools 1.Select and use a good translation of the scriptures. The type of Bible you should use is one which has been translated by a committee of scholars out of the oldest existing Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. One-man translations and all paraphrased versions should be avoided.
Some translations are more accurate than others.
Its Shakespearean style of language makes its reading beautiful and is conducive to memorization. Nevertheless, it retained much of the stiff language of the old King James and in places is even more difficult than the King James Version to read smoothly. It retains much of the accuracy of its predecessor, the American Standard Version. Its accuracy, however, is questionable in certain areas. It should be read as one might read the J.B. Phillips translation, with caution.