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I’ve got solid drafts of over half of the New Testament, ready for your study, scrutinize, celebrate, and use in your faith circles. This is a living project, so check back over time for the latest version.

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NT Book and Chapter Selection

Coming soon:

Luke

Still to come:

Acts
Revelation


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The Liberation & Inclusion Translation (LIT) is an original English translation prepared from The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (ed. Michael W. Holmes; © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature & Logos Bible Software).

The SBLGNT is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, International Licence (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

This translation constitutes an adaptation of that Greek text. Used with permission.

Greek quotations are presented in transliterated form; accentuation and punctuation follow LIT house style, mostly removed for accessibility to readers without prior knowledge of Greek.

Portions of the SBL Greek text quoted here remain available under CC BY 4.0; the NC-ND restrictions apply only to the original English translation and other LIT-specific content.

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