The Passion Translation Is Not a Real Bible Version
The Passion Translation (TPT), written by Brian Simmons, is cited as Holy Scriptures in many churches today. These churches should be careful.
According to Old Testament scholar and NIV Translation Committee member Dr. Andrew Shead, “…abandoning all interest in textual accuracy, playing fast and loose with the original languages, and inserting so much new material into the text that it is at least 50% longer than the original. The result is a strongly sectarian translation that no longer counts as Scripture; by masquerading as a Bible, it threatens to bind entire churches in thrall to a false god.”
Those are strong words about an alleged version of The Word.
Quoting Alisa Childers, “Simmons claims that Jesus visited him personally, took him to the library of heaven, and asked him to write the translation. He claims to have received “downloads,” and “secrets of the Hebrew language” from Jesus Himself. Simmons even admitted that he has minimal background in biblical languages and needed the Lord’s help to translate. If all of that isn’t troubling enough, in the television interview cited above, he claims that Jesus promised to bring him back to heaven and give him a brand new chapter of the gospel of John that has never yet been discovered — John chapter 22.“
Does anything else need to be said? Well, let’s remind ourselves what Jesus said in Revelation 22:18, “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.”
Simmons is leading people to a false god. Maybe you’ve heard your pastor use a Scripture verse from TPT and thought nothing of it. Well, now you know.
I hope you’ll Google around and do more research. I urge you to do so if your pastor is influenced by The Passion Translation. And by all means, read the Bible, but only a legitimate version.
