On Sale at www.BIBLES.com

Nine translations of the Bible, in paperback editions, are on sale at the American Bible Society, www.Bibles.com, 1-800-32-BIBLE, according to a flyer I got in the mail.

I mention this for a couple of reasons:

1) It's hard to get the LDS missionary edition of the KJV Bible. You can't buy it at the Distribution Center. And the least expensive LDS KJV Bible is $7.00. Yet your missionaries need some inexpensive Bible to give out for media referrals and investigators. You can get the below-mentioned KJV paperback Bible for only $1.99 each in cases of 24, or 10% off if you buy 6 cases, or 20% off if you buy 11 cases.

2) A lot of LDS still don't like the KJV, especially in the Old Testament where it deals with Hebrew idioms. I don't promote the NIV as replacing the KJV, but I think it is excellent to refer to when you don't understand something in the KJV.

3) For young readers, where even the NIV may be a bit too high level, the paraphrase versions of the NLT and the CEV may be good. They call it a "thought-for-thought" translation instead of a paraphrase now.

4) The Spanish Reina-Valera 1960 is the exact same translation the church uses. The least expensive Spanish Bible at the LDS Distribution Center is $8. These are $1.99 each if you buy a case, or even less if you buy multiple cases.

You have to buy in case quantities to get the deals. You MAY mix-and-match to get the discounts!

  1 -   5 cases ... $1.99 each
  6 - 10 cases ... $1.89 each
11 - 25 cases ... $1.79 each
26 + cases     ... call for price.

When you order online, it doesn't show the discount. So I recommend finding what you want online, and then phoning your order in. I've ordered from them many times before, and I've always been satisfied. I've purchased Bibles in case quantities, and individual Bibles, including foreign language Bibles.

There are some extra-Biblical "outreach" messages in these editions, but nothing that really goes against LDS doctrine.

Paperback Bibles on sale are:

118787 Holman Christian Standard Bible. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $1.99/ea. in case qty. Sold in case lots only.

113067 English Standard Version. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $3.19/ea. in case qty. $4.99/ea. single copy.

112852 New Living Translation. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $2.75/ea. in case qty. $3.50/ea. single copy.

111431 Contemporary English Version. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $1.99/ea. in case qty. Sold in case lots only.

111433 Good News Translation, Catholic Edition. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $1.99/ea. in case qty. Sold in case lots only.

113066 Spanish, Reina-Valera 1960. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $1.99/ea. in case qty. Sold in case lots only.

106339 Spanish, Dios Habla Hoy (Version Popular). 20/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $3.15/ea. in case qty. $3.50 ea. single copy.

106333 New International Version. 28/case
. . . . . . Reg price: $3.99/ea. in case qty. $4.99 ea. single copy.
. . . . . . Also available at International Bible Society,
. . . . . . at $1.99/ea in cases of 24.)

113011 King James Version. 24/case.
. . . . . . Reg price: $1.99/each in case qty. Sold in case lots only.

Again, you can mix-and-match to get the best discount.

Article of Faith #8: "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly;..." So pick your translation!