For more than two years, Eugene Peterson devoted all his efforts toThe Message New Testament. His primary goal was to capture the toneof the text and the original conversational feel of the Greek, incontemporary English. He hoped to bring the New Testament to lifefor two different types of people. The first group were those whohadn't read the Bible because it seemed too distant, irrelevant,and antiquated. The second group were those who had read the Bibleall their lives but now found it "old hat," so familiar that theywere no longer startled by the truth of its message. Language isalways changing. When we hear something over and over again in thesame way, we can become so familiar with it that the text loses itsimpact. The Message strives to help readers hear the living Word ofGod the Bible in a way that engages and intrigues us right where weare. The Message is designed to be read by contemporary people inthe same way as the original koiné Greek and Hebrew manuscriptswere savored by people thousands of years ago. Some people like toread the Bible in Elizabethan English. Others want to read aversion that gives a close word-for-word correspondence between theoriginal languages and English. Eugene Peterson recognized that theoriginal sentence structure is very different from that ofcontemporary English. He decided to strive for the spirit of theoriginal manuscripts to express the rhythm of the voices, theflavor of the idiomatic expressions, the subtle connotations ofmeaning that are often lost in English translations. The goal ofThe Message is to engage people in the reading process and helpthem understand what they read. This is not a study Bible, butrather "a reading Bible." The verse numbers, which are not in theoriginal documents, have been left out to facilitate easy andenjoyable reading. The original books of the Bible were not writtenin formal language. The Message tries to recapture the Word in thewords we use today. Benefits of application: - The applicationworks without an internet connection (offline); - Ability tosearch; - Ability to increase / decrease the font; - Ability tocreate an unlimited number of tabs to a particular verse, one ofthe books; - If you are interested in the allocation of poems youcan copy or send a message; - Ability to scroll through the volumebuttons. Our team is not in place, and aims to expand itsfunctional applications. User guide: Each menu item is a separatebook, and each separate page in one of the books is the head. Placethe cursor instead of the chapter number and enter the chapternumber. Thus, you will not have to scroll all the chapters,selecting interesting.