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Commissioned in 1975 by Thomas Nelson Publishers130 respected Bible scholarschurch leadersand lay Christians worked for seven years to create a completely newmodern translation of Scriptureyet one that would retain the purity and stylistic beauty of the original King James. With unyielding faithfulness to the original GreekHebrewand Aramaic textsthe translation applies the most recent research in archaeologylinguisticsand textual studies.

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The text from the New King James Version® (NKJV®) may be quoted in any form (writtenvisualelectronic or audio)up to and inclusive of 500 verses or less without written permissionproviding the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Biblenor do verses quoted account for 25% or more of the total text of the work in which they are quotedand the verses are not being quoted in a commentary or other biblical reference work.

For churches requesting to use a small selection of material for church bulletinssermons or classroom use that falls within our “gratis use” guidelinesformal written permission is not necessary. Churches may use stand-alone quotations/scriptures in sermonsbulletinsnewslettersor projected in a worship setting without asking written permission provided the translation is correctly cited.
This permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright acknowledgment as follows:

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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