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J.B. Phillips

Born

in Barnes, The United Kingdom

September 16, 1906

Died

July 21, 1982

Genre

Religion

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John Bertram Phillips or, J. B. Phillips (16 September 1906 – 21 July 1982) was an English Bible scholar, translator, author and clergyman. He is most noted for his version of The New Testament in Modern English. Phillips was born in Barnes, Surrey. He was educated at Emanuel School in London and took an Honors Degree in Classics and English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained an Anglican clergyman in the Church of England in 1930. Phillips died in Swanage in Dorset, England in 1982.

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	Your God Is Too Small 4.11 avg rating — 1,628 ratings — published 1952 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Testament in Modern English by J.B. Phillips (Translator), Anonymous 4.44 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1958 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ring of Truth: A Translator's Testimony 3.95 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1967 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters To Young Churches: A Translation of the New Testament Epistles 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Testament Christianity by J.B. Phillips, Evan Huwa (Illustrator), Mike Mueller (Introduction) 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1956 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Prophets: Amos, Hosea, First Isaiah, Micah really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1963 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Our Contemporary 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Church in Action: Acts 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1955 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Success: An Autobiography 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plain Christianity 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1955 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is refreshing, and salutary, to study the poise and quietness of Christ. His task and responsibility might well have driven a man out of his mind. But He was never in a hurry, never impressed by numbers, never a slave of the clock.”
― J. B. Phillips

tags: calm-under-pressure, hurry, jesus, jesus-christ, poise

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“You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern.”
― J.B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English

tags: bible-verse

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“If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.”
― J.B. Phillips

tags: words, writing

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