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Prayeris the act of attempting to communicate, commonly with a sequence of words, with adeityor spirit for the purpose ofworshipping, requestingguidance, requesting assistance, confessingsins, as anact of reparationor to express one'sthoughts and emotions. Thewordsof the prayer may take the form ofintercession, ahymn,incantationor a spontaneous utterance in the person's praying words. Secularly, the term can also be used as an alternative to "hope".
Bible

The Bibleis the collection ofreligious writingsofJudaismand ofChristianity.^[1]Thebooksthat are considered to be part of the Biblical canon vary depending upon the historic tradition using or defining it. These variations are a reflection of the range oftraditionsandcouncilsthat have convened on the subject.

TheChristianversion of the Bible includes the 39 books of theOld Testament, but includes additional books in a second part: the 27 books of theNew Testament. The books in the New Testament were originally written inGreek.^[2]Some versions of the Christian Bible have a separateApocryphasection for the books not considered canonical by Christians or simply the publisher. TheJewishversion of the Bible, often called the Old Testament and sometimes theTanakh, is divided into three parts: the Teaching, the Prophets, and the Writings. The Old Testament was primarily written in Hebrew with significant portions written in Chaldean.

BibleTranslations

[edit]Modern translation efforts

The Bible continues to be the most translated book in the world. The following numbers are approximations.As of 2005, at least one book of the Bible has been translated into 2,400 of the 6,900 languages listed bySIL,^[2]including 680 languages in Africa, followed by 590 in Asia, 420 in Oceania, 420 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 210 in Europe, and 75 in North America. The United Bible Societies are presently assisting in over 600 Bible translation projects. The Bible is available in whole or in part to some 98 percent of the world's population in a language in which they are fluent.

The United Bible Society announced, that as of 31 December 2007^[3]The Bible, with Duetercanonical material was available in 123 languages. The Tanakh and New Testament were available in 438 languages. The New Testament was available in 1168 languages, and portions of the Bible were available in 848 languages, for a total of 2,454 languages.

In 1999, Wycliffe Bible Translators announcedVision 2025. This project aims to see Bible translation begun by 2025 in every remaining language community that needs it. They currently estimate that 2,251 languages, representing 193 million people, need a Bible translation.^[4]
Bible Quize

As the format ofYouth for Christactivities changed in the late 1960's, Bible quiz teams began to represent individual churches, and groups of churches from the same denomination began to hold competitions limited to those denominations apart from the Youth for Christ supervision

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