THE PASSION TRANSLATION: THE NEW APOSTATE REFORMATION (DOMINIONIST) VERSION

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

 There is a new bible translation interpretation… let’s just cut to the chase, it’s 

not even a bible. It’s a collection of fiction stories that have a somewhat similar 

theme to the Scriptures but adds a whole lot of personal imagination to it.

This new storybook is called The Passion Translation. It’s popular among the New Apostolic
Apostate Reformation (NAR) crowd and quoted regularly by
hyper-charismatic false teachers like Bill Johnson and Mike Bickle. The
book was translated embellished by “Apostle” Brian Simmons,
a former missionary in Panama. Brian Simmons claims that God gave him a
direct divine revelation to create this embellished and highly
interpreted creation that he refers to as The Passion Translation.

The Passion Translation is not a completed work, only a handful of
books have been re-written and of these, they are replete with serious
errors. The interpretations and imaginations that Simmons inserts into
these texts, of course, support the NAR’s modern-day apostle theology.
For example, in Philippians 1:1, a true translation will read as follows:

Even the less accurate translation, the NIV, reads:

This simple verse is translated almost identically in all of these
versions because the meaning is simple enough. There is no hidden text
that has been recently discovered in the ancient manuscripts (that
Simmons claims to have translated from). But let’s look at how Brian
Simmons embellishes this verse, then let’s see why.

Notice that Simmons is adding things to the text that simply are not
found there. This is his own interpretation of the meaning of these
texts. Is Jesus the anointed one? Yes, but that’s not what this text
says. Were Timothy and Paul passionate servants of Jesus? Yes, but that
isn’t what this text says. Further, the concept of “spiritual son” is
found nowhere in this text translated here. It doesn’t exist.
But there is an ulterior motive behind this. Brian Simmons is closely
tied to Bill Johnson of Bethel Church. Bill Johnson is an NAR Apostle
and believes in the idea of apostolic fathering–a false teaching endorsed by Michael Brown. According to Bill Johnson, in a book edited by Dr. Bruce Cook, Aligning With The Apostolic, the concept of “apostolic fathering” is part of the core of the New Apostolic Reformation.

One of the core values of the New Apostolic Reformation
movement is the principle of apostolic fathering — raising up spiritual
sons and daughters. And we see that principle here with David. In [Psalm
34] verse 11 he is addressing the 400 as his spiritual children — his
spiritual sons. The Hebrew word here is “ben” meaning son — one who is a
builder of the family name. This is a relational term, not just a
biological one. (source)

The Passion Translation consists of a number of these interpretations
and additions to the text. The sole purpose of this work by Simmons is
to promote the false ideology of the New Apostolic Reformation. It’s a
movement that has its strongholds in the younger generation. It’s
appealing because it’s accompanied by signs and wonders, ecstatic music,
and mystical experiences that draw attention away from the jejuneness
of sound theology normally suffered by unregenerate seekers. Empty
promises of unity and love tend to be the general theme NAR
gatherings and what better way to promote their false ideology than to
create a crackpot version of Scripture that falsely alleges that their
“apostolic authority” and theology is true.
Avoid this piece of work, and Brian Simmons, like the plague.