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The '''New International Version Inclusive Language Edition''' ('''NIVi''') of the Christian Bible was an [[inclusive language]] version of the [[New International Version]] (NIV). It was published by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] (a subsidiary of [[Lagardere Publishing]]) in London in 1995; New Testament and Psalms, with the full bible following in 1996. It was only released in the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Countries. 

In 1997, an article by ''[[World Magazine]]'' accused the NIVi of being "a feminist seduction of the evangelical church". This led to a protest in evangelical circles, led by [[James Dobson]]. A meeting led by Dobson released the [[Colorado Springs Guidelines]], a set of guidelines on gender in Bible translation.  Despite some evangelicals coming to the defense of the NIVi, [[Zondervan]] responded by not releasing the NIVi in the United States.<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1997/june16/7t7052.html Bibles: Hands Off My NIV!], [[Christianity Today]], June-16-1997</ref>

One of the criticisms was that the word ''man'' was replaced by a variety of words in a very mechanical way ("anyone", "person" etc.) even in passages where clearly a man was indicated. This lent credibility to the criticism that this was a feminist translation with the need to strip the translation of as many occurrences as possible of the word ''man''.{{fact|date=May 2022}}

A modified edition was published in 1999. Typical of the changes was Leviticus 15:2-15, where "man" was restored in the 1999 edition,{{fact|date=May 2022}} as the passage clearly concerned males. Also a John 17:6-26 speech of Jesus was indented in the 1999 edition, following the indentation of similar passages in the gospel.
 
In 2002 [[Today's New International Version]] (TNIV) was published for the English-speaking world as a replacement, but differing in its title with the addition of "Today's". This was also discontinued, with a slightly toned-down version of the TNIV being published as the New International Version in 2011.

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