Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About Dr. Humberto Gómez

• Trouble and prison
• Humerto Gómez gets saved
• Family members get saved
• The call to preach
• Introduction to the Bible version issue
• Work on the RVG begins

Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Reina-Valera Bible

• The Ferrara Bible
• Francisco de Enzinas
• Erasmus and his Greek New Testament
• The opposition of the Catholic Church
• Juan Perez de Pineda
• Julian the Little
• Casiodoro de Reina
• Cipriano de Valera

Chapter 3: The Necessity of Further Revision

• Valera's desire for textual purity
• Departures from the Textus Receptus in the 1602 Valera
• The idea of revision revisited
• The Critical Text movement
• Revision work in the 1800s
• The 1909 Antigua
• The 1960 Reina-Valera Bible
• Enter Eugene Nida
• Nida's view of translating
• The RV 1960 and the Critical Texts
• Corruption in the RV 1909 and 1960

Chapter 4: Principles of the Reina-Valera Gómez Revision

• The theological premise
• The right philosophy of Bible translating
• Word-for-word translating
• Remaining true to our heritage
• By Spanish speakers - for Spanish speakers
• An international endeavor
• The foundation
• The standard
• The important role of the King James Version

Chapter 5: The Making of the Reina-Valera Gómez Bible

• The Spanish base text
• Dr. Gómez goes full-time
• The first edition is printed
• The role of Jim and Tim Fellure
• A worldwide collaboration
• Carlos Donate
• Dr. Donald A. Waite
• Dr. Rex Cobb
• Joseph Martinez
• David W. Daniels
• Reynaldo Villareal Jr.
• Michael Lemma
• Nelson Gimenez
• Shane Rice
• Ulises Velazquez Galindo
• Donald Heinz
• The contribution of the critics
• Why is it copyrighted?

Chapter 6: Removing Hell from the Bible

• The dangers of transliteration
• Old Testament transliteration
• New Testament translation
• Hades: Hell or the grave?
• 2 Peter 2:4 explained
• Modern Bibles follow modern patterns

Chapter 7: Twenty Reasons a Veteran Hispanic Missionary Endorses the RVG

Chapter 8: 8 Reasons the President of a BibleSociety Endorses the RVG

• Because of its base text
• Because it is based on sound doctrine
• Because of those who created and endorse it
• Because it has convinced honest skeptics
• Because of the demand for it
• Because of its availability
• Because it has an honest name
• Because of its critics

Chapter 9: Do You Have the Courage to Stand?

Chapter 10: The Price that was Paid

Chapter 11: Testimonies and Endorsements

• A Bible printer
• A native Mexican pastor
• The premier defender of the Received Texts
• A veteran Bible translator
• More testimonies

APPENDIX A:Spanish Bible Verse Comparisons