In the end, the NLT is the result of precise scholarship conveyed in living language. More than 90 Bible scholars, along with a group of accomplished English stylists, worked toward that goal. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Living Bible/5(). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The Living Bible - Kindle edition by Inc. Its purpose is to say as exactly as possible what the writers of the Scriptures meant, and to say it simply, expanding where necessary for a clear understanding by the modern reader. The Living Bible is a paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments.