HARMONY

  Translated several times, the first to translate this version was the International Bible Society 1978 revised in 1984 and 2011. New Testament Manuscripts used for the translation are from the Koine Greek; United Bible Societies, and Nestle Aland. The translation drew critics quickly because of the many variances between it and the King James version. 

 The NIRV took criticism from Bible Scholar Bruce M. Metzger for adding the word "your," very unusual English variant. Bruce did well; the NIV has not used it again. Matthew 13:32 (NIRV)
 "It is the smallest of all your seeds. But when it grows, it is the largest of all garden plants. It becomes a tree. Birds come and rest in its branches."

 Many people criticised translating "one and only Son" from the classical "Only begotten son." Tieing this verse in their mind with John 1:12 saying "we are sons of God" Jesus was not "the one and only son."   

 John 3:16King James Version (KJV)

 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
   New International Version
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

     John 1:12  King James Version
  "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"

  In John 3:16, other translations are closer to the NIV rendering than that of the KJV, the KJV wrongly translated JN 1:12 "sons of God," should be "children [teknon] of God."

  
  The New International Version in the footnote quotes about the long ending of Mark, and because of this version people today are accepting this fact more openly. The long and short ending is worth bringing up here because the credit belongs to the NIV Translators for making this more known to the public. Biblical scholar Bruce Metzger in Mark 16:9-20 exegetically points this out in his book; The Canon of the New Testament. Think about all of the people who have been killed over the addition, snake handling Holiness Pentecostals and Apostolic.

  Mark 16:18 "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

 Scary when you think about the Poison and snakes, over a footnote that later got edited into a text.