For those totally New to the Faith and find the ESV too wooden for them to understand here is a very loose paraphrase of the Bible.
It should not be your main text once you get the hang of things you can move onto a more literal translation. Like the other ones already shared on here.
I recommend that you consider using the NKJV or MEV to fill in missing texts from the Traditional Text not present in ESV posted here as well. Such as the ending of the Lord's Prayer, Marks longer ending and also the woman caught in adulatory passages. You can use the ESV and then just switch to reading those passages from the other Translations if you wish to or prefer the English Standard Version as a main Translation.
