The Passion Translation (Photo: BroadStreet Publishing Group)Bethel Church is pausing the sale of The Passion Translation, a Bible paraphrase also known as TPT, the Redding, California, congregation said in a statement, as numerous Christians continue to point to significant concerns about the paraphrase. Bethel had sold a special edition of the TPT New Testament carrying a foreword by Senior Pastor Bill Johnson. Life Bible, an app used by an estimated 1.5 million people to read Scripture, dropped the translation from its service. A petition urging YouVersion, the most downloaded Bible app in the world, to drop TPT has drawn more than 17,000 signatures amid the renewed scrutiny. He wrote that people expect an app to carry only safe Bible translations and urged caution for anyone still using YouVersion.