The document summarizes reasons why the NIV is a complete and reliable biblical text. It notes that the NIV includes content from other manuscripts as footnotes when some translations include verses not found in the oldest manuscripts. It also explains that the source materials for the NIV were written around 1,000 years closer to biblical events than earlier English translations, as scholars have recently discovered many ancient manuscripts dating to as early as the 4th century AD. This makes the NIV translation more reliable than earlier versions.