The passion of one man became the passion of a church, and ultimately the passion of a whole group of denominations.

Like no other Bible app for your Android, the all new Zondervan NIV Study Bible immerse you more deeply into the Word. Quickly navigate to any verse and easily access tools to help further your understanding of the Bible. In addition to New Testament courses, I also teach our Hermeneutics course (focusing on biblical interpretation) and the integrative seminar that our students take in their final year of seminary. You can study bible with our Holy NIV Bible app that works completely offline and comes with daily new verses to brighten up your day. Long was a lifelong devotee of the King James Version, but when he shared it with his friends he was distressed to find that it just didn’t connect.

A self-governing body of fifteen biblical scholars, the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) was formed and charged with responsibility for the version, and in 1968 the New York Bible Society (which subsequently became the International Bible Society and then Biblica) generously undertook the financial sponsorship of the project. With over a hundred new articles and thousands of new notes, this NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition will continue to lead the way in resourcing generations of Christ-followers.

For example, I’ve written a few commentaries on Matthew and feel thoroughly at home in that Gospel and in the scholarly writing around it. The NIV Study Bible is an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to mine the treasures of Scripture.Even in places where the English translation was clear, notes and references could further clarify the meaning of the text. The initial translations produced by these teams were carefully scrutinized and revised by intermediate editorial committees of five biblical scholars to check them against the source texts and assess them for comprehensibility. If an agreement couldn’t be reached by the general editor and associate editors regarding the meaning of a passage, the notes would offer two or three views on the matter.