The original biblical manuscripts are inspired by God, infallible, and should be obeyed in all circumstances. With a fresh two-color interior design and meaningfully updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you understand God’s Word better than ever. This beautiful full-color Bible provides a complete resource for study, including thousands of notes, articles, extensive cross-references, and features contributed by top evangelical scholars. Each book of the Bible begins with a detailed book introduction, and the Bible also includes cross-references, textual footnotes, and a combination Dictionary/Concordance. While their comments can certainly be helpful in understanding the text, they don’t require obedience of any sort.

Created by a diverse team of 95 leading Bible scholars and teachers—from 9 countries, nearly 20 denominations, and 50 seminaries, colleges, and universities—the ESV Study Bible, Indexed features a wide array of study tools, making it a valuable resource for serious readers, students, and teachers of God’s word. You can watch the video below to see the Life Application Study Bible in action, and keep reading for more details as well as links to where you can purchase a copy. Behind every support specialist, Bible study editor, graphic designer, and accountant is a Sunday School teacher, kids volunteer, or small group leader. In my video review of the Life Application Bible, I show you how the study notes work in this Bible. Adherents of “dynamic equivalence” (and the more recent label “functional equivalence”) do not necessarily feel obliged to translate the actual words of the original.

The publisher says it was designed to help answer the question: What does God's Word mean for my life today? Each profile includes strengths and weaknesses, greatest accomplishments and mistakes, and key lessons from their lives. The Life Application Study Bible has numerous maps, building a thorough and comprehensive Bible atlas right into the pages of this Bible. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. New features include: a refreshed interior design with a second color for visual clarity; meaningfully updated study notes and features; and the Christian Worker's Resource- a special supplement to enhance the reader's ministry effectiveness.

Where other study Bibles offer insight about the text, the Life Application Study Bible goes one step further and asks readers to consider how it applies to the rhythm of their daily lives. I think this focus on application makes this a great Bible for anyone who wants to take the message of the Bible seriously, but I particularly think it’s great for young people, seekers, and new believers. The Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition, is quite simply the most complete Bible ever compiled. Additionally, I don’t want someone else doing the hard work of wrestling through how to apply various verses. It features a new layout that has been completely edited and updated with a significant amount of new study material.A carefully organized cross-reference system in the margins of the Bible text helps you find related passages quickly, including parallel passages and text quoted from another passage. Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with study notes, overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines. To be clear, I’m not creating a dichotomy between the two, but there are scholars who know the Bible backward and forwards and yet don’t obey it.