Forty-four scholars contributed original study notes to the project, and Ken Barker, a member of the Committee on Bible Translation, served as its general editor after the original editor, Ed Palmer, passed away in 1980. The initial vision for the project was provided by a single individual – an engineer working with General Electric in Seattle by the name of Howard Long. 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. Long saw the need for a translation that captured the truths he loved in the language that his contemporaries spoke. The desire to reflect the broad evangelical community can be seen in the notes on Revelation 20:2, where John describes Satan as being bound for a thousand years. The meaning of this millennial period is heavily debated by evangelicals, and to favor any one viewpoint would only serve to alienate part of the evangelical Christian community. As a result, the editors chose to describe the amillennial, premillennial and postmillenial views of the passage rather than focus on one particular interpretation. Stay motivated with Holy NIV Bible Free Verse every day. Grow in your faith with NIV Study Bible-free devotionals.

Set in Zondervan’s exclusive NIV Comfort Print® typeface, this stunning, full-color study Bible answers your pressing questions with just the right amount of information, placed in just the right location. The NIV Study Bible was published in September 1985. Since then, more than 10 million copies have been printed. Lighting the Way Welcome to the all new, full-color Zondervan New International Version Study Bible! The world's bestselling & most comprehensive Study Bible is now available for your mobile device! It's like placing an entire resource library for Bible study in the palm of your hand with an all new, clean, and powerful design. Doctrinally, the NIV Study Bible reflects traditional evangelical Christian theology. Many of the contributors of the NIV Study Bible are from evangelical institutions. [2]Permission requests for commercial use within the U.S. and Canada that exceed the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing by, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Attention: Permissions Department, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214. Even in places where the English translation was clear, notes and references could further clarify the meaning of the text. The NIV Study Bible provided clarity and context in abundance, with 20,000 notes and numerous maps, charts and diagrams. The New International Version (NIV) Bible is the most popular English language Holy Bible available today. Dr. Jeannine Brown: Drawing on my own study of Matthew, I was able to clarify the meaning of the Greek term teleios as used in Matthew 5:48. Jesus calls his disciples to “be perfect” like their “heavenly Father is perfect.” Because teleios doesn’t map exactly onto the English word “ perfect,” our note on this verse now provides the following clarification:

Since this is a revision to the 2011 NIV Study Bible, can you think of a specific study note or feature that you personally helped refine on account of better cultural or thematic understanding of a passage? Any commentary or other Biblical reference work produced for commercial sale that uses the New International Version must obtain written permission for the use of the NIV text. Since the release of the full NIV Bible in 1978, the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) and Zondervan Publishers had hoped to produce a study version that would do one thing: help the reader better understand the Bible. The scholars who worked on the project were all deeply committed to the complete truthfulness of Scripture. They came from across the spectrum of evangelicalism, and most had also worked on the initial NIV translation. Committee members and editors reviewed their notes to ensure that they successfully avoided “theological polemics.”Thousands of new or updated notes based on historical discoveries, cultural findings, and thematic insights Over the course of nearly four years, the editorial team met for seven one-week sessions poring over every note, every article, every chart, and every essay. Their aim was to evaluate and refine every aspect of this study Bible. Dr. Jeannine Brown: I would love for this study Bible to help seasoned readers of Scripture to gain new insights into the text and its context. I would also hope that our work would meet the needs of new readers of the Bible, who really want to dive into the history, literary qualities, and theology of Scripture. Available in Standard (9-point print size), Large Print (10.5-point print size), and Personal Size (7.5-point print size)