Editor’ s Preface | xvii
CREATING FAITHLIFE STUDY BIBLE
We began in 2011 with a desire to design a study Bible for the digital age. The following year, we launched the initial project on multiple platforms— mobile, web and desktop( available at FaithlifeBible. com). From the beginning, we were committed to expanding and revising the study Bible in an effort to continually improve it. FSB eventually would involve dozens of contributors and build on the insights of two of our other resources: Lexham Bible Dictionary and DIY Bible Study. Nearly every note in FSB has been expanded and reshaped by multiple people— those listed as editors or major contributors. As a result of this rich collaboration, FSB’ s study notes have no single author.
The editors designed FSB to explore questions they had about the text without regard to constraints of space. The digital content often runs much longer than what can fit on the page of a typical study Bible. These lengthy explorations provided an abundance of material for later editors to distill complex discussions into concise notes and articles for the print edition of FSB, which we are pleased to publish in partnership with Zondervan.
OUR HOPE FOR YOU
Understanding a verse or passage in its historical context leads naturally to applying God’ s Word in our lives. When we see just how amazing the God of history is, we realize how much we want to love and serve that God. We hope and pray that every reader of FSB chooses to trust in the God revealed in the resurrected Savior, Jesus. And if you already know him, we pray that you will be drawn into a closer relationship with him.
Commit to Bible study. Feed your curiosity. Savor. Believe. And be transformed.
With much love for Christ and his work in all of us,
John D. Barry, General Editor On behalf of the Faithlife Study Bible team Spring 2016, Bellingham, WA