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