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English Standard Version

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Wheaton, Illinois

The ESV Study Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)
Copyright 2008 by Crossway,
a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers
All rights reserved.

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)
Copyright 2001 by Crossway,
a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers
All rights reserved.

ESV Text Edition: 2011

Version: esvsb.v3.no-nav.2013.11.a.epub

Study notes, maps, illustrations, introductions, articles, charts, tables, timelines, descriptions, concordance, and all other materials included in the ESV Study Bible (unless otherwise indicated), copyright 2008 Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross-reference system (as adapted) copyright 2001 Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV Cross-Reference System is adapted from the original English Revised Version cross-reference system.

Study notes on Malachi adapted from Gordon P. Hugenberger, Malachi, in New Bible Commentary, ed. Wenham, et al. 1953, 1954, 1970, 1994 Universities and Colleges Fellowship. Used with permission of InterVarsity Press. Outline for Romans, Thomas R. Schreiner, Romans, Baker Exegetical Commentary (Baker, 1998), used with permission. adapted with permission from Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th Rev. ed., Aland et al., eds. (The German Bible Society, 1993).

, from J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, and Daniel B. Wallace, Reinventing Jesus (Kregel, 2006), used with permission.

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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
All italics in quotations of Scripture have been added by the authors.

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The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper waythat is, to encounter the timeless truth of Gods Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this purpose, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical scholarship with the ESV Bible text, which, as an essentially literal translation, is especially suited for Bible study. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever publishedwith completely new notes, maps, illustrations, charts, timelines, articles, and other features. Created by an exceptional team of 95 evangelical Christian scholars and teachers, the ESV Study Bible contains more than 2 million words of Bible text and insightful explanation and teachingequivalent to a 20-volume Bible resource library. (See the complete list of .)