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CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible

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Christian Standard Bible

Copyright 2017

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INTRODUCTION TO THE

CHRISTIAN STANDARD BIBLE

The Bible is Gods revelation to humanity. It is our only source for completely reliable information about God, what happens when we die, and where history is headed. The Bible does these things because it is Gods inspired Word, inerrant in the original manuscripts. Bible translation brings Gods Word from the ancient languages (Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic) into todays world. In dependence on Gods Spirit to accomplish this sacred task, the CSB Translation Oversight Committee and Holman Bible Publishers present the Christian Standard Bible.

Textual Base of the CSB

The textual base for the New Testament (NT) is the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece , 28th edition, and the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament , 5th corrected edition. The text for the Old Testament (OT) is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , 5th edition.

Goals of This Translation

• Provide English-speaking people worldwide with an accurate translation in contemporary English.
• Provide an accurate translation for personal study, sermon preparation, private devotions, and memorization.
• Provide a text that is clear and understandable, suitable for public reading, and shareable so that all may access its life-giving message.
• Affirm the authority of Scripture and champion its absolute truth against skeptical viewpoints.

Translation Philosophy of the Christian Standard Bible

Most discussions of Bible translations speak of two opposite approaches: formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence. However, Bible translations cannot be neatly sorted into these categories. Optimal equivalence capitalizes on the strengths of both approaches.

Optimal equivalence balances contemporary English readability with linguistic precision to the original languages. In the many places throughout the Bible where a word-for-word rendering is understandable, a literal translation is used. When a word-for-word rendering might obscure the meaning for a modern audience, a more dynamic translation is used. This process assures that both the words and the thoughts contained in the original text are conveyed accurately for todays readers. The Christian Standard Bible places equal value on fidelity to the original and readability for a modern audience, resulting in a translation that achieves both goals.

History of the CSB

Holman Bible Publishers assembled an interdenominational team of 100 scholars, editors, stylists, and proofreaders, all of whom were committed to biblical inerrancy. Working from the original languages, the translation team edited and polished the manuscript, which was first published as the Holman Christian Standard Bible in 2004.

A standing committee maintained the translation, while also seeking ways to improve both readability and accuracy. As with the original translation, the committee that prepared this revision, renamed the Christian Standard Bible, is international and interdenominational, comprising evangelical scholars who honor the inspiration and authority of Gods written Word.

Introduction

D ont you love a good story? Whether in the form of a great book, a movie, or just a conversation with friends around a fire, powerful stories can pull us in, delight us, teach us, catch us off guard, scare us, frustrate us, or give us a great deal of satisfaction when the ending turns out just right. What many people dont realize is that the Bibles sixty-six books weave together an amazing, cohesive story, a Grand Story that God has written on the world, and, believe it or not, you and I are a part of that story. Yet, you and I cant understand our place in the story until we understand how the Bibles Grand Story fits together, how it develops, where its climax comes, and how it invites us to join in a never-ending script that God continues to write in and through the lives of real people like you and me.

As you read the CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible , let me make a few suggestions for getting the most out of the experience.

Read at a specific time and place each day, and do so until it becomes a habit. Like other aspects of our lives, developing a rhythm really helps. It takes three or four weeks to develop a habit, but once that habit is established, you will look forward to the time set aside for reading Gods Word. Also, we have given you six readings per week with Scripture, so if you miss a day, you can make it up. Just pick back up and keep going.

Always keep the Big Story in view . We have laid out this chronological Bible in three Acts and seventeen scenes. At the beginning of each Act and scene you have an introduction that will help orient you to what is going on at that point in the story, and there are markers on each page to remind you which scene you are in. Let this framework for the Bibles Grand Story sink in and shape how you think about Gods Word.

Dont get bogged down in the passages you dont understand. Focus on getting the big picture of how the Bibles story develops. There are parts of the Bible that are just plain difficult, that bring to mind more questions than answers. Just know that it is normal to struggle with understanding some parts, and some aspects of the story become much more clear as the story develops.

Read in community with others. The Bible talks a lot about community, and Bible reading is best experienced in community. It helps if you have family or friends who also are reading the Bible at the same pace, for they can encourage you, keep you on track, and discuss the Bible with you. If you do not attend a church, find one so you can have a place to celebrate what you are learning and to pose questions that come up in your study.

Pick up tools to help you read the Bible better. The CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible is part of a broader emphasis on biblical literacy called Read the Bible for Life . On the Read the Bible for Life website (www.readthebibleforlife.com) you can find various tools, some of them free, to help you grow in the skill of Bible reading.