After much public debate, publisher says strategy for a 'stable' Bible was a 'mistake.'
The publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible has reversed its controversial decision to finalize the current text after tweaking 29 verses.
“We have become convinced that this decision was a mistake,” stated Crossway president and CEO Lane Dennis in an announcement released today. “We apologize for this and for any concern this has caused for readers of the ESV, and we want to explain what we now believe to be the way forward. Our desire, above all, is to do what is right before the Lord.”
Crossway recently announced that after changing 52 words found in 29 verses, the ESV “will remain unchanged in all future editions.”
The publisher’s intended goal was “to stabilize the [ESV], serving its readership by establishing the ESV as a translation that could be used “for generations to come,” stated Dennis. “We desired for there to be a stable and standard text that would serve the reading, memorizing, preaching, and liturgical needs of Christians worldwide from one generation to another.”
However, after much public discussion over the decision, Crossway has changed its strategy.
“The means to that goal, we now see, is not to establish a permanent text but rather to allow for ongoing periodic updating of the text to reflect the realities of biblical scholarship such as textual discoveries or changes in English over time,” stated Dennis. “These kinds of updates will be minimal and infrequent, but fidelity to Scripture requires that we remain open in principle to such changes.”
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