Introduction to the updated New International Version of the Bible

The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) has completed their work to update the New International Version of the Bible. The CBT was formed in 1965 to create a modern English Bible translation from the oldest and best-available biblical manuscripts. The NIV rapidly became the world’s most read modern English Bible with more than 400 million copies in print. Since the most recent NIV update in 1984, the CBT has continued to meet every year in accordance with the NIV charter, which demands constant monitoring of developments in Biblical scholarship and English usage and the reflection of these developments in periodic updates to the text. The committee represents the very best in evangelical biblical scholarship with its members drawn from various denominations and from some of the finest academic institutions in the world.

Bible Gateway is pleased to present the updated text of the New International Version, and we invite you to read it now.

• Find out more about the updated translation
• Read the full translators’ notes by downloading the complete PDF.
• Find out more about the Committee on Bible Translation, the translators of the NIV.