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NLT Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition
Trusted & Treasured by Millions of Readers over 30 years, the Life Application® Study Bible Is Today’s #1–Selling Study Bible
Now it has been thoroughly updated and expanded, offering even more relevant insights for understanding and applying God’s Word to everyday life in today’s world.
Discover How You Can Apply the Bible to Your Life Today
With a fresh two-color interior design and meaningfully updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you understand God’s Word better than ever. It answers the real-life questions that you may have and provides you practical yet powerful ways to apply the Bible to your life every day.
Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. Survey the big picture of each book through overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines, and grasp difficult concepts using in-text maps, charts, and diagrams—all to help you do life God’s way, every day.
Features: (Enhanced, updated, and with new content added throughout) Now more than 10,000 Life Application® notes and features Over 100 Life Application® profiles of key Bible people Introductions and overviews for each book of the Bible More than 500 maps & charts placed for quick reference Dictionary/concordance Extensive side-column cross-reference system to facilitate deeper study Life Application® index to notes, charts, maps, and profiles Refreshed design with a second color for visual clarity 16 pages of full-color maps Quality Smyth-sewn binding—durable, made for frequent use, and lays flat when open Presentation page Single-column format Christian Worker’s Resource, a special supplement to enhance the reader’s ministry effectiveness Full text of the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), combining the latest biblical scholarship with clear, natural English The words of Jesus are in red letter.
Now it has been thoroughly updated and expanded, offering even more relevant insights for understanding and applying God’s Word to everyday life in today’s world.
Discover How You Can Apply the Bible to Your Life Today
With a fresh two-color interior design and meaningfully updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you understand God’s Word better than ever. It answers the real-life questions that you may have and provides you practical yet powerful ways to apply the Bible to your life every day.
Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. Survey the big picture of each book through overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines, and grasp difficult concepts using in-text maps, charts, and diagrams—all to help you do life God’s way, every day.
Features: (Enhanced, updated, and with new content added throughout) Now more than 10,000 Life Application® notes and features Over 100 Life Application® profiles of key Bible people Introductions and overviews for each book of the Bible More than 500 maps & charts placed for quick reference Dictionary/concordance Extensive side-column cross-reference system to facilitate deeper study Life Application® index to notes, charts, maps, and profiles Refreshed design with a second color for visual clarity 16 pages of full-color maps Quality Smyth-sewn binding—durable, made for frequent use, and lays flat when open Presentation page Single-column format Christian Worker’s Resource, a special supplement to enhance the reader’s ministry effectiveness Full text of the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), combining the latest biblical scholarship with clear, natural English The words of Jesus are in red letter.
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December 31, 2020
Well, I did it: read the Bible from beginning to end. This schedule (Method 3) and Bible edition helped me reach my goal. The language is graceful and accessible, and the notes really helped me engage with the text.
July 12, 2025
…this is a review for the Kindle edition. I’m pushing 60, and I find many Kindle books are hard to navigate, or they crash my device. The NLT LASB for Kindle is a pleasure to use. I grew up on books, I love holding them in my hand and reading them. It’s similar with listening to music. There’s nothing like a vinyl record.
Nevertheless, I have to admit, mp3 playlists are so convenient, with crystal clear sound, my LPs are feeling a tad neglected. And Kindle books/Bibles have made study so convenient, as well as easy on my tired eyes, my large Christian library is looking a little dusty.
An occupational hazard of any study Bible, is that the footnotes can distract from the main text. With the NLT LASB, the footnotes remain hidden until you click on the link. And the font is larger and clearer than other Kindle Bibles, making it a pleasure to read for the Mr. and Mrs. Magoos among us.
As most of us already know, the NLT is an easily readable translation, motivating us to read books that can be heavy lifting in the ESV or NASB, like Jeremiah or Ezekiel. (I also recommend the Kindle ed. of The Message for the OT narratives and prophets.)
99% of the LASB’s footnotes and study notes are very informative. It’s truly a gift to the Church in these wicked, chaotic times.
It’s the other 1% that I’ll briefly address. I in no way desire to be argumentative, but the commentors’ notes on the subject are so dogmatic, based on flimsy reasoning, I felt a dissenting view should be published.
This concerns the Trinity.
In the intro to John, the commentors claim that Jesus was “fully man and fully God” again and again. Then they claim unless we believe that “basic truth”, we won’t have faith to entrust our salvation to Jesus. No such phrase occurs in John or anywhere else in the Bible, and is completely untrue in my case. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, the second Adam, the Savior of the world. (John 20:31, 1st Corinthians 15:45, Acts 4:12)
The cornerstone for their statement is John 1:1, 2, but that can, and has been translated as “…the Word was divine”, (An American Translation/Moffat’s) Alternate readings for other texts are found throughout the NLT (and all Bibles), but the Trinitarian rendering of John 1:1, 2 is treated as sacrosanct, and beyond question. This simply isn’t true, and they know it. That’s why Paul said in 1st Corinthians 8:6, “…there is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created, and for whom we live, and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created, and through whom we live.” (Note, Holy Spirit isn’t even mentioned here, or in parallel texts such as John 1:1-18, Philippians 2:5-11, or Hebrews 1:1-3)
We find this footnote to Matthew 3:16, 17, “The doctrine of the Trinity, which appeared later in church history, teaches that God is three persons, and yet one in essence…”
It goes on to describe God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, claiming that all three persons of the “Trinity” were present at Jesus’ baptism. Although, in fact, if you read those verses, you will see God expressing approval of His Son, like any proud father. The “person” of the Holy Spirit descends like a dove upon Jesus and is speechless. The phrases “God the Son” and “God the Holy Spirit” do not appear in those verses, or anywhere in the Bible. Holy Spirit literally means “Sacred Wind/breath. No one in the Bible ever has a back and forth conversation with Holy Spirit.
The footnote then calls the Trinity an “incomprehensible mystery”. Three persons in one. An “incomprehensible mystery” indeed. The study Bible’s commentators were honest enough to admit the Trinity doctrine appeared “later in church history”. The note then goes on to cite several vss., only one of them comes close to describing the Holy Spirit as a Person, John 15:26. However, the context reveals Jesus was speaking “figuratively” in the upper room that night. (John 16:25, 29)
The overwhelming majority of pronouns involving the Holy Spirit are gender neutral and should be rendered “it” or “which”. Check interlinears for confirmation, as well as Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible.
One last point: In the comments concerning the meaning of 1st John, it’s acknowledged that John penned his first epistle to fight heresies concerning Jesus. In a box titled “John Counters False Teachings”, we find this comment on 1st John 2:22 and 4:1-3, “They denied that Jesus was the Messiah---God in the flesh. John said that if we believe that Jesus was God incarnate and trust him for our salvation, we are children of God.”
Is that what 1st John 2:22 says? Here it is: “And who is the great liar? The one who says Jesus is not the Christ. Such people are antichrists, for they have denied the Father and the Son.” 1st John 4:1-3 reads similarly.
Nothing is said there about “God in the flesh” or “God incarnate.” Those terms appear nowhere in the Bible. The word “Messiah” doesn’t mean “God”, it means “anointed” as the commentors well know.
What John wanted people to believe is found in John 1:49, where Nathaniel calls Jesus “The Son of God.” John the Baptist himself said the same thing in 1:34. The Apostle John wrote his gospel so that people would believe Jesus was the Son of God. (John 20:31) All of this fits perfectly with what Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1:30-33. Jesus would be called “…Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David…” Jesus is son of the Lord God, who would give Him David’s throne.
To illustrate, Jesus was Yahweh’s servant and His Son. (Acts 3:13, 4:27, 20, John 20:31, Matthew 16:16 NLT) In the same way Abraham was willing to offer up his son Isaac as a sacrifice, Yahweh offered up His only-begotten Son. Yet, the LASB’s commentors would have us believe Isaac was actually Abraham.
Yahweh is Almighty God, Jesus is His divine Son, Holy Spirit is the “finger of God”, “power of God”. (Matthew 12:28, compare with Luke 11:20 NASB, NKJV with NLT)
This review is not intended to be exhaustive on the subject, but I hope it’s food for thought. Also, consider these vss., John 14:28, Matthew 24:36, 1st Corinthians 11:3, 1st Corinthians 15:24-28, Revelation 1:1. Revelation 21:22.
Nevertheless, this is an outstanding study Bible on Kindle.
Nevertheless, I have to admit, mp3 playlists are so convenient, with crystal clear sound, my LPs are feeling a tad neglected. And Kindle books/Bibles have made study so convenient, as well as easy on my tired eyes, my large Christian library is looking a little dusty.
An occupational hazard of any study Bible, is that the footnotes can distract from the main text. With the NLT LASB, the footnotes remain hidden until you click on the link. And the font is larger and clearer than other Kindle Bibles, making it a pleasure to read for the Mr. and Mrs. Magoos among us.
As most of us already know, the NLT is an easily readable translation, motivating us to read books that can be heavy lifting in the ESV or NASB, like Jeremiah or Ezekiel. (I also recommend the Kindle ed. of The Message for the OT narratives and prophets.)
99% of the LASB’s footnotes and study notes are very informative. It’s truly a gift to the Church in these wicked, chaotic times.
It’s the other 1% that I’ll briefly address. I in no way desire to be argumentative, but the commentors’ notes on the subject are so dogmatic, based on flimsy reasoning, I felt a dissenting view should be published.
This concerns the Trinity.
In the intro to John, the commentors claim that Jesus was “fully man and fully God” again and again. Then they claim unless we believe that “basic truth”, we won’t have faith to entrust our salvation to Jesus. No such phrase occurs in John or anywhere else in the Bible, and is completely untrue in my case. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, the second Adam, the Savior of the world. (John 20:31, 1st Corinthians 15:45, Acts 4:12)
The cornerstone for their statement is John 1:1, 2, but that can, and has been translated as “…the Word was divine”, (An American Translation/Moffat’s) Alternate readings for other texts are found throughout the NLT (and all Bibles), but the Trinitarian rendering of John 1:1, 2 is treated as sacrosanct, and beyond question. This simply isn’t true, and they know it. That’s why Paul said in 1st Corinthians 8:6, “…there is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created, and for whom we live, and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created, and through whom we live.” (Note, Holy Spirit isn’t even mentioned here, or in parallel texts such as John 1:1-18, Philippians 2:5-11, or Hebrews 1:1-3)
We find this footnote to Matthew 3:16, 17, “The doctrine of the Trinity, which appeared later in church history, teaches that God is three persons, and yet one in essence…”
It goes on to describe God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, claiming that all three persons of the “Trinity” were present at Jesus’ baptism. Although, in fact, if you read those verses, you will see God expressing approval of His Son, like any proud father. The “person” of the Holy Spirit descends like a dove upon Jesus and is speechless. The phrases “God the Son” and “God the Holy Spirit” do not appear in those verses, or anywhere in the Bible. Holy Spirit literally means “Sacred Wind/breath. No one in the Bible ever has a back and forth conversation with Holy Spirit.
The footnote then calls the Trinity an “incomprehensible mystery”. Three persons in one. An “incomprehensible mystery” indeed. The study Bible’s commentators were honest enough to admit the Trinity doctrine appeared “later in church history”. The note then goes on to cite several vss., only one of them comes close to describing the Holy Spirit as a Person, John 15:26. However, the context reveals Jesus was speaking “figuratively” in the upper room that night. (John 16:25, 29)
The overwhelming majority of pronouns involving the Holy Spirit are gender neutral and should be rendered “it” or “which”. Check interlinears for confirmation, as well as Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible.
One last point: In the comments concerning the meaning of 1st John, it’s acknowledged that John penned his first epistle to fight heresies concerning Jesus. In a box titled “John Counters False Teachings”, we find this comment on 1st John 2:22 and 4:1-3, “They denied that Jesus was the Messiah---God in the flesh. John said that if we believe that Jesus was God incarnate and trust him for our salvation, we are children of God.”
Is that what 1st John 2:22 says? Here it is: “And who is the great liar? The one who says Jesus is not the Christ. Such people are antichrists, for they have denied the Father and the Son.” 1st John 4:1-3 reads similarly.
Nothing is said there about “God in the flesh” or “God incarnate.” Those terms appear nowhere in the Bible. The word “Messiah” doesn’t mean “God”, it means “anointed” as the commentors well know.
What John wanted people to believe is found in John 1:49, where Nathaniel calls Jesus “The Son of God.” John the Baptist himself said the same thing in 1:34. The Apostle John wrote his gospel so that people would believe Jesus was the Son of God. (John 20:31) All of this fits perfectly with what Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1:30-33. Jesus would be called “…Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David…” Jesus is son of the Lord God, who would give Him David’s throne.
To illustrate, Jesus was Yahweh’s servant and His Son. (Acts 3:13, 4:27, 20, John 20:31, Matthew 16:16 NLT) In the same way Abraham was willing to offer up his son Isaac as a sacrifice, Yahweh offered up His only-begotten Son. Yet, the LASB’s commentors would have us believe Isaac was actually Abraham.
Yahweh is Almighty God, Jesus is His divine Son, Holy Spirit is the “finger of God”, “power of God”. (Matthew 12:28, compare with Luke 11:20 NASB, NKJV with NLT)
This review is not intended to be exhaustive on the subject, but I hope it’s food for thought. Also, consider these vss., John 14:28, Matthew 24:36, 1st Corinthians 11:3, 1st Corinthians 15:24-28, Revelation 1:1. Revelation 21:22.
Nevertheless, this is an outstanding study Bible on Kindle.
December 24, 2025
This is not a study Bible. In terms of the translation, it's fine, somewhere between an NIV and The Message. However the notes are more akin to devotional than educational references. They don't give insight into historical, cultural, or linguistic facts. And they are frequently silent when it comes to difficult passages to interpret. I guess I should have known by the name "Life Application". My mistake. I would recommend it to someone who is quite new to the Christian faith. Not so much to someone who wants to delve deeper into an intellectual understanding of the biblical world.
December 22, 2023
first time reading the Bible. will forever remember this 1.5 year journey bc it totally renewed my understanding of God and transformed my prayer life + relationship with Him. the life application notes on how to apply Scripture to daily life were especially helpful, and offered cultural/historical context that pieced it all together... & now to do it all over again !
October 29, 2021
This is a study Bible with notes that are more pastoral and academic but neither do I find it especially preachy or presenting any special theological issues considering the general backgrounds of the contributors.
December 25, 2025
My favorite translation for Bible study. I don’t tend to read all the commentary and if I had it to do over, I’d have gotten the giant print but alas, it’s fine. I used it with the Bible Recap podcast.
February 16, 2021
My favorite translation and the notes help me apply what I'm reading to my life. I've read it at least once or twice a year for several years.
September 8, 2025
An AMAZING BIBLE
I love how this book is written and including maps, character introductions it is amazing! I am going to see if it is printed in large print.
I love how this book is written and including maps, character introductions it is amazing! I am going to see if it is printed in large print.
December 24, 2025
Great study bible
I love this study bible, very is to understand when reading the footnotes it becomes more clear. I would highly recommend.
I love this study bible, very is to understand when reading the footnotes it becomes more clear. I would highly recommend.
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