“So what?” That’s the response many people have to the Bible. Read a passage, interpret it, and still they ask, “So, what difference does that make in my life?”

In the Life Essentials Study Bible, renowned Bible teacher Gene Getz complements the full text of the popular HCSB translation by elaborating on 1,500 principles in Scripture that are as relevant today as when the sixty- six books of the Bible were written. Distilling these truths into principles, Getz helps the reader more easily remember and effectively apply the Bible’s wisdom to everyday life. He explains how each of these principles represents a supracultural truth – one that can and should be applied at any moment in history and in every cultural situation.