The Christian Standard Bible was translated using optimal equivalence, focused on being faithful to the original languages without sacrificing readability. The CSB text has been proven to optimize both readability and clarity, while maintaining linguistic precision, making it an excellent translation for reading, study, and preaching. The CSB text is a complete revision of the HCSB, first published 20 years by a team of more than 100 scholars from 17 denominations who shared a common vision to create an English translation of the Bible that was meticulously faithful and exceptionally clear to understand. Twenty years later, that text has been fully revised to provide a new generation of readers with a translation that is even more clear and even more faithful—the CSB.