Editing English Standard Version (section)

=== 2025 text edition ===
In May 2024, Grudem mentioned that the ESV translation committee was planning to meet in Wheaton, Illinois, in July 2024 to consider approximately 120 suggested changes to the ESV text. He estimated that the committee would approve around 30 to 40 of these suggestions, including "little tweaks to the wording [that] make it consistent with where we've translated the same phrase elsewhere."<ref name=":18" />

In February 2025, Crossway announced the 2025 text edition of the ESV.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |title=ESV Text Change Summary (2025) |url=https://www.esv.org/about/2025-updates/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211043320/https://www.esv.org/about/2025-updates/ |archive-date=February 11, 2025 |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=ESV.org}}</ref> The revision changes 68 words in total throughout 42 verses from the 2016 text. In addition, 57 footnotes were revised, and punctuation was revised in 14 verses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2025 |title=ESV Text Edition: 2025 – Complete List of Changes from 2016 |url=https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/esv-2025-text-changes.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312221003/https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/esv-2025-text-changes.pdf |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |website=Crossway}}</ref> A notable revision was made in reverting the 2016 changes to Genesis 3:16 and 4:7, having been switched back to their previous rendering.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alsup |first=Wendy |date=February 24, 2025 |title=How the ESV Changed What Women Want |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/esv-update-genesis-316-gender-submission-desire-contrary-what-women-want/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313062832/https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/esv-update-genesis-316-gender-submission-desire-contrary-what-women-want/ |archive-date=March 13, 2025 |access-date=March 13, 2025 |work=[[Christianity Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lea |first=Jessica |date=February 12, 2025 |title=ESV Announces Translation Revision to 'Desire' References in Genesis 3:16 and 4:7 |url=https://churchleaders.com/news/505659-english-standard-version-esv-revision-desire-genesis.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313063207/https://churchleaders.com/news/505659-english-standard-version-esv-revision-desire-genesis.html |archive-date=March 13, 2025 |access-date=March 13, 2025 |work=ChurchLeaders}}</ref>{{Efn|The 2016 wording for both verses (contrary to{{Nbsp}}... but) was changed to use the original 2001 wording (for{{Nbsp}}... and).<ref name=":20" />}} Another notable revision was made in John 1:18, changing "the only God" to "God the only Son" in the revised text. The 2025 text edition is scheduled to be released in the second quarter of 2025, aiming to be used in more than 540 print editions by the third quarter of 2026.<ref name=":16" />