French Revision Project

Location: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Benin, etc.
Speakers:  311,000,000
Project Status:  Bible
Christian Population:  67%

Over 300 million people speak French throughout the world—and they all need a faithful Bible. Since 2013 a team of French speakers has been revising the 1872 Lausanne Bible. By the grace of God, the French New Testament was published in 2023, and it has been very well received, especially in Francophone Africa. Tens of thousands of copies of it have already been printed, and, Lord willing, the next printing will include Psalms and Proverbs.

Last week members of our French revision team met in Toulon, France for their biannual conference. They focused on refining the New Testament while advancing steadily through the Old Testament. The historical books were the main focus and revision proceeded up to First Chronicles with most of the Pentateuch having been finalised. Revised books are passed on to the reading committee members for their feedback. Thus far the project has reached draft revision of the book of Ezekiel. The team also made minor refinements to the New Testament to ensure harmony with the Old Testament.

We are thankful for successful public conferences held in Quebec in June of this year where we were able to further explain the need for reliable and accurate translations of God’s word for French-speakers.

Learn more: French   / English 
French New Testament: Physical copy / Digital  

How to pray for the project:

• For the French team to be given wisdom and guidance as they endeavour to once again provide French speakers with a faithful copy of the Scriptures.

• For the distribution of 50,000 New Testaments in Africa (funded by GBS), and for distribution avenues to be opened in other parts of the French-speaking world.