In 1877, Reverend John Ross of the National Bible Society of Scotland, made efforts to translate the Bible into Korean with the help of such Korean nationals as Lee Ung-chan and Suh Sang-ryoon. The Korean version of the Gospel of Luke, published in 1882, was the first Holy Scripture in Korean. Later, the Choson branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society was established in 1895. It was subsequently commissioned as the Korean Bible Society in 1947 and has remained so to this day. Korea has become the first, and foremost circulator of the Bible in the world by publishing and exporting the Bible to more than 150 countries since 1975.

The Korean Bible Society has played a pivotal role in the development of Christianity in Korea, through its translation, publication, and circulation of the Korean Bible. It has tirelessly worked to propagate the spiritual, social, and educational values of the Bible among the general public.