Help
Short answers to “how do I do this?” with live examples: choose a topic, open a question and repeat the steps on the site.
How the site works inside, how statistics are counted and how the API works is explained in the documentation.
Reading
Site language
How to switch the language of menus and labels, find a language in the list, and why the page text may stay in another language.
Choosing a translation
Where to choose a Bible translation in any language, how to open the same chapter in another translation and how to add a translation to favourites.
Chapters and reading place
How to choose a Bible book and chapter, move to the next chapter, return to where you left off and open a chapter by its address.
Footnotes and references
How to read a footnote, open parallel passages and hide footnotes if they get in the way of reading.
Text appearance
How to change the colour theme, font and text size, set up the words of Christ and reset the settings.
Verses
Copy and share
How to select verses, copy them in the format you need, send a link and make an image with a verse on only.bible.
Comparing translations
How to open a verse or a chapter in several translations side by side, keep your own set, and what to do when verse numbering differs.
Search
Search
How to open a Bible passage, find a word in a given translation and book, and what the search operators on only.bible mean.
Listening and plans
Audio Bible
How to play a chapter recording, go back to it from another page, change the reader, set the speed and the sleep timer, and what the player's notes mean.
Reading plans
How to choose a reading plan, open today's chapters, listen to them, change the translation and move to the neighbouring week or day.
Study
The Study section
How to find a tool in the “Study” section, convert biblical measures and money, compare genealogies, find the date of Easter and download books from the library.
Site and contact
Installing the app
How to install only.bible as a web app on your phone or computer, and why the “Web app” button may be missing.
Statistics
How to use the only.bible statistics page and what its figures mean: readers, visitors, translations, books, countries, robots and requests to the server.
Contact us
Where to write if you find a typo or something does not work, what to include in an error report, and how to support the project.
Donations
Can you give anonymously, how to cancel a subscription, is there a tax deduction, where to write if a payment failed, what the money is spent on and how to help without money.