How do I read the Bible with a plan?
A plan splits the Bible into readings by the calendar, and the site opens the current week or day by itself. The list of plans is in the “Bible” menu, under “Reading plans”. In “The Bible in 52 Weeks”, one page is a week, with a line for each day. In the other plans, a page is one day.
- On the “Bible reading plans” page, choose a plan.
- Press a chapter number next to the book name: its text opens.
- The numbers at the bottom of the page lead to the neighbouring weeks or days.
- In the “Translations” block, choose another translation: the same week or day opens. On a phone this block is below the readings.
- If the translation has a recording, the line starts with a “Listen from here” button: the page’s readings start playing from that point in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
The player plays the readings to the end of the page: in “The Bible in 52 Weeks”, the whole week, day after day; in the other plans, one day.
The site counts days in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), not by the clock on your phone or computer. So in the evening or early in the morning the plan may open the neighbouring day, and the “today” mark may not be on your date. A new week also starts by UTC: at midnight on Monday.
Not yet: we plan to remember what you have read. The bar at the top of the page shows only your place in the plan. You do not need to choose a start date either: the plan follows the calendar, and the current week is the same for all readers. If you missed a day, go back with the numbers at the bottom of the page: past and future readings are always available.
Plans are made for two numberings of chapters and verses: the Synodal and the English one. The plan’s list has only translations with one of them and with all the books of the plan. So it does not include, for example, a translation with only the New Testament or with a different numbering. You can still read such translations as usual, in the “Bible” section.