YouVersion: Tried it yet?

 

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Free and portable with loads of features!

YouVersion’s, The Bible App, hit the app stores in 2008. In 2022 it reached a celebrated milestone of being available in 100 languages and 36 countries! There’s no fee for using it, but they do offer a non-pushy option for crowdfunding to help cover development costs.

YouVersion’s mission is “...to encourage and challenge people to seek intimacy with God, every day.”

YouVersion partnered with OneHope in development of their Bible App for Kids. I’ve used it myself, when incorporating it into some life-skill activities with younger folks and found it to be easy to use and engaging.

Here’s a list for you, of reasons I’m promoting The Bible App. They’re why it has maintained as my fav, portable Bible study tool..

• Comes with a boatload of translation versions, including the World Messianic Bible Translation (one of my favs and most used).
• Its main Bible can be downloaded to your mobile devices in whatever translation you prefer, that the app offers.
• You can take notes on it
• You can color-code scripture in it
• It has bunches of study plans, or you can study scripture alone
• You can engage in the studies alone, or let your friends see what plans you’re studying, or invite them to join you in a study.
• You can generate images with embedded scripture to share within the app, download to your device, or export to share in social platforms.
• The study plans are in categories and many of them have the option of linking to a larger version, by the author.
• Doesn’t take up lots of space on your mobile device.
• Has online versions for Windows, iMac, Android phones/ tablets, Windows phones/tablets, iPhones and iPads.
• It has its own community, complete with messaging and chat options. You might be amazed at how many folks you know that are already using it!

The Bible App is currently (2023) installed on “...more than 500 million unique devices around the world. Their generous partners make it possible for them to offer 2,898 Bible versions in 1,884 languages for FREE, and with NO ADVERTISING. 

Oh, yeah, did I mention it’s free? (Grin!)

From my perspective, this is an app to appreciate and celebrate! Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

12 for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Hebrews 4:12

Young's Exact Translation

The wrap!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you've found this interesting and that I've successfully enticed you to check out YouVersion, if you haven't already.

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'Til next time...

Shalom