Biblegateway.com

What everyone needs to know about Biblegateway.com.  It is a basic 21st century discipleship tool. 
1. It is free.  No registration.  No login.  Free. 
 
2. Go to http://www.biblegateway.com/

3. You can search for a word or a passage on the home page.  In other words, if you put in salvation, it will know to look for that keyword.  If you put in 1 Corinthians 13, it will take you to that chapter of the Bible.  It is smart.   

4. You can also change which version you are searching.  You can also look up a passage in five versions at a time on the Passage Lookup page.  I recommend TNIV, ESV, NLT, The Message (paraphrase), and NIRV (for kids).  See more about Bible Versions at my post The Best Bible Study Tools on the Web.   

5. You can also go to Keyword Search and look up how often words occur.  Yes, this is a basic concordance.   

6. You can also listen to chapters that are read aloud online.  Look up a verse in the TNIV and then click “Listen to this passage” or the icon.  You can listen to it in RealPlayer.  I tell my students to listen to one chapter while getting dressed in the morning.  (Sorry, you can’t download it or listen to more than a chapter at a time).  There are a number of audio versions available on the Audio Bible page. 

7. You can change your default Bible in Preferences on the home page. 

Comments

[Deborah Brown]

Thanks for sharing this excellent tool. No more carrying around alot of extra books. Everything is right at our fingertips.

Deborah

[Deborah Brown]

WOW, that Biblegateway is awesome. I didn't know that there were so many versions of the Bible. I ran a reference on one of my favorites, Psalms 91, and it really opened my understanding even more. If you haven't logged in, I encourage you to do so. Go one step further and mark it as one of your favorites, I sure did. Let me know what you think.
Deborah