Bible Gateway User Reviews

Bible Gateway
Bible Gateway
HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.

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Life CHANGINGπŸ’—πŸ’—

I love this app so much and it has allowed me to read the Bible more often and seek the Lord. I use my headphones and use the "dramatized" version on the audio bible and follow along on the regular Bible reading and I understand it so much more. I started to use the reading plan and using the audio to complete it and it's great because you can get reminders everyday reminding you to read. I plan on writing about what I know from the scriptures in my prayer journal. The only thing is that the reading plans don't have an option where you read Genesis to Revelation which I would prefer but the app is still amazing and I love it and I encourage you to get it to get you closer to Christ with scripture :) ps I highly recommend the NIV version of the Bible because other ones like the KJV are hard to understand in my opinion and the NIV is really easy to read and understand for a 12 year old like me.
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Thank God for this app

I love this app I am visually impaired and it is very difficult for me to read the Bible giving that I can no longer read text I struggle with following Sunday service because I can't read the Bible when everybody else is reading it but with this app it is amazing I've been reading the Bible I actually started from Genesis and I'm able to sync it to my TV to listen to it loud enough I love this app thank God I hope I hope they make it better so one can get the verses because right now you're only able to get the book and the chapter I want to be able to see the verses or hear the verses so when their church wants us to go to for example Genesis chapter 1 verse 10 I won't have to start from Genesis chapter 1 verse one but I'll just go straight to Genesis chapter 1 verse 10 so fingers crossed and I'm hoping for eight to get even better so I can get the versus I for what it's worth this is the best audio Bible I have come across since I've been downloading series of ups for audio Bible
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EATING THE WORD

Wow I have read the Bible more than once. Some books more than twenty times! I tried several times before to no avail. I can read THE WORD anywhere, never been bored again. The Audio is my company on my hourly walks. So excited understanding the Word. Now I can easily connect events from both The Old and New Testaments! The WORD IS ALIVE!
I tell my children we should read The Bible like we would a book, ready to answer questions from any passage otherwise we cannot pass the exam!
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Thank you

I have downloaded and tried every other "bible app" and this is the only one that doesnt ask you for an email or other information to actually use it. THANK YOU Bible Gateway. You have tons of versions and translations that a person can easily compare side by side without having to spend 100s of dollars on physical bibles! Your interface is next to none. EASY to figure out the symbols and menus. EASY to switch between bible translations. I love the fact that you have a grey background with white letters when selecting night mode. Every other app has black on white, which is just too much contrast for me. I appreciate the fact that you made a very easy to use, non intrusive app.
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Easy to use and listen to.

I have to complement the reader, a most beautiful reader whom I recognised from our book club book The Goldfinch.
This gentleman is very very easy to listen to and He won't put you to sleep as his voice is engaging and captivating to its subject matter. It's how I would imagine Jesus tone (without the educated New York accent).
The reader makes the book interesting in my opinion, so enjoy this Great book because I can't wait to get to my daily devotions as I read and listen (no distractions).
I haven't used All the app features, but I bet it's worth 5 stars.
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Helpful

Good range of bibles, but would have liked NRSV & Good News bibles also. Useful set of features, especially the ability to look at two bibles side by side. You have to be online to use. No ability to download a bible

NIV Online Version

I have a serious issue with the NIV online version as it is missing some key verses in the NT. Matt 17:21; 18:11; 23:14 to name a few. Do not support the publisher Harper Collins.

Please make one change!

One of the only drawbacks to this app is that when selecting a chapter from a book of the Bible, the "scroll" option is time-consuming and not as efficient as other apps that just have a menu with the numbers in a square. It really becomes an issue with the Bible, because it's such a large volume with so many chapters and so many versus within many of the chapters (Try looking up Psalm 119:105...) It makes me want to go to my other apps to look up a verse. Otherwise I love all the depth of versions available, listening options, books available, etc Everything else is great, but the one thing I want use this app for often is to look for a particular verse, so I experience the scrolling issue almost daily. Seems to me that this would be an easy change and make a Scripture search much less time consuming. Thanks for listening!
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Preferred previous app

Very disappointing not to be able to pinch screen to a larger font. I am visually impaired so will seriously miss this feature. The audio feature while good, does not make up for this. I am disappointed. Why change something when it's not broken?

best Bible app yet

Thank you Bible gateway for thinking of this app. I had been wondering when it would happen so thank you for answering my prayers. It gives me quick access to word search while staying in the app read it and make notes as well. God bless...

Jesse

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