The complete Free Bible Version (Old and New Testaments) is now available. See the links below to the individual books in PDF format. Since it has also been placed in the United Bible Societies' Digital Bible Library it is now available on apps such as YouVersion and websites such as bible.com and ebible.org
Go to either the App Store or Google Play and download the app, and then select the FBV as one of your Bibles .
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A reminder: the Free Bible Version though copyrighted is made available to all under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (BY-SA) 4.0 International license which allows use and redistribution as long as it is identified as the Free Bible Version, any changes are identified, and derivatives are issued with the same license as the original. For a full legal description of the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Free—available to anyone
Copying—with no limit
No cost—no charge for downloading and use
TEXT (Version 4.2)
Old Testament books (PDF format)
New Testament books ( PDF format )
For the Free Bible Version in multiple formats go here: https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=engfbv
For the Spanish version (VBL) go here: https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=spavbl
AUDIO (version 1)
Libros en espa�ol del Nuevo Testamento (formato PDF) [ SPANISH New Testament books (PDF format)] If you wish to help with the expense of a new printing you can do so HERE: Donate THANK YOU! The Free Bible Version NT is a new translation into modern English from the standard Greek text. Its intent is to be as faithful to the original meaning without being awkward or misleading. The style is contemporary English without using slang or colloquialisms, speaking to our modern society in a way people will understand. This is an ongoing project that expects change and development. If you come across any glitches that need to be fixed, please let us know! You are encouraged to copy and share this resource, subject to the limitations of the license (see above).
Free
Finally, a truly free Bible—free in terms of availability, free in terms of use, and free in terms of cost for download from the Internet. What does this mean?
The Free Bible Version is freely available. This means it can be viewed online, re-posted on other websites, and printed. It is free for use not only in the sense it doesn’t cost anything to use, but that the whole of the Free Bible Version can be used without any restrictions as to quantity and books.
This contrasts with almost all other modern English language translations available today. Most people (including church leaders) are not aware that modern copyrighted English versions limit the amount of text you can use. This is often set at a specific number of verses, and also that no complete single book of the New Testament can be copied. Technically this would mean that you could not copy out the book of Philemon say for your Bible study class, even though it only comprises 25 verses.
A brief review of modern English versions reveals that the maximum number of verses that can be reproduced is usually between 250 and 500 in total. Limits are invariably placed on how much of a Biblical book can be published, such as up to 50%. Otherwise you have to ask for written permission and may have to pay royalties.
No such limits are placed on the use of the Free Bible Version. You are free to republish the whole text, complete books, or as long quotes as you wish. The only stipulation is that you identify the Free Bible Version, any changes are identified, and derivatives are issued with the same license as the origina l. .
So now you can use the Bible as freely as you want—producing booklets for Bible study on specific books, making the Bible available for viewing and/or download on your website, using it for personal Bible study on your phone or iPad or computer as you wish.
Let your church know. Let your minister know. And may this free version of the Bible be a blessing to all as God intended.
Yours in our gracious God,
Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, translator
The Free Bible Version is a project of Free Bible Ministry