Guide
Get the most out of WordForge
You do not need this page. Every tool works the moment you open it. It is here for the reader who wants to know what everything is for and how the pieces fit, in a few sentences each, with nothing to memorise. Open only the parts you want.
If you only read one paragraph
Open the Bible, read a chapter, and use the panel underneath it: it lists everyone and everything on the site connected to that chapter and offers to break it down. When a verse stops you, Verse Breakdown at Devotional depth takes five minutes. When a question stops you, What the Bible Says takes the question in your own words. Everything you generate can be exported; nothing is stored, and nothing on the site will ever ask you to sign up or pay.
Three depths, one rule
Every study tool offers Devotional (five minutes, one verse, one idea, one thing to do), Essentials (the heart of it in plain language, a shorter read) and In depth (context, cross-references, key words, the hard questions). The depth changes how much is written around the text. It never changes the text: a verse is quoted whole, word for word from the Berean Standard Bible, at every depth, or it is cited by reference and not quoted at all. How we check that.
Study tools
Verse BreakdownPaste any verse or short passage and get it phrase by phrase: what it says, what it meant to its first hearers, the key words, and what it asks of you.
One way to use it well. Start here when a verse stops you. Choose Devotional for a five-minute read, Essentials for plain language, or In depth when you want the context and cross-references. Every reference in the result is a link, and hovering shows the verse.
What it will not do. It will not paraphrase the verse. The passage is quoted word for word from the Berean Standard Bible or cited by reference; the explanation is the model's, the text never is.
Open Verse BreakdownGenerate a StudyA complete Bible study from a passage or a theme, for a chosen audience, as a single session, a plan of two, three or seven days, or a thirty-day devotional (a page a day).
One way to use it well. Pick the audience honestly (new believer, small group, skeptic, and so on) because the whole shape changes with it. For a group, generate Essentials and read it aloud; for your own week, a seven-day plan on one chapter.
What it will not do. It does not save anything. Export to Google Docs, PDF or the clipboard when it finishes; a refresh keeps the current study but nothing is stored on our side.
Open Generate a StudyGreek and HebrewThe original-language words behind an English verse, with their roots, forms and range of meaning, explained for readers who have never studied either language.
One way to use it well. Use it on the word that carries the sentence, not on every word. A single verse gives the best result.
What it will not do. The original-language content is the one thing on the site that is not fetched: it comes from the model's knowledge and is marked as such. The English verse alongside it is fetched and exact.
Open Greek and HebrewWhat the Bible SaysAsk what the Bible says about anything (anxiety, money, forgiveness, marriage) and get the passages that speak to it, quoted exactly, with an honest account of where they agree and where they are hard.
One way to use it well. Ask the real question, in your words. A question about a hard situation gets a better answer than a one-word topic.
What it will not do. It will not pick a side for you where faithful readers disagree; it lays out the positions and the passages behind them.
Open What the Bible SaysSermon PrepA full outline for preaching: the passage handled at depth, the structure, the illustrations to find, the application, and the hard question the text will raise.
One way to use it well. Set the length and the style you actually preach, then treat the result as a study partner's draft, not a script. In depth is the default here on purpose.
What it will not do. It does not store or manage sermons; export it to your own Drive and it is yours.
Open Sermon PrepKids and TeensAge-appropriate studies for four grade bands, Pre-K through high school, each with a story told well, a verse to keep, something to make or try, and questions a child actually asks.
One way to use it well. Choose the band for the child in front of you, not the age on the box. Every kids study was checked against the Bible text before it appeared; the Pre-K ones are read-aloud scripts and say so.
What it will not do. Nothing on the kids pages asks for anything: no giving prompt, no sign-up, ever.
Open Kids and TeensPrayer HelperA starting point for prayer when the words will not come: a situation in, a short prayer and a passage out.
One way to use it well. Say what is actually happening. It is a starting point to pray from, not a prayer to read instead of praying.
What it will not do. It keeps nothing. Close the page and it is gone, which is the point.
Open Prayer HelperReading and reference
Read the BibleThe whole Bible, with the words of Jesus in red, a search across all sixty-six books, and, under every chapter, everything else on the site that touches it.
One way to use it well. Type a reference to jump, or words to search. The panel under each chapter (the Passage Hub) is the fastest way from reading to studying: it lists the people, places, terms and quotations in the chapter and offers to break it down.
What it will not do. Red marks a whole verse in which Jesus speaks, not the exact words; the site says so rather than guess at word boundaries.
Open Read the BibleThe Old Testament in the NewEvery explicit Old Testament quotation in the New Testament, both texts side by side, which reading the writer followed (Hebrew or Greek), exactly what changed, and whether it matters.
One way to use it well. Read the Does it matter note first. Then look at the three short readings; that is where you can see the difference for yourself.
What it will not do. It never settles a disputed question for you. Where scholars disagree about which reading is older or what a writer meant, the entry says so and shows the positions.
Open The Old Testament in the NewApologeticsDefending the faith in conversation with someone of another belief, or none: what they hold, where you agree, where Christianity stands and why, the Scripture to have read, how to make the case, and the arguments that lose it.
One way to use it well. Read What not to claim before the conversation, not after. Then read the Scripture to know list in the reader; the case is only as good as your knowledge of the passages.
What it will not do. It never quotes another tradition's scripture; beliefs are described and cited by reference so you can read the source yourself.
Open ApologeticsBible CharactersWho the people of the Bible were, what they did, and where to read about them.
One way to use it well. Follow the links between people and places; the entries cross-reference each other and the reader.
What it will not do. Every quoted verse on these pages is checked against the Bible text character for character before the site can be published.
Open Bible CharactersBible DictionaryBiblical terms in plain English, with a verse where each one lives.
One way to use it well. When a study uses a word you half know (propitiation, covenant, Sabbath), look it up here rather than guessing.
What it will not do. It is a glossary, not a theology; where a term is debated it says so briefly and points you to the text.
Open Bible DictionaryBible LocationsThe places of Scripture and what happened at each.
One way to use it well. Read a location entry before a study set there; geography explains more of the story than people expect.
What it will not do. No map claims more precision than the text supports.
Open Bible LocationsBible TimelineThe story of Scripture in order, era by era, with each event linked to its passage.
One way to use it well. Use it to place a passage: knowing what came just before and after changes how a chapter reads.
What it will not do. It does not date what Scripture does not date; where the evidence is thin the entry says so.
Open Bible TimelinePractice
Verse FlashcardsMemorise verses with flip cards.
One way to use it well. Add the one verse from each study you want to keep. Progress lives in your browser, on this device.
What it will not do. Nothing syncs between devices, because there are no accounts.
Open Verse FlashcardsSurprise MeA random verse, topic or life situation to start from when you have no idea where to start.
One way to use it well. Take whatever it gives you into Verse Breakdown.
What it will not do. It is random. That is the feature.
Open Surprise MeBible QuizQuestions across characters, places, terms and events, graded fairly.
One way to use it well. Wrong answers are the useful ones; look up what you missed in the Characters, Dictionary, Locations or Timeline pages, which are where the questions come from.
What it will not do. It keeps no score beyond the session.
Open Bible QuizHow they fit together
Read a chapter. The hub under it shows who is in it and where it sits on the timeline; open those if you are lost. Break down the verse that stopped you. Look up the word you half knew. Ask the question the passage raised. Generate a study for the people you will read it with, export it, and add the one verse worth keeping to your flashcards. Nothing in that chain asks you to save, sign in, or pay, and every verse along the way is the same exact text.
Something missing from this page? The site changes; the guide is meant to keep up. Why it is free and how accuracy is kept.