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If you have an account within ChMeetings or your church’s mobile app, you can easily read the Bible using a dedicated feature. This guide shows you how to use it. 

Tip: The Bible text displays in your app language. If you want to change it, go to the main app menu, then Settings > Change Language.

You can find the Bible within your main app menu. Its exact position is selected by your church.


 

Get To Know The Bible Section

The Bible section gives you access to several features that facilitate reading and learning. Here is how it is built: 

  • The Bible Options Menu, found at the top right of the screen (︙), takes you to:
    • Settings, where you can set the Bible Version and Font Size.
    • History, where you can find your verse Bookmarks, Highlights, and Notes.
  • The Book and Chapter you’re currently reading. Just tap on it to browse other books and chapters.
  • Chapter Verses. Here is where you can read verses, and if you tap on one, you get a menu that lets you bookmark, highlight, add a note, or copy the verse to share.
  • Chapter Navigation: Use these arrows to go to the next or previous chapter.

 

Bible Settings

To access the Bible Settings, tap the Options menu (︙) at the top right of your screen, then select Settings.  Here are the settings you can adjust: 

 

Set The Bible Version

Select from one of the available Bible versions, as follows: 

  • King James Version (KJM)
  • New King James Version (NKJV)
  • English Standard Version (ESV)
  • New Living Translation (NLT)

     

Set The Font Size

Here is where you can choose the font size you prefer for reading. There are five available sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, and XXL. 

 

View The Action History

This section is your centralized location for all verse highlights, bookmarks, and notes. Whenever you want to find such an item, simply browse this history to find it.

The history includes four tabs: 

  • All: Lists all items.
  • Bookmarks: Lists your bookmarked verses.
  • Highlights: Lists the verses you highlighted.
  • Notes: Lists the verses you added notes to, and displays the content of your notes. 

Regardless of the tab you’re in, the Options menu (︙) next to each item provides additional options: 

  • Edit is available for notes only and allows you to edit the content of your note without having to go to the verse.
  • Delete is available on all items and lets you delete the bookmark, highlight, or note.


 

Browse Books & Chapters

To browse books and chapters, simply tap the current book and chapter above the verses, then choose which book and chapter you’d like to read.

 

Search

The Search feature at the top of your Bible page allows you to search the entire Bible for specific keywords; or for a certain reference (Book, Chapter, and Verse). 

 

Verse Reading Options

While reading verses, tap a verse to access several options you can use to improve your reading and learning experience, or share with others. Let’s explore these options below: 

 

Bookmark

Tap a verse and select Bookmark to save it to your list of Bookmarks within the Action History. The verse will also be marked with a dedicated Bookmark () icon so you can easily see that you’ve bookmarked it, while reading. Tapping this icon next to a verse will remove the bookmark.

 

Highlight

Tap a verse and select Highlight to select a highlight color for the verse. 

You can change the color of a highlighted verse by going through the same process. Select the Eraser () icon if you want to remove the highlight. You can also remove highlights from the History, by deleting the item.

 

Add Notes

Tap a verse and select Note to add a note to it. Enter the text, and tap Save. You can add multiple notes to the same verse by following the same process. 

Once your note is saved, the verse will be marked with a Note () icon. Tapping this icon takes you to the History section, where you can view, edit, or delete all the notes added to the respective verse. 

 

Share

Tap a verse and select Share to copy the verse and have it ready to be shared anywhere.

 

Chapter Navigation

To navigate through chapters, to the Previous or Next one, just use the arrows at the bottom of your screen. The left arrow takes you to the Previous chapter, while the right arrow takes you to the Next chapter. 

 

Listen to the Bible

You can also listen to the Bible using the audio player. To open it, click the context menu (⠇) at the top right on mobile or the headphones icon (🎧) on desktop. 

This opens up the audio player, which allows you to: 

  • Play and Stop the audio.
  • Navigate the current chapter using the navigation slider or the 5s forward or backward buttons.
  • Navigate to the next or previous chapters using the left and right arrows.
  • Speed up the audio or lower the speed. The default is 1x - normal speed.
  • Stop after will stop the audio after the set time. You can choose between 5, 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes; or after the current chapter. 
  • Turn Autoplay on and off. If Autoplay is on, then the audio will continue to the next chapter after the current one ends. 
  • Set the voice style to either Narrated or Dramatized.  

You can minimize the player using the ⌄ icon or close it using the x icon - both at the top right.

 

Bible Reading Plans

You can go to the Bible > Plan section and pick a reading plan that suits you and helps you go through the bible reading process more smoothly. Here is how this works:

The available plans are:

  • Read at your own pace,
  • Whole Bible in 1 to 7 years, 
  • New Testament in 90 days, 
  • Gospels in 30 days, 
  • Psalms and Proverbs in 31 days.

 

Read at Your Own Pace

When reading at your own pace, you can select to start where you stopped reading (if you have already started previously); or from a book and chapter of your choice. 

 

Click Start Plan to begin reading and track your progress. You will then see your current progress, and where you left off. You will also have the option to continue reading.

 

Read the Whole Bible in 1 to 7 years

To read the whole Bible in 1 to 7 years, you can select how many years you want and you will see how many chapters you need to read per day to achieve your goal. You can also enter your start date.

 

Click Start Plan to begin reading and track your progress. You can then begin reading and your progress will continue to be tracked.

 

Other Reading Plans

The other reading plan options let you set a Start Date for your reading. 

 

Click Start Plan, and you will then be able to see and track your progress every time you read.

 

Plan Options

Once you start a reading plan, it remains on your Plans screen, showing you your progress, as well as some additional options, available in the plan’s context (⠇) menu:

  • Change start date lets you select a different date your plan starts.
  • Restart from today sets today as your reading start date for the plan.
  • Back up progress lets you back up your progress to another device.
  • Restore from code lets you restore progress from another device where it has been previously backed up.
  • Change plan will let you change your plan and choose a different one.
  • Reset progress will set your progress to zero and you can start over.
  • Stop plan will close your current plan and return you to the list of available plans, where you can choose a different one if you like.

 

Progress Backup & Restore from Code

You can back up your progress on a device and restore it on another, using a code. Here is how this works:

  1. Saving progress: Reading progress is automatically saved on your device, not on the ChMeetings server.
  2. Generating a backup code: From Bible > Plan > Context (⠇) Menu > Back Up Progress, you can generate a code and copy or share it for safekeeping.

     
  3. What the code contains:
    • Selected reading plan and start date.
    • Completed reading days.
    • Current reading position and the last 7 days of reading history for the "Reading at My Own Pace" option.
    • Reminder settings (enabled/disabled and time).
  4. Restoring progress: On another device, you can open Bible > Plan > Restore From Code, paste the saved code, preview the plan, and select Restore.
  5. Important notes:
    • The backup code represents progress at the time it was generated. You should generate new codes periodically to preserve your latest progress.
    • Only fully completed days are backed up. Partially completed days will appear as unread when restored.
    • Restoring a code replaces any existing reading plan and its progress on that device.
    • The code works for both guests and logged-in members.
    • There is no automatic synchronization between devices. If device data is lost and you haven’t saved a backup code, your progress cannot be recovered through this feature.
    • The backup code itself contains no personal information and is not stored on our servers.
       

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