Don't have an answer but I'm genuinely surprised and impressed that the majority of responses aren't people being snarky about religion and instead, just folks trying to help you out!
Good luck!
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It hit the magical crossover between being non-pushy and asking about privacy
Lemmy might be touchy about religion but it has a passion for data privacy
Even though it's nice to see people getting along, I was kinda hoping to make a joke about St Peter's record book being the ultimate tracking cookie.
It's because anyone is free to learn/study/worship.
It's only a problem if you try to force it on others.
Why not an epub reader? Is there some functionality these websites have that isn't just providing the text?
Ability to look up specific verses and taking notes, some have narrations or further notes, etc
Sounds like the daily devotional
This one looks like what you might be looking for.
Edit: it's even on fdroid.
Edit: maybe The Life Or The Light.
Good luck on your search!
F-droid has a couple.
OliveTree. Excellent app for study. They have literally everything including devotional. It’s the power app for study.
If you use a debian or debian- derivated distribution, you can install it with apt install bible-kjv.
another option is to have an epub version of it that you can load into a reader. you should be able to add bookmarks etc. It might not be as feature-rich as an app, but if you want privacy, it's about as close to reading a book as you're going to get.
This might be of interest but the UI looks bad
https://github.com/maxlit/grepbible-server?tab=readme-ov-file
For android:
https://github.com/yukuku/androidbible
And found this insane open source OP one for multiple platforms https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible
Press tab a few times in TempleOS.
I think the trick is the daily devotional, they'll want to know who you are to deliver that.
Bible Gateway is great if you just want the text, multiple translations even.
Why does it has to do anything with me? Just pick out a verse and provide devotional on it.
Have you heard of upper room? They're in print. My mom reads the old ones from years ago, one of the previous years where the day of the week matched up with the date -- because devotionals are evergreen.
Not what you asked but you may be able to get paper devotionals from a church. Or maybe upper room has an ok website?
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what version?
KJV or NIV
KJV should be fairly easy considering it's public domain.
Does the Crossway ESV app do it? The issue with open source bible apps is that they rely on public domain translations, but Xiphos and AndBible are alright
you version has no ads, not sure about tracking. does have decent devotionals and no account required
That's what used till now, then I found it shares data with third parties
ah that's too bad, I'll have to keep an eye on the thread then
For your phone? On iOS, the most popular Bible app doesn't have ads.
I want privacy
Yeah I was pretty disappointed the main app on iOS and Android has you create an account to download offline translations.
Like someone else said, I think getting an offline PDF copy would be a good substitute for this.
The BibleGateway and BibleHub websites have always been good for me and I never have to log in. But not sure about them keeping data for anyone visiting. You could visit in incognito to avoid that concern.
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For me, something based around Sword is important, as it allows you to use a bunch of different Bible versions, commentaries, dictionaries and other works that you can freely download from various repositories. My app of choice is AndBible, and I recommend it wholeheartedly. I don't know whether or not they collect any information, but I believe they do have a warning before you search for Sword modules, since accessing those databases can identify you as a Christian.
EDIT: No, sorry, the warning is on BibleTime, my desktop app of choice.
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