A focused Bible reader that opens any passage and lets you keep scrolling through surrounding context without losing your place — built by Nicholas Oxford after growing frustrated with existing Bible websites that made it hard to read Scripture in flow.^1 The app bundles public-domain and openly licensed translations including the World English Bible, KJV, ASV, Douay-Rheims, BBE, Darby, Revised Version, and YLT, so the core reader works offline with no account required.^2
Since its launch, Bible Glide has grown into a small-group and church discipleship companion. Join church workspaces and study groups, build custom Daily Scripture plans for a month at a time with morning passages and reflections, and chat with Bible Glide AI about what you are reading — asking for context, cross-references, prayer, or a next step, all anchored to the passage in front of you.^3 Group leaders can optionally record voice notes to draft lesson fields, and the community feed lets members share thoughts and discussion.^3
Recent additions extend the app across the whole week. A Sermon Companion tool turns Sunday's sermon notes or a bulletin photo into a shareable page with the passage, discussion questions, and a way for the congregation to ask questions about the text.^4 Bible Glide also publishes a remote MCP server so ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients can read your Daily Scripture, group lessons, and reader notes, then use Bible Glide chat for explanation or reflection — a notable step for a Bible app moving into the AI-native tooling space.^5
The core reader — search by book, chapter, verse, or range, then scroll freely before and after — remains free and works without signing in. Account-based features including AI chat, Daily Scripture plans, sermon companions, and church group tools are available through freemium personal and church subscriptions.^2
Why Christians Love It"I love how I can easily scroll to see additional context when searching a verse for bible study. Visually appealing as well! Great app."^2
Notable- Created by Nicholas Oxford, a senior software engineer and churchgoing developer from the Atlanta area, who built the initial version in an afternoon after a discipleship class^1
- Supports both Protestant and Catholic canon with multiple public-domain translations^2
- Available on iOS and web; companion website includes individual passage pages for popular Scriptures and a public "Ask a Bible question" page^3
- AI chat identifies itself clearly as "Bible Glide AI" and keeps the passage centered in every response^3
- Actively maintained, with ongoing patch releases continuing to refine AI chat, group workflows, and reader experience^2
