The Study Bible VS Xiphos

A good commentary Bible will help. They will have comments at the bottom of the pages to explain some of the more difficult passages. My two favorites are "The Life Application Bible" (Amazon) and "The John MacArthur Study Bible (gty.org). I own both and they have both helped me a lot in biblical understanding. Source: 5 months ago

NKJV and ESV are very popular. I would suggest a commentary Bible that will have comments at the bottom of the pages to explain the more difficult passages in the Bible. There are many you can choose from but the only two I am familiar with are "The Life Application Bible" (Amazon) and "The John MacAuthur Study Bible" (gty.org). Both are available in several different translations. Source: 11 months ago

Lastly, there are a lot of good preachers that you can listen to on your mobile device or computer. Guys like Adrian Rogers (lwf.org), David Jeremiah (davidjeremiah.org), Jeff Shreve (fromhisheart.org) and John MacAuthur (gty.org). These are pastors that I have been listening to for many years so I know they teach sound biblical truth. Source: 11 months ago

Third, if you are not going to church, then you need to. Sermons from a good Bible teaching preacher can really have an impact on you. I am fortunate to have a really good Bible teaching preacher at my own church but I don't stop there. I listen to other preachers on TV, on the radio, and over the internet during the week. Some of my favorites are David Jeremiah (davidjeremiah.org), Jeff Shreve... Source: 11 months ago

As already mentioned, there are some good commentary Bibles that will have notes at the bottom of the pages that explain some of the more difficult passages. My two favorites are "The Life Application Bible" (Amazon) and "The John MacAuthur Study Bible" (gty.org). You can also log in and watch sermons on line. I do not want this to replace you going to a local church, I believe fellowship with like-minded... Source: 11 months ago

The other tool I use a lot is Xiphos, which works natively on Linux and is available from the software repo for my Linux distro (Ubuntu). It isn't as powerful as theWord, but it also has a nice and large module repository and is quite comfortable to use for me. Source: about 1 year ago

Xiphos is a Bible study tool written for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using GTK, offering a rich and featureful environment for reading, study, and research using modules from The SWORD Project and elsewhere. It is open-source software, and available free-of-charge to all. Software can be found at: https://xiphos.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

Note that there's also the "KJVAE (King James Version, American Edition)", that one's different. And I'm actually having a hard time finding a site I trust that has the original AKJV online, so I don't have a link. However, it is available as a module for theWord Bible Software, as well as for Bible software that uses the SWORD module library (like Xiphos and the Bishop mobile app). Source: almost 2 years ago

If you're in the US or some other equally free nation, then you can go straight for the Bible. I would hop on Blue Letter Bible for starters. If you decide to go into in-depth study, theWord and e-Sword would be what I would spring for next. Note that those work on Windows - if you're on a Mac, Eloquent should work - I've never used it, but it looks nice. And if you're a Linux user, Xiphos should have you covered. Source: about 2 years ago

The only downside to this approach is that, while theWord is free, the NASB module is somewhat pricey. However, there's so many other translations in there for free, so you should be able to find something to fit your needs. If you're looking for a free NASB, you can use Xiphos. The NASB is in the "Lockman Foundation" module repository. That way, you can put Xiphos on one side of the screen, put theWord on the... Source: about 2 years ago