How the text looks while you read: its size, face and spacing, verse numbers, running text and the words of Jesus in red. All of it is under ⋮ → Settings → Display. Each change shows at once, keeps the verse at the top of the screen where it is, and is kept when the app is closed.
Text size, face and spacing
- Text size (80–200 %) grows or shrinks the text. It is relative to the phone's own font size, so it still follows the system's scale.
- Line spacing (100–200 %) spaces out the lines of a verse or paragraph.
- Space between verses (0–32 px) sets the gap between rows.
- Sans or Serif picks the typeface. Each button shows its name in its own face.
Verse numbers
Verse numbers are small raised numbers in front of each verse. Turn Verse numbers off to read the text without them.
One verse per line, or running text
By default each verse starts on its own line:
With Running text on, verses flow on as paragraphs, the way a printed Bible sets them. A paragraph starts where the Bible marks one (for example the ¶ marks in the KJV, or a new section in the BSB), and at each chapter start. A Bible with no paragraph marks reads as one paragraph per chapter.
Go to, Back and the saved place still work verse by verse inside a paragraph.
Words of Jesus in red
Words of Jesus in red shows what Jesus says in red, in both the light and the dark theme. It is on by default. It is greyed out, with the reason below it, for a Bible that does not mark the words of Jesus (the BSB, for example).
Light and dark
The app follows the phone's theme (System Settings → Themes). There is no separate night mode.