Help people read Scripture
with understanding.

For written passage study, the server retrieves the passage from the configured Scripture source using its canonical reference. It checks the requested source and its permitted use, and builds the Scripture citations separately from the generated explanation. Words supplied by a client are not accepted as authoritative Scripture.

The edition used for reading and the edition permitted for study with the Ask Why Bible assistant can differ. Where the study flow uses a separate reference edition, its citations identify that edition. Access to read a translation does not, by itself, permit sending it to an assistant provider.

These source and permission checks do not independently verify every claim in an answer. Live spoken conversation is not a separately verified written study answer. A proposed resource catalog is also not evidence of a licensed or fully reviewed library.

A shared Nicene Christian foundation guides the project. Your selected tradition now determines the church sources used and the perspective explained in written and spoken answers. Catholic and Orthodox explanations follow the represented tradition’s canon and church authority. This replaces the earlier fixed Protestant-only canon policy. The Ask Why Bible assistant still distinguishes Scripture from interpretation and acknowledges uncertainty and disagreement.

We continually review and improve the constitution and the instructions that put it into practice. This work shapes how answers are generated; it is separate from reviewing an individual answer before delivery.

Asking about another tradition or comparing views changes that answer’s perspective without changing your saved preference. Unspecified preferences stay unspecified. Bible translation is chosen separately: if an approved edition lacks a passage, that is an availability limit, not a judgment about your tradition’s canon. A public shared conversation does not load its owner’s private denomination preference.

Current coverage includes selected Catholic Catechism sections, Orthodox Church in America teaching, one regional Coptic baptism resource, and sources from the Church of England, Southern Baptist Convention, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, United Methodist Church, Assemblies of God USA and Orthodox Presbyterian Church. These named bodies do not speak for every church in their broader families. Many topics and jurisdictions are not yet covered; the assistant should explain those limits rather than substitute another tradition’s teaching.

The assistant should not claim divine revelation or replace the life and care of a church. Source selection and automated checks are not human approval or proof that every answer is correct.

Questions and conversation dialogue are processed to answer you. Ask Why Bible and its configured answer and speech providers may process dialogue and available transcripts to answer questions and create conversation summaries. Saved study preferences and eligible study memories can also provide context. This processing is not entirely on your device.

Personal Journal thoughts have a separate boundary. They are excluded from Ask Why Bible assistant prompts, summaries, study memory, retrieval, provider tools, and product analytics. If you accept the device’s sync disclosure and enable their sync category, they may be stored in your authenticated account for synchronization. Permission to store them never grants permission to use them with the Ask Why Bible assistant.

Sync and improvement sharing have separate controls. The initial privacy screen preselects sync categories, but transfers wait until choices are saved. Conversation sharing permits authorized review and offline analysis of retained dialogue; those records are kept for 30 days, and opting out deletes them and linked results. Study-memory sharing is a separate human-review choice and starts on for new accounts. Personal thoughts are excluded from both forms of review.

Storage has limits and deletion controls. Account storage is encrypted in transit and at rest, but is not end-to-end encrypted. Turning sync off stops future uploads without deleting existing account copies. Saved account data can be deleted separately; synced deletions reach other devices when they reconnect, and encrypted server backups expire after 14 days. Providers’ own processing and retention are separate from these account-storage rules.

The app’s Privacy settings contain the fuller disclosure and controls. This page is a short implementation overview. Read our Privacy Policy for the full details.

Bible text and recorded Bible audio have separate permissions. We need to establish the permitted use of each edition and recording, including attribution, playback, storage, and any use with an assistant or speech provider. A recording’s presence in a provider catalog is not blanket permission to use it.

The app retains source identities and copyright notices. Its available reading and listening catalog is broader than the sources permitted for study with the Ask Why Bible assistant. Development access and internal source settings do not establish a public-release license.

Text and audio choices for public release still require their relevant permissions to be documented. This page does not announce a new license, publisher endorsement, or approval of automatic answers from the Ask Why Bible assistant. The requested NIV dramatized recording remains an access and licensing question, not an enabled feature.