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Read Scripture closely.
Keep what you learn.

Papyrus is a quiet, carefully set Bible with the tools of a serious student: Greek and Hebrew word studies, sermon notes, a journal and a prayer list, all tied back to the text.

John KJV

In the beginning was the , and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2The same was in the beginning with God.

3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

What's inside

Everything a careful reader reaches for, in one place.

A reader set like a fine printed Bible

Source Serif type on warm paper, a drop-cap chapter numeral, and verse numbers that hang in the margin so the text runs clean. Read in paragraphs or switch to verse-by-verse when you're studying line by line.

Verse-by-verse mode with hanging numbers
Highlights, notes and tags on any verse
Light and dark, both easy on the eyes

ParagraphVerse by verse

1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 1 · KJV

Strong's Greek and Hebrew lexicon

Tap a word in the King James text to see the Greek or Hebrew behind it: the lemma, transliteration, Strong's number and definition. Every indexed word is covered, Old Testament and New.

Full Strong's dictionary, bundled and offline
Word notes that stay with the word

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh · H3068

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.

Psalm 23:1 · KJV

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Sermon Scribe

Record the sermon on Sunday, or paste a YouTube link. Papyrus writes up the outline, key quotes, the passages cited and questions for reflection, with a full transcript. Every verse the preacher cited gets a marker in your reader.

The notes are a draft you can edit, never a substitute for sitting under the preached Word.

Sermon notes

The Sufficiency of Scripture

2 Timothy 3:14–17

Scripture is breathed out by God
Scripture makes wise unto salvation
Scripture thoroughly furnishes the man of God

2 Tim 3:162 Pet 1:21Ps 19:7Isa 55:11

ReflectWhere do I look for direction before I open the Word?

A journal and a prayer list

Write reflections and devotionals in a rich-text journal, keep the people and requests you're carrying, and mark each day you've prayed for them. Look back and see how prayers were answered.

Prayer requests by topic and by person
Mark answered prayers and see the history
Export your journal as a PDF

Prayer

Wisdom for the eldersChurch · 14 days
Dad's surgery on ThursdayFamily · 6 days
Missionaries in Central AsiaMissions · 31 days
A job for SamAnswered · Oct 28

Six translations, side by side

The King James alongside the Berean Standard, World English, American Standard, Young's Literal and Webster's. All are bundled with the app, so they work offline, and you can compare any verse across them.

John 3:16

KJV: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
BSB: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
YLT: for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And more

Scan your notebooks. Photograph handwritten study pages; Papyrus transcribes them and finds the references.
Ask Scribe. A study assistant that searches your own notes, sermons and journal.
Reading plans and memory verses. Daily plans with devotionals, and verses to commit to heart.
Works offline. The Bible text and lexicon live on your phone.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105