Read the LIT Online
I’ve got solid drafts of most of the New Testament (all except part of Luke and
Acts and Revelation), ready for your study, scrutinize, celebrate, and use in your faith circles. This is a living project, so check back over time for the latest version. Questions, comments, or insights? Drop me a line.Two ways to read
The LIT offers two ways to engage with the text, and you can switch between them at any time.
Study View
One chapter at a time with footnotes and cross-references. Great for close reading and research.
Try Study View →Reading View
Continuous scroll through an entire book with a distraction-free reader. Includes controls for font size, verse numbers, and focus mode — and picks up where you left off.
Try Reading View →License and reuse
The Liberation and Inclusion Translation of the Bible (LIT)™ © 2024 by Brandon C. Vélez Johnson is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 .
You may use it within that license with the following restrictions (If you would like to use it outside these restrictions, please contact me to discuss your project):
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made .
- NonCommercial Use Only — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
- No Derivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
The Liberation & Inclusion Translation (LIT) is an original English translation prepared from The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (ed. Michael W. Holmes; © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature & Logos Bible Software).
The SBLGNT is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, International Licence (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . This translation constitutes an adaptation of that Greek text. Used with permission.
Greek quotations are presented in transliterated form; accentuation and punctuation follow LIT house style, mostly removed for accessibility to readers without prior knowledge of Greek.
Portions of the SBL Greek text quoted here remain available under CC BY 4.0; the NC-ND restrictions apply only to the original English translation and other LIT-specific content.
The Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software do not endorse the LIT Bible.