Practical Gospel

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Reading a chapter

Your standard set of scriptures: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price, along with indexes and other study guides.

What is on this screen

  • Volumes and books All five volumes, then that volume's books, then its chapters as plain numbers. Read the scriptures ›
  • The chapter Every verse with its number, at reading size. Read the scriptures ›
  • Words in blue A word with a footnote is colored; tapping it opens that footnote on the Church's site. Footnoted words ›
  • Annotate By clicking the pencil icon on an individual verse, you can access the different markup tools for annotating a verse, including adding notes tied directly to that verse. Click the pencil above all the verses to enable or disable annotating for all verses at once. Highlights, colors and notes ›
  • The arrows The arrows at the top allow you to go from one chapter to another. Read the scriptures ›
  • Swipe You can also swipe left or right on the screen to jump between chapters. Read the scriptures ›
  • Scripture resources The conference talks, songs and magazine articles that cite a verse. Talks, songs and articles ›

Good to know

  • Reading through is continuous: the end of Genesis is followed by Exodus 1.
  • Your place comes back when you return, because each session remembers where it was.
  • To keep verses, mark them or write on them, put them in a study.

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