How to use Berean Study

Step by step

1. 1Type your question and send it. Longer questions give better answers — say what you already believe, what confuses you, or who you are teaching.
2. 2Read the answer with its sources. Each citation names where the point came from so you can check it.
3. 3Keep going in the same thread. Follow-ups such as “what about Romans 6?” stay in context.

Worth knowing

• Good first questions: “What does the Bible say about baptism?”, “Explain the parable of the sower verse by verse.”
• Ask it to compare passages, define a word, or lay out both sides of a question.
• Threads are saved automatically — reopen one from your history any time.

Tip — If an answer is not what you wanted, say so in the thread. “Too long,” “stick to the New Testament,” and “explain it for a teenager” all work.

Step by step

1. 1Switch to the 📖 Study Guide tab and enter a topic — try “Faith and Works in James,” “The Armor of God,” or “Prayer in the Psalms.”
2. 2Berean Study builds the guide with sections, passages and discussion questions, and saves it as it goes.
3. 3Revise it with one tap: Go deeper, More discussion questions, Shorter, or Simpler language. You can also type your own instruction.
4. 4Choose Start Checklist to walk the guide section by section and tick off what you have covered.

Worth knowing

• A topic can be a theme, a book, a chapter, or a single verse.
• Revisions rewrite the guide in place — the checklist follows along.
• Export the finished guide to Google Docs when you want to edit the wording yourself.

Tip — Name your audience in the topic. “Grace and works in James, for a Wednesday night adult class” produces a very different guide from the bare topic.

Step by step

1. 1Open the 📚 Bible Class tab and describe the class: the passage or theme, the age group, and how long you have.
2. 2You get a teaching plan — aim, outline, Scripture, discussion questions and application.
3. 3Open Class printables to generate handouts for the same topic: a Word Search, a Crossword, or a Coloring page.
4. 4Puzzles ask who they are for — Kids, Tween or Adults — and come back as a PDF ready to print.

Worth knowing

• Printables are built from Scripture on your topic, not from a generic word list.
• If a puzzle says it could not find enough words, give it a narrower passage — “Luke 10” rather than “love”.
• Send the lesson to Google Slides when you are teaching from a screen.

Tip — On a Preacher & Teacher plan, Bible Class and printables are enabled on two of the six accounts. Decide early which two teachers hold them.

Step by step

1. 1Open the 🕯️ Devo tab and pick who it is for: Family, Ages 3-6, Ages 7-10, Ages 11-13, Ages 14-17 or Adults.
2. 2Pick a length — Quick (2-3 min), Standard (5 min) or Extended (10 min).
3. 3Give it a topic, or browse the suggested ideas if nothing comes to mind, then choose Generate.
4. 4Read it aloud from your phone. Save the good ones to Favorites; everything you have made stays under History.

Worth knowing

• The reading level really does change with the age you choose — the same topic for ages 3-6 and for adults are different devotionals.
• Each devo ends with questions you can actually ask at the table.
• Share a devo by link so family who are not at dinner can read the same thing.

Tip — Pick Family when the ages are mixed. It writes for the youngest person present without talking down to the adults.

Step by step

1. 1Open the ✝️ Bible tab, choose a book from the Old or New Testament, then a chapter.
2. 2Use the version toggle to switch translations — KJV, ASV, WEB and NKJV in English, with Spanish, French and Ukrainian available too.
3. 3Tap a verse, or drag across several, to select them. A bar appears at the bottom showing the reference you selected.
4. 4Choose Ask about this → to carry that exact passage into Q&A without retyping it.
5. 5Tap a single word to open Word study, and Full lexicon for the longer entry.

Worth knowing

• Selecting a range works the same on phone and desktop.
• Word study is the fastest way to answer “what does that word actually mean here?”
• Switch translations mid-chapter to compare wording on a difficult verse.

Tip — Reading and then asking beats asking cold. Select the verses that prompted the question and the answer stays anchored to them.

Step by step

1. 1Open 📝 Notes — on the web it sits in the top bar, on a phone it is under the ⋯ menu.
2. 2Create a note, give it a title, and type. Notes save as you write.
3. 3On your phone you can scan handwritten notes instead — up to five pages at a time — and the text is pulled in for you.
4. 4Ask Berean Study about a note to have it work from what you wrote.

Worth knowing

• Scan the notes you took during a sermon, then ask for the passages behind each point.
• Notes are private to your account.
• Long notes are fine — a note holds far more than a page of handwriting.

Tip — Scan while the pages are flat and well lit. A clean scan is the difference between usable text and a retype.

Checking what you have left

Open Account — in the ⋯ menu on a phone, in the top bar on the web. It shows your plan, your renewal date, a usage meter, and any welcome questions still on the account.

• Free — 10 welcome questions, then 2 a week. Every tool and every citation included.
• Personal — unlimited questions for one account.
• Household — unlimited, for up to 6 accounts.
• Preacher & Teacher — Household, plus Bible class plans and printables on 2 of the 6 accounts.
• Church — whole-congregation access, priced for your congregation.

See the pricing page for current rates.

Upgrading

1. 1Go to Account and choose View plans, or open the plans page directly.
2. 2Pick monthly or yearly. Yearly is charged once and works out to two months free.
3. 3Pay, and the new limit applies immediately — you do not need to sign out and back in.

Tip — If you have a coupon, open Redeem in the ⋯ menu and enter it under COUPON CODE.

Adding your family (Household and Preacher & Teacher)

A family plan covers six accounts — yours plus five. Each person gets their own login, their own history and their own notes.

If you pay for the plan

1. 1Open Account and find the family plan section.
2. 2Choose Invite a member to generate a code.
3. 3Give the code to the person joining. Generate a fresh one for each person.
4. 4Members appear in the list as they join, and you can remove someone from there later.

If you were given a code

1. 1Create your own free account and sign in.
2. 2Open Redeem from the ⋯ menu.
3. 3Enter the code under FAMILY CODE and choose Join family plan.

Tip — Leaving a family plan returns that account to the free plan. The studies and notes on it stay put.

Changing or cancelling

Where you cancel depends on where you subscribed.

• Subscribed on the web — open Account and choose Manage billing. That opens the billing portal where you can change your card, switch between monthly and yearly, download receipts, or cancel.
• Subscribed through the App Store — Apple handles the billing. Cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions on your iPhone or iPad.
• A cancelled plan keeps working until the end of the period you have already paid for, then drops back to free.
• Nothing is deleted when a plan ends. Your studies and notes are waiting if you come back.

Referrals. People who join Berean Study through the studies you share earn you credits. Your referral details are on the Account screen.