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Sources and licences
Imago Dei is free to read and will stay free. That only holds if everything on it is used with permission — so this page lists every text and dataset the site draws on, the licence it is used under, and the conditions we keep.
How historical quotations are checked
A quotation from an early Christian writer appears only after a script has found it, word for word, in a public-domain edition of that work. The check ignores line breaks and the editor's footnote numbers, and nothing else. Each excerpt records the edition, the translator, where in the work it comes from, the date it was checked, and the passage around it, so you can read it in context. An excerpt that fails the check is not shown.
The short notes beside each excerpt are Imago Dei's own. They are marked notes awaiting review until a named editor has reviewed them. We do not publish invented quotations, paraphrases presented as quotations, or claims that a verse has commentary it does not.
What original-language tools can and cannot tell you
The Greek and Hebrew panels show what a word is (its dictionary form and a range of meanings) and what form it takes (its grammar). How the words of a sentence fit together — and what follows theologically — is interpretation, and the panels do not settle it. Strong's numbers are an index for finding a word again, not an explanation of it.
Studies written with AI assistance
Imago Dei is made by TK Studio. Software tools, including AI, help organise sources and draft material; nothing is published as Imago Dei scholarship without human editorial review, and no tool is allowed to invent a quotation or a source.
Inventory
Updated 2026-10-11. Also available as machine-readable JSON.
World English Bible (WEB)
Bible translation
- Used for
- Default reading text, search, verse previews, offline reading
- Licence
- Public domain
- Credit
- World English Bible (WEB). Public domain.
- Terms
- None. eBible.org asks that changed texts not be called the World English Bible; the text is converted, not altered.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site; may be cached offline.
- Source
- eBible.org, engwebp_usfm.zip
King James Version
Bible translation
- Used for
- Alternative reading text, comparison, search
- Licence
- Public domain outside the United Kingdom; Crown patent within the UK
- Credit
- King James Version. Public domain outside the UK.
- Terms
- In the UK the text is held under Crown patent (Cambridge University Press is the patentee). Not reproduced for sale.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- eBible.org, eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip
American Standard Version (1901)
Bible translation
- Used for
- Alternative reading text, comparison
- Licence
- Public domain
- Credit
- American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.
- Terms
- None.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- eBible.org, eng-asv_usfm.zip
NIV, NKJV and NLT through API.Bible
Bible translations (copyrighted)
- Used for
- Optional reading text and comparison only
- Licence
- Publisher copyright (Biblica; Thomas Nelson; Tyndale House Foundation), displayed under API.Bible's non-commercial terms
- Credit
- Each publisher's own copyright line, as returned by API.Bible, is shown under the text.
- Terms
- Non-commercial use only (no ads, fees or upsells). Report each display with the FUMS v3 token. Refresh any cache within 30 days; the site caches responses for 24 hours. No more than 500 consecutive verses at once. Do not modify the text. Not stored for offline use and not indexed by site search.
- Storage
- Server cache 24 hours; never stored offline; excluded from the service worker.
- Source
- API.Bible (American Bible Society), Starter plan
English Standard Version (quoted in four Imago Dei studies)
Bible translation (copyrighted)
- Used for
- Quotations inside the John 1 studies (all three postures) and the John 4 New to Faith draft
- Licence
- Copyright Crossway; quotation permitted within Crossway's stated limits with the notice below
- Credit
- Scripture quotations marked ESV are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
- Terms
- Quote within Crossway's verse limits; show the notice. The studies' own rule is to move to the WEB — an open editorial decision.
- Storage
- Part of the study text.
- Source
- Crossway
OpenBible.info cross-references
Dataset
- Used for
- Related passages in the study panel
- Licence
- CC BY
- Credit
- Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY.
- Terms
- Attribution. Community-voted; presented as related passages, never as quotations.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- cross-references.zip (version dated 2026-10-05 in the file header)
STEPBible TAGNT — Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament
Original-language dataset
- Used for
- Greek text, morphology, glosses, edition sigla and variant notes
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 (Tyndale House, Cambridge)
- Credit
- Greek: STEPBible.org TAGNT, CC BY 4.0.
- Terms
- Attribution. The displayed text follows NA28 as tagged; words from other editions are listed separately.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
STEPBible TAHOT — Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament
Original-language dataset
- Used for
- Hebrew and Aramaic text, morphology and glosses
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 (Tyndale House, Cambridge)
- Credit
- Hebrew: STEPBible.org TAHOT, CC BY 4.0.
- Terms
- Attribution.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
STEPBible brief lexicons TBESG (Greek) and TBESH (Hebrew)
Lexicon
- Used for
- Dictionary entries for words in the Greek & Hebrew tab
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0; the Greek definitions derive from Abbott-Smith's Manual Greek Lexicon (1922), public domain
- Credit
- Lexicons: STEPBible.org TBESG and TBESH, CC BY 4.0.
- Terms
- Attribution.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Schaff and others, 1885–1896)
Historical Christian writings in English translation
- Used for
- Verified excerpts in the Early Church tab
- Licence
- Public domain (translations published 1885–1896)
- Credit
- Each excerpt names its translator, edition and volume.
- Terms
- Modern translations of the same writers are separately copyrighted and are not used.
- Storage
- Short excerpts and surrounding context stored in content/commentary/excerpts.json.
- Source
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library plain-text editions (each marked 'Rights: Public Domain')
Easton's Bible Dictionary (3rd ed., 1897)
Dictionary
- Used for
- Bible dictionary and the Context tab's book entries
- Licence
- Public domain
- Credit
- M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897). Public domain.
- Terms
- Presented as a nineteenth-century reference, not as Imago Dei's position. Dictionary pages are not offered to search engines.
- Storage
- Stored and served from this site.
- Source
- CCEL plain text ebd2.txt
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