Listed for transparency. These works are in the public domain or released under CC0; attribution is not legally required, but we credit them so readers can verify the source.
Translations
Bible translations shipped in the public domain or under CC0.
Strong’s Greek concordance numbers and entries dedicated to the public domain via CC0.
Used in: Strong's Greek and Hebrew lexicon.
Public-domain commentaries
Verse-by-verse commentary works from the 19th and earlier centuries, indexed and served from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) public-domain corpus.
C. H. Spurgeon’s 63-volume sermon corpus (1854–1917), indexed for illustration search.
Used in: illustration and homiletics corpus.
What we do NOT ship
SermonStudio v1 does not bundle the following modern translations. Their rights holders do not currently license verse-by-verse access on commercial-compatible terms; opt-in gateway access is on the roadmap for a future release.
NIV (New International Version) — Biblica, Inc.
ESV (English Standard Version) — Crossway
CSB (Christian Standard Bible) — Holman Bible Publishers
NLT (New Living Translation) — Tyndale House
NASB (New American Standard Bible) — Lockman Foundation
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