The Free Library

Detailed verse-by-verse notes on every book of the Bible, with outlines and bibliographies.

Readable, pastoral commentary on the whole Bible, with matching audio and video teaching.

Exegetical study-guide commentaries on the Old and New Testaments in written, audio, and video form.

A five-year audio journey through every book of the Bible, with free study notes and outlines.

A modern translation with tens of thousands of notes explaining translation choices and textual issues.

Verse-by-verse studies that gather word studies and quotations from dozens of trusted commentators.

Classic commentaries side by side for any verse: Matthew Henry, Barnes, Ellicott, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, and more.

Over a hundred public-domain and permitted commentaries, searchable by verse.

The beloved devotional commentary on the whole Bible, complete.

The Reformer's commentaries on most books of the Bible.

A commentary on what every book of the Bible says about work, calling, and the workplace.

Thousands of articles, book studies, and sermon series, including Bob Deffinbaugh's expositions.

Interlinear Bibles, Strong's lexicons, and commentaries by Chuck Smith, David Guzik, Spurgeon, and others.

Scholarly original-language tools (Greek and Hebrew) made simple enough for everyday study.

Animated overviews of every book of the Bible and major biblical themes, plus podcasts and classes.

Long-standing free Bible study software for Windows with many free add-on commentaries and dictionaries.

Free Bible software for Windows with a large library of free modules.

A two-minute video each day translating one New Testament verse from Greek, plus free Greek lessons.

The Old Testament companion: short daily videos reading and parsing Hebrew.

Maps showing every identifiable place named in the Bible.

Easton's, Smith's, the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, and other classic references.

Short, clear answers to thousands of questions about the Bible and Christian belief.

Most of John Piper's books, free to download as PDF and ebook.

Many full books and hundreds of articles in theology, apologetics, ethics, and hermeneutics.

R.C. Sproul's entire library of 170+ teaching series is permanently free to stream online and in the Ligonier app.

Monthly issues on doctrine, Bible books, and Christian living, free to read online.

Articles, concise theology essays, free ebooks, and courses from a wide range of pastors and scholars.

Books, journals, and articles on the health of the local church, many free as ebooks.

A huge Reformed library with hundreds of free ebooks and thousands of classic and modern articles.

The foundational systematic theology of the Reformation.

The Princeton theologian's classic three-volume systematic theology.

The medieval masterwork of theology, complete in English.

Scholarly and popular articles on Jesus, Paul, and the New Testament.

An evangelical encyclopedia of theological terms, doctrines, people, and movements.

The Westminster Confession and Catechisms with Scripture proofs.

The Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers in English: Clement, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Chrysostom, Augustine, and many more.

The Confessions, The City of God, and other works as free ebooks.

The New Testament, the Apostolic Fathers, and other early texts with introductions and translations.

The classic defense of why God became man.

The complete works of Tertullian and many other early Christian writers.

Luther's Small Catechism, The Bondage of the Will, Commentary on Galatians, and more.

Every one of Charles Spurgeon's sermons, plus his writings and resources on his life.

The critical edition of Edwards's writings and sermons, free online.

Works by Owen, Sibbes, Watson, Baxter, Flavel, and other Puritans in free digital editions.

Free booklets and books from Puritan and Reformed authors, as PDFs or mailed in print.

A large collection of Puritan and Reformed classics for reading online.

John Wesley's sermons, Explanatory Notes, and journal, plus Charles Wesley's hymns.

The best-loved allegory of the Christian life.

Illustrated issues on people and movements from every era of church history, free to read online.

The classic eight-volume history from the apostles through the Reformation.

Church history lectures by a seminary historian, from the early church to the modern era.

The first history of the church, written soon after the persecutions ended.

Accounts of Christian martyrs from the early church through the English Reformation.

The first-century Jewish historian's account of Israel's history, invaluable background for the Bible.

The first great Christian autobiography, written as a prayer to God.

The missionary's diary, edited by Edwards, which inspired generations of missionaries.

Wesley's own record of the revival that became the Methodist movement.

Hundreds of short biographies of missionaries, preachers, and hymn writers.

Piper's biographical messages and books on figures such as Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bunyan, Newton, and Brainerd. Search “biography” on the site.

Two short readings for every day of the year.

The classic daily devotional, free online each day.

A fifteenth-century guide to humility and following Christ.

Conversations and letters on living every moment with God.

A short, searching call to know God personally.

Thirty-one meditations on John 15.

A classic on prayer and the life of the preacher.

More than fifty years of expository sermons through nearly the entire Bible.

Thousands of expository sermons, free to stream and download.

Thirty-three years of Piper's sermons at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with transcripts.

Sermons and talks from Tim Keller's ministry.

A vast archive of sermons from thousands of churches.

Full seminary-level courses from professors such as Bill Mounce, Craig Blomberg, and Wayne Grudem.

A complete free seminary curriculum in several languages.

A full university course with video, transcripts, and readings. Academic, not devotional, in approach.

A full university course with video and transcripts. Academic, not devotional, in approach.

Thousands of free journal articles and out-of-print books in biblical studies and theology.

An international evangelical theological journal, every issue free online.

An open-access journal of biblical and theological scholarship.

Many back issues of JETS are available free as PDFs.

A playlist of C.S. Lewis audiobooks.

Free public-domain audiobooks, including Bunyan, Augustine, Spurgeon, Murray, and many other Christian classics.

One Christian audiobook offered free each month.

Thousands of classic Christian books, from the church fathers to the twentieth century.

More than 70,000 free public-domain ebooks. Search by author or subject.

Scanned books, old commentaries, and recordings, many downloadable.

Millions of scanned books; public-domain titles are free to read in full.