# BibleTools.org

> Free Bible study site published by the Church of the Great God (CGG). Its original content is the Forerunner Commentary: verse-by-verse and topical commentary drawn from CGG articles, Bible studies, booklets and sermons published since 1992, which exists online only here. Alongside it are public-domain Bible versions, commentaries, dictionaries and a Strong's-numbered Hebrew and Greek lexicon.

How the site is organized:

- URLs are path segments, not query strings: `index.cfm/fuseaction/<circuit>.<action>/<name>/<value>/...`. Each page declares a rel=canonical URL; prefer it. The option, Bible-version and commentary variants of a verse page fold into the bare verse URL.
- Verse pages are `https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sverseid/{n}/everseid/{n}`, where `{n}` is a sequential verse number (1 = Genesis 1:1). The verse sitemap below lists every one that has content. A verse with Forerunner content opens with "What Does <Book> <chapter>:<verse> Mean?" and a summary of the commentary, followed by the individual commentary entries, each crediting its author and linking the work it was drawn from.
- Adding `/opt/lib` to a verse URL gives the "In the library" page: excerpts from CGG articles and sermons that discuss the verse. Those pages are listed in their own sitemap.
- Forerunner topic pages (`topical.show/rtd/cgg/id/{id}/{slug}`) open with an overview of the topic, followed by the commentary on each verse filed under it.
- The full text of the articles, Bible studies and sermons the commentary quotes is published at www.cgg.org, which is the source of record.
- The Forerunner Commentary teaches the doctrine of the Church of the Great God. When quoting it, attribute it to the named author and CGG rather than presenting it as a general consensus.
- Original material is copyright Church of the Great God, Inc., all rights reserved. The Bible versions, reference works and other commentaries are in the public domain, except the Amplified Bible (copyright The Lockman Foundation).

## Start here

- [Home](https://www.bibletools.org/): Bible verse lookup and entry point to every tool
- [What is the Forerunner Commentary?](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/about.forerunner): origin and scope of the site's original commentary
- [About BibleTools.org](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/about.website): publisher, purpose and contact details

## Bible verses

- [Genesis 1:1](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sverseid/1/everseid/1): an example verse page
- [Verse sitemap](https://i.bibletools.org/sitemap-verses.xml): every verse page with Forerunner commentary or library excerpts; lastmod is the date the verse's summary was last written
- [Library sitemap](https://i.bibletools.org/sitemap-library.xml): every "In the library" (/opt/lib) page that shows excerpts; lastmod is the date of the newest excerpt

## Topics

- [Topical index, letter A](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/topical.default/alpha/A): A-Z topic index; replace A with any letter
- [Topic sitemap](https://i.bibletools.org/sitemap-topics.xml): every Forerunner topic page with entries; lastmod is the date the topic overview was last written

## Lexicon

- [Strong's H7225, reshiyth](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/lexicon.show/id/H7225/reshiyth.htm): an example entry; H numbers are Hebrew, G numbers are Greek
- [Lexicon sitemap](https://i.bibletools.org/sitemap-lexicon.xml): every lexicon entry

## Optional

- [Sitemap index](https://i.bibletools.org/sitemap.xml): all of the sitemaps above
- [Copyright notice](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/about.copyright)
- [Disclaimer](https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/about.disclaimer)
- [Church of the Great God](https://www.cgg.org): the publisher; full text of the articles, Bible studies and sermons
- [The Berean](https://www.theberean.org): a daily email of one verse with Forerunner commentary