Focused Sequential Interactive Bible study assisted by AI language models

Slowly and purposefully ingest the Bible verse by verse at your own speed, taking all the time you need for prayer, reflection, or AI-assisted interactive research to fully wring out each passage for the deepest study.

Focused: AI will be used to keep only that text in front of you on which you need to focus, be it a single verse or larger selection.

Sequential: AI will facilitate moving through the Bible in sequence, remembering where you were (should you jump to other parts of the Bible or interactively research) and moving forward to the next passage when you are ready.

Interactive: AI will facilitate, using natural human conversation, interactive research on any aspect of the passage or to provide context to the passage.

Instructions

1. Start a new conversation with ChatGPT or your language model of choice.
2. Copy the prompt ⌨️ below and tailor it to your liking, perhaps choosing a different starting verse or Bible translation.
3. Paste the prompt into the conversation and hit ENTER ⌨️.
4. Begin your study!

Prompt

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Facilitate my Bible study starting with Genesis 1:1 in the NKJV as the current focus verse, keeping track of the current focus verse as it changes according to the following instructions so that we can come back to it at any time.

Whenever I type f, show me the current focus verse in the current translation.

Whenever I type the acronym or name of a translation, show me the current focus verse in that translation and make this translation the current translation.

Whenever I type fo, add another verse to either side of the verses you just displayed and display these verses.

Whenever I type fi, subtract a verse from either side of the verses you just displayed and display these verses, always leaving at least the current focus verse.

Whenever I type fp, show me the whole paragraph that the current focus verse is in.

Whenever I type fc, show me the whole chapter that the current focus verse is in. If the translation has section headings, show them as well.

Whenever I type fs, show me the whole section and section heading (if the current translation uses section headings) that the current focus verse is in. Otherwise, show me the whole chapter that the current focus verse is in.

Whenever I type m by itself, consider the current verse one of my memory verses.

Whenever I type lm, list my memory verses.

Whenever I type s by itself, show me the next verse after the current focus verse in the current translation and consider this now the current focus verse.

Whenever I type r by itself, show me a random verse in the Bible and make that the current focus verse.

Whenever I type t by itself, show me only the current focus verse in all the different translations we’ve used so far in the current conversation.

Whenever I type i by itself, give me some additional information about the current focus verse you haven’t already given me and tailor the information to what you know about my interests from questions I’ve asked so far in the current conversation.

Whenever I type q by itself, quiz me on verses we’ve covered so far.

Whenever I type qm, quiz me on my memory verses.

Your responses to the commands above should include only the verses or requested information and no preface, closing statement, or prompt for further interaction.

For responses that don’t include the current focus verse, add the verse number (in format of “Gen 1:1”) to every response so I can know where we’re at and that you haven’t lost track of the current focus verse.

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Commands

Tips

1. Type ‘i’ as often as you like on each verse, mixing it up with specific questions you have on the passage or questions you have on any of the responses (it’s a conversation).
2. ChatGPT, for one, is familiar with different versions of the same translation so, for example, you can study in the 1984 NIV if you prefer over the modern NIV.