MPV Open License

The Modern Pastor’s Version (MPV) is released under a simple, ministry-focused open license that allows churches, pastors, ministries, educators, and individuals to freely use the text of the MPV in almost any context—digital or print—without royalties or complicated permission requirements.

The MPV is designed to be a gift to the global church, and we believe accessible Scripture fuels healthy teaching, discipleship, and mission.

Under this license, you may freely:

• Read the MPV anywhere and on any device.
• Download the full text in any available format.
• Quote any amount of the MPV in sermons, Bible studies, slides, books, or online.
• Print MPV passages, chapters, or the entire Bible.
• Share the MPV with others in digital or printed form.
• Use the MPV in livestreams, podcasts, audio recordings, and video messages.
• Create teaching resources, devotionals, handouts, and curriculum.
• Adapt or modify the MPV text for study, teaching, or derivative works.
• Include the MPV in apps, study tools, websites, or software.

You may do all of this without asking permission and without paying any fees.

To preserve clarity and transparency, we ask that you follow these simple guidelines:

• Attribution (Recommended): When quoting the MPV, please reference it as:
  “Modern Pastor’s Version (MPV)”
• Faithfulness: If you adapt or modify the text, clearly note that your version is adapted from the MPV.
• Respect: Please do not use the MPV in a way that deliberately misrepresents Scripture or promotes teachings contrary to historic Christian orthodoxy.

To protect the integrity of the translation, the following uses are not allowed:

• Claiming the MPV text as your own translation without credit.
• Presenting edited or modified MPV text as the official MPV without disclosure.
• Selling the MPV text by itself for profit (selling books or study guides that use the MPV is allowed, selling the raw MPV text alone is not).

You may include MPV content in paid resources such as:

• Sermon series books
• Study guides
• Curriculum
• Apps, websites, or software tools
• Printed Bibles or bound editions

You may charge for your own work that uses the MPV, provided that you do not claim exclusive rights to the translation. The MPV text itself must always remain freely available.

The MPV is released under the following open license:

Modern Pastor’s Version (MPV) Open License — Draft 1.0

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
the MPV Bible text (“the Text”), to use the Text without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to read, copy, quote, merge, publish, distribute,
adapt, sublicense, and/or sell works derived from the Text, subject to the
following conditions:

1. Attribution is recommended but not required. If attribution is given, it 
   should reference: “Modern Pastor’s Version (MPV).”

2. If the Text is modified or adapted, reasonable steps must be taken to make
   it clear that the resulting work is not the unmodified MPV.

3. The Text may not be used to misrepresent Scripture or to promote teachings
   presented as the MPV that contradict the historic Christian faith.

4. The MPV text itself may not be sold as a standalone product; however, works
   containing the MPV text may be sold.

The Text is provided “as-is”, without warranty of any kind.

As the MPV matures, this license may be clarified to ensure it remains simple, generous, and church-friendly. Any future revisions to this license will always protect your freedom to read, share, quote, and use the MPV in ministry.