Knowing Scripture Permissions Policy

KnowingScripture.com is published by Reformation Zion Publishing, LLC. Unless otherwise indicated, content on this website is owned by Reformation Zion Publishing, LLC or used with permission from its copyright owner. We welcome sharing that helps readers discover our work while respecting the rights of authors and other copyright owners.

The permissions below apply only to material for which we hold the necessary rights. A separate copyright notice or permission statement accompanying an item takes precedence over this policy.

Uses Permitted Without Asking

Subject to the conditions below, you may:

Link to our content. Share links to our website and individual articles.

Quote excerpts online or in print. Quote up to 1,000 words from any one source article in a website post, book, newspaper, journal, or other publication, including a commercial publication. This is a combined limit for all excerpts from that source article within the same publication or project, including its print and digital editions. The excerpt must be less than the complete article; reproducing an entire article online requires written permission, even if it contains fewer than 1,000 words. A series of excerpts may not be used to reproduce substantially the whole article or evade this limit. This allowance covers quotations within a larger work, not the sale or licensing of our content as a standalone product or collection.

Distribute articles internally. Print or share unaltered copies of complete articles for internal use within your church, school, or organization, including classes and study groups. Copies must be distributed free of charge, except that you may recover actual printing and copying costs without a markup. This permission does not include posting complete articles on a publicly accessible website, placing them behind a paid subscription, or selling them as course materials.

Reprint articles in noncommercial publications. Include unaltered complete articles in church newsletters and similar publications distributed free of charge or solely at actual printing and copying cost. For this purpose, a noncommercial publication is not sold for profit, supported by paid advertising, or used to market a commercial product or service. The publication may be distributed in print or by email; publicly posting a complete article online requires written permission.

Conditions for Reproduction

Give clear credit. Every excerpt or reproduced article must identify the author, article title, Knowing Scripture, and the original article URL. Online excerpts must include a clickable link to the original article. Printed copies must display the URL in readable form. Preserve any copyright notice and third-party credits that accompany the material.

Include a notice with complete articles. In addition to the attribution above, include: “Originally published at KnowingScripture.com. Reproduced under the Knowing Scripture Permissions Policy. Copyright remains with the respective copyright owner.”

Reproduce faithfully. Do not change wording or meaning, present quotations out of context, or imply that Knowing Scripture or an author endorses your organization, product, or views. Ordinary formatting changes, such as adjusting font, layout, or line breaks, are permitted. Excerpts may use clearly marked omissions that preserve the original meaning. Substantive alterations, rewritten or condensed versions, and translations require written permission.

Respect separately owned material. These permissions do not extend to third-party photographs, illustrations, embedded media, Bible translations, quoted passages, or other material credited to another copyright owner. Obtain any necessary permission from the relevant rights holder. Public-domain material remains in the public domain.

Uses Requiring Written Permission

Except for the uses expressly permitted above or otherwise allowed by law, contact us before:

  • Reproducing more than 1,000 words from a source article in a publication or project, or posting a complete article on a public website.

  • Selling or licensing our articles or other content, whether alone or in a collection; including complete articles in commercial publications; or using our content in paid products, subscription services, or advertising.

  • Translating, adapting, substantively editing, abridging, or creating other derivative works from our content.

  • Reproducing, distributing, or incorporating our videos, podcasts, audio recordings, or other media beyond sharing a link or using an official sharing or embedding feature provided with that item.

A website’s incidental advertising does not, by itself, disqualify an otherwise permitted excerpt. The quotation allowance above also applies to commercial books, newspapers, and journals; permission is still required for uses outside that allowance.

Fair Use and Other Legal Rights

This policy grants permission beyond uses already allowed by law. Nothing in it limits fair use, public-domain use, or other applicable copyright exceptions. The 1,000-word limit is a condition of our voluntary permission, not a statement of the legal limits of fair use. Fair use depends on the circumstances and has no universal word-count threshold.

Questions and Permission Requests

Use our contact form at https://knowingscripture.com/contact to request permission or ask about a use not addressed here. Include the article title and URL, the material you wish to use, your intended audience, the format, the number of copies or expected reach, and whether the use will generate revenue. Requests involving rights we do not hold may need to be directed to the author or another copyright owner.

Changes to This Policy

We may revise or withdraw these permissions for future uses by updating this page. Changes do not retroactively invalidate uses that complied with the policy when made. Copies already produced or published in compliance may remain available and be distributed under the terms then in effect; new reproductions or new editions must comply with the policy in effect when they are made. These permissions apply only while their conditions are met.

Contributor Views

Contributed content expresses the views of its author and does not necessarily represent the views of Knowing Scripture or Reformation Zion Publishing, LLC.