The Plain Word

The terms, in plain English.

Last updated July 11, 2026

Short version: you pay once, the files are yours, and if it is not for you, we give your money back. The longer version follows, still in English.

What you are buying

The Plain Word: The Gospels is a digital book, delivered instantly as a PDF and an EPUB. One payment of $27 USD. No subscription, no account, nothing that renews. When our plain-English New Testament is finished, everyone who bought the Gospels receives it free, delivered to the email on their order.

What you may do with it

The files are for you and your household. Read them on every device you own, print pages for personal use, read them aloud to your kids. What we ask you not to do is resell the files, post them publicly, or pass copies around beyond your home — this project is funded by people paying for it.

The guarantee

If within 30 days you decide the book is not for you, email hello@theplainword.com and we refund your $27 in full, no questions asked. You cannot return a file, so you keep it either way. We would rather lose $27 than have you feel stuck with something you did not love.

What the book is, and is not

The Plain Word is an original plain-English rendering based on the World English Bible, a public domain translation. Every chapter is checked against the source verse by verse. It is a faithful rendering built for readability; for scholarly study we encourage reading established translations alongside it.

The ordinary legal part

• We work hard to keep the site and delivery emails running, but we cannot promise they will never hiccup. If a download link fails, email us and we fix it.
• Our total liability for anything related to a purchase is capped at what you paid us.
• If we update these terms, the date at the top changes; continuing to use the site means the current version applies.
• These terms are governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada.

Talk to us

Anything unclear, or anything that feels unfair: hello@theplainword.com. A person reads it and a person replies.