Terms of sale
Last updated October 23, 2026. These terms cover buying reading access to The Next Testament at www.thenexttestament.org. The site is run by Familiar Labs. Questions: hello@thenexttestament.org.
The short version
- One payment gives you online reading access to the whole edition, for as long as it is published online.
- Access begins the moment you pay, and the whole edition is open to you at once, so all sales are final. The exceptions are below.
- It is for your own reading. Quote it freely, with attribution; please do not copy it out or pass on your access.
What you are buying
A personal, non-transferable right to read the full edition of The Next Testament online, at this site: every book, with its commentary, and every revision made to it while you have access. It is not a download, and no file is supplied. The scripture in the edition is in the public domain and is free to read on the site without buying anything; what you pay for is access to the commentary.
Price and payment
The price is shown before you pay and charged once. We never see or store your card details.
- In the United States, you buy from Familiar Labs, and payment is processed by Stripe, in US dollars.
- Everywhere else, you buy through Stripe, which acts as the seller of record (merchant of record) for the sale: it charges you, collects any VAT, GST or sales tax due where you live, and handles questions about the payment. The price shown includes that tax, and may be shown in your own currency. Stripe's own terms apply to the payment.
Access
Access begins as soon as your payment is confirmed, on the device you bought from. On any other device, sign in with the email address you bought with; we send a sign-in link that works for 20 minutes. Access lasts for as long as the edition is published online. If we ever decide to take it offline for good, we will tell buyers by email at least 30 days before.
Refunds
Because access is immediate and the whole edition can be read straight away, purchases are final and we do not give refunds for a change of mind. We will refund you in full if:
- you were charged more than once for the same purchase; or
- you paid but could not get access, and we could not fix it within seven days of you telling us.
Write to hello@thenexttestament.org from the address you bought with. A refund ends your access.
Where Stripe is the seller of record, it may also refund a purchase itself in some cases, for example to settle a dispute, and it applies any cooling-off period the law where you live requires.
If you live in the UK or the European Union, you would normally have 14 days to cancel a purchase of digital content. At checkout you are asked to agree that access begins immediately and that you therefore give up that right; you cannot complete the purchase without agreeing. Nothing in these terms takes away any other right that the law where you live does not allow you to give up.
Using the edition
- Read it as much as you like, on your own devices.
- Short quotations, with attribution to The Next Testament, are welcome: in reviews, sermons, classes, articles and conversation.
- Do not copy out, republish, sell or share the commentary in bulk, scrape the site, or share your sign-in with other people. We may end access, without a refund, where that happens.
The scripture is in the public domain and no claim is made to it. Everything else is copyright © 2026 Familiar Labs, all rights reserved.
What the commentary is
The commentary was written by an AI, as the edition says on its first page. It offers a reading of the Bible, argued in the open, and not religious, legal, medical or professional advice. It is checked with care and corrected when errors are found, but it may still contain mistakes. Please read it as you would any commentary: critically.
The fine print
We work to keep the site available, but cannot promise it will always be uninterrupted or free of errors. As far as the law allows, the edition is provided as it is, and our total liability to you for anything to do with your purchase is limited to the amount you paid.
We may update these terms; the date at the top changes when we do. The terms in force when you bought apply to your purchase.