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Permissions
The term 'fair use guidelines' refers to the policies Tyndale uses to decide whether your request to use our materials falls under fair use, or whether you need special permission. To determine whether or not you need to seek permission from us, please carefully review the information below, depending on which Tyndale product you wish to quote from. If your request falls within the guidelines of what Tyndale considers to be fair use, written permission is not necessary, and you may proceed with your project. If you feel your request is not in compliance, or you have additional questions, you will need to fill out a Permission Questionnaire (link to this form can be found at the end of this document).
What is Tyndale's Fair Use Guidelines for books?
Permission is granted to quote up to 500 words or 2 pages from any single title for non- commercial (non-salable) use.

Permission is granted to copy excerpts of up to 5 pages for classroom use, small group studies, or other educational purposes.

Permission is granted to quote up to 50 words for commercial use, as long as the quote is not for a stand-alone product such as cards, paintings, or other artistic creations.

If your request falls within these guidelines, you do not need written permission from Tyndale, but we do ask that you apply proper copyright notice as follows:

Taken from (Title) by (Author). Copyright © (Copyright Year) by (Copyright Holder). Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
What is Tyndale's Fair Use Guidelines for Bibles?
The text of the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of the publisher, provided that the verses quoted do not account for more than 25 percent of the work in which they are quoted, and provided that a complete book of the Bible is not quoted.

When the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, is quoted, one of the following credit lines must appear on the copyright page or title page of the work:

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


When quotations from the NLT text are used in non-salable media, such as church bulletins, orders of service, newsletters, transparencies, or similar media, a complete copyright notice is not required, but the initials (NLT) must appear at the end of each quotation.

Publication of any commentary or other Bible reference work produced for commercial sale that uses the New Living Translation requires written permission for use of the NLT text.

The Living Bible text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of the publisher, provided that the verses quoted do not account for more than 25 percent of the total work in which they are quoted, and provided that a complete book of the Bible is not quoted.

When The Living Bible is quoted, one of the following credit lines must appear on the copyright page or title page of the work:

Scripture quotations marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


When quotations from the TLB text are used in nonsalable media, such as church bulletins, orders of service, newsletters, transparencies, or similar media, a complete copyright notice is not required, but the initials (TLB) must appear at the end of each quotation.

Quotations in excess of five hundred (500) verses or 25 percent of the work, or other permission requests, must be approved in writing by Tyndale House Publisher, Inc.
If your request falls outside these guidelines, or if you still have questions, please fill out the following form for further instructions:
I verify that I have read over the above content closely. Note that 90% of the questions we field can be answered through careful review of the fair-use guidelines. We strongly encourage you to read them before sending us a permissions questionairre.
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