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The Bible in Hong Kong
About one in eight Hong Kongers is Christian, in a city still free to worship — and a fresh translation reveals God as a near and loving Father. Free online, with audio.
Yes — you can read the Bible free online in Hong Kong right now. About 12% of Hong Kong is Christian — roughly 900,000 people — and the Bible is legal to own and read freely across the city. The Father’s Heart Bible™ is free to read and hear on any phone, with no app and no account. It is in English today — widely used in Hong Kong — and a Cantonese edition is among our priorities. The Father’s Heart Bible™ reveals God as a near and loving Father, a refuge amid the pressures of one of the world’s busiest cities.
Last updated June 2026
Key takeawayHong Kong is a gateway between China and the world — and the Father's Heart Bible™ longs to reveal, in Cantonese, a Father near to a weary, searching, fast-moving people.
Hong Kong at a glance
Hong Kong is one of the world’s great cities — a dazzling skyline above Victoria Harbour, a meeting place of East and West, and a long-standing gateway for the gospel into China. Beneath its energy, though, run deep pressures and a quiet longing for rest.
- People
- 7.5 million
- Christian
- ~12% of Hong Kong
- Cantonese
- ~86 million worldwide
- A gateway
- between China and the world
What Hong Kong is known for
Few cities pack more energy, beauty, and history into so small a space as Hong Kong.
A world gateway
Hong Kong has long been a bridge between China and the world — in trade, ideas, and faith.
An iconic skyline
Victoria Harbour and the towers of Hong Kong form one of the most recognizable cityscapes on earth.
A Christian heritage
Churches and Christian schools have shaped Hong Kong for generations, and a vibrant church remains.
Green beyond the city
Beyond the towers lie country parks, islands, and hiking trails of surprising beauty.
Cantonese culture
Hong Kong’s film, food, and Cantonese language are loved across the global diaspora.
A mission springboard
For over a century, Hong Kong has sent the gospel and the Scriptures outward to the Chinese world.



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Faith and the Bible in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a deep Christian heritage. Around 12% of its people are Christian, and churches and Christian schools have shaped the city for generations. For over a century, Hong Kong has been a gateway for the gospel and the Scriptures into the wider Chinese world.
The Bible is well known here. The Chinese Union Version is widely read, alongside Cantonese and modern Chinese editions.
And yet, amid relentless pressure and uncertainty, many — churched and unchurched alike — long to know God not as a distant idea, but as a near and loving Father. That is what a fresh translation can reveal.
Sources: Religion in Hong Kong — WikipediaHong Kong — Encyclopaedia Britannica
What pains Hong Kong
Behind Hong Kong’s dazzle and drive, quiet burdens weigh heavy — and it is into these exact aches that the Father’s heart speaks.
- the least affordable
- housing on earth — families packed into tiny subdivided flats
- relentless
- academic and work pressure from the earliest years
- rising
- anxiety and youth mental-health struggles
- uncertainty
- and waves of emigration have unsettled many families
- elderly poverty
- many seniors live alone and in hardship amid the wealth
- the searching heart
- longing, amid the rush, to be truly known and loved
In one of the world’s richest cities, families are packed into the least affordable housing on earth; the young bear relentless pressure; and many of the elderly live alone. Beneath the glittering skyline runs a deep weariness and a longing for rest.
These are not statistics to a Father. They are sons and daughters He longs to gather. Hong Kong does not need more striving — it longs to know it is held by a Father who gives rest.
Sources: Housing in Hong Kong — overviewHong Kong — Encyclopaedia Britannica
What “our Father” offers Hong Kong
In Hong Kong’s rush, the deepest needs are quiet ones. The Father’s Heart Bible™ does not bring a foreign religion — it answers a universal longing: to be held by a Father who never abandons His children. In a fresh translation, Scripture reveals God as a Father near to the weary.
For the weary and pressed
To a people who labor without rest, the Father says, “Come to me, all you who are weary… and I will give you rest.”
For the lonely elder and the anxious young
To everyone who feels alone amid the crowd, the Father offers His presence — “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
For the uncertain
When the future feels unsteady, the Father’s Heart Bible™ reveals the Father who runs to His child — a home that cannot be shaken.
For the one longing to belong
Beyond every achievement, the Father calls each person His beloved son or daughter — known and held, whatever changes.
Why the Father's Heart Bible™ for Hong Kong
God revealed as Father
Amid the city’s rush, the Father’s Heart Bible™ reveals God as Father wherever Scripture reveals Him that way — from Genesis 1:1 onward.
Free, with audio, on any phone
No purchase, no app, no sign-up. The whole Bible is free to read online with audio on every chapter — ready for the commute and the quiet late hour alike.
Cantonese among our priorities
English is available today, and Cantonese — spoken by some 86 million across Hong Kong, Guangdong, and the diaspora — is among our translation priorities. See the translation opportunity.
The translation opportunity for Hong Kong
Cantonese is the heart language of Hong Kong and a worldwide diaspora — some 86 million people who long for a Bible that reveals not a distant idea, but the Father’s voice.
- English available now speakersAvailable
- Cantonese (Yue) 86 million speakersOn the roadmap
- Hakka 44 million speakersTranslation needed
- Teochew 28 million speakersTranslation needed
Every language is a door. If you feel called to help open one, you can sponsor a translation — or simply start reading the editions available today.
A preview in the Father’s voice
Read the opening of Scripture side by side — the English Father’s Heart Bible on the left, Cantonese on the right.
Genesis 1 · 創世記第一章 31 verses
1 In the beginning, our Heavenly Father created the heavens and the earth.
1 起初,我們的天父創造咗諸天同大地。
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of our Father was hovering over the surface of the waters.
2 嗰陣大地係空虛混沌嘅,黑暗籠罩住深淵嘅水面,天父嘅靈運行喺水面之上。
3 Then our Father said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
3 於是天父話:「要有光。」就有咗光。
4 He saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
4 佢睇見光係好嘅,就將光同黑暗分開。
5 He called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
5 佢稱光為「晝」,稱黑暗為「夜」。有晚上,有早晨——呢個係頭一日。
6 And our Father said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
6 天父又話:「諸水之間要有穹蒼,將水同水分開。」
7 So he made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
7 於是佢造咗穹蒼,將穹蒼之下嘅水同穹蒼之上嘅水分開。事情就咁樣成就咗。
8 He called the expanse "sky." So there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
8 佢稱穹蒼為「天」。咁就有晚上,有早晨——呢個係第二日。
9 Then our Father said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
9 於是天父話:「天下嘅水要聚集喺一處,使旱地露出嚟。」事情就咁樣成就咗。
10 He called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And he saw that it was good.
10 佢稱旱地為「地」,稱聚集嘅水為「海」。佢睇見係好嘅。
11 Then he said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear seed-bearing fruit, each according to its kind." And it was so.
11 佢又話:「地要長出青草:結種子嘅菜蔬,同埋結果子嘅樹木,果子裏面有種子,各按其類。」事情就咁樣成就咗。
12 The land produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing seed-bearing fruit according to their kinds. And our Father saw that it was good.
12 地就長出青草:各按其類結種子嘅菜蔬,同埋各按其類結果子嘅樹木,果子裏面有種子。天父睇見係好嘅。
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
13 有晚上,有早晨——呢個係第三日。
14 And our Father said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years,"
14 天父又話:「天空嘅穹蒼之中要有光體,將晝同夜分開,並且作為記號,定出時節、日子同年歲,」
15 "and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
15 「又要喺天空嘅穹蒼之中作光體,照亮大地。」事情就咁樣成就咗。
16 Our Father made two great lights: the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
16 天父造咗兩個大光體:大嘅管晝,細嘅管夜。佢又造咗眾星。
17 He set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
17 佢將呢啲光體擺喺天空嘅穹蒼之中,照亮大地,
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And he saw that it was good.
18 管理晝夜,並且將光同黑暗分開。佢睇見係好嘅。
19 So there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
19 咁就有晚上,有早晨——呢個係第四日。
20 Then our Father said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
20 於是天父話:「水要充滿成群嘅活物,又要有雀鳥喺大地之上、天空嘅穹蒼之中飛翔。」
21 So he created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves and teems in the water, each according to its kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And he saw that it was good.
21 於是佢創造咗巨大嘅海洋生物,同埋水裏面成群游動嘅各樣活物,各按其類,又有各樣有翅膀嘅雀鳥,各按其類。佢睇見係好嘅。
22 Our Father blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."
22 天父賜福俾佢哋,話:「要生養眾多,充滿海中嘅水,雀鳥也要喺大地上增多。」
23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
23 有晚上,有早晨——呢個係第五日。
24 And our Father said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
24 天父又話:「地要生出活物,各按其類:牲畜、地上爬行嘅動物,同埋野獸,各按其類。」事情就咁樣成就咗。
25 He made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And he saw that it was good.
25 佢造咗野獸,各按其類;牲畜,各按其類;地上一切爬行嘅動物,各按其類。佢睇見係好嘅。
26 Then our Father said, "Let us make humanity in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creature that moves along the ground."
26 於是天父話:「我哋要照住我哋嘅形象、按住我哋嘅樣式造人,使佢哋管理海裏面嘅魚、天空嘅雀鳥、牲畜、全地,同埋地上一切爬行嘅活物。」
27 So our Father created humanity in their own image; in the image of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit he created them; male and female he created them.
27 於是天父照住自己嘅形象造人;佢照住聖父、聖子、聖靈嘅形象造佢哋;佢造佢哋有男有女。
28 Our Father blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
28 天父賜福俾佢哋,對佢哋話:「要生養眾多,遍滿大地,治理大地。要管理海裏面嘅魚、天空嘅雀鳥,同埋地上一切爬行嘅活物。」
29 Then he said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears seed-bearing fruit. They will be yours for food.
29 佢又話:「睇啊,我將全地上所有結種子嘅菜蔬,同埋所有結果子有種子嘅樹木,都賜俾你哋。呢啲就係你哋嘅食物。
30 "And to all the animals of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
30 「至於地上一切走獸、天空一切雀鳥,同埋地上一切爬行嘅活物——凡有生命氣息嘅——我都將一切青綠嘅植物賜俾佢哋作食物。」事情就咁樣成就咗。
31 Our Father saw all that he had made, and it was very good. So there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
31 天父睇見佢所造嘅一切,都係非常之好。咁就有晚上,有早晨——呢個係第六日。
John 3 · 約翰福音第三章 36 verses
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
1 有一個法利賽人,名叫尼哥德慕,係猶太人嘅領袖。
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from our Father, for no one can do these signs that you do unless our Father is with him."
2 呢個人趁夜晚嚟到耶穌嗰度,對佢話:「拉比,我哋知道你係由天父嗰度嚟嘅老師,因為你所行嘅呢啲神蹟,若果唔係天父同佢同在,就冇人行得到。」
3 Jesus replied to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of our Father."
3 耶穌回答佢話:「我實實在在話你知,人若唔重生,就睇唔到天父嘅國。」
4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
4 尼哥德慕對佢話:「人老咗點樣可以再生出嚟呢?佢可以第二次入返媽媽個肚再生出嚟咩?」
5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of our Father."
5 耶穌回答話:「我實實在在話你知,人若唔係從水同聖靈而生,就唔可以進天父嘅國。
6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Holy Spirit is spirit.
6 從肉身而生嘅就係肉身,從聖靈而生嘅就係靈。
7 Don't be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
7 我對你話『你哋必須重生』,你唔好覺得出奇。
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Holy Spirit.
8 風隨自己嘅意思吹,你聽見風嘅聲音,但係唔知佢從邊度嚟、往邊度去。凡從聖靈而生嘅,都係咁樣。」
9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
9 尼哥德慕對佢話:「呢啲事點可能呢?」
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?"
10 耶穌回答佢話:「你係以色列人嘅老師,竟然唔明白呢啲事咩?
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
11 我實實在在話你知,我哋講我哋所知道嘅,見證我哋所見過嘅,你哋卻唔接受我哋嘅見證。
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
12 我同你哋講地上嘅事,你哋尚且唔信,若係我同你哋講天上嘅事,你哋點會信呢?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
13 除咗從天降下嘅那位,就係人子,冇人升過天。
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
14 摩西喺曠野點樣舉起銅蛇,人子也必照樣被舉起,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
15 好使凡信佢嘅人都得到永生。
16 For our Father so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
16 因為天父咁樣愛世人,甚至將佢獨一嘅兒子賜俾佢哋,叫一切信佢嘅,唔至滅亡,反而得到永生。
17 For our Father did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
17 因為天父差佢嘅兒子嚟到世上,唔係要定世人嘅罪,而係要世人藉住佢得救。
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of our Father.
18 信佢嘅人唔被定罪;唔信嘅人罪已經定咗,因為佢唔信天父獨一兒子嘅名。
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
19 審判就係咁樣:光來到世上,世人因為自己嘅行為係惡嘅,反而愛黑暗多過愛光。
20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, for fear that his works will be exposed.
20 凡作惡嘅人都憎惡光,唔肯就近光,恐怕自己嘅行為被揭露。
21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in our Father.
21 但係行真理嘅人就就近光,好使佢嘅行為顯明出嚟,係靠住天父而行嘅。
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and there he remained with them and was baptizing.
22 呢件事之後,耶穌同佢嘅門徒嚟到猶太地嘅鄉郊,佢喺嗰度同佢哋一齊住,並且施洗。
23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized,
23 約翰也喺靠近撒冷嘅哀嫩施洗,因為嗰度水多,人哋都嚟受洗,
24 for John had not yet been put in prison.
24 因為嗰陣約翰仲未落監。
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.
25 嗰陣約翰嘅幾個門徒同一個猶太人之間,為咗潔淨嘅禮起咗爭論。
26 And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him."
26 佢哋嚟到約翰嗰度,對佢話:「拉比,從前同你喺約旦河對岸、你曾經為佢作見證嗰位——你睇,佢而家施洗,大家都去佢嗰度喇。」
27 John replied, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven."
27 約翰回答話:「若唔係從天賜俾佢,人就連一樣都領受唔到。
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
28 你哋自己可以為我作證,我講過:『我唔係基督,只係奉差遣行喺佢前面。』
29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom — Jesus. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
29 娶新娘嘅就係新郎——就係耶穌。新郎嘅朋友站喺度聽佢講嘢,一聽見新郎嘅聲音就滿心歡喜。所以而家我嘅喜樂滿足咗。
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
30 佢必興旺,我必衰微。
31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
31 從上面嚟嘅,超乎萬有之上。屬地嘅就屬於地,所講嘅也係屬地嘅事。從天上嚟嘅,超乎萬有之上。
32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
32 佢將自己所見過、所聽過嘅作見證,但係冇人接受佢嘅見證。
33 Whoever receives his testimony confirms that our Father is true.
33 凡接受佢見證嘅人,就印證咗天父係真實嘅。
34 For the one whom our Father has sent speaks the words of our Father, for he gives the Holy Spirit without measure.
34 因為天父所差嚟嘅那位,講嘅就係天父嘅話,因為天父賜聖靈俾佢,係冇限量嘅。
35 Our Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
35 天父愛兒子,已經將萬有交喺佢手裏面。
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of our Father remains on him.
36 信兒子嘅人有永生;唔順從兒子嘅人見唔到生命,反而天父嘅憤怒常在佢身上。
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Hong Kong and the world
Hong Kong has always looked outward — a gateway city and the heart of a worldwide Cantonese diaspora. To give Hong Kong the Father’s heart in Cantonese is to touch the Chinese world far beyond its harbour.
- ~86 million
- Cantonese speakers worldwide a Cantonese edition would reach
- a global diaspora
- Cantonese is spoken in Chinatowns on every continent
- a mission gateway
- Hong Kong has long sent the gospel into the Chinese world
A worldwide Cantonese family
Cantonese is spoken not only in Hong Kong and Guangdong but in Chinatowns across the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia. A Cantonese Father’s Heart Bible™ reaches them all.
A gateway to the Chinese world
For more than a century, Hong Kong has been a springboard for the gospel into China and beyond — a calling that can be renewed.
A bridge of East and West
Hong Kong’s blend of cultures makes it a natural meeting place — and a place from which the Father’s heart can travel far.
A people on the move
As Hong Kongers settle in cities around the world, they carry their language, culture, and the chance to know the Father with them.
His Word will not return void
When our Father said, “Let there be light,” there was light. His Word accomplishes what He sends it to do. Into the crowded trains and the tiny flats, to every heart worn down by the rush, His Word will not return empty — it will find the weary and the lonely, and it will not fail.
“My word… will not return to me empty, but will accomplish that which I purpose.” — Isaiah 55:11
Hear the Father’s voice
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Frequently asked questions
How many Christians are there in Hong Kong?
Christians are about 12% of Hong Kong — roughly 900,000 people in a city of 7.5 million — and the church has shaped its schools, hospitals, and charities for generations. You can read and hear the Scriptures they treasure free in the Father's Heart Bible™ at fathersheartbible.com/read.
Is the Bible legal in Hong Kong?
Yes — Hong Kong has long enjoyed religious freedom, and the Bible is legal to own, read, and share across the city. Wherever you are, the Father's Heart Bible™ is free to read online with audio — no account, no app — at fathersheartbible.com/read.
Can I read the Bible online free in Hong Kong?
Yes. The Father's Heart Bible™ is free to read online with audio — no account, no purchase, no app. It is currently in English, widely used in Hong Kong; a Cantonese edition is among our priorities, to join the Scriptures Hong Kong's churches already treasure.
Is there a free audio Bible I can listen to?
Yes. Every chapter of the Father's Heart Bible™ comes with free audio, so it can be heard on any phone amid the busiest of days.
What is the most popular Bible translation in Hong Kong?
The Chinese Union Version (和合本) in Traditional Chinese is the most widely read Bible in Hong Kong, alongside Cantonese colloquial editions and modern Chinese translations.
Is the Father's Heart Bible available in Cantonese?
Not yet — it is currently in English. Cantonese (Yue Chinese), spoken by some 86 million people across Hong Kong, Guangdong, and the worldwide diaspora, is among our translation priorities.



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