How to read the Bible
There is no single best way to go about reading the Bible. Books that are mainly narrative may be read in large blocks like novels. Books suited to this approach are Genesis, the first half of Exodus, parts of Numbers [and Deuteronomy?], all the books from Joshua to Esther, parts of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Daniel and the Book of Acts. Others can be read a chapter or part of a chapter, or even a verse or two at a time. In some cases, you may want to apply two such approaches to a particular passage. For example, you may read all of the Beatitudes (Mt 5.xxx-yyy) together in a single reading, and then go through them again, one at a time.The Bible in a year
This is a popular approach. Many programmes aimed at achieving this have an Old Testament and a New Testament reading each day. I believe a gospel passage should be read every day. For this purpose, Acts 1 should be counted as the end of Luke's gospel, giving a total of 90 gospel chapters, requiring about a quarter of a chapter a day to complete them in a year.With the Old Testament prophetic books, I believe it is good to read them in conjunction with the historical books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, to which they are closely connected.
Psalms and the other poetical books can be spread out over the year, possibly alternating between Psalms and other books.
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The New Testament
Matthew 1: Genealogy of Jesus (via Jacob), annunciation to Joseph.
Matthew 2: The visit of the wise men. The flight to Egypt. The slaughter of the innocents. The move to Nazareth.
Matthew 3: John the Baptist's ministry. Jesus baptized.
Matthew 4: Jesus tempted. Settles in Capernaum. Calls Peter, Andrew, James and John. He preaches throughout Galilee, followed by great crowds.
Matthew 5: Sermon on the Mount—Beatitudes. Salt and light. Christ came to fulfil the Law. Teaching on anger, lust, divorce, oaths, retaliation. Love your enemies.
Matthew 6: Don't parade your righteousness. The Lord's Prayer. Fast in secret. Lay up treasure in heaven. Don't be anxious.
Matthew 7: Judging others. Pearls before swine. Ask, and it will be given. Golden Rule. Narrow gate. False prophets—a tree and its fruit. False followers. Build your house on the rock.
Matthew 8: Jesus cleanses a leper, heals a centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law and many others. The cost of following Jesus. He calms a storm. He heals two men with demons.
Matthew 9: Jesus heals a paralytic. He calls Matthew. A question about fasting. A ruler's daughter raised from the dead, and a woman healed. Jesus heals a blind man and a mute. The harvest is plentiful, the labourers few.
Matthew 10: Jesus calls the twelve apostles to him, and sends them out. Persecution to come, but do not fear. Not peace, but a sword. Rewards.
Matthew 11: Messengers from John the Baptist. Jesus talks to the crowds about John. Woe to unrepentant cities. Come to me and I will give you rest.
Matthew 12: Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath. The man with the withered hand. God's chosen servant. A tree is known by its fruit. The sign of Jonah. Return of an unclean spirit. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Matthew 13: Parable of the sower. Purpose of parables. Parable of the sower explained. Parable of the weeds. Parables of mustard seed and leaven. Prophecy and parables. Parable of the weeds explained. Parables of hidden treasure, pearl of great value, net. New and old treasures. Jesus rejected at Nazareth.
Matthew 14: Death of John the Baptist. Jesus feeds the 5000. He walks on water. He heals the sick at Gennesaret.
Matthew 15: God's commandments and human tradition. Defilement. The Canaanite woman's request. Many healed. Feeding the 4000.
Matthew 16: Pharisees and Sadducees demand a sign. Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Peter confesses Jesus as Christ and son of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross.
Matthew 17: The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with a demon. He foretells his death. Paying the Temple tax.
Matthew 18: Who is the greatest? Temptations to sin. Parable of lost sheep. Reconciliation. Parable of unforgiving servant.
Matthew 19: Teaching on divorce. Let the children come to me. The rich young man. The apostles' future reward.
Matthew 20: Parable of the labourers in the vineyard. Jesus foretells his death a third time. The request of James and John's mother. Jesus heals two blind men.
Matthew 21: The Triumphal Entry. Jesus cleanses the Temple. He curses the fig tree. His authority challenged. Parable of the two sons. Parable of the tenants.
Matthew 22: Parable of the wedding feast. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. The great commandment. Whose son is the Christ?
Matthew 23: Seven woes to scribes and Pharisees. Lament over Jerusalem.
Matthew 24: Jesus' apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, abomination of desolation, false Christs and prophets, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Matthew 25: Parables of the ten virgins and the talents. The final judgment—sheep and goats.
Matthew 26: Plot to kill Jesus. He is anointed at Bethany. Judas offers to betray him. Passover with disciples: Jesus foretells his betrayal. The Lord's Supper. Peter's denial foretold. Prayer in Gethsemane. Jesus arrested, and tried by the Council. Peter's denial.
Matthew 27: Jesus taken to Pilate. Judas hangs himself. Jesus before Pilate. The crowd calls for Barabbas to be freed. Jesus mocked. Taken out and crucified. His death. Miraculous happenings. Jesus is buried. A guard set over the tomb (when!!???).
Matthew 28: The resurrection. The Great Commission.
Matthew 1: Genealogy of Jesus (via Jacob), annunciation to Joseph.
Matthew 2: The visit of the wise men. The flight to Egypt. The slaughter of the innocents. The move to Nazareth.
Matthew 3: John the Baptist's ministry. Jesus baptized.
Matthew 4: Jesus tempted. Settles in Capernaum. Calls Peter, Andrew, James and John. He preaches throughout Galilee, followed by great crowds.
Matthew 5: Sermon on the Mount—Beatitudes. Salt and light. Christ came to fulfil the Law. Teaching on anger, lust, divorce, oaths, retaliation. Love your enemies.
Matthew 6: Don't parade your righteousness. The Lord's Prayer. Fast in secret. Lay up treasure in heaven. Don't be anxious.
Matthew 7: Judging others. Pearls before swine. Ask, and it will be given. Golden Rule. Narrow gate. False prophets—a tree and its fruit. False followers. Build your house on the rock.
Matthew 8: Jesus cleanses a leper, heals a centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law and many others. The cost of following Jesus. He calms a storm. He heals two men with demons.
Matthew 9: Jesus heals a paralytic. He calls Matthew. A question about fasting. A ruler's daughter raised from the dead, and a woman healed. Jesus heals a blind man and a mute. The harvest is plentiful, the labourers few.
Matthew 10: Jesus calls the twelve apostles to him, and sends them out. Persecution to come, but do not fear. Not peace, but a sword. Rewards.
Matthew 11: Messengers from John the Baptist. Jesus talks to the crowds about John. Woe to unrepentant cities. Come to me and I will give you rest.
Matthew 12: Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath. The man with the withered hand. God's chosen servant. A tree is known by its fruit. The sign of Jonah. Return of an unclean spirit. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Matthew 13: Parable of the sower. Purpose of parables. Parable of the sower explained. Parable of the weeds. Parables of mustard seed and leaven. Prophecy and parables. Parable of the weeds explained. Parables of hidden treasure, pearl of great value, net. New and old treasures. Jesus rejected at Nazareth.
Matthew 14: Death of John the Baptist. Jesus feeds the 5000. He walks on water. He heals the sick at Gennesaret.
Matthew 15: God's commandments and human tradition. Defilement. The Canaanite woman's request. Many healed. Feeding the 4000.
Matthew 16: Pharisees and Sadducees demand a sign. Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Peter confesses Jesus as Christ and son of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross.
Matthew 17: The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with a demon. He foretells his death. Paying the Temple tax.
Matthew 18: Who is the greatest? Temptations to sin. Parable of lost sheep. Reconciliation. Parable of unforgiving servant.
Matthew 19: Teaching on divorce. Let the children come to me. The rich young man. The apostles' future reward.
Matthew 20: Parable of the labourers in the vineyard. Jesus foretells his death a third time. The request of James and John's mother. Jesus heals two blind men.
Matthew 21: The Triumphal Entry. Jesus cleanses the Temple. He curses the fig tree. His authority challenged. Parable of the two sons. Parable of the tenants.
Matthew 22: Parable of the wedding feast. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. The great commandment. Whose son is the Christ?
Matthew 23: Seven woes to scribes and Pharisees. Lament over Jerusalem.
Matthew 24: Jesus' apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, abomination of desolation, false Christs and prophets, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Matthew 25: Parables of the ten virgins and the talents. The final judgment—sheep and goats.
Matthew 26: Plot to kill Jesus. He is anointed at Bethany. Judas offers to betray him. Passover with disciples: Jesus foretells his betrayal. The Lord's Supper. Peter's denial foretold. Prayer in Gethsemane. Jesus arrested, and tried by the Council. Peter's denial.
Matthew 27: Jesus taken to Pilate. Judas hangs himself. Jesus before Pilate. The crowd calls for Barabbas to be freed. Jesus mocked. Taken out and crucified. His death. Miraculous happenings. Jesus is buried. A guard set over the tomb (when!!???).
Matthew 28: The resurrection. The Great Commission.
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Mark 1: Jesus baptized, John arrested, disciples called, healing ministry.
Mark 2: Jesus heals a paralytic at Capernaum. He calls Levi, and dines at his house with sinners and tax-collectors. A question about fasting. Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath.
Mark 3: Man with the withered hand. Crowds follow Jesus. He appoints the Twelve. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Mark 4: Parable of the sower. Purpose of parables. Parable of the sower explained. The lamp under the basket. Parables of the seed growing and the mustard seed. Jesus calms a storm.
Mark 5: Jesus heals a demoniac, and a woman with a flow of blood, and (probably) raises Jairus's daughter from the dead.
Mark 6: Jesus rejected at Nazareth. He sends out the twelve apostles. The death of John the Baptist. Feeding the 5000. Jesus walks on the water. He heals the sick at Gennesaret.
Mark 7: God's commandments and human tradition. Defilement. The Syro-Phoenician woman's request. Jesus heals a deaf man.
Mark 8: Feeding the 4000. Pharisees and Sadducees demand a sign. Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod. Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida. Peter confesses Jesus as Christ and son of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross.
Mark 9: The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with an unclean spirit. He again foretells his death and resurrection. Who is the greatest? Anyone not against us is for us. Temptations to sin.
Mark 10: Teaching on divorce. Let the children come to me. The rich young man. The apostles' future reward. Jesus foretells his death a third time. The request of James and John. Blind Bartimaeus.
Mark 11: The triumphal entry. Jesus curses the fig tree. Cleansing the Temple. Lesson of the withered fig tree.
Mark 12: Parable of the tenants. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. The great commandment. Whose son is the Christ? Beware of the scribes. The widow's offering.
Mark 13: Jesus apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, abomination of desolation, false Christs and prophets, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Mark 14: Plot to kill Jesus. He is anointed at Bethany. Judas offers to betray him. Passover with disciples: Jesus foretells his betrayal. The Lord's Supper. Peter's denial foretold. Prayer in Gethsemane. Jesus arrested, and tried by the Council. Peter's denial.
Mark 15: Jesus delivered to Pilate, who hands him over for crucifixion. Jesus is mocked. He is crucified, dies, and is buried.
Mark 16: The resurrection. [[Jesus' appearances. The Great Commission.]]
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Luke 1: John the Baptist's birth foretold, annunciation to Mary, visit to Elizabeth, John born.
Luke 2: Decree of Augustus. Jesus born at Bethlehem. Shepherds and angels. Jesus presented at the Temple. Simeon's prophecy. Anna's response. Return to Nazareth. The boy Jesus in the Temple.
Luke 3: John the Baptist's ministry. Jesus baptized. Genealogy of Jesus (via Heli).
Luke 4: Jesus tempted. He returns to Galilee and begins his ministry. Rejection at Nazareth. In Capernaum heals a man with an unclean spirit. Heals Simon's mother-in-law and many others. Preaches in synagogues of Judaea.
Luke 5: Jesus calls the first disciples. He cleanses a leper and heals a paralytic. He calls Levi, and dines at his house with sinners and tax-collectors. A question about fasting.
Luke 6: Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath. Man with the withered hand. The twelve apostles. Jesus heals many. Beatitudes and woes. Love your enemies. Judging others. A tree and its fruit. Build your house on the rock.
Luke 7: Jesus heals a centurion's servant, and raises a widow's son. Messengers from John the Baptist. Jesus talks to the crowds about John. A woman weeps over Jesus' feet, and wipes them with her hair. Her sins are forgiven.
Luke 8: Women accompanying Jesus. Parable of the sower. The purpose of parables. Lamp under a jar. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Luke 9: Jesus sends out the Twelve. Herod is perplexed about Jesus. Feeding the 5000. Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross. The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with an unclean spirit. He foretells his capture. Who is the greatest? Anyone not against us is for us. A Samaritan village rejects Jesus. The cost of following him.
Luke 10: Jesus sends out the 72. Woe to unrepentant cities. The 72 return. Jesus rejoices in the Father's will. The Parable of the Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary.
Luke 11: The Lord's Prayer. Teaching on prayer.
Luke 12: Leaven of the Pharisees. Don't fear the one who can kill the body. The sparrow. Acknowledge Christ. Parable of the rich fool. Don't be anxious. Be ready. Not peace, but division. Settle with your accuser.
Luke 13: Repent or perish. Parable of the barren fig tree. Woman with a disabling spirit. Parables of mustard seed and leaven. The narrow door. Lament over Jerusalem.
Luke 14: Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath. The seat of honour. Parable of the great banquet. Cost of discipleship. Salt.
Luke 15: Parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the prodigal son.
Luke 16: Parable of the dishonest manager. The Law and the kingdom of God. Divorce and remarriage. Parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
Luke 17: Temptations to sin. Faith like a mustard seed. Unworthy servants. Jesus cleanses ten lepers. The coming of the kingdom.
Luke 18: Parable of persistent widow. Parable of Pharisee and tax collector. Let the children come to me. The rich ruler. Jesus again foretells his death. He heals a blind beggar.
Luke 19: Zacchaeus. Parable of the ten [minas]. The triumphal entry. Jesus laments over Jerusalem. He cleanses the Temple.
Luke 20: Jesus' authority challenged. Parable of the wicked tenants. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. Whose son is the Christ? Beware of the scribes.
Luke 21: The widow's mite. Jesus' apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, destruction of Jerusalem, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Luke 22: Plot to kill Jesus. Judas agrees to betray him. Passover. The Lord's Supper. Who is the greatest? Jesus foretell's Peter's denial. Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives. Jesus betrayed and arrested. Peter denies him. Jesus mocked and brought before the Council.
Luke 23: Jesus before Pilate, then Herod, then back to Pilate. Jesus handed over, then crucified. The two thieves. Jesus' death. His burial.
Luke 24: The resurrection. The road to Emmaus. Jesus appears to the disciples in Jerusalem. The ascension.
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John 1: The eternal Word. John's testimony, the first disciples.
John 2: Wedding at Cana. Cleansing the Temple.
John 3: Nicodemus visits Jesus by night. God so loved the world. Faith in Jesus. John the Baptist's witness concerning Jesus.
John 4: The Samaritan woman. Jesus leaves for Galilee, and is welcomed. He heals an official's son at Cana.
John 5: Healing at a pool on the sabbath. Equality with God. The Father and the Son. Witnesses to Jesus—John the Baptist, God the Father, Moses.
John 6: Feeding the 5000. Jesus walks on water. The Bread of Life. Many leave him. The twelve stay.
John 7: Jesus at the Feast of Booths. He defends healing on the Sabbath. Is this the Christ? Officers sent to arrest Jesus. Rivers of living water. The people divided over Jesus.
John 8: [[Woman caught in adultery.]] Jesus the Light of the World. Jesus is going away. The truth will set you free. Your father is the devil. Before Abraham was I am.
John 9: Jesus heals a man born blind, on the Sabbath. Jewish leaders hold an enquiry into it.
John 10: The Good Shepherd. The Door of the Sheep. "I and the Father are one."
John 11: Death of Lazarus. Jesus the Resurrection and the Life. Jesus weeps. Lazarus raised from the dead. A plot to kill Jesus.
John 12: Mary anoints Jesus at Bethany. Plot to kill Lazarus. The Triumphal Entry. Greeks seek Jesus. The Son of Man must be lifted up. Unbelief of the people. Jesus came to save.
John 13: Jesus washes the disciples' feet. One of the disciples will betray Jesus. Judas goes out. A new commandment. Peter will deny Jesus.
John 14: The Way, the Truth and the Life. The Father seen in Jesus. The Holy Spirit promised.
John 15: The True Vine. Love one another. The world's hatred.
John 16: Coming persecution. The work of the Holy Spirit. Sorrow will turn to joy. Jesus came from the Father and is going to the Father.
John 17: Jesus' high-priestly prayer.
John 18: Jesus betrayed and arrested. He faces Annas and Caiaphas. Peter denies Jesus. The High Priest questions Jesus. Peter denies Jesus again. Jesus before Pilate. The crowd call for Barabbas to be freed.
John 19: Pilate hands Jesus over for crucifixion. He is crucified. His death. His side is pierced. His burial.
John 20: The Resurrection. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene. Then to the disciples. Then to Thomas.
John 21: Jesus appears to seven disciples by the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee?). Peter, do you love me? Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.
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Acts 1: The Ascension. Matthias replaces Judas.
Acts 2: The Day of Pentecost—the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Peter's sermon. The community of believers.
Acts 3: A lame beggar healed.
Acts 4: Peter and John before the Council. The believers pray for boldness and liberty to preach. They pool all their possessions.
Acts 5: Ananias and Sapphira. Signs, wonders, healings. Apostles arrested: Gamaliel counsels caution, and they are freed.
Acts 6: Seven chosen to serve. Stephen seized.
Acts 7: Stephen's speech to the Council, covering the history of Israel from Abraham to the present. Israel's persecution of the prophets culminating in the execution of Jesus. Stephen is stoned to death. Saul witnesses his death.
Acts 8: Saul devastates the Church. Philip in Samaria. Simon the magician. The apostles go to Samaria. Simon tries to buy the gift of bestowing the Holy Spirit. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch.
Acts 9: Saul converted. He proclaims Jesus in Damascus synagogues, then has to escape. He gets into strife in Jerusalem. Aeneas healed. Dorcas raised from the dead.
Acts 10: Cornelius seeks Simon Peter. Peter's strange vision. He goes with three men to Cornelius's house. Peter preaches the gospel to Gentiles. The Holy Spirit falls on them.
Acts 11: Peter reports to the church on his vision and his contact with Gentiles. The church scattered. Christians from Cyprus and Cyrene preach to Gentiles in Antioch. Famine prophesied, relief sent to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 12: Herod Agrippa has James killed. Peter imprisoned and rescued. Herod dies suddenly.
Acts 13: Saul and Barnabas sent off. Cyprus. Pisidian Antioch.
Acts 14: Paul and Barnabas go to Iconium, then Lystra, where Paul is stoned. Return to Syrian Antioch.
Acts 15: Judaizers. The Jerusalem Council. The council's letter to Gentile converts. Paul and Barnabas part company.
Acts 16: Timothy joins Paul and Silas. The call to Macedonia. Lydia. Paul and Silas imprisoned. The Philippian jailer.
Acts 17: Paul and Silas in Thessalonika—attacked by the Jews. Better reception among the Jews in Berea. In Athens. Paul speaks in the Areopagus—the unknown God.
Acts 18: Paul in Corinth, meets Aquila (a fellow tentmaker) and Priscilla. Gallio the proconsul ignores Jewish protests over Paul. Paul returns to Antioch via Ephesus and Caesarea, then departs for Galatia and Phrygia. Apollos of Alexandria comes to Ephesus and is instructed by Aquila and Priscilla before leaving for Greece.
Acts 19: Paul in Ephesus. Followers of John the Baptist are baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. The sons of Sceva attempt exorcism in Jesus' name, with sorry results. Riot instigated by Ephesian idol-makers. The town clerk quietens the mob.
Acts 20: Paul in Macedonia and Greece. Eutychus dies(?) and is raised. Paul and Co bypass Ephesus, and go to Miletus, where he summons the Ephesian elders. He exhorts them, warns them of coming spiritual strife, and bids them a final farewell.
Acts 21: Paul heads for Jerusalem, despite prophetic warnings of imprisonment. Paul and James and the question of circumcision and the Law. Paul arrested. He asks the tribune for permission to speak to the people.
Acts 22: Paul's speech[ in Jerusalem] causes a tumult. The tribune orders him flogged. Paul plays the citizenship card. He is brought before the Council.
Acts 23: Paul before the Council. He causes a great clamour between Sadducees and Pharisees by proclaiming his support for the resurrection of the dead. Paul's nephew uncovers a plot to kill Paul. Paul is sent to Felix the governor.
Acts 24: Paul before Felix at Caesarea. Kept in custody, but with some liberty, for two years before Festus replaces Felix.
Acts 25: Paul appeals to Caesar. He is brought before Agrippa and Berenice.
Acts 26: Paul before Agrippa. Festus and Agrippa are perturbed by Paul's teaching, but convinced of his innocence. “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Acts 27: Paul sails for Rome. Storm and shipwreck.
Acts 28: Paul on Malta. He arrives in Rome, and lives there two years, under guard.
Mark 1: Jesus baptized, John arrested, disciples called, healing ministry.
Mark 2: Jesus heals a paralytic at Capernaum. He calls Levi, and dines at his house with sinners and tax-collectors. A question about fasting. Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath.
Mark 3: Man with the withered hand. Crowds follow Jesus. He appoints the Twelve. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Mark 4: Parable of the sower. Purpose of parables. Parable of the sower explained. The lamp under the basket. Parables of the seed growing and the mustard seed. Jesus calms a storm.
Mark 5: Jesus heals a demoniac, and a woman with a flow of blood, and (probably) raises Jairus's daughter from the dead.
Mark 6: Jesus rejected at Nazareth. He sends out the twelve apostles. The death of John the Baptist. Feeding the 5000. Jesus walks on the water. He heals the sick at Gennesaret.
Mark 7: God's commandments and human tradition. Defilement. The Syro-Phoenician woman's request. Jesus heals a deaf man.
Mark 8: Feeding the 4000. Pharisees and Sadducees demand a sign. Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod. Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida. Peter confesses Jesus as Christ and son of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross.
Mark 9: The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with an unclean spirit. He again foretells his death and resurrection. Who is the greatest? Anyone not against us is for us. Temptations to sin.
Mark 10: Teaching on divorce. Let the children come to me. The rich young man. The apostles' future reward. Jesus foretells his death a third time. The request of James and John. Blind Bartimaeus.
Mark 11: The triumphal entry. Jesus curses the fig tree. Cleansing the Temple. Lesson of the withered fig tree.
Mark 12: Parable of the tenants. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. The great commandment. Whose son is the Christ? Beware of the scribes. The widow's offering.
Mark 13: Jesus apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, abomination of desolation, false Christs and prophets, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Mark 14: Plot to kill Jesus. He is anointed at Bethany. Judas offers to betray him. Passover with disciples: Jesus foretells his betrayal. The Lord's Supper. Peter's denial foretold. Prayer in Gethsemane. Jesus arrested, and tried by the Council. Peter's denial.
Mark 15: Jesus delivered to Pilate, who hands him over for crucifixion. Jesus is mocked. He is crucified, dies, and is buried.
Mark 16: The resurrection. [[Jesus' appearances. The Great Commission.]]
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Luke 1: John the Baptist's birth foretold, annunciation to Mary, visit to Elizabeth, John born.
Luke 2: Decree of Augustus. Jesus born at Bethlehem. Shepherds and angels. Jesus presented at the Temple. Simeon's prophecy. Anna's response. Return to Nazareth. The boy Jesus in the Temple.
Luke 3: John the Baptist's ministry. Jesus baptized. Genealogy of Jesus (via Heli).
Luke 4: Jesus tempted. He returns to Galilee and begins his ministry. Rejection at Nazareth. In Capernaum heals a man with an unclean spirit. Heals Simon's mother-in-law and many others. Preaches in synagogues of Judaea.
Luke 5: Jesus calls the first disciples. He cleanses a leper and heals a paralytic. He calls Levi, and dines at his house with sinners and tax-collectors. A question about fasting.
Luke 6: Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath. Man with the withered hand. The twelve apostles. Jesus heals many. Beatitudes and woes. Love your enemies. Judging others. A tree and its fruit. Build your house on the rock.
Luke 7: Jesus heals a centurion's servant, and raises a widow's son. Messengers from John the Baptist. Jesus talks to the crowds about John. A woman weeps over Jesus' feet, and wipes them with her hair. Her sins are forgiven.
Luke 8: Women accompanying Jesus. Parable of the sower. The purpose of parables. Lamp under a jar. Jesus' mother and brothers.
Luke 9: Jesus sends out the Twelve. Herod is perplexed about Jesus. Feeding the 5000. Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ of God. Jesus foretells his death and resurrection. Take up your cross. The Transfiguration. Jesus heals a boy with an unclean spirit. He foretells his capture. Who is the greatest? Anyone not against us is for us. A Samaritan village rejects Jesus. The cost of following him.
Luke 10: Jesus sends out the 72. Woe to unrepentant cities. The 72 return. Jesus rejoices in the Father's will. The Parable of the Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary.
Luke 11: The Lord's Prayer. Teaching on prayer.
Luke 12: Leaven of the Pharisees. Don't fear the one who can kill the body. The sparrow. Acknowledge Christ. Parable of the rich fool. Don't be anxious. Be ready. Not peace, but division. Settle with your accuser.
Luke 13: Repent or perish. Parable of the barren fig tree. Woman with a disabling spirit. Parables of mustard seed and leaven. The narrow door. Lament over Jerusalem.
Luke 14: Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath. The seat of honour. Parable of the great banquet. Cost of discipleship. Salt.
Luke 15: Parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the prodigal son.
Luke 16: Parable of the dishonest manager. The Law and the kingdom of God. Divorce and remarriage. Parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
Luke 17: Temptations to sin. Faith like a mustard seed. Unworthy servants. Jesus cleanses ten lepers. The coming of the kingdom.
Luke 18: Parable of persistent widow. Parable of Pharisee and tax collector. Let the children come to me. The rich ruler. Jesus again foretells his death. He heals a blind beggar.
Luke 19: Zacchaeus. Parable of the ten [minas]. The triumphal entry. Jesus laments over Jerusalem. He cleanses the Temple.
Luke 20: Jesus' authority challenged. Parable of the wicked tenants. Paying taxes to Caesar. Sadducees' question about the resurrection. Whose son is the Christ? Beware of the scribes.
Luke 21: The widow's mite. Jesus' apocalypse—destruction of the Temple, wars and persecution, destruction of Jerusalem, coming of the Son of Man, lesson of the fig tree, be ready.
Luke 22: Plot to kill Jesus. Judas agrees to betray him. Passover. The Lord's Supper. Who is the greatest? Jesus foretell's Peter's denial. Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives. Jesus betrayed and arrested. Peter denies him. Jesus mocked and brought before the Council.
Luke 23: Jesus before Pilate, then Herod, then back to Pilate. Jesus handed over, then crucified. The two thieves. Jesus' death. His burial.
Luke 24: The resurrection. The road to Emmaus. Jesus appears to the disciples in Jerusalem. The ascension.
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John 1: The eternal Word. John's testimony, the first disciples.
John 2: Wedding at Cana. Cleansing the Temple.
John 3: Nicodemus visits Jesus by night. God so loved the world. Faith in Jesus. John the Baptist's witness concerning Jesus.
John 4: The Samaritan woman. Jesus leaves for Galilee, and is welcomed. He heals an official's son at Cana.
John 5: Healing at a pool on the sabbath. Equality with God. The Father and the Son. Witnesses to Jesus—John the Baptist, God the Father, Moses.
John 6: Feeding the 5000. Jesus walks on water. The Bread of Life. Many leave him. The twelve stay.
John 7: Jesus at the Feast of Booths. He defends healing on the Sabbath. Is this the Christ? Officers sent to arrest Jesus. Rivers of living water. The people divided over Jesus.
John 8: [[Woman caught in adultery.]] Jesus the Light of the World. Jesus is going away. The truth will set you free. Your father is the devil. Before Abraham was I am.
John 9: Jesus heals a man born blind, on the Sabbath. Jewish leaders hold an enquiry into it.
John 10: The Good Shepherd. The Door of the Sheep. "I and the Father are one."
John 11: Death of Lazarus. Jesus the Resurrection and the Life. Jesus weeps. Lazarus raised from the dead. A plot to kill Jesus.
John 12: Mary anoints Jesus at Bethany. Plot to kill Lazarus. The Triumphal Entry. Greeks seek Jesus. The Son of Man must be lifted up. Unbelief of the people. Jesus came to save.
John 13: Jesus washes the disciples' feet. One of the disciples will betray Jesus. Judas goes out. A new commandment. Peter will deny Jesus.
John 14: The Way, the Truth and the Life. The Father seen in Jesus. The Holy Spirit promised.
John 15: The True Vine. Love one another. The world's hatred.
John 16: Coming persecution. The work of the Holy Spirit. Sorrow will turn to joy. Jesus came from the Father and is going to the Father.
John 17: Jesus' high-priestly prayer.
John 18: Jesus betrayed and arrested. He faces Annas and Caiaphas. Peter denies Jesus. The High Priest questions Jesus. Peter denies Jesus again. Jesus before Pilate. The crowd call for Barabbas to be freed.
John 19: Pilate hands Jesus over for crucifixion. He is crucified. His death. His side is pierced. His burial.
John 20: The Resurrection. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene. Then to the disciples. Then to Thomas.
John 21: Jesus appears to seven disciples by the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee?). Peter, do you love me? Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.
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Acts 1: The Ascension. Matthias replaces Judas.
Acts 2: The Day of Pentecost—the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Peter's sermon. The community of believers.
Acts 3: A lame beggar healed.
Acts 4: Peter and John before the Council. The believers pray for boldness and liberty to preach. They pool all their possessions.
Acts 5: Ananias and Sapphira. Signs, wonders, healings. Apostles arrested: Gamaliel counsels caution, and they are freed.
Acts 6: Seven chosen to serve. Stephen seized.
Acts 7: Stephen's speech to the Council, covering the history of Israel from Abraham to the present. Israel's persecution of the prophets culminating in the execution of Jesus. Stephen is stoned to death. Saul witnesses his death.
Acts 8: Saul devastates the Church. Philip in Samaria. Simon the magician. The apostles go to Samaria. Simon tries to buy the gift of bestowing the Holy Spirit. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch.
Acts 9: Saul converted. He proclaims Jesus in Damascus synagogues, then has to escape. He gets into strife in Jerusalem. Aeneas healed. Dorcas raised from the dead.
Acts 10: Cornelius seeks Simon Peter. Peter's strange vision. He goes with three men to Cornelius's house. Peter preaches the gospel to Gentiles. The Holy Spirit falls on them.
Acts 11: Peter reports to the church on his vision and his contact with Gentiles. The church scattered. Christians from Cyprus and Cyrene preach to Gentiles in Antioch. Famine prophesied, relief sent to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 12: Herod Agrippa has James killed. Peter imprisoned and rescued. Herod dies suddenly.
Acts 13: Saul and Barnabas sent off. Cyprus. Pisidian Antioch.
Acts 14: Paul and Barnabas go to Iconium, then Lystra, where Paul is stoned. Return to Syrian Antioch.
Acts 15: Judaizers. The Jerusalem Council. The council's letter to Gentile converts. Paul and Barnabas part company.
Acts 16: Timothy joins Paul and Silas. The call to Macedonia. Lydia. Paul and Silas imprisoned. The Philippian jailer.
Acts 17: Paul and Silas in Thessalonika—attacked by the Jews. Better reception among the Jews in Berea. In Athens. Paul speaks in the Areopagus—the unknown God.
Acts 18: Paul in Corinth, meets Aquila (a fellow tentmaker) and Priscilla. Gallio the proconsul ignores Jewish protests over Paul. Paul returns to Antioch via Ephesus and Caesarea, then departs for Galatia and Phrygia. Apollos of Alexandria comes to Ephesus and is instructed by Aquila and Priscilla before leaving for Greece.
Acts 19: Paul in Ephesus. Followers of John the Baptist are baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. The sons of Sceva attempt exorcism in Jesus' name, with sorry results. Riot instigated by Ephesian idol-makers. The town clerk quietens the mob.
Acts 20: Paul in Macedonia and Greece. Eutychus dies(?) and is raised. Paul and Co bypass Ephesus, and go to Miletus, where he summons the Ephesian elders. He exhorts them, warns them of coming spiritual strife, and bids them a final farewell.
Acts 21: Paul heads for Jerusalem, despite prophetic warnings of imprisonment. Paul and James and the question of circumcision and the Law. Paul arrested. He asks the tribune for permission to speak to the people.
Acts 22: Paul's speech[ in Jerusalem] causes a tumult. The tribune orders him flogged. Paul plays the citizenship card. He is brought before the Council.
Acts 23: Paul before the Council. He causes a great clamour between Sadducees and Pharisees by proclaiming his support for the resurrection of the dead. Paul's nephew uncovers a plot to kill Paul. Paul is sent to Felix the governor.
Acts 24: Paul before Felix at Caesarea. Kept in custody, but with some liberty, for two years before Festus replaces Felix.
Acts 25: Paul appeals to Caesar. He is brought before Agrippa and Berenice.
Acts 26: Paul before Agrippa. Festus and Agrippa are perturbed by Paul's teaching, but convinced of his innocence. “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Acts 27: Paul sails for Rome. Storm and shipwreck.
Acts 28: Paul on Malta. He arrives in Rome, and lives there two years, under guard.
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Romans 1: Apostolic greeting. His longing to go to Rome. The righteous shall live by faith. God's wrath against unrighteousness.
Romans 2: God's judgment and the Law.
Romans 3: All have sinned, Jews and Gentiles. God's grace is open to Jews and Gentiles.
Romans 4: Abraham justified by faith. The promise realised through his faith.
Romans 5: Peace with God through faith. God's love and Christ's death. Death in Adam, life in Christ.
Romans 6: Dead to sin, alive to God. From slaves of sin to slaves of God.
Romans 7: Christ's death frees us from the Law. The law makes sin known to us. Paul's struggle with sin.
Romans 8: Life in the Spirit. Sons of God and fellow-heirs with Christ. Future glory will compensate for woes of this world. God works all things for our good. If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 9: God's sovereignty. Jews and Gentiles and grace.
Romans 10: Jews' ignorant zeal for God. Righteousness by faith for both Gentile and Jew. Faith comes from hearing.
Romans 11: Israel, the Gentiles, and the gospel.
Romans 12: Living sacrifice. Use gifts with grace. Live lives of love.
Romans 13: Submit to the authorities. Fulfill the Law through love.
Romans 14: Don't judge one another. Do not cause one another to stumble.
Romans 15: Christ's example in our dealings with others. Christ the hope of the Gentiles. Paul a minister to the Gentiles. His plan to visit Rome.
Romans 16: Personal greetings from Paul. Beware those who cause division. Greetings from Paul's companions. Doxology.
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1 Corinthians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving. Divisions in the Corinthian church. The wisdom of the world versus the foolishness of God.
1 Corinthians 2: Christ crucified. Wisdom from the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3: Division in the church.
1 Corinthians 4: Paul rebukes the Corinthians' cavalier attitude to him and Apollos.
1 Corinthians 5: Sexual immorality in the church. Dissociate from immoral people calling themselves Christians.
1 Corinthians 6: Lawsuits against fellow believers. Flee sexual immorality.
1 Corinthians 7: Teaching on marriage. Remain in the station of life you were in when you were called. Advice to the unmarried.
1 Corinthians 8: Food offered to idols—don't be a stumbling block to your brothers.
1 Corinthians 9: Paul defends his apostleship and his moderate use of his authority.
1 Corinthians 10: Flee idolatry. Do everything to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11: Head coverings. Conduct of the Lord's Supper.
1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual gifts. Members of one body.
1 Corinthians 13: Love.
1 Corinthians 14: Prophecy and tongues. Orderly worship.
1 Corinthians 15: The resurrection of Christ and of believers.
1 Corinthians 16: Collection for Christians in Jerusalem. Paul's travel plans. He requests kindness and respect for Timothy when he visits. News of other friends. Greetings and benediction.
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2 Corinthians 1: Apostolic greeting. God's comfort in affliction. Paul's change of plans.
2 Corinthians 2: Paul unwilling to cause pain. Forgive the offender. Triumphant in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3: The new covenant more glorious than the old.
2 Corinthians 4: The light of the gospel. Treasure in jars of clay—the transient and the eternal.
2 Corinthians 5: Our heavenly dwelling. Love of Christ controls us. A new creation. Ambassadors for Christ.
2 Corinthians 6: Paul and his companions minister in all circumstances. Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers.
2 Corinthians 7: Paul's comfort and joy at the news of the Corinthians' repentance.
2 Corinthians 8: Give generously. Commendation of Titus.
2 Corinthians 9: Collection for the Christians in Jerusalem. Generosity encouraged.
2 Corinthians 10: Paul defends his ministry. Boast in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11: Paul's conduct towards the Corinthians contrasted with that of the false apostles. His sufferings for the gospel.
2 Corinthians 12: Paul's visions and thorn in the flesh. Did I burden you or deceive you? I don't want to find the church in a bad state when I come to you.
2 Corinthians 13: Two or three witnesses are needed for charges of wrongdoing. Make sure you are in the faith. Final exhortation and benediction.
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Galatians 1: Apostolic greeting. Why are the Galatians abandoning the gospel? Paul's apostolic call.
Galatians 2: Paul accepted by the apostles. He opposes Peter. Justified by faith.
Galatians 3: Righteousness comes by faith, not works of the Law.
Galatians 4: Sons and heirs. Paul's concern for the Galatians. Hagar and Sarah—slavery or freedom?
Galatians 5: Faith, not circumcision and the Law. Walk by the Spirit. The works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 6: Look after one another. The cross, not circumcision, is the important thing. Benediction.
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Ephesians 1: Apostolic greeting. Our spiritual blessings in Christ. Thanksgiving and prayer.
Ephesians 2: Saved by grace through faith. One in Christ.
Ephesians 3: Paul's God-given ministry to the Gentiles.
Ephesians 4: Unity of the church. The ascension ministries. Put off the old self and put on the new.
Ephesians 5: Walk in love, purity and light. Spiritual living. Husbands and wives.
Ephesians 6: Children and parents. Servants and masters. Put on the whole armour of God. Final greetings and benediction.
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Philippians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and prayer. Paul's imprisonment works for good. Living in Christ.
Philippians 2: Christ's divine humility. Be lights in the world. Timothy and Epaphroditus.
Philippians 3: Righteousness by faith, not law. Strive after the goal.
Philippians 4: Exhortation. Content in all circumstances. Paul's gratitude for kindnesses. Final greetings and benediction.
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Colossians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and prayer. The pre-eminence of Christ. Paul's suffering and ministry to the Church.
Colossians 2: Paul's efforts for the Colossians and Laodiceans. Life in Christ, not by human philosophy. Fullness of deity in Christ. Religiosity.
Colossians 3: Set your mind on things above, put to death what is earthly in you. Put on qualities of the Spirit (fruit in Galatians 5). Household rules.
Colossians 4: Pray, act wisely. Final greetings.
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1 Thessalonians 1: Greetings from Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 2: Paul's ministry to the Thessalonians. His longing to see them.
1 Thessalonians 3: Despite Paul's fears the Thessalonians' faith has held firm.
1 Thessalonians 4: Live a life pleasing to God. The return of Christ, the resurrection, and the rapture.
1 Thessalonians 5: The day of the Lord. Living the Christian life. Benediction.
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2 Thessalonians 1: Greetings from Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Thanksgiving. Judgment at Christ's coming.
2 Thessalonians 2: The second coming of Christ and the man of lawlessness.
2 Thessalonians 3: Pray for us. Lead productive lives. Benediction.
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1 Timothy 1: Apostolic greeting. Warning against false teaching. Christ came to save sinners.
1 Timothy 2: Exhortation to pray for everyone. Women to learn in quietness.
1 Timothy 3: Qualifications for overseers (bishops) and deacons. Mystery of godliness [check word].
1 Timothy 4: Some will depart (deviate?) from the faith. Be a good servant of Christ, in your life and ministry.
1 Timothy 5: Instructions for various groups in the church.
1 Timothy 6: Servants and masters. False teachers. Godliness and material gain. Keep the faith. Instruct the rich. Benediction.
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2 Timothy 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and exhortation. Guard what has been entrusted to you.
2 Timothy 2: Endure hardship for Christ. Avoid behaviour that damages yourself and others.
2 Timothy 3: Godlessness in the last days. Contrasted with Timothy and the godly. All scripture is God-breathed.
2 Timothy 4: Preach the word. Paul's time is at hand. Come to me soon. Faithful and faithless friends. Final greetings and benediction.
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Titus 1: Greeting. Appointment of elders. Rebuke those who depart from the truth.
Titus 2: Sound teaching on domestic relationships. God's grace and our hope.
Titus 3: Remind the people to do what is good. Final instructions and greetings.
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Philemon: Greeting. Thanksgiving for Philemon. Plea for Onesimus. Greetings from friends.
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Hebrews 1: The supremacy of God's Son.
Hebrews 2: The ruler of all things partakes in our humanity.
Hebrews 3: Jesus greater than Moses. Avoid rebelliousness.
Hebrews 4: Entering God's rest. Jesus our great High Priest.
Hebrews 5: The high priesthood of Jesus. Warning against apostasy.
Hebrews 6: Let's move on to mature things. Impossible to restore the lapsed. The certainty of God's promise.
Hebrews 7: Jesus compared to Melchizedek. Jesus the perfect High Priest.
Hebrews 8: Jesus the High Priest of a better covenant.
Hebrews 9: The Holy Place and Holy of Holies of the Temple.
Hebrews 10: Christ's sacrifice once for all. Deliberate sin will damn us. Remember your past hardships and remain firm in your faith.
Hebrews 11: Faith and the Old Testament saints.
Hebrews 12: Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith. Bear up under hardship. We do not have to face the terrors that the Israelites did in the wilderness. We have a kingdom that cannot be shaken.
Hebrews 13: Exhortation to love, faithfulness and obedience. Benediction. Postscript news and greetings.
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James 1: Greeting. Be steadfast. Hearing and doing the word.
James 2: Show no partiality. Faith without works is dead.
James 3: The terrors of the tongue. Wisdom from above.
James 4: Warnings against selfish desires and backbiting. Don't boast about tomorrow.
James 5: Warning to the rich. Patience in suffering. The prayer of faith. Restoring the wanderers.
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1 Peter 1: Apostolic greeting. Born again to a living hope. Called to be holy.
1 Peter 2: A living stone. A holy people. Submit to authority. Servants submit to masters, even bad ones.
1 Peter 3: Wives and husbands. Suffer for righteousness' sake.
1 Peter 4: No more riotous living. Live soberly and with love. Use your gifts. Suffering as a Christian (the actual word).
1 Peter 5: Elders: shepherd the flock of God. Stand firm. Final greetings and benediction.
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2 Peter 1: Apostolic(?) greeting. Supplement your faith with virtue. Not myths, but eyewitnessed events fulfilling prophecy.
2 Peter 2: False prophets and teachers.
2 Peter 3: The Day of the Lord.
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1 John 1: The Word of Light. Walking in the Light.
1 John 2: Keep from sin; Christ our advocate if we do sin. I am writing to you, because... Do not love the world. Antichrists.
1 John 3: We are God's children. Sin and righteousness. Love one another. Believe in Jesus' name.
1 John 4: Test the spirits. God is love.
1 John 5: Victorious faith and love. Testimony of Jesus the Son of God. Keep yourselves, and help keep others from sin and from idolatry.
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2 John: Walking in truth and love.
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3 John: Greeting. Good and bad in the church.
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Jude: Greeting. False teachers.
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Revelation 1: Introduction. Greeting to the 7 churches in Asia. John's vision on Patmos.
Revelation 2: Letters to the seven churches in Asia—Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira.
Revelation 3: Letters to the seven churches in Asia—Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.
Revelation 4: The throne in heaven.
Revelation 5: The scroll and the Lamb.
Revelation 6: The first six seals opened.
Revelation 7: 144,000 from Israel sealed. A multitude from every nation before God's throne.
Revelation 8: The seventh seal opened. The golden censer. The seven trumpets. The first four blown.
Revelation 9: Fifth and sixth trumpets.
Revelation 10: Angel with a little scroll. Seven thunders—John forbidden to write down what they say. He is given the scroll to eat, and told he must prophesy.
Revelation 11: The Two Witnesses, their ministry and death. The Seventh Trumpet—the 24 elders worship. The Ark of the Covenant seen.
Revelation 12: The woman and the dragon. Dragon is cast down to earth and pursues woman.
Revelation 13: Two beasts. The mark and number of the beast.
Revelation 14: The Lamb and the 144,000.
Revelation 15: Seven angels with seven plagues.
Revelation 16: Seven bowls of the wrath of God.
Revelation 17: The great prostitute and the beast.
Revelation 18: The fall of Babylon.
Revelation 19: Joy in heaven—hallelujah! Marriage supper of the Lamb. Rider on a white horse. Birds called to feast on the flesh of the wicked slain.
Revelation 20: The thousand years. The defeat of Satan. The judgment from the Great White Throne.
Revelation 21: New heaven and earth. The new Jerusalem.
Revelation 22: The River of Life. Jesus is coming. Don't tamper with the book.
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Romans 1: Apostolic greeting. His longing to go to Rome. The righteous shall live by faith. God's wrath against unrighteousness.
Romans 2: God's judgment and the Law.
Romans 3: All have sinned, Jews and Gentiles. God's grace is open to Jews and Gentiles.
Romans 4: Abraham justified by faith. The promise realised through his faith.
Romans 5: Peace with God through faith. God's love and Christ's death. Death in Adam, life in Christ.
Romans 6: Dead to sin, alive to God. From slaves of sin to slaves of God.
Romans 7: Christ's death frees us from the Law. The law makes sin known to us. Paul's struggle with sin.
Romans 8: Life in the Spirit. Sons of God and fellow-heirs with Christ. Future glory will compensate for woes of this world. God works all things for our good. If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 9: God's sovereignty. Jews and Gentiles and grace.
Romans 10: Jews' ignorant zeal for God. Righteousness by faith for both Gentile and Jew. Faith comes from hearing.
Romans 11: Israel, the Gentiles, and the gospel.
Romans 12: Living sacrifice. Use gifts with grace. Live lives of love.
Romans 13: Submit to the authorities. Fulfill the Law through love.
Romans 14: Don't judge one another. Do not cause one another to stumble.
Romans 15: Christ's example in our dealings with others. Christ the hope of the Gentiles. Paul a minister to the Gentiles. His plan to visit Rome.
Romans 16: Personal greetings from Paul. Beware those who cause division. Greetings from Paul's companions. Doxology.
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1 Corinthians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving. Divisions in the Corinthian church. The wisdom of the world versus the foolishness of God.
1 Corinthians 2: Christ crucified. Wisdom from the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3: Division in the church.
1 Corinthians 4: Paul rebukes the Corinthians' cavalier attitude to him and Apollos.
1 Corinthians 5: Sexual immorality in the church. Dissociate from immoral people calling themselves Christians.
1 Corinthians 6: Lawsuits against fellow believers. Flee sexual immorality.
1 Corinthians 7: Teaching on marriage. Remain in the station of life you were in when you were called. Advice to the unmarried.
1 Corinthians 8: Food offered to idols—don't be a stumbling block to your brothers.
1 Corinthians 9: Paul defends his apostleship and his moderate use of his authority.
1 Corinthians 10: Flee idolatry. Do everything to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11: Head coverings. Conduct of the Lord's Supper.
1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual gifts. Members of one body.
1 Corinthians 13: Love.
1 Corinthians 14: Prophecy and tongues. Orderly worship.
1 Corinthians 15: The resurrection of Christ and of believers.
1 Corinthians 16: Collection for Christians in Jerusalem. Paul's travel plans. He requests kindness and respect for Timothy when he visits. News of other friends. Greetings and benediction.
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2 Corinthians 1: Apostolic greeting. God's comfort in affliction. Paul's change of plans.
2 Corinthians 2: Paul unwilling to cause pain. Forgive the offender. Triumphant in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3: The new covenant more glorious than the old.
2 Corinthians 4: The light of the gospel. Treasure in jars of clay—the transient and the eternal.
2 Corinthians 5: Our heavenly dwelling. Love of Christ controls us. A new creation. Ambassadors for Christ.
2 Corinthians 6: Paul and his companions minister in all circumstances. Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers.
2 Corinthians 7: Paul's comfort and joy at the news of the Corinthians' repentance.
2 Corinthians 8: Give generously. Commendation of Titus.
2 Corinthians 9: Collection for the Christians in Jerusalem. Generosity encouraged.
2 Corinthians 10: Paul defends his ministry. Boast in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11: Paul's conduct towards the Corinthians contrasted with that of the false apostles. His sufferings for the gospel.
2 Corinthians 12: Paul's visions and thorn in the flesh. Did I burden you or deceive you? I don't want to find the church in a bad state when I come to you.
2 Corinthians 13: Two or three witnesses are needed for charges of wrongdoing. Make sure you are in the faith. Final exhortation and benediction.
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Galatians 1: Apostolic greeting. Why are the Galatians abandoning the gospel? Paul's apostolic call.
Galatians 2: Paul accepted by the apostles. He opposes Peter. Justified by faith.
Galatians 3: Righteousness comes by faith, not works of the Law.
Galatians 4: Sons and heirs. Paul's concern for the Galatians. Hagar and Sarah—slavery or freedom?
Galatians 5: Faith, not circumcision and the Law. Walk by the Spirit. The works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 6: Look after one another. The cross, not circumcision, is the important thing. Benediction.
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Ephesians 1: Apostolic greeting. Our spiritual blessings in Christ. Thanksgiving and prayer.
Ephesians 2: Saved by grace through faith. One in Christ.
Ephesians 3: Paul's God-given ministry to the Gentiles.
Ephesians 4: Unity of the church. The ascension ministries. Put off the old self and put on the new.
Ephesians 5: Walk in love, purity and light. Spiritual living. Husbands and wives.
Ephesians 6: Children and parents. Servants and masters. Put on the whole armour of God. Final greetings and benediction.
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Philippians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and prayer. Paul's imprisonment works for good. Living in Christ.
Philippians 2: Christ's divine humility. Be lights in the world. Timothy and Epaphroditus.
Philippians 3: Righteousness by faith, not law. Strive after the goal.
Philippians 4: Exhortation. Content in all circumstances. Paul's gratitude for kindnesses. Final greetings and benediction.
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Colossians 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and prayer. The pre-eminence of Christ. Paul's suffering and ministry to the Church.
Colossians 2: Paul's efforts for the Colossians and Laodiceans. Life in Christ, not by human philosophy. Fullness of deity in Christ. Religiosity.
Colossians 3: Set your mind on things above, put to death what is earthly in you. Put on qualities of the Spirit (fruit in Galatians 5). Household rules.
Colossians 4: Pray, act wisely. Final greetings.
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1 Thessalonians 1: Greetings from Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 2: Paul's ministry to the Thessalonians. His longing to see them.
1 Thessalonians 3: Despite Paul's fears the Thessalonians' faith has held firm.
1 Thessalonians 4: Live a life pleasing to God. The return of Christ, the resurrection, and the rapture.
1 Thessalonians 5: The day of the Lord. Living the Christian life. Benediction.
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2 Thessalonians 1: Greetings from Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Thanksgiving. Judgment at Christ's coming.
2 Thessalonians 2: The second coming of Christ and the man of lawlessness.
2 Thessalonians 3: Pray for us. Lead productive lives. Benediction.
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1 Timothy 1: Apostolic greeting. Warning against false teaching. Christ came to save sinners.
1 Timothy 2: Exhortation to pray for everyone. Women to learn in quietness.
1 Timothy 3: Qualifications for overseers (bishops) and deacons. Mystery of godliness [check word].
1 Timothy 4: Some will depart (deviate?) from the faith. Be a good servant of Christ, in your life and ministry.
1 Timothy 5: Instructions for various groups in the church.
1 Timothy 6: Servants and masters. False teachers. Godliness and material gain. Keep the faith. Instruct the rich. Benediction.
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2 Timothy 1: Apostolic greeting. Thanksgiving and exhortation. Guard what has been entrusted to you.
2 Timothy 2: Endure hardship for Christ. Avoid behaviour that damages yourself and others.
2 Timothy 3: Godlessness in the last days. Contrasted with Timothy and the godly. All scripture is God-breathed.
2 Timothy 4: Preach the word. Paul's time is at hand. Come to me soon. Faithful and faithless friends. Final greetings and benediction.
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Titus 1: Greeting. Appointment of elders. Rebuke those who depart from the truth.
Titus 2: Sound teaching on domestic relationships. God's grace and our hope.
Titus 3: Remind the people to do what is good. Final instructions and greetings.
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Philemon: Greeting. Thanksgiving for Philemon. Plea for Onesimus. Greetings from friends.
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Hebrews 1: The supremacy of God's Son.
Hebrews 2: The ruler of all things partakes in our humanity.
Hebrews 3: Jesus greater than Moses. Avoid rebelliousness.
Hebrews 4: Entering God's rest. Jesus our great High Priest.
Hebrews 5: The high priesthood of Jesus. Warning against apostasy.
Hebrews 6: Let's move on to mature things. Impossible to restore the lapsed. The certainty of God's promise.
Hebrews 7: Jesus compared to Melchizedek. Jesus the perfect High Priest.
Hebrews 8: Jesus the High Priest of a better covenant.
Hebrews 9: The Holy Place and Holy of Holies of the Temple.
Hebrews 10: Christ's sacrifice once for all. Deliberate sin will damn us. Remember your past hardships and remain firm in your faith.
Hebrews 11: Faith and the Old Testament saints.
Hebrews 12: Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith. Bear up under hardship. We do not have to face the terrors that the Israelites did in the wilderness. We have a kingdom that cannot be shaken.
Hebrews 13: Exhortation to love, faithfulness and obedience. Benediction. Postscript news and greetings.
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James 1: Greeting. Be steadfast. Hearing and doing the word.
James 2: Show no partiality. Faith without works is dead.
James 3: The terrors of the tongue. Wisdom from above.
James 4: Warnings against selfish desires and backbiting. Don't boast about tomorrow.
James 5: Warning to the rich. Patience in suffering. The prayer of faith. Restoring the wanderers.
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1 Peter 1: Apostolic greeting. Born again to a living hope. Called to be holy.
1 Peter 2: A living stone. A holy people. Submit to authority. Servants submit to masters, even bad ones.
1 Peter 3: Wives and husbands. Suffer for righteousness' sake.
1 Peter 4: No more riotous living. Live soberly and with love. Use your gifts. Suffering as a Christian (the actual word).
1 Peter 5: Elders: shepherd the flock of God. Stand firm. Final greetings and benediction.
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2 Peter 1: Apostolic(?) greeting. Supplement your faith with virtue. Not myths, but eyewitnessed events fulfilling prophecy.
2 Peter 2: False prophets and teachers.
2 Peter 3: The Day of the Lord.
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1 John 1: The Word of Light. Walking in the Light.
1 John 2: Keep from sin; Christ our advocate if we do sin. I am writing to you, because... Do not love the world. Antichrists.
1 John 3: We are God's children. Sin and righteousness. Love one another. Believe in Jesus' name.
1 John 4: Test the spirits. God is love.
1 John 5: Victorious faith and love. Testimony of Jesus the Son of God. Keep yourselves, and help keep others from sin and from idolatry.
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2 John: Walking in truth and love.
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3 John: Greeting. Good and bad in the church.
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Jude: Greeting. False teachers.
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Revelation 1: Introduction. Greeting to the 7 churches in Asia. John's vision on Patmos.
Revelation 2: Letters to the seven churches in Asia—Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira.
Revelation 3: Letters to the seven churches in Asia—Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.
Revelation 4: The throne in heaven.
Revelation 5: The scroll and the Lamb.
Revelation 6: The first six seals opened.
Revelation 7: 144,000 from Israel sealed. A multitude from every nation before God's throne.
Revelation 8: The seventh seal opened. The golden censer. The seven trumpets. The first four blown.
Revelation 9: Fifth and sixth trumpets.
Revelation 10: Angel with a little scroll. Seven thunders—John forbidden to write down what they say. He is given the scroll to eat, and told he must prophesy.
Revelation 11: The Two Witnesses, their ministry and death. The Seventh Trumpet—the 24 elders worship. The Ark of the Covenant seen.
Revelation 12: The woman and the dragon. Dragon is cast down to earth and pursues woman.
Revelation 13: Two beasts. The mark and number of the beast.
Revelation 14: The Lamb and the 144,000.
Revelation 15: Seven angels with seven plagues.
Revelation 16: Seven bowls of the wrath of God.
Revelation 17: The great prostitute and the beast.
Revelation 18: The fall of Babylon.
Revelation 19: Joy in heaven—hallelujah! Marriage supper of the Lamb. Rider on a white horse. Birds called to feast on the flesh of the wicked slain.
Revelation 20: The thousand years. The defeat of Satan. The judgment from the Great White Throne.
Revelation 21: New heaven and earth. The new Jerusalem.
Revelation 22: The River of Life. Jesus is coming. Don't tamper with the book.
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