Old Testament 39 books
Genesis
Law (Torah)
The book of beginnings — creation, the Fall, Noah's flood, and the patriarchs Abraham, Isa…
Exodus
Law (Torah)
Israel's deliverance from Egypt, the Ten Commandments given at Sinai, and the construction…
Leviticus
Law (Torah)
Laws of sacrifice, ritual purity, and the priestly system — revealing how a holy God dwell…
Numbers
Law (Torah)
Israel's forty-year wilderness journey from Sinai to the plains of Moab — testing, rebelli…
Deuteronomy
Law (Torah)
Moses' final sermons to Israel before entering Canaan — a renewed covenant and a call to w…
Joshua
Historical
The conquest and division of the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership.…
Judges
Historical
Cycles of apostasy, oppression, and deliverance through charismatic leaders in pre-monarch…
Ruth
Historical
A Moabite woman's covenant loyalty to Naomi and her kinsman-redeemer marriage to Boaz — a …
1 Samuel
Historical
The transition from judges to monarchy — Samuel, Saul's failure, and the rise of David.…
2 Samuel
Historical
David's reign as king of all Israel — his triumphs, his great sin with Bathsheba, and its …
1 Kings
Historical
From Solomon's glory and Temple dedication through the kingdom's division and the ministry…
2 Kings
Historical
The decline and fall of both Israel and Judah, culminating in Assyrian and Babylonian exil…
1 Chronicles
Historical
A priestly perspective on David's reign, his gathering of Temple materials, and preparatio…
2 Chronicles
Historical
Solomon's Temple construction and the history of the Judean kings through Josiah's reforma…
Ezra
Historical
The return from Babylonian exile and the restoration of Temple worship and Torah observanc…
Nehemiah
Historical
The rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls under Nehemiah's leadership and the renewal of the cov…
Esther
Historical
God's providential deliverance of the Jewish people through Queen Esther's courage in the …
Job
Wisdom/Poetry
The suffering of a righteous man and the profound questions it raises about God's justice,…
Psalms
Poetry/Hymns
One hundred fifty inspired poems and hymns — Israel's prayer book, spanning lament and pra…
Proverbs
Wisdom/Poetry
Practical wisdom for daily life, family, work, and worship, all rooted in the fear of the …
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom/Poetry
Qohelet's quest for meaning "under the sun" — the vanity of earthly pursuits and the concl…
Song of Solomon
Poetry/Wisdom
A celebration of marital love, read in Jewish and Christian tradition as an allegory of Go…
Isaiah
Major Prophet
The great OT evangelist — judgment on Israel and the nations, the four Servant Songs, and …
Jeremiah
Major Prophet
The weeping prophet's warnings to Judah before the Babylonian exile, with the landmark pro…
Lamentations
Poetry
Jeremiah's five funeral poems over the destruction of Jerusalem — raw grief that still tru…
Ezekiel
Major Prophet
Dramatic visions of God's glory, Israel's corporate restoration, and the eschatological Te…
Daniel
Major Prophet
Faithfulness in Babylonian exile and apocalyptic visions of four world empires, the Son of…
Hosea
Minor Prophet
God's faithful love for an unfaithful Israel, dramatically illustrated through Hosea's mar…
Joel
Minor Prophet
The Day of the LORD — a locust plague as harbinger of cosmic judgment and the promise of t…
Amos
Minor Prophet
Social justice and covenant accountability — a shepherd-prophet confronts Israel's moral c…
Obadiah
Minor Prophet
Judgment on Edom for rejoicing over Jerusalem's fall, and ultimate hope for Israel's resto…
Jonah
Minor Prophet
A reluctant prophet, a great fish, and a God whose mercy extends even to Israel's enemies …
Micah
Minor Prophet
Social justice, messianic prophecy pointing to Bethlehem, and the call to do justice, love…
Nahum
Minor Prophet
Nineveh's doom — the sequel to Jonah, confirming that God's patience has limits and his ju…
Habakkuk
Minor Prophet
A prophet's raw dialogue with God about suffering and injustice, resolved in the great fai…
Zephaniah
Minor Prophet
The Day of the LORD and the purifying judgment that precedes the restoration of a humble, …
Haggai
Minor Prophet
Post-exilic call to rebuild the Temple and trust God, who promises greater glory in the la…
Zechariah
Minor Prophet
Rich messianic prophecy — the Branch, the 30 silver coins, the pierced one — pointing unmi…
Malachi
Minor Prophet
The last OT voice before 400 years of prophetic silence — indictment of priestly corruptio…
New Testament 27 books
Matthew
Gospel
The Gospel for a Jewish audience — Jesus as Messiah-King, fulfillment of OT prophecy, and …
Mark
Gospel
The fast-paced Gospel of action — Jesus as the Suffering Servant who came not to be served…
Luke
Gospel
The most detailed Gospel — Jesus as the Son of Man, with special emphasis on the poor, wom…
John
Gospel
The theological Gospel — seven signs, the "I AM" declarations, and the proof that Jesus is…
Acts
Historical
The Spirit-empowered expansion of the church from Jerusalem to Rome under the apostles Pet…
Romans
Epistle (Pauline)
Paul's systematic exposition of the gospel — justification by faith, the sovereignty of Go…
1 Corinthians
Epistle (Pauline)
Paul's pastoral correction of a divided church — gifts, the definition of love, the Lord's…
2 Corinthians
Epistle (Pauline)
Paul's defense of his apostleship and the theology of the ministry of reconciliation throu…
Galatians
Epistle (Pauline)
The Magna Carta of Christian liberty — justification by faith alone, not by works of the l…
Ephesians
Epistle (Pauline)
The riches of God's grace and the mystery of the church as Christ's body, culminating in t…
Philippians
Epistle (Pauline)
The epistle of joy — contentment in every circumstance, humility modeled on Christ's kenos…
Colossians
Epistle (Pauline)
Christ's supreme preeminence over all creation and all heresy — the fullness of deity dwel…
1 Thessalonians
Epistle (Pauline)
Encouragement on Christian living, sanctification, and the coming of the Lord for his peop…
2 Thessalonians
Epistle (Pauline)
Correction on the Day of the Lord — the man of lawlessness has not yet come, but Christ's …
1 Timothy
Epistle (Pauline)
Paul's instructions to Timothy on church leadership, sound doctrine, and conduct in God's …
2 Timothy
Epistle (Pauline)
Paul's final letter — a solemn charge to Timothy to guard the deposit of the faith and pre…
Titus
Epistle (Pauline)
Qualifications for elders and deacons, and the grounding of all good works in the grace of…
Philemon
Epistle (Pauline)
A personal letter about a runaway slave Onesimus — a masterpiece of Christian persuasion g…
Hebrews
Epistle (General)
The superiority of Christ over angels, Moses, the Levitical priesthood, and the old covena…
James
Epistle (General)
Faith that works — practical Christianity and wisdom for daily life from the half-brother …
1 Peter
Epistle (General)
Suffering and hope — instructions for a scattered, persecuted church living as strangers i…
2 Peter
Epistle (General)
False teachers, the divine inspiration of Scripture, and the certainty of Christ's return …
1 John
Epistle (General)
Tests of genuine faith — walking in the light, love one another, and assurance of eternal …
2 John
Epistle (General)
Love and truth — a brief warning against receiving those who do not confess that Jesus Chr…
3 John
Epistle (General)
Hospitality and integrity — the faithful example of Gaius contrasted with the faithless pr…
Jude
Epistle (General)
A call to contend for the faith against false teachers who have crept in unnoticed to perv…
Revelation
Apocalyptic
The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ — letters to seven churches, the Lamb's victory over the dr…