Matthew →
A Gospel shaped by teaching, narrative and repeated appeals to Israel’s Scriptures. Notice how the five extended teaching discourses sit within the story of Jesus.
Read Matthew →Read. Search. Understand the context.
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All 27 books and 260 chapters, with short reading introductions. Search a word or passage, or choose a book below.
Gospels
Mark →
A Gospel that moves through Jesus’ ministry toward suffering and the cross. Pay attention to misunderstanding, secrecy, discipleship and the manuscript note at the ending.
Read Mark →Luke →
A Gospel with a formal introduction and sustained attention to mercy, outsiders, prayer and Jerusalem. Read it alongside Acts, which continues its account.
Read Luke →John →
A Gospel built around signs, extended conversations and statements about Jesus’ identity. Distinguish the narrator’s explanations from dialogue and follow the images through each conversation.
Read John →Acts
Acts →
A narrative of the early movement from Jerusalem toward Rome. Speeches, journeys and disputes explain how the message spreads. Ask when reported conduct is an example and when it describes a particular event.
Read Acts →Letters associated with Paul
Romans →
A sustained argument about sin, faith, righteousness, Israel and life in community, addressed to believers in Rome. Read each paragraph as part of the developing argument, especially across chapters 9–11.
Read Romans →1 Corinthians →
A letter addressing divisions, conduct, worship, gifts and resurrection in Corinth. Its instructions respond to concrete disputes. Read chapters 12–14 together when considering spiritual gifts and love.
Read 1 Corinthians →2 Corinthians →
A letter about ministry, weakness, reconciliation, generosity and contested authority. Notice changes in tone and the circumstances invoked before applying a sentence beyond its argument.
Read 2 Corinthians →Galatians →
A forceful letter about the gospel, law, promise, freedom and life by the Spirit. Follow the argument about belonging and read the Hagar and Sarah interpretation in its full setting.
Read Galatians →Ephesians →
A letter connecting reconciliation in Christ with the life and unity of the church. Its images of body, household and armour support the argument. Distinguish the metaphor from the action it calls for.
Read Ephesians →Philippians →
A letter of gratitude, encouragement and exhortation that presents Christ’s humility as a pattern. Read its familiar sentences about strength and contentment with the circumstances described around them.
Read Philippians →Colossians →
A letter presenting Christ’s significance and connecting it with worship and everyday conduct. Follow how the claims about Christ relate to the practices the writer supports or challenges.
Read Colossians →1 Thessalonians →
A letter recalling a community’s beginnings, encouraging its conduct and addressing grief and hope. Read the discussion of those who have died alongside its pastoral purpose.
Read 1 Thessalonians →2 Thessalonians →
A letter addressing endurance, claims about the day of the Lord and community responsibilities. Distinguish what the passage explains from details modern readers may supply about its symbolic figures.
Read 2 Thessalonians →1 Timothy →
A letter concerning teaching, leadership, worship and care within a community. Identify who each instruction addresses and the reason given before proposing a present-day application.
Read 1 Timothy →2 Timothy →
A letter of encouragement to persevere in teaching amid suffering and opposition. Its personal requests sit alongside broader exhortations, offering useful examples of instructions with different audiences.
Read 2 Timothy →Titus →
A letter about leadership, teaching and conduct in communities in Crete. Read its instructions in relation to the problems and aims stated in the letter.
Read Titus →Philemon →
A personal appeal concerning Onesimus, Philemon and their relationship. Its setting involves slavery. Read the whole short letter and distinguish its explicit request from later arguments about its implications.
Read Philemon →Other letters
Hebrews →
An extended exhortation interpreting Jesus through priesthood, sacrifice, covenant and Israel’s Scriptures. The text does not name its author. Follow its scriptural comparisons and warnings through whole sections.
Read Hebrews →James →
Practical exhortations about trials, speech, wealth, partiality and faith expressed in action. Read its examples and rhetorical questions before isolating a statement about faith or works.
Read James →1 Peter →
A letter about Christian identity and conduct amid suffering. Notice how it uses earlier Scripture and the example of Jesus, and distinguish encouragement to its audience from approval of the mistreatment described.
Read 1 Peter →2 Peter →
A letter warning against false teaching and addressing expectation of the Lord’s coming. Read its judgment imagery and appeal to patience within the whole argument.
Read 2 Peter →1 John →
A writing about life, light, love, truth and claims concerning Jesus. Its repeated contrasts address the community’s discernment. This letter is distinct from the Gospel of John.
Read 1 John →2 John →
A short letter joining love, truth and concern about visiting teachers. Read its instructions about welcome in the setting of the teaching dispute it describes.
Read 2 John →3 John →
A short letter about hospitality, travelling believers and contested local authority. Notice how named individuals function as contrasting examples.
Read 3 John →Jude →
A warning against corrupt teaching and conduct, using examples from earlier sacred traditions. Distinguish its rhetorical examples from a complete explanation of the traditions it invokes.
Read Jude →Revelation
Revelation →
A prophetic vision addressed to seven churches, combining letters, symbols, worship and scenes of judgment and hope. Read its explanations of images and its original addressees before relating it to later events.
Read Revelation →Begin with a topic
14 curated starting points. This index is selective, not a list of every passage on each subject.
Respectful inquiry and nonviolence guide our reading. Text and editorial notes are different. Scripture is the public-domain World English Bible, supplied through a dated digital-text snapshot. Topic selections and comparison notes are original editorial aids, not part of the translation or an exhaustive concordance.
Source snapshot expanded October 20, 2026. All 27 New Testament books and 19 selected Old Testament chapters are included. Verse wording is preserved; paragraph formatting and translator footnotes are not reproduced. Read the publisher’s text and notes · Text provenance. New notes dated October 19, 2026.