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Organization of the Bible Pt 1

introduction

Do you

ever

wonder

Divisions

Groups

Books

Organization

“The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid” (Martin Luther).

Divisions

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2 main:

TestamentsOLD & NEW

“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me” (D. L. Moody).

Groups

Within each testament

OT = 4

NT = 4

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Books of

LAW

PROPHECY

HISTORY

POETRY

OT

NTGOSPELS

History

LETTERS

Prophecy

“Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart” (Corrie Ten Boom).

Books in each group

Old Testament

L

A

W

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

H

I

S

T

O

R

Y

Joshua

Judges

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

1 & 2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

P

O

E

T

R

Y

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

P

R

O

P

H

E

C

Y

MAJOR

Isaiah, Jeremiah,

Lamentations, Ezekiel,

Daniel

MINOR

Hosea, Joel, Amos,

Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,

Nahum, Habakkuk,

Zephaniah, Haggai,

Zechariah, Malachi

New Testament

G

O

S

P

E

L

S

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

H

I

S

T

O

R

Y

Acts

L

E

T

T

E

R

S

Romans,

1 & 2 Corinthians,

Galatians, Ephesians,

Philippians, Colossians,

1 & 2 Thessalonians,

1 & 2 Timothy, Titus,

Philemon, Hebrews,

James, 1 & 2 Peter,

1,2 & 3 John, Jude

P

R

O

P

H

E

C

Y

Revelation

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