Bible Verse of the Day for Thursday

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

        – 2 Timothy 1:7

Bible Verse of the Day for Wednesday

“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”

        – 1 John 1:5

Bible Verse of the Day for Tuesday

“Can two walk together; unless they are agreed?”

        – Amos 3:3

Bible Verse of the Day for Monday

“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ says the Lord, ‘though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.'”

        – Isaiah 1:18

Books of the New Testament

Four hundred years after the close of the Old Testament, the New Testament completes the cosmic story of God’s plan to bring salvation upon the earth.  The word testament is best translated as “covenant.” The New Testament embodies the new covenant of which Jesus was mediator.  This new covenant was sealed with the atoning death of Jesus Christ.

The New Testament opens with five narrative books – four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.  The Gospels cover the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.  The Book of Acts continues the story of the development of the early church over the next thirty years.

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the Apostles
Romans
First Corinthians
Second Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
First Thessalonians
Second Thessalonians
First Timothy
Second Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
First Peter
Second Peter
First John
Second John
Third John
Jude
Revelation

Bible Verse of the Day for Sunday

“And you He made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world.”

        – Ephesians 2:1

Books of the Old Testament

The Old Testament begins with God’s creation of the universe and continues by describing the mighty acts of God in and through His people.  The 39 books of the Old Testament were written over a period of several centuries.

The first five books of the Old Testament are referred to as the Books of the Law or the Pentateuch, a Greek word meaning “five volumed.”  The Hebrew term for this collection is Torah, meaning “instruction, teaching, or doctrine.”

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
First Samuel
Second Samuel
First Kings
Second Kings
First Chronicles
Second Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

Bible Verse of the Day for Saturday

“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things.”

        – Isaiah 25:1

The Bible Through History

The Bible in its original form was recorded in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.  It is generally accepted that the very first complete English translation of the Bible was created toward the end of the 14th century and is credited to John Wycliffe, an eminent and influential Oxford theologian and popular preacher.  Wycliffe strongly advocated the English translation of the scriptures so that poor people would have access to God’s Word.

The evolution of the English version of the Bible:

YEAR	VERSION
1380	Wycliffe
1525	Tyndale
1535	Coverdale
1537	Matthew
1539	Cranmer
1560	Geneva Bible
1568	Bishops’ Bible
1582	Rheims’ NT
1611	Authorized Version
1750	Challoner
1881	Revised Version
1901	American Standard Version
1913-1914	Moffatt
1928	Westminster
1945	Knox
1946	RSV
1949	Basic English
1961	New English Bible
1971	The Living Bible
1971	New American Standard Bible
1976	Good News Bible Version
1978	New International Version
1979	New King James Bible

Bible Verse of the Day for Friday

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have then do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

        – Matthew 7:7-12