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Bible Summary | Book of Colossians
A letter from prison to a small church tempted by rules, visions and philosophy, answering that Christ is supreme over everything and is all they need.
Bible Summary | Book of 1 Thessalonians
Paul's warm, early letter to a young church under pressure: thanks for their faith, a defense of his own conduct, and hope for those who grieve.
Bible Summary | Book of 2 Thessalonians
A short letter to a persecuted church shaken by claims that the day of the Lord had already come, urging steadiness, patience and honest work.
Bible Summary | Book of 1 Timothy
A veteran apostle's working instructions to a young leader in Ephesus: guard sound teaching, choose leaders of proven character, and prize godliness over gain.
Bible Summary | Book of 2 Timothy
Paul's farewell letter from prison to his younger colleague Timothy: do not be ashamed, guard what you were given, endure hardship, and preach the word, for his own race is nearly run.
Bible Summary | Book of Titus
A compact letter of instructions to Paul's delegate on Crete: appoint sound leaders, silence false teachers, and teach every group to live out the grace they have received.
Bible Summary | Book of Philemon
Paul's shortest letter: from prison he asks a friend to take back the runaway Onesimus, no longer as a servant but as a beloved brother.
Bible Summary | Book of Hebrews
An anonymous sermon of great eloquence: Jesus as God's final word and eternal high priest, a new covenant, the roll of faith and a call to endure.
Bible Summary | Book of James
The New Testament's book of practical wisdom: faith that does nothing is dead, the tongue is a fire, the poor are to be honored, and the rich are put on notice.
Bible Summary | Book of 1 Peter
A letter of hope to scattered, slandered believers in Asia Minor: you are God's chosen people, your suffering has meaning, and the way to answer hostility is a good life.
Bible Summary | Book of 2 Peter
A farewell letter in Peter's name that urges believers to grow in virtue, beware of false teachers, and trust that the Lord's delay is patience, not neglect.
Bible Summary | Book of 1 John
God is light and God is love: a pastor's tests for telling true faith from false, in right living, in confessing Jesus come in the flesh, and in love.
Bible Summary | Book of 2 John
A one-chapter letter from "the elder" urging a beloved community to walk in truth and love, and to shut the door on teachers who deny that Jesus came in the flesh.
Bible Summary | Book of 3 John
The Bible's shortest book: a personal note from "the elder" praising one man's hospitality, calling out another's hunger for control, and vouching for a third.
Bible Summary | Book of Jude
Twenty-five urgent verses calling believers to contend for the faith against intruders who turn grace into license, ending in one of the Bible's great blessings.
Bible Summary | Book of Revelation
John's vision from Patmos: letters to seven churches, seals, trumpets and beasts, the fall of Babylon, and a new heaven and a new earth.
Bible Summary | Old Testament
The first and larger division of the Christian Bible: law, history, poetry and prophecy gathered over centuries around one God and one covenant people.
Bible Summary | New Testament
The twenty-seven books of Christian scripture: four gospels, Acts, the letters of Paul and others, and Revelation, and how they became one collection.
Bible Summary | Pauline Epistles
The thirteen New Testament letters in Paul's name: which are surely his, which are debated, how they were written with secretaries, ordered and collected.
Bible Summary | New Testament Gospels
Four ancient biographies of Jesus, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, that tell one story in four voices and still divide scholars over how much history they hold.
Bible Summary | Minor Prophets
Twelve short prophetic books, written over about four centuries, that call God's people to justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Bible Summary | Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel warn of Jerusalem's fall, mourn it, and promise that God will restore his people.
Bible Summary | Wisdom and Poetry Books
Five books of the Bible, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, on suffering, prayer, good sense, the brevity of life and love.
Bible Summary | Historical Books
Twelve books, Joshua to Esther, follow Israel from the conquest of Canaan through judges, kings and exile to the return to Jerusalem.