1:1-4 God has spoken by his Son 1:5-14 The Son superior to angels
Hebrews 2
2:1-4 So great salvation 2:5-18 Christ’s work of salvation
Hebrews 3
3:1-6 Christ superior to Moses 3:7-19 Under Moses Israel failed to believe
Hebrews 4
4:1-13 The present danger of unbelief 4:14-16 The sympathetic Christ
Hebrews 5
5:1-10 Christ, the High Priest 5:11-14 An appeal to believe
Hebrews 6
6:1-12 An appeal to believe (continued) 6:13-20 An anchor of the soul
Hebrews 7
7:1-10 The priestly order of Melchizedek 7:11-28 Aaronic priesthood inferior to Christ’s
Hebrews 8
8:1-5 Christ, the High Priest 8:6-13 The new covenant
Hebrews 9
9:1-14 The old and the new covenants contrasted 9:15-28 The sacrifice of Christ establishes the new covenant
Hebrews 10
10:1-18 The failure of the old covenant 10:19-39 A plea to hold to the new faith
Hebrews 11
11:1-3 By faith we understand 11:4-7 Faith at the dawn of history 11:8-12 Faithful Abraham 11:13-16 The heavenly hope 11:17-22 The faith of patriarchs 11:23-29 The faith of Moses 11:30-40 By faith they overcame
Hebrews 12
12:1-2 Run the race 12:3-11 God’s discipline 12:12-29 Warning against disobedience
Hebrews 13
13:1-17 Service well-pleasing to God 13:18-25 Benediction
James, probably the half brother of Jesus Christ, writes a specific message of Christian accountability, which carries over so completely into this Epistle of James. He talks about the faith of a believer when faced with tribulations, trials and temptations. He speaks of the proper response to the Word of God in faith. He brings faith to a place for all people through impartiality, and encourages the active faith in doing the works of teaching. He encourages the faithful to work against worldliness and natural desires, and warns of their dangers. A pillar of Christianity, his focus is not merely on faith and works, but stresses the need for a faith that works.
James 1
1:1 Salutation 1:2-18 Faith and humility 1:19-27 Hearing and doing the word
James 2
2:1-13 Impartiality toward all 2:14-26 Faith that works
James 3
3:1-12 Dangers of the tongue 3:13-18 True and false wisdom
James 4
4:1-10 Worldliness and pride 4:11-12 Consideration for a brother 4:13-17 Unchristian conduct
James 5
5:1-6 Warning to the rich 5:7-18 Patience in affliction 5:19-20 Saving the erring brother
The unknown author of this Epistle writes to the persecuted Christians. Many believe Peter the Rock and disciple of Jesus Christ wrote this letter because the words sound like his character. Others believe that a Galilean fisherman, whose native tongue was Aramaic, would be unable to accomplish the literary style used, and suggest Sylvanus or some unknown Roman teacher as helping Peter write his words. What can be certain, however, is the consistency and upholding of the words being written and spoken by Paul are in agreement with 1 Peter, and reflect that the One they both serve is the same Lord, as they were both inspired by the same Holy Spirit to uphold the persecuted Christians in their walks with Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1
1:1-2 Salutation 1:3-12 Salvation wrought by Father, Son, Holy Spirit 1:13-25 Call to Christian dedication
1 Peter 2
2:1-3 Call to Christian dedication (continued) 2:4-8 Christ the living stone 2:9-10 God’s own people 2:11-17 Live as servants of God 2:18-25 The example of Christ’s suffering
1 Peter 3
3:1-12 The behavior of wives and husbands 3:13-22 Suffering and reward
1 Peter 4
4:1-19 Good stewards of God’s grace
1 Peter 5
5:1-4 Shepherd of the flock 5:5-11 Submit to God, resist the devil 5:12-14 Farewell and peace
Peter, disciple and rock of Jesus Christ, wrote this second epistle shortly before his martyrdom. Many who challenge him as an author to 1 Peter epistle, have no problem with crediting him with writing 2 Peter. In the second letter, Peter is writing to the same readers he addressed in the first. He encouraged them to be continually involved in the growth cycle of Christianity and reminded them of their salvation. He focused extensively on warning them about false prophets and teachers. He reminded them of the hope of the Lord Jesus Christ’s coming, as well as cautioned them about the scoffers and false teachers that will surround them as they watch for Him. He encouraged them to demonstrate the certainty of their calling and their election, be fruitful in their Christian lives, gain an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven and know of the ultimate destruction of the present heavens and earth, as recorded in the infallible inspiration of Scripture through prophesy.
2 Peter 1
1:1-4 Salutation 1:5-11 Growing in grace 1:12-21 Grounded in the truth
Evidence points to the author of the three Epistles of John, as John, the son of Zebedee who is the same writer who wrote the gospel bearing his name. John’s gospel seeks to bring the reader to faith and 1 John seeks to confirm the reader in that faith. He writes to strengthen the faith of his readers and to fight against the specific threat of Gnosticism towards their beliefs. Gnosticism is a deviant form of Christianity that values knowledge as the means of salvation rather than the Cross and asserts that physical matter was evil and proof that the Son of God could not come in the flesh. These aberrant teachings targeted many of John’s students, and led him to assure them of salvation, and firmly express their beliefs as compared to the false teachings of the Gnostics.
1 John 1
1:1-4 Testimony to Christ 1:5-7 God is light 1:8-10 Sin, it’s reality and remedy
1 John 2
2:1-2 Sin, it’s reality and remedy (continued) 2:3-6 Tests of true knowledge 2:7-17 The first love 2:18-27 The danger of the antichrists 2:28-29 The children of God and righteousness
1 John 3
3:1-10 The children of God and righteousness (continued) 3:11-24 Love one another
1 John 4
4:1-6 Trying the spirits 4:7-21 God is love
1 John 5
5:1-5 God is love (continued) 5:6-12 The witness concerning the Son 5:13-21 The knowledge of eternal life
The same person that wrote the first epistle of John, was also the author to the second epistle, and was probably John, the disciple and son of Zebedee. He was writing to the elder elect lady and her children, which some take literally to mean a personal acquaintance, and others believe it to metaphorically represent a particular local church and congregation of members. John intended to visit his readers soon. He was pleased in their spiritual progress, but felt that special words of admonition were necessary to assure continued progress.
2 John 1
1:1-3 Greeting 1:4-6 The commandment of love 1:7-11 Warning against deceivers 1:12-13 Final greetings
This brief epistle is attributed to the apostle John, though he does not give his name. He called himself “the elder” which seems to have been John’s self-designation in the final years of his ministry. The same stylistic and theological similarities apparent in the fourth gospel, 1 John and 2 John are a distinct feature of 2 John as well. The letter is addressed to Gaius, a common name that can not be identified as a specific person. John commends and exhorts Gaius for his steadfastness and for his care of Christian missionaries, and he uses Diotrephes as an example of how not to live as a Christian. John’s words are meant to encourage Gaius until John can see him personally.
3 John 1
1:1-4 Salutation 1:5-8 Service to the brethren 1:9-10 Rebuke to Diotrephes 1:11-12 A good testimony 1:13-14 Conclusion
The half brother of Jesus Christ is likely the author of Jude. The writer gives his name and identifies himself as James’s brother, and the possibility exists that he can be the brother of one of four James, which creates some uncertainty among scholars. Jude writes to Christians who have been infiltrated by false teachers and people spreading the message that promotes immorality, theological error, destructive pride and divisiveness. Jude encourages his readers to stand firm against the pressure to dilute pure Christian doctrine.
Jude 1
1:1-2 Salutation 1:3-16 Judgment on false teachers 1:17-23 Exhortations to Christians 1:24-25 Benediction
The English title “Revelation” comes from the first word of the book in Greek. That word is apokalypsis, which means “the unveiling of something previously unrevealed. In Revelation Christ and His eternal program are fully revealed, so that the book provides a fitting capstone to the New Testament revelation. Revelation is prophetic in form. It was written during a time of persecution by John, the author of the Gospel John. The book is filled with visions and the style is generally figurative and symbolic. The book contains many symbols and signs, such as numbers, colors, animals, stones, persons, groups and places. Some symbols are interpreted in the text itself; others have to be interpreted in the light of the Old Testament; and others may have no previous biblical connection. Revelation is commonly referred to by the Christian believers when discussing things such as end times, rapture, tribulation, the mark of the beast and Judgment Day.
Revelation 1
1:1-3 The revelation of Jesus Christ 1:4-8 Greetings to the seven churches 1:9-20 A vision of the Son of Man
Revelation 2
2:1-7 The message to the church at Ephesus 2:8-11 The message to the church at Smyrna 2:12-17 The message to the church at Pergamos 2:18-29 The message to the church at Thyatira
Revelation 3
3:1-6 The message to the church at Sardis 3:7-13 The message to the church at Philadelphia 3:14-22 The message to the church at Laodicea
Revelation 4
4:1-11 Around God’s throne
Revelation 5
5:1-4 The sealed book 5:5-14 The Lion and the Lamb
Revelation 6
6:1-17 The seals
Revelation 7
7:1-8 The 144,000 sealed 7:9-17 The numberless multitude
Revelation 8
8:1-5 The seventh seal 8:6-13 The trumpets
Revelation 9
9:1-21 The trumpets (continued)
Revelation 10
10:1-11 The angel and the little book
Revelation 11
11:1-14 The two witnesses 11:15-19 The seventh trumpet
Revelation 12
12:1-2 The sun-clad woman 12:3-4 The great red dragon 12:5-6 The man child 12:7-9 Michael 12:10-17 The blood of the Lamb
Revelation 13
13:1-10 The first beast 13:11-18 The second beast
Revelation 14
14:1-5 The Lamb 14:6-13 The messages of the angels 14:14-20 The harvest of the earth
Revelation 15
15:1-8 Preparation of the seven vials
Revelation 16
16:1-21 The vials of wrath
Revelation 17
17:1-18 The doom of Babylon predicted
Revelation 18
18:1-24 The fall of Babylon
Revelation 19
19:1-5 Those in heaven praise God 19:6-10 The marriage supper of the Lamb 19:11-21 The rider on the white horse
Revelation 20
20:1-15 Satan bound for a thousand years
Revelation 21
21:1-8 The new heaven and the new earth 21:9-27 The new Jerusalem
Revelation 22
22:1-5 The new Jerusalem (continued) 22:6-21 Christ is to come quickly
Israel moves to Egypt Israel journeys with his family Joseph meets his father
King James Version Bible
“1 ¶ And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I. 3 And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.”
“5 ¶ And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls [were] threescore and six; 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.”
“28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.” (Genesis 46:1-34 KJV)
