NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS – A BREAKDOWN

The New Testament is comprised of 27 books. There was a four-hundred-year period of silence from the end of the Old Testament to the birth of Christ.

• The gospels

  The Gospels are eye-witness accounts of the life of Christ. They tell of Jesus’ birth, ministry, death, and resurrection.

  

  • Matthew
  • Mark

  • Luke
  • John
• History

  Acts is the only History book in the New Testament. It tells the story of the birth of the Church.

  

  • Acts
• Paul’s epistles

  Paul’s Epistles are letters written to various churches and believers. They provide instruction and exhortation for Christian living.

  

  • Romans
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians

  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • 2 Thessalonians

  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
• the general epistles

  The General Epistles were written by various authors. Like Paul’s letters, they too provide instruction and exhortation for Christian living.

  

  • Hebrews
  • James
  • 1 Peter

  • 2 Peter
  • 1 John
  • 2 John

  • 3 John
  • Jude

• prophecy

  Revelation is the only Prophecy book in the New Testament. In it, the apostle John describes prophetic visions he had about the apocalypse and heaven.

  

  • Revelation