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The books of the Bible and its events, parables, places and concepts · Articles: 82 (2,444 in the whole category)

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Acts of PeterThe Acts of Peter is a New Testament apocryphal work generally dated to the late second century. It recounts how the apostle Peter contended with Sim…
Acts of the ApostlesThe Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy …
AmosAmos is the third of the twelve books of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. It contains the words of the prophet Amos, who was active in the no…

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Bible TranslationsA Bible translation is a rendering of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of Scripture into another language. Korean churches use several K…
Book of JobAn Old Testament book belonging to the wisdom literature. It tells the story of Job, a righteous man who suffers for reasons unknown to him, debates …
Book of RevelationThe Book of Revelation is the last book of the New Testament. Written in the form of apocalyptic literature, it records the visions given to John con…
Book of RuthThe Book of Ruth is the eighth book of the Old Testament. It tells the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman who follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehe…
Book of TobitThe Book of Tobit tells the story of Tobit, a Jew living in Nineveh during the Assyrian exile, and his son Tobias. The Catholic and Orthodox churches…

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ColossiansColossians is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It is a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Colossae in Asia Minor, emphasizing that C…
Common Translation BibleThe Common Translation Bible (Gongdong Beonyeok) is a Korean Bible translated from the original languages by Catholic and Protestant scholars working…

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DanielDaniel is a book of the Old Testament that contains stories of Daniel and his three friends, set during the Babylonian exile, along with visions conc…
DeuteronomyThe fifth book of the Old Testament and the last book of the Pentateuch. It consists of Moses' farewell addresses to Israel on the plains of Moab, de…

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EcclesiastesEcclesiastes is a book of Old Testament wisdom literature. It reflects on the transience, or "vanity," of all things in the world and concludes that …
EphesiansEphesians is the tenth book of the New Testament. Traditionally held to be a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Ephesus, it addresses the …
Epistle of JamesThe Epistle of James is the twentieth book of the New Testament, a five-chapter General Epistle. It is best known for its teaching that faith must be…
Epistle of JudeThe Epistle of Jude is the twenty-sixth book of the New Testament, a short, single-chapter letter that warns against false teachers and urges believe…
Epistle to PhilemonThe Epistle to Philemon is the eighteenth book of the New Testament, a short letter of one chapter and twenty-five verses in which the apostle Paul, …
Epistle to TitusThe Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, a letter in which the apostle Paul instructs his coworker Titus, whom he had left on the island …
Epistle to the GalatiansThe Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament, a letter written by the apostle Paul to the churches in the region of Galatia. I…
Epistle to the HebrewsHebrews is the nineteenth book of the New Testament. It presents Jesus Christ as the true High Priest who fulfilled the sacrifices and priesthood of …
EstherEsther is a book of the Old Testament. In ten chapters it tells the story of Esther, a Jewish queen in the Persian court who averted the threatened a…
ExodusExodus is the second book of the Old Testament. It recounts how the people of Israel escaped bondage in Egypt, entered into a covenant with God at Mo…
EzekielEzekiel is the twenty-sixth book of the Old Testament and one of the Major Prophets. Its forty-eight chapters record the visions and prophecies recei…
EzraEzra is the fifteenth book of the Old Testament, a historical book recounting how the people of Judah who returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt …

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First Epistle to the CorinthiansFirst Corinthians is the seventh book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the church in the Greek port city of Corinth. It addres…

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GenesisGenesis is the first book of the Old Testament. It recounts the creation of the world, the fall of humanity, the Flood, and the stories of Israel's a…
Gospel of JohnThe Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament and the last of the four Gospels. It presents Jesus as the Son of God and the Word made fl…
Gospel of LukeThe Gospel of Luke is the third book of the New Testament and one of the four Gospels, recording the life of Jesus Christ from his birth to his ascen…
Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of Mark is the second book of the New Testament and the shortest of the four Gospels, recording the public ministry, crucifixion, and resu…
Gospel of MatthewThe Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the four Gospels, recording the life of Jesus Christ from His birth to His re…
GospelsThe Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), which record the life, teaching, death, and resurrection o…

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HabakkukHabakkuk is the eighth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It records the prophet's question of why evil is allowed to persist, togeth…
HaggaiHaggai is the thirty-seventh book of the Old Testament and the tenth of the twelve Minor Prophets. It contains the messages of the prophet Haggai, wh…
HoseaHosea is a prophetic book of the Old Testament in which Hosea, an eighth-century BC prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel, uses his own marriage …

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IsaiahIsaiah is the first of the prophetic books of the Old Testament and consists of sixty-six chapters. It contains prophecies of judgment, restoration, …

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JeremiahJeremiah is one of the Major Prophets of the Old Testament. It records the prophecies and life of the prophet Jeremiah, who ministered during the per…
JoelJoel is the second book of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. Prompted by a locust plague, it calls the people to repentance and contains God's…
JonahThe Book of Jonah is the fifth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It tells the story of the prophet Jonah, who flees from God's comma…
JoshuaJoshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament. It records how Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses, led the people of Israel into the land of Canaa…
JudgesJudges is the seventh book of the Old Testament, a twenty-one-chapter historical book recounting the stories of the "judges" who led Israel from the …

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LamentationsLamentations is a book of the Old Testament that collects five laments (poems of grief) mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by the B…
LeviticusLeviticus is the third book of the Old Testament and the third book of the Pentateuch. It contains regulations concerning sacrifices, the priesthood,…

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MalachiMalachi is the last of the thirty-nine books of the Protestant Old Testament and one of the twelve Minor Prophets, a group of shorter prophetic books…
MicahThe sixth book of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, containing the message of Micah, a prophet of Judah in the eighth century BC. It is known …

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NahumNahum is the seventh of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It proclaims the coming destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian E…
NehemiahNehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament that records how the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt the walls …
New Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Gaejeong)The Gaeyeok Gaejeong (New Korean Revised Version) is a Korean translation of the Bible published by the Korean Bible Society in 1998 as a revision of…
New TestamentThe New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books that recount the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the formation of the early church and…
NumbersNumbers is the fourth book of the Old Testament and belongs to the Pentateuch. It records the roughly forty-year journey of the people of Israel thro…

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ObadiahObadiah is one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament and, with a single chapter of twenty-one verses, the shortest book in the Old Testament. It…
Old TestamentThe Old Testament is the first part of the Christian Bible, containing the history, law, prophecy, and poetry concerning God and Israel before the co…

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1 Chronicles1 Chronicles is the thirteenth book of the Old Testament. Comprising 29 chapters, it records genealogies beginning with Adam and the reign of King Da…
1 JohnFirst John is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament and consists of five chapters. With its declarations that "God is light" and "God is l…
1 Kings1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his constr…
1 PeterFirst Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a five-chapter letter that urges Christians scattered amid persecution and suffering…
1 SamuelFirst Samuel is one of the historical books of the Old Testament. It records the transition from the period of the judges to the establishment of the…
1 ThessaloniansA letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Thessalonica in Macedonia and the thirteenth book of the New Testament. Many scholars hold that it wa…
1 Timothy1 Timothy is the fifteenth book of the New Testament. Traditionally regarded as a letter from the apostle Paul to his disciple Timothy in Ephesus con…
2 ChroniclesSecond Chronicles is the fourteenth of the thirty-nine books of the Protestant Old Testament. Centered on the temple and worship, it records events f…
2 CorinthiansSecond Corinthians is the eighth book of the New Testament and Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth. It addresses Paul's defense of his apos…
2 KingsSecond Kings is a historical book of the Old Testament that records, in twenty-five chapters, the later history of the divided kingdom, from Elijah's…
2 PeterSecond Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a three-chapter letter written in the name of the apostle Peter. It warns against f…
2 SamuelSecond Samuel is a historical book of the Old Testament that records the period after Saul's death, when David became king over Judah and then over a…
2 ThessaloniansSecond Thessalonians is the fourteenth book of the New Testament. Traditionally regarded as Paul's second letter to the church at Thessalonica, it co…

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ParableA parable is a form of speech that conveys spiritual truth through comparison with everyday objects or stories familiar to the listener. In the churc…
PassoverPassover is a Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. In Christianity, it provides the background for understandi…
Pauline EpistlesThe Pauline Epistles are the thirteen letters in the New Testament traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul. Written to early Christian communiti…
PentateuchThe Pentateuch is the collective name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In Judaism…
PhilippiansPhilippians is the eleventh book of the New Testament, a letter the apostle Paul sent while imprisoned to the church at Philippi in Macedonia. It con…
ProverbsProverbs is an Old Testament book belonging to the wisdom literature. Its 31 chapters contain short instructions and maxims gathered chiefly under th…
PsalmsThe Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 prayers and songs of praise in the Old Testament. Used in the worship of ancient Israel, it remains one of …

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Revised New Korean Standard VersionThe Revised New Korean Standard Version (Saebeonyeok) is a Korean translation of the Bible published by the Korean Bible Society in 1993 as the New K…
RomansRomans is the sixth book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the church in Rome. It is widely regarded as the most systematic exp…

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Second Epistle of JohnThe Second Epistle of John is the twenty-fourth book of the New Testament, a brief letter of thirteen verses written by an author who identifies hims…
Second Epistle to TimothyThe Second Epistle to Timothy is a book of the New Testament, traditionally understood as a letter written by the apostle Paul from prison to his dis…
Sermon on the MountThe Sermon on the Mount is the collection of Jesus' teachings recorded in Matthew 5–7; the name refers to the sermon He delivered on a mountain to Hi…
Song of SongsThe Song of Songs is a poetic book of the Old Testament, an eight-chapter poem celebrating the love and longing between a man and a woman. In Judaism…

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TabernacleThe Tabernacle was the portable tent of worship that the people of Israel built in the wilderness after the Exodus, following God's instructions. It …
Temple in JerusalemThe Temple in Jerusalem was ancient Israel's central building for the worship of God in Jerusalem. First built by Solomon, it was rebuilt after the B…
Third JohnThird John is the twenty-fifth book of the New Testament. A brief personal letter from "the elder" to a believer named Gaius, it urges hospitality to…

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ZechariahZechariah is the thirty-eighth book of the Old Testament. A prophetic book, it encourages the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian ex…
ZephaniahZephaniah is the ninth book of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It records the prophet Zephaniah's warnings of judgment on "the day of…