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New Testament

Following is an approximate chronological list of the books of the New Testament. As with all our Scripture Research Tools, we have tried to keep our lists simple to encourage Chapter Reading. The LDS Bible Dictionary at the back of the Bible has an extensive harmony of Christ's life which we recommend for those wanting a more detailed outline (see Gospels, Harmony of).

Christ's Genealogy Matthew 1:1-17 Luke 3:23-38

Christ's Birth and Youth Matthew 1-2 Luke 1-2 John 1:1-14

Christ's Baptism, Calling of Twelve, and First Year of Ministry Matthew 3-11 Mark 1-5 Luke 1-9 John 1-4

Second Year of Christ's Ministry Matthew 12-14 Mark 6 Luke 9 John 5

Third Year of Christ's Ministry Matthew 14-20 Mark 6-10 Luke 9-19 John 6-11

Christ's Final Week: Atonement and Resurrection Matthew 21-28 Mark 11-16 Luke 19-24 John 12-21 JS-Matthew 1

Christ's Resurrected Appearances Matthew 28 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 20-21 Acts 1 3 Nephi 11-28

Early Ministry of Apostles; Stephen's Martyrdom Acts 1-8

Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry; Gospel Goes to Gentiles; James' Martyrdom Acts 8-12 James 1-5

Paul's First Missionary Journey Acts 13-15

Paul's Second Missionary Journey Acts 15-18 1 Thessalonians 1-5 2 Thessalonians 1-3 Galatians 1-6

Paul's Third Missionary Journey Acts 18-21 1 Corinthians 1-16 2 Corinthians 1-13 Romans 1-16

Paul's Journey to Rome and Martyrdom; Peter's Martyrdom; Sack of Jerusalem Acts 21-28 Hebrews 1-13 Ephesians 1-6 Philippians 1-4 Colossians 1-4 Philemon 1 1 Timothy 1-6 Titus 1-3 2 Timothy 1-4 1 Peter 1-5 2 Peter 1-3 Jude 1

John's Later Ministry and Writing 1 John 1-5 2 John 1 3 John 1 Revelation 1-22

A study into more specific dates of the epistles enters the realm of scholarly debate, which has value when doing scripture research, but is beyond the scope of our goal: Daily Chapter Reading. We recommend you stick with a more simple approach for your Daily Scripture Study and save the research for personal study in continuing education. For some thoughts on reading approaches, see our Comparison of Reading Methods.