A guide to the Bible

It is God’s spoken word (2 Timothy 3:16), written by human authors (2 Peter 1:20-21)
It was written between 1,500BC and 100AD
It is 1 whole book made up of 66 individual books
It has 2 main sections - the Old & New Testament

Old Testament (OT):

The Old Testament has 39 books, written originally in Hebrew
It tells us God’s plan for humans, from Adam the first one (Genesis 1)
It explains human rebellion against God’s plan, called 'sin', and God’s judgment upon human sin (Genesis 3)
It tells us God’s plan to save people from that judgment and bless humans through Abraham & his descendants 'Israel' (Genesis 12)
Most of the OT describes the history of Israel, and looks forward to a King from Israel who will save people and rule the world

New Testament (NT):

This has 27 books, written originally in Greek
It tells us that Jesus is God’s promised world King to save people, called the 'Christ'
It begins with Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection to new life (Matthew-John)
Jesus now rules our world as King from heaven (Acts 2)
Jesus will return to judge us and bring the new creation

To bring people back into to a right relationship with God through trusting Jesus as their King and Saviour (2 Timothy 3:15)

Yes! Go to BibleGateway, which allows you to look up any passage in various languages and translations.