JAMES


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Chapter 1
We are to rejoice under trials (1:1-4)
To ask wisdom of God (1:5-11)
And in time of trial not to blame Him for our weakness or our sins (1:12-17)
We must hear the saving message (1:18-21)
And act accordingly (1:22-25)
The mark of a truly religious man (1:26-27)


Chapter 2
The true Christian does not show partiality to the rich (2:1-5)
And dishonor to the poor (2:6-13)
Faith without good deeds (2:14-16)
Is but a dead faith (2:17-18)
And the faith of demons (2:19-20)
The faith and works of Abraham (2:21-24)
And of Rahab (2:25-26)


Chapter 3
We govern our bodies, as the bit controls a horse (3:1-4)
The power and danger of the tongue (3:5-8)
It is an instrument for blessing or cursing (3:9-12)
The truly wise are pure and peaceable, without jealousy or selfish ambition (3:13-18)


Chapter 4
We are to struggle against covetousness (4:1-3)
Against intemperance (4:4)
And pride (4:5-10)
Against belittling others and passing rash judgments on our neighbors (4:11-12)
And, mindful of the uncertainty of life, to commit ourselves and our affairs to God's providence (4:13-17)


Chapter 5
Wicked rich men are to fear God's punishment (5:1-6)
We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets and Job (5:7-11)
To give up swearing (5:12)
To pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity (5:13-15)
To acknowledge mutually our various faults, to pray one for another (5:16-18)
And to convert any straying brother (5:19-20)



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1 PETER


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Chapter 1
Peter praises God for His many mercies (1:1-9)
Showing that salvation in Christ is a thing prophesied of old (1:10-12)
He commands his readers to set their hope on God's mercy through Christ's revelation (1:13-25)


Chapter 2
He dissuades them from evil intent (2:1-3)
And urges them to be living stones of the spiritual house of which Christ is the cornerstone (2:4-10)
He beseeches them to lead exemplary, upright lives (2:11-12)
And to be obedient to civil authority (2:13-17)
He teaches servants to obey their masters (2:18-19)
Even suffering patiently for doing what is right, after the example of Christ (2:20-25)


Chapter 3
Peter instructs wives and husbands concerning their duty to each other (3:1-7)
He exhorts all men to unity and brotherly love (3:8-13)
Revering Christ, even in persecution (3:14-18)
He reveals Christ's power for salvation in earlier times as well as at present (3:19-22)


Chapter 4
As Christ suffered for us in the flesh, we must follow His example (4:1-11)
Peter warns them of trials to come (4:12-19)


Chapter 5
He appeals to the elders to feed their flocks (5:1-4)
To the younger men to obey the elders (5:5-7)
And to all to be sober, watchful, and firm in the faith (5:8)
They must resist their ruthless adversary, the devil (5:9-14)



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2 PETER


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1 2 3


Chapter 1
Growth promised by God's grace (1:1-4)
Peter exhorts his readers to make their calling certain, by faith and other virtues (1:5-11)
Of which he takes special care to remind them, knowing that his own death is at hand (1:12-15)
He warns them to be constant in the faith of Christ, the true Son of God (1:16-21)


Chapter 2
He foretells the coming of false teachers and the punishment to be given them and their followers (2:1-6)
The godly shall be spared this punishment, as Lot was delivered out of Sodom (2:7-17)
He describes more fully the habits of profane and blasphemous seducers (2:18-22)


Chapter 3
Peter assures them that Christ will return (3:1-7)
He tells the godly that God's long patience will hasten their repentance (3:8-9)
He describes the manner in which the world will be destroyed (3:10)
And exhorts them to holiness of life (3:11-14)
And to consideration of God's patience in providing their salvation (3:15-18)



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1 JOHN


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Chapter 1
John describes the purpose of his letter (1:1-4)
We must make our lives a living testimony of our profession of faith (1:5-10)


Chapter 2
Christ is our advocate (2:1-2)
To know God is to keep His commandments (2:3-8)
To love our brethren (2:9-14)
And to shun the things of the world (2:15-17)
Beware of seducers (2:18-19)
From whose deceits the godly preserve themselves through perseverance in faith and holiness of life (2:20-29)


Chapter 3
John declares the unique love of God toward us, in making us His children (3:1-2)
We therefore ought to obey His commandments (3:3-10)
And to live with each other in brotherly love (3:11-24)


Chapter 4
He warns us to test all teachings before accepting them (4:1-6)
He enumerates many reasons for showing brotherly love (4:7-21)


Chapter 5
Those who love God love His children and keep His commandments (5:1-2)
God's law, to the faithful, is not burdensome (5:3-8)
We are witnesses of the Son of God (5:9-13)
Our confidence in Christ (5:14-21)



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2 JOHN

John exhorts an honorable matron and her children to persevere in Christian love and belief (1:1-7)
Lest they lose the reward of their profession of faith (1:8-9)
They are to shun those non-believers who teach false doctrines (1:10-13)



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3 JOHN

The apostle commends Gaius for his piety (1:1-4)
For his hospitality to the brethren (1:5-6)
And for his support of true preachers (1:7-8)
He complains of the malicious words and deeds of ambitious Diotrephes (1:9-10)
And warns against following and evil example (1:11)
He gives special testimony to the good character of Demetrius (1:12-14)



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JUDE

Jude exhorts his readers to be contenders for the faith (1:1-3)
False teachers are seeking to pervert this faith (1:4-10)
But severe punishment is prepared for them (1:11-18)
The worldly start divisions (1:19)
The godly persevere, grow in grace, and spread the gospel (1:20-25)



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REVELATION


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16 17 18 19 20 21 22


Chapter 1
John writes his revelation from Christ to the seven churches (1:1-6)
The coming of Christ (1:7-11)
His glorious power and majesty (1:12-20)


Chapter 2
The things Christ tells John to write to the angel (minister) of the church in Ephesus (2:1-7)
To the angel of the church in Smyrna (2:8-11)
To the angel of the church in Pergamum (2:12-17)
And to the angel of the church in Thyatira (2:18)
Things commended (2:19)
Things found lacking (2:20-24)
The promise to the faithful (2:25-29)


Chapter 3
The angel of the church in Sardis is reproved (3:1-2)
Exhorted to obey and repent, thus escaping damnation (3:3-6)
The angel of the church in Philadelphia (3:7-9)
Is praised for diligence and patience (3:10-13)
The angel of the church in Laodicea is rebuked for indifference (3:14-18)
And admonished to be more zealous (3:19)
Christ stands at the door and knocks (3:20-22)


Chapter 4
John sees the throne of God in heaven (4:1-3)
The twenty-four elders (4:4-5)
The four beasts, full of eyes before and behind (4:6-9)
The elders worship before the throne, and lay down their crowns (4:10-11)


Chapter 5
The book sealed with seven seals (5:1-4)
Which can be opened only by the Lamb who was slain (5:5-7)
The elders confess that He redeemed them with His blood (5:8-10)
Thousands of voices praise the Lamb (5:11-14)


Chapter 6
Four seals are opened, each followed in turn by a rider (6:1)
On a white horse (6:2-3)
A red horse (6:4)
A black horse (6:5-7)
And a horse pale as Death (6:8-17)


Chapter 7
The mark of the servants of God (7:1-3)
The number of those who were marked (7:4-13)
Their robes are washed in the blood of the Lamb (7:14-17)


Chapter 8
At the opening of the seventh seal, seven angels receive seven trumpets (8:1-2)
An angel mingles incense with the prayers of the saints on the golden altar (8:3-5)
Four plagues begin at the trumpets' sound (8:6-13)


Chapter 9
The plague of locusts swarms out of the bottomless pit (9:1-10)
Apollyon, king of the locusts (9:11)
The first woe is past (9:12)
The sixth trumpet sounds (9:13)
And four angels, who were bound, are set free (9:14-21)


Chapter 10
John sees an angel with a book, and hears things he is forbidden to write (10:1-5)
He swears, by Him who lives forever, that there shall be no more delay (10:6-7)
John is commanded to eat the book (10:8-11)


Chapter 11
The Lord's two witnesses prophesy (11:1-4)
They are given many extraordinary powers (11:5-6)
But the beast will overcome and kill them (11:7)
They will lie unburied three and a half days (11:8-10)
After which time they rise again (11:11-13)
The second woe is past (11:14)
The seventh trumpet sounds (11:15-19)


Chapter 12
A woman clothed with the sun lies in travail (12:1-2)
While a great red dragon stands ready to devour her child (12:3-4)
After the child is born and caught up to God, she flees into the wilderness (12:5-6)
Michael and his angels fight with the dragon (12:7-12)
The dragon, cast to earth, persecutes the woman (12:13-17)


Chapter 13
A beast arises out of the sea, and the dragon gives it his power (13:1-10)
A second beast causes an image to be made of the first (13:11-14)
He compels men to worship it, and receive its mark (13:15-17)
The number of the beast (13:18)


Chapter 14
The Lamb stands on Mount Sion with the company of His elect (14:1-5)
An angel preaches the gospel (14:6-7)
The fall of Babylon (14:8-14)
The harvest of the earth (14:15-18)
The winepress of God's wrath (14:19-20)


Chapter 15
The seven angels with the seven last plagues (15:1-2)
The song of those who have overcome the beast (15:3-6)
The seven bowls full of God's wrath (15:7-8)


Chapter 16
The angels pour out their bowls of wrath (16:1-5)
The plagues that follow (16:6-16)
The seventh angel pours out his bowl into the air (16:17-21)


Chapter 17
A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand, sits on a scarlet beast (17:1-4)
She is Babylon, the mother of all abominations (17:5-8)
The interpretation of the seven heads (17:9-11)
And of the ten horns (17:12-13)
The victory of the Lamb (17:14-15)
The punishment of the woman (17:16-18)


Chapter 18
Babylon falls (18:1-3)
God's people are commanded to depart from the city (18:4-8)
The wicked kings of the earth mourn for Babylon (18:9-10)
The merchants and mariners also mourn (18:11-19)
The saints rejoice at the judgments of God upon her (18:20-24)


Chapter 19
The heavenly hosts praise God (19:1-6)
The marriage of the Lamb (19:7-9)
The angel refuses to be worshipped (19:10-16)
The great slaughter (19:17-21)


Chapter 20
Satan is bound for a thousand years (20:1-5)
The happy state of those who have part in the first resurrection (20:6)
Satan is turned loose again (20:7)
Gog and Magog (20:8-9)
The devil is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (20:10-11)
The last judgment (20:12-15)


Chapter 21
A new heaven and a new earth (21:1-9)
The heavenly Jerusalem is fully described (21:10-22)
The city needs no sun, for God's glory is its light (21:23)
Kings of the earth will bring honor there (21:24-27)


Chapter 22
The river of the water of life (22:1)
The tree of life (22:2-4)
The light of His city is God Himself (22:5-6)
The angel refused to be worshipped (22:9-17)
Nothing shall be added to this book, nor taken from it (22:18-21)


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