Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
24
22
21
CHAPTERS
16 16 16 PAUL’S LETTERS
13 13
6 6 6
5 5 5 5
4 4 4
3 3 3
1 1 1 1
Romans
James
Jude
Matthew
Mark
John
Luke
Acts
Galatians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Ephesians
Colossians
Philemon
1 Timothy
Titus
2 Timothy
1 Peter
2 Peter
Hebrews
1 John
2 John
3 John
Revelation
Philippians
GENERAL LETTERS
NARRATIVE
PROPHECY
“GOSPELS”
45-55 55-65
65-70 64-68 85-90 61-63 48-49 51 55 55-56 57 60-62 63 64 66 45-48 64 67 64-68 65-68 85-90 85-90 90 95
Macedonia
Jerusalem
prison in
Caesarea or
Ephesus
uncertain
unkonwn
unknown
Ephesus
Ephesus
Ephesus
Ephesus
Ephesus
Antioch
Patmos
Corinth
Corinth
Rome
Rome
Phiippi
PLACE
Rome
Rome
Rome
UNKNOWN
AUTHOR
MATTHEW ?
PETER
PETER
LUKE ?
JAMES
LUKE ?
JOHN
JOHN
JOHN
JOHN
JUDE
MARK ?
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
PAUL
JOHN ?
Matthew Jesus is the true , royal Messiah & eternal King Written to Jews and Jewish converts
Luke Jesus is the perfect, sinless man & divine Savior to Greek Gentiles
Acts The Gospel spreads, the birth & growth of the Church Written to Greek Gentiles
Ephesians nature, privilege, & responsibilities of Body of Christ to church in Ephesus (Asia Minor)
Philippians thankfulness; encouragement and joy even in hardship to church in Philippi (Macedonia)
Philemon intercede for slave Onesimus; forgiveness & friendship to Philemon, personal friend of Paul
James genuine faith brings life change; acts, not just profession Titus, co-worker of Paul
Hebrews warning against leaving new covenant & returning to law uncertain, a specific group of Jewish Christians
1 John confront false teaching; love, obey, believe uncertain, but likely churches around Ephesus
2 John confront false teachings; love & truth to a specific church or group of believers
3 John truth or error shown in the life of believers to Gaius, personal friend of John
Jude confront false teachings, defend the truth of Gospel unknown, but a group of believers
Revelation God’s purposes & promises will be finally fulfilled Christians of the day in general
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TESTAMENT CANON canon means “reed” or “rule”;
a standard for measuring.