Scripture Readings - New Testament Readings

New Testament Readings

The books of the Bible which contain the revelation of God since the coming of Christ: the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the seven General Epistles, the fourteen Epistles of Saint Paul, and the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse).

The center of the New Testament part of the Bible is the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John who are called the four evangelists, which means those who wrote the gospels. Gospel in Greek is ‘evangelion’ which, as we have seen, means the “glad tidings” or the “good news.”

In the New Testament scripture there is also the book of the Acts of the Apostles, written by St. Luke. There are fourteen letters called the epistles (which simply means letters) of the Apostle Paul, though perhaps some, such as the Letter to the Hebrews, were not written directly by him. Three letters are also ascribed to the Apostle John; two to the Apostle Peter; and one each to the Apostles James and Jude. Finally there is the Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse, which is ascribed to St. John as well.

For the Orthodox, the Bible is the main written source of divine doctrine since God Himself inspired its writing by His Holy Spirit (see 2 Tim 3:16 and 2 Pet 1:20). This is the doctrine of the inspiration of the Bible, namely that men inspired by God wrote the words which are truly their own human words—all words are human!—but which nevertheless may be called all together the Word of God. Thus, the Bible is the Word of God in written form because it contains not merely the thoughts and experiences of men, but the very self-revelation of God.

The center of the Bible as the written Word of God in human form is the person of the Living Word of God in human form, Jesus Christ. All parts of the Bible are interpreted in the Orthodox Church in the light of Christ, since everything in the Bible leads up to Christ and speaks about Him (Lk 24: 44). This fact is symbolized in the Orthodox Church by the fact that only the book of the four gospels is enthroned on the altars of our churches and not the entire Bible. This is so because everything in the Bible is fulfilled in Christ.

Reading Read Time Hit Count
II Corinthians 10:7-18 (13th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 3,697
II Corinthians 11:1-6 (24th Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,219
II Corinthians 11:21-12:9 (Apostles) 3 mins 4,533
II Corinthians 11:31-12:9 (19th Sunday after Pentecost) 2 mins 4,235
II Corinthians 11:5-21 (13th Friday after Pentecost) 2 mins 4,159
II Corinthians 12:10-19 (14th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 3,664
II Corinthians 12:20-13:2 (14th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 3,671
II Corinthians 13:14 (Dismissal) - 2,270
II Corinthians 13:3-13 (14th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 3,938
II Corinthians 2:4-15 (11th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 5,282
II Corinthians 3:12-18 (21st Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,091
II Corinthians 3:4-11 (11th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,138
II Corinthians 4:1-6 (11th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,506
II Corinthians 4:13-18 (11th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,383
II Corinthians 4:6-15 (15th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 7,846
II Corinthians 5:1-10 (For the Departed – Wednesday) 1 min 4,555
II Corinthians 5:10-15 (12th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,053
II Corinthians 5:15-21 (12th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,472
II Corinthians 6:1-10 (16th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,106
II Corinthians 6:11-16 (12th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,317
II Corinthians 6:16-7:1 (17th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,721
II Corinthians 7:1-10 (12th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,282
II Corinthians 7:10-16 (12th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,240
II Corinthians 8:1-5 (23rd Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 3,917