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
I Corinthians 4:9-16 (Apostle) 1 min 5432
Acts 5:1-11 (2nd Friday after Pascha) 1 min 4458
Luke 3:19-22 (Saint) - 3334
Hebrews 6:13-20 (4th Sunday of Great Lent) 1 min 5799
Colossians 4:5-9, 14, 18 (Apostle Luke) 1 min 3963
Hebrews 7:1-6 (29th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4064
Ephesians 4:25-32 (18th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4012
Mark 3:28-35 (13th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 3599
II Corinthians 5:15-21 (12th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4365
Matthew 5:27-32 (1st Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4361
Romans 5:13-21 (For Burial of Priests) 1 min 4057
Luke 3:23-38, 4:1 (1st Tuesday of Luke) 2 mins 4392
I Corinthians 4:9-16 (10th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4541
Galatians 4:4-7 (Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ) - 7843
John 5:1-15 (4th Sunday after Pascha) 2 mins 4873
Acts 5:12-20 (2nd Sunday after Pascha) 1 min 5670
Colossians 4:10-18 (22nd Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 3935
Galatians 4:8-21 (15th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4027
Mark 4:1-9 (13th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 3835
Romans 5:17-6:2 (2nd Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 5699
Matthew 5:33-41 (1st Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4448
I Corinthians 4:17-5:5 (14th Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 3942
Ephesians 5:1-8 (Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 4072
Acts 5:21-33 (2nd Saturday of Pascha) 2 mins 5427