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
Hebrews 7:26-28;8:1-2 (Saint) 1 min 6510
Acts 6:8-15;7:1-5,47-60 (3rd Monday after Pascha) 3 mins 6408
Luke 4:16-22 (Liturgical New Year) 1 min 6575
Galatians 5:11-21 (16th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 3956
II Corinthians 7:1-10 (12th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4256
Mark 4:35-41 (For Travelers by Air or Sea) 1 min 5169
Hebrews 8:7-13 (30th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4198
Luke 4:22-30 (1st Friday of Luke) 1 min 4709
Ephesians 5:9-19 (Saint) 1 min 4660
Romans 6:18-23 (4th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4932
Acts 8:5-17 (3rd Tuesday after Pascha) 1 min 4617
John 5:30-47; 6:1-2 (2nd Friday after Pascha) 2 mins 4756
Matthew 6:14-21 (Sunday before lent – Cheesefare) 1 min 7744
I Corinthians 6:12-20 (3rd Sunday before lent) 1 min 5904
Mark 5:1-20 (14th Thursday after Pentecost) 2 mins 4010
II Corinthians 7:10-16 (12th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4211
I Corinthians 6:20-7:12 (7th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4336
Ephesians 5:9-21 (For Every Need and For Giving Thanks) 1 min 4718
Luke 4:31-36 (1st Saturday of Luke) 1 min 4708
Romans 7:1-14 (3rd Monday after Pentecost) 2 mins 4688
Hebrews 9:1-7 (Entry of the Most-Holy Theotokos) 1 min 8950
Matthew 6:22-33 (3rd Sunday after Pentecost) 2 mins 5600
Galatians 5:22-26;6:1-2 (saints) 1 min 8367
Acts 8:18-25 (3rd Wednesday after Pascha) 1 min 4230