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 Peter 1:13-19 (Vespers, Apostles) 1 min 4520
II Corinthians 1:12-20 (10th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4104
Luke 1:39-49, 56 (Matins – Holy Theotokos) 1 min 5298
Jude 1:11-25 (Thursday before Lent) 2 mins 4874
I John 2:18-3:10 (Monday after the Prodigal Son) 2 mins 5023
Ephesians 1:16-23 (28th Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 4713
II Peter 2:9-22 (Tuesday of the Publican and the Pharisee) 2 mins 4856
II Timothy 2:20-26 (28th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4415
I Timothy 1:18-20; 2:8-15 (26th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4015
II Thessalonians 2:13-17; 3:1-5 (25th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 5192
Colossians 1:18-23 (21th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4254
Philippians 1:20-27 (19th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 3842
Romans 1:28-32;2:1-9 (1st Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4745
Galatians 1:11-19 (20th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4185
I Corinthians 1:18-24 (Exaltation of the Precious Cross) 1 min 4798
John 1:35-51 (BRIGHT WEDNESDAY) 2 mins 5890
Matthew 2:13-23 (Sunday after Nativity) 2 mins 6084
Hebrews 1:10-14;2:1-3 (2nd Sunday of Great Lent) 1 min 5999
Acts 2:1-11 (Sunday of Holy Pentecost) 1 min 5533
Hebrews 2:2-10 (Angels) 1 min 4652
I Thessalonians 2:14-19 (23rd Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4149
Ephesians 1:22-2:3 (17th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4696
Mark 1:23-28 (12th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4467
Jude 1:17-25 (Vespers, Apostle Jude) 1 min 3919