Bible Reading Chart OT 1 NT 2 in a year

		JANUARY			FEBRUARY
1	Prov 1	Gen 1-2	Matt 1	Ps 23	Ex 13-14	Heb 7-8
2	Prov 2	Gen 3-4	Matt 2	Ps 24	Ex 15	Heb 9-10
3	Prov 3	Gen 5-7	Matt 3	Ps 25	Ex 16	Heb 11-13
4	Prov 4	Gen 8-9	Matt 4	Ps 26	Ex. 17-18	Jas 1-2
5	Prov 5	Gen 10	Matt 5	Ps 27	Ex 19-20	Jas 3-5
6	Prov 6	Gen 11-12	Matt 6	Ps 28	Ex 21-22	M k 1
7	Prov 7	Gen 13-15	Matt 7	Ps 29	Ex 23-24	Mk 2
8	Prov 8	Gen 16-17	Matt 8	Ps 30	Ex 25-26	Mk 3
9	Prov 9	Gen 18-19	Matt 9	Ps 31	Ex 27-28	Mk 4
10	Ps 1	Gen 20-21	Matt 10	Ps 32	Ex 28-29	Mk 5
11	Ps 2	Gen 22-23	Matt 11	Ps 33	Ex 30-31	Mk 6
12	Ps 3	Gen 24	Matt 12	Ps 34	Ex 32-33	Mk 7
13	Ps 4	Gen 25-26	Matt 13	Ps 35	Ex 34-35	Mk 8
14	Ps 5	Gen 27	Matt 14	Ps 36	Ex 36-37	Mk 9
15	Ps 6	Gen 28-29	Matt 15	Ps 37	Ex 38	Mk 10
16	Ps 7	Gen 30	Matt 16	Ps 38	Ex 39-40	Mk 11
17	Ps 8	Gen 31-33	Matt 17	Ps 39	Lev 1-2	Mk 12
18	Ps 9	Gen 34-35	Matt 18	Ps 40	Lev 3-4	Mk 13
19	Ps 10	Gen 36-37	Matt 19	Ps 41	Lev 5-6	Mk 14
20	Ps 11	Gen 38-40	Matt 20	Ps 42	Lev 7	Mk 15
21	Ps 12	Gen 41	Matt 21	Ps 43	Lev 8-10	Mk 16
22	Ps 13	Gen 42-43	Matt 22	Ps 44	Lev 11	I Pet 1-2
23	Ps 14	Gen 44-45	Matt 23	Ps 45	Lev 12-13	I Pet 3
24	Ps 15	Gen 46-47	Matt 24	Ps 46	Lev 14	I Pet 4-5
25	Ps 16	Gen 48-50	Matt 25	Ps 47	Lev15- 17	II Pet 1
26	Ps 17	Ex 1-2	Matt 26	Ps 48	Lev 18-19	II Pet 2-3
27	Ps 18	Ex 3	Matt 27	Ps 49	Lev 20	Lk 1
28	Ps 19	Ex 4-6	Matt 28	Ps 50	Lev 21-22	Lk 2
29	Ps 20	Ex7-8	Heb 1-2
30	Ps 21	Ex 9-11	Heb 3-4
31	Ps 22	Ex 12	Heb 5-6
		MARCH			APRIL
1	Ps 51	Lev 23-24	Lk 3	Ezek 10	Dt 5-6	Acts 10
2	Ps 52	Lev 25	Lk 4	Ezek 11	Dt 7-9	Acts 11
3	Ps 53	Lev 26	Lk 5	Ezek 12	Dt 10-11	Acts 12
4	Ps 54	Lev 27	Lk 6	Ezek 13	Dt 12	Acts 13
5	Ps 55	Num 1	Lk 7	Ezek 14	Dt 13-14	Acts 14
6	Ps 56	Num 2	Lk 8	Ezek 15	Dt 15-17	Acts 15
7	Ps 57	Num 3	Lk 9	Ezek 16	Dt 18	Acts 16
8	Ps 58	Num 4-5	Lk 10	Ezek 17	Dt 19-21	Acts 17
9	Ps 59	Num 6	Lk 11	Ezek 18	Dt 22-23	Acts 18
10	Ps 60	Num 7	Lk 12	Ezek 19	Dt 24-26	Acts 19
11	Ps 61	Num 8-9	Lk 13	Ezek 20	Dt 27	Acts 20
12	Ps 62	Num 10-11	Lk 14	Ezek 21	Dt 28	Acts 21
13	Ps 63	Num 12-14	Lk 15	Ezek 22	Dt 29-30	Acts 22
14	Ps 64	Num 15-16	Lk 16	Ezek 23	Dt 31	Acts 23
15	Ps 65	Num 17-18	Lk 17	Ezek 24	Dt 32	Acts 24
16	Ps 66	Num 19-20	Lk 18	Ezek 25	Dt 33-34	Acts 25
17	Ps 67	Num 21	Lk 19	Ezek 26	Josh 1-2	Acts 26
18	Ps 68	Num 22	Lk 20	Ezek 27	Josh 3	Acts 27
19	Ps 69	Num 23	Lk 21	Ezek 28	Josh 4-5	Acts 28
20	Ps 70	Num24-25	Lk 22	Ezek 29	Josh 6	Romans 1-2
21	Ps 71	Num 26	Lk 23	Ezek 30	Josh 7	Romans 3-5
22	Ps 72	Num 27	Lk 24	Ezek 31	Josh 8-9	Romans 6-7
23	Ezek 1	Num 28- 29	Acts 1	Ezek 32	Josh 10	Romans 8
24	Ezek 2	Num 30-31	Acts 2	Ezek 33	Josh 11-12	Romans 9-10
25	Ezek 3	Num 32	Acts 3	Ezek 34	Josh 13-14	Romans 11-12
26	Ezek 4	Num 33	Acts 4	Ezek 35	Josh 15-16	Romans 13-14
27	Ezek 5	Num 34-35	Acts 5	Ezek 36	Josh 17	Romans 15-16
28	Ezek 6	Num 36	Acts 6	Ezek 37	Josh 18	I Cor 1-2
29	Ezek 7	Dt 1	Acts 7	Ezek 38	Josh 19	I Cor 3-4
30	Ezek 8	Dt 2-3	Acts 8	Ezek 39	Josh 20-21	I Cor 5-6
31	Ezek 9	Dt 4	Acts 9
		MAY			JUNE
1	Ezek 40	Josh 22	I Cor 7-8	Ps 95	I Sam 20	John 4
2	Ezek 41	Josh 23-24	I Cor 9-10	Ps 96	I Sam 21-22	John 5
3	Ezek 42	Jdgs 1	I Cor 11-12	Ps 97	I Sam 23	John 6
4	Ezek 43	Jdgs 2	I Cor 13-14	Ps 98	I Sam 24-25	John 7
5	Ezek 44	Jdgs 3	I Cor 15-16	Ps 99	I sam 26-27	John 8
6	Ezek 45	Jdgs 4	II Cor 1-2	Ps 100	I Sam 28-29	John 9
7	Ezek 46	Jdgs 5-6	II Cor 3	Ps 101	I Sam 30-31	John 10
8	Ezek 47	Jdgs 7	II Cor 4-6	Ps 102	II Sam 1	John 11
9	Ezek 48	Jdgs 8	II Cor 7-8	Ps 103	II Sam 2	John 12
10	Ps 73	Jdgs 9	II Cor 9-10	Ps 104	II Sam 3-5	John 13
11	Ps 74	Jdgs 10	II Cor 11-13	Ps 105	II Sam 6	John 14
12	Ps 75	Jdgs 11-12	Gal 1-3	Ps 106	II Sam 7-9	John 15
13	Ps 76	Jdgs 13-14	Gal 4-6	Ps 107	II Sam 10-11	John 16
14	Ps 77	Jdgs 15-16	Eph 1-3	Ps 108	II Sam 12-13	John 17
15	Ps 78	Jdgs 17	Eph 4	Ps 109	II Sam 14	John 18
16	Ps 79	Jdgs 18	Eph 5-6	Ps 110	II Sam 15-16	John 19
17	Ps 80	Jdgs 19	Ph 1-2	Ps 111	II Sam 17-18	John 20
18	Ps 81	Jdgs 20-21	Ph 3-4	Ps 112	II Sam 19-20	John 21
19	Ps 82	Rtuh 1-2	Col 1-2	Ps 113	II Sam 21-22	I John 1-2
20	Ps 83	Rtuh 3-4	Col 3-4	Ps 114	II Sam 23	I John 3-5
21	Ps 84	I Sam 1-2	I Thess 1-2	Ps 115	II Sam 24	II Jn, III Jn, Jude
22	Ps 85	I Sam  3	I Thess 3-5	Ps 116	I Kgs 1	Rev 1-2
23	Ps 86	I Sam 4-5	II Thess	Ps 117	I Kgs 2	Rev 3-4
24	Ps 87	I Sam 6-7	I Tim 1-3	Ps 118	I Kgs 3	Rev 5-6
25	Ps 88	I Sam 8-9	I Tim 4-6	Ps 119:1-56	I Kgs 4-5	Rev 7-8
26	Ps 89	I Sam 10-11	II Tim 1-2	Ps 119:57-120	I Kgs 6	Rev 9-10
27	Ps 90	I Sam 12-13	II Tim 3-4	Ps 119:121-176	I Kgs 7	Rev 11-12
28	Ps 91	I Sam 14	Tit 1-3	Ps 120	I Kgs 8	Rev 13-14
29	Ps 92	I Sam 15-16	John 1	Ps 121	I Kgs 9-10	Rev 15-16
30	Ps 93	I Sam 17	John 2	Ps 122	I Kgs 11	Rev 17-19
31	Ps 94	I Sam 18-19	John 3
		JULY			AUGUST
1	Ps 123	I Kgs 12	Rev 20-21	Hos 4	I Chr 17	Heb 5-6
2	Ps 124	I Kgs 13-14	Matt 1	Hos 5	I Chr 18-19	Heb 7-8
3	Ps 125	I Kgs 15-16	Matt 2	Hos 6	I Chr 20-21	Heb 9-10
4	Ps 126	I Kgs 17-18	Matt 3	Hos 7	I Chr 22	Heb 11-13
5	Ps 127	I Kgs 19-20	Matt 4	Hos 8	I Chr 23-24	Jas 1-2
6	Ps 128	I Kgs 21-22	Matt 5	Hos 9	I Chr 25-26	Jas 3-5
7	Ps 129	II Kgs 1-2	Matt 6	Hos 10	I Chr 27	M k 1
8	Ps 130	II Kgs 3	Matt 7	Hos 11	I Chr 28-29	Mk 2
9	Ps 131	II Kgs 4	Matt 8	Hos 12	II Ch 1-2	Mk 3
10	Ps 132	II Kgs 5	Matt 9	Hos 13	II Ch 3-4	Mk 4
11	Ps 133	II Kgs 6	Matt 10	Hos 14	II Chr 5-6	Mk 5
12	Ps 134	II Kgs 7-8	Matt 11	Joel 1	II Chr 7	Mk 6
13	Ps 135	II Kgs 9	Matt 12	Joel 2	II Chr 8	Mk 7
14	Ps 136	II Kgs 10	Matt 13	Joel 3	II Chr 9-10	Mk 8
15	Ps 137	II Kgs 11-12	Matt 14	Amos 1	II Chr 11-13	Mk 9
16	Ps 138	II Kgs 13-14	Matt 15	Amos 2	II Chr 14-15	Mk 10
17	Ps 139	II Kgs 15-16	Matt 16	Amos 3	II Chr 16-17	Mk 11
18	Ps 140	II Kgs 17	Matt 17	Amos 4	II Chr 18-19	Mk 12
19	Ps 141	II Kgs 18	Matt 18	Amos 5	II Chr 20-21	Mk 13
20	Ps 142	II Kgs 19-20	Matt 19	Amos 6	II Chr 22-23	Mk 14
21	Ps 143	II Kgs 21-22	Matt 20	Amos 7	II Chr 24	Mk 15
22	Ps 144	II Kgs 23	Matt 21	Amos 8	II Chr 25-27	Mk 16
23	Ps 145	II Kgs 24-25	Matt 22	Amos 9	II Chr 28	I Pet 1-2
24	Ps 146	I Chr 1	Matt 23	Obadiah	II Chr 29	I Pet 3
25	Ps 147	I Chr 2-3	Matt 24	Jonah 1	II Chr 30-31	I Pet 4-5
26	Ps 148	I Chr 4-5	Matt 25	Jonah 2	II Chr 32	II Pet 1-2
27	Ps 149	I Chr 6	Matt 26	Jonah 3	II Chr 33-34	II Pet 3
28	Ps 150	I Chr 7-8	Matt 27	Jonah 4	II Chr 35	Lk 1
29	Hos 1	I Chr 9-11	Matt 28	Prov 10	II Chr 36	Lk 2
30	Hos 2	I Chr 12-13	Heb 1-2	Prov 11	Ezra 1-2	Lk 3
31	Hos 3	I Chr 14-16	Heb 3-4	Prov 12	Ezra 3-4	Lk 4
		SEPTEMBER			OCTOBER
1	Prov 13	Ezra 5-6	Lk 5	Job 7	Is 17-18	Acts 11
2	Prov 14	Ezra 7	Lk 6	Job 8	Is 19-21	Acts 12
3	Prov 15	Ezra 8	Lk 7	Job 9	Is 22	Acts 13
4	Prov 16	Ezra 9	Lk 8	Job 10	Is 23-24	Acts 14
5	Prov 17	Ezra 10	Lk 9	Job 11	Is 25-26	Acts 15
6	Prov 18	Neh 1-2	Lk 10	Job 12	Is27-28	Acts 16
7	Prov 19	Neh 3	Lk 11	Job 13	Is 29	Acts 17
8	Prov 20	Neh 4	Lk 12	Job 14	Is 30	Acts 18
9	Prov 21	Neh 5- 6	Lk 13	Job 15	Is 31-32	Acts 19
10	Prov 22	Neh 7	Lk 14	Job 16	Is 33-34	Acts 20
11	Prov 23	Neh 8	Lk 15	Job 17	Is 35-36	Acts 21
12	Prov 24	Neh 9	Lk 16	Job 18	Is 37-38	Acts 22
13	Prov 25	Neh 10-11	Lk 17	Job 19	Is 39-40	Acts 23
14	Prov 26	Neh 12	Lk 18	Job 20	Is 41-42	Acts 24
16	Prov 28	Esth 1-2	Lk 20	Job 22	Is 43-44	Acts 26
17	Prov 29	Esth 3-4	Lk 21	Job 23	Is 45-46	Acts 27
18	Prov 30	Esth 5-6	Lk 22	Job 24	Is 47-48	Acts 28
19	Prov 31	Esth 7-8	Lk 23	Job 25	Is 49	Rom 1-2
20	Lam 1	Esth 9-10	Lk 24	Job 26	Is 50-51	Rom 3
21	Lam 2	Is 1	Acts 1	Job 27	Is 52	Rom 4-6
22	Lam 3	Is 2	Acts 2	Job 28	Is 53	Rom 7-8
23	Lam 4	Is 3-4	Acts 3	Job 29	Is 54	Rom 9-10
24	Lam 5	Is 5-6	Acts 4	Job 30	Is 55	Rom 11-12
25	Job 1	Is7	Acts 5	Job 31	Is 56	Rom 13-14
26	Job 2	Is 8-10	Acts 6	Job 32	Is 57	Rom 15-16
27	Job 3	Is 11	Acts 7	Job 33	Is 58	I Cor 1-2
28	Job 4	Is 12-13	Acts 8	Job 34	Is 59	I Cor 3-4
29	Job 5	Is14	Acts 9	Job 35	Is 60	I Cor 5-6
30	Job 6	Is 15-16	Acts 10	Job 36	Is 61	I Cor 7-8
31				Job 37	Is 62	I Cor 9-10
		NOVEMBER			DECEMBER
1	Job 38	Is 63	I Cor 11	Mic 6	Jer 32	John 5
2	Job 39	Is 64	I Cor 12-14	MiC 7	Jer 33	John 6
3	Job 40	Is 65	I Cor 15-16	Nah 1	Jer 34	John 7
4	Job 41	Is 66	II Cor 1-2	Nah 2	Jer 35	John 8
5	Job 42	Jer 1	II Cor 3-5	Nah 3	Jer 36	John 9
6	Eccl 1	Jer 2	II Cor 6-7	Hab 1	Jer 37	John 10
7	Eccl 2	Jer 3	II Cor 8-9	Hab 2	Jer 38	John 11
8	Eccl 3	Jer 4	II Cor 10-11	Hab 3	Jer 39	John 12
9	Eccl 4	Jer 5	II Cor 12-13	Zeph 1	Jer 40	John 13
10	Eccl 5	Jer 6	Gal 1-3	Zeph 2	Jer 41	John 14
11	Eccl 6	Jer 7	Gal 4-6	Zeph 3	Jer 42	John 15-16
12	Eccl 7	Jer 8	Eph 1-2	Hagg 1	Jer 43	John 17-18
13	Eccl 8	Jer 9	Eph 3-4	Hagg 2	Jer 44	John 19
14	Eccl 9	Jer 10	Eph 5-6	Zech 1	Jer 45	John 20-21
15	Eccl 10	Jer 11	Ph 1-2	Zech 2	Jer 46	I John 1-2
16	Eccl 11	Jer 12-13	Ph 3-4	Zech 3	Jer 47	I John 3-5
17	Eccl 12	Jer 14	Col 1-2	Zech 4	Jer 48	II Jn, III Jn
18	SoS 1	Jer 15-16	Col 3-4	Zech 5	Jer 49	Jude
19	SoS 2	Jer 17	I Thes 1-2	Zech 6	Jer 50	Rev 1
20	SoS 3	Jer 18	I Thes 3-5	Zech 7	Dan 1	Rev 2
21	SoS 4	Jer 19-20	II Thes 1-3	Zech 8	Dan 2	Rev 3
22	SoS 5	Jer 21	I Tim 1-4	Zech 9	Dan 3	Rev 4
23	SoS 6	Jer 22	I Tim 5-6	Zech 10	Dan 4	Rev 5-6
24	SoS 7	Jer 23	II Tim 1-2	Zech 11	Dan 5	Rev 7-8
25	SoS 8	Jer 24-25	II Tim 3-4	Zech 12	Dan 6	Rev 9-11
26	Mic 1	Jer 26	Tit 1-3	Zech 13	Dan 7	Rev 12-13
27	Mic 2	Jer 27	John 1	Zech 14	Dan 8	Rev 14
28	Mic 3	Jer 28-29	John 2	Mal 1	Dan 9	Rev 15-16
29	Mic\ 4	Jer 30	John 3	Mal 2	Dan 10	Rev 17-18
30	Mic 5	Jer 31	John 4	Mal 3	Dan 11	Rev 19
31				Mal 4	Dan 12	Rev 20- 21

Bible Reading Chart OT 1 NT 2 in a year

		JANUARY			FEBRUARY
1	Prov 1	Gen 1-2	Matt 1	Ps 23	Ex 13-14	Heb 7-8
2	Prov 2	Gen 3-4	Matt 2	Ps 24	Ex 15	Heb 9-10
3	Prov 3	Gen 5-7	Matt 3	Ps 25	Ex 16	Heb 11-13
4	Prov 4	Gen 8-9	Matt 4	Ps 26	Ex. 17-18	Jas 1-2
5	Prov 5	Gen 10	Matt 5	Ps 27	Ex 19-20	Jas 3-5
6	Prov 6	Gen 11-12	Matt 6	Ps 28	Ex 21-22	M k 1
7	Prov 7	Gen 13-15	Matt 7	Ps 29	Ex 23-24	Mk 2
8	Prov 8	Gen 16-17	Matt 8	Ps 30	Ex 25-26	Mk 3
9	Prov 9	Gen 18-19	Matt 9	Ps 31	Ex 27-28	Mk 4
10	Ps 1	Gen 20-21	Matt 10	Ps 32	Ex 28-29	Mk 5
11	Ps 2	Gen 22-23	Matt 11	Ps 33	Ex 30-31	Mk 6
12	Ps 3	Gen 24	Matt 12	Ps 34	Ex 32-33	Mk 7
13	Ps 4	Gen 25-26	Matt 13	Ps 35	Ex 34-35	Mk 8
14	Ps 5	Gen 27	Matt 14	Ps 36	Ex 36-37	Mk 9
15	Ps 6	Gen 28-29	Matt 15	Ps 37	Ex 38	Mk 10
16	Ps 7	Gen 30	Matt 16	Ps 38	Ex 39-40	Mk 11
17	Ps 8	Gen 31-33	Matt 17	Ps 39	Lev 1-2	Mk 12
18	Ps 9	Gen 34-35	Matt 18	Ps 40	Lev 3-4	Mk 13
19	Ps 10	Gen 36-37	Matt 19	Ps 41	Lev 5-6	Mk 14
20	Ps 11	Gen 38-40	Matt 20	Ps 42	Lev 7	Mk 15
21	Ps 12	Gen 41	Matt 21	Ps 43	Lev 8-10	Mk 16
22	Ps 13	Gen 42-43	Matt 22	Ps 44	Lev 11	I Pet 1-2
23	Ps 14	Gen 44-45	Matt 23	Ps 45	Lev 12-13	I Pet 3
24	Ps 15	Gen 46-47	Matt 24	Ps 46	Lev 14	I Pet 4-5
25	Ps 16	Gen 48-50	Matt 25	Ps 47	Lev15- 17	II Pet 1
26	Ps 17	Ex 1-2	Matt 26	Ps 48	Lev 18-19	II Pet 2-3
27	Ps 18	Ex 3	Matt 27	Ps 49	Lev 20	Lk 1
28	Ps 19	Ex 4-6	Matt 28	Ps 50	Lev 21-22	Lk 2
29	Ps 20	Ex7-8	Heb 1-2
30	Ps 21	Ex 9-11	Heb 3-4
31	Ps 22	Ex 12	Heb 5-6
		MARCH			APRIL
1	Ps 51	Lev 23-24	Lk 3	Ezek 10	Dt 5-6	Acts 10
2	Ps 52	Lev 25	Lk 4	Ezek 11	Dt 7-9	Acts 11
3	Ps 53	Lev 26	Lk 5	Ezek 12	Dt 10-11	Acts 12
4	Ps 54	Lev 27	Lk 6	Ezek 13	Dt 12	Acts 13
5	Ps 55	Num 1	Lk 7	Ezek 14	Dt 13-14	Acts 14
6	Ps 56	Num 2	Lk 8	Ezek 15	Dt 15-17	Acts 15
7	Ps 57	Num 3	Lk 9	Ezek 16	Dt 18	Acts 16
8	Ps 58	Num 4-5	Lk 10	Ezek 17	Dt 19-21	Acts 17
9	Ps 59	Num 6	Lk 11	Ezek 18	Dt 22-23	Acts 18
10	Ps 60	Num 7	Lk 12	Ezek 19	Dt 24-26	Acts 19
11	Ps 61	Num 8-9	Lk 13	Ezek 20	Dt 27	Acts 20
12	Ps 62	Num 10-11	Lk 14	Ezek 21	Dt 28	Acts 21
13	Ps 63	Num 12-14	Lk 15	Ezek 22	Dt 29-30	Acts 22
14	Ps 64	Num 15-16	Lk 16	Ezek 23	Dt 31	Acts 23
15	Ps 65	Num 17-18	Lk 17	Ezek 24	Dt 32	Acts 24
16	Ps 66	Num 19-20	Lk 18	Ezek 25	Dt 33-34	Acts 25
17	Ps 67	Num 21	Lk 19	Ezek 26	Josh 1-2	Acts 26
18	Ps 68	Num 22	Lk 20	Ezek 27	Josh 3	Acts 27
19	Ps 69	Num 23	Lk 21	Ezek 28	Josh 4-5	Acts 28
20	Ps 70	Num24-25	Lk 22	Ezek 29	Josh 6	Romans 1-2
21	Ps 71	Num 26	Lk 23	Ezek 30	Josh 7	Romans 3-5
22	Ps 72	Num 27	Lk 24	Ezek 31	Josh 8-9	Romans 6-7
23	Ezek 1	Num 28- 29	Acts 1	Ezek 32	Josh 10	Romans 8
24	Ezek 2	Num 30-31	Acts 2	Ezek 33	Josh 11-12	Romans 9-10
25	Ezek 3	Num 32	Acts 3	Ezek 34	Josh 13-14	Romans 11-12
26	Ezek 4	Num 33	Acts 4	Ezek 35	Josh 15-16	Romans 13-14
27	Ezek 5	Num 34-35	Acts 5	Ezek 36	Josh 17	Romans 15-16
28	Ezek 6	Num 36	Acts 6	Ezek 37	Josh 18	I Cor 1-2
29	Ezek 7	Dt 1	Acts 7	Ezek 38	Josh 19	I Cor 3-4
30	Ezek 8	Dt 2-3	Acts 8	Ezek 39	Josh 20-21	I Cor 5-6
31	Ezek 9	Dt 4	Acts 9
		MAY			JUNE
1	Ezek 40	Josh 22	I Cor 7-8	Ps 95	I Sam 20	John 4
2	Ezek 41	Josh 23-24	I Cor 9-10	Ps 96	I Sam 21-22	John 5
3	Ezek 42	Jdgs 1	I Cor 11-12	Ps 97	I Sam 23	John 6
4	Ezek 43	Jdgs 2	I Cor 13-14	Ps 98	I Sam 24-25	John 7
5	Ezek 44	Jdgs 3	I Cor 15-16	Ps 99	I sam 26-27	John 8
6	Ezek 45	Jdgs 4	II Cor 1-2	Ps 100	I Sam 28-29	John 9
7	Ezek 46	Jdgs 5-6	II Cor 3	Ps 101	I Sam 30-31	John 10
8	Ezek 47	Jdgs 7	II Cor 4-6	Ps 102	II Sam 1	John 11
9	Ezek 48	Jdgs 8	II Cor 7-8	Ps 103	II Sam 2	John 12
10	Ps 73	Jdgs 9	II Cor 9-10	Ps 104	II Sam 3-5	John 13
11	Ps 74	Jdgs 10	II Cor 11-13	Ps 105	II Sam 6	John 14
12	Ps 75	Jdgs 11-12	Gal 1-3	Ps 106	II Sam 7-9	John 15
13	Ps 76	Jdgs 13-14	Gal 4-6	Ps 107	II Sam 10-11	John 16
14	Ps 77	Jdgs 15-16	Eph 1-3	Ps 108	II Sam 12-13	John 17
15	Ps 78	Jdgs 17	Eph 4	Ps 109	II Sam 14	John 18
16	Ps 79	Jdgs 18	Eph 5-6	Ps 110	II Sam 15-16	John 19
17	Ps 80	Jdgs 19	Ph 1-2	Ps 111	II Sam 17-18	John 20
18	Ps 81	Jdgs 20-21	Ph 3-4	Ps 112	II Sam 19-20	John 21
19	Ps 82	Rtuh 1-2	Col 1-2	Ps 113	II Sam 21-22	I John 1-2
20	Ps 83	Rtuh 3-4	Col 3-4	Ps 114	II Sam 23	I John 3-5
21	Ps 84	I Sam 1-2	I Thess 1-2	Ps 115	II Sam 24	II Jn, III Jn, Jude
22	Ps 85	I Sam  3	I Thess 3-5	Ps 116	I Kgs 1	Rev 1-2
23	Ps 86	I Sam 4-5	II Thess	Ps 117	I Kgs 2	Rev 3-4
24	Ps 87	I Sam 6-7	I Tim 1-3	Ps 118	I Kgs 3	Rev 5-6
25	Ps 88	I Sam 8-9	I Tim 4-6	Ps 119:1-56	I Kgs 4-5	Rev 7-8
26	Ps 89	I Sam 10-11	II Tim 1-2	Ps 119:57-120	I Kgs 6	Rev 9-10
27	Ps 90	I Sam 12-13	II Tim 3-4	Ps 119:121-176	I Kgs 7	Rev 11-12
28	Ps 91	I Sam 14	Tit 1-3	Ps 120	I Kgs 8	Rev 13-14
29	Ps 92	I Sam 15-16	John 1	Ps 121	I Kgs 9-10	Rev 15-16
30	Ps 93	I Sam 17	John 2	Ps 122	I Kgs 11	Rev 17-19
31	Ps 94	I Sam 18-19	John 3
		JULY			AUGUST
1	Ps 123	I Kgs 12	Rev 20-21	Hos 4	I Chr 17	Heb 5-6
2	Ps 124	I Kgs 13-14	Matt 1	Hos 5	I Chr 18-19	Heb 7-8
3	Ps 125	I Kgs 15-16	Matt 2	Hos 6	I Chr 20-21	Heb 9-10
4	Ps 126	I Kgs 17-18	Matt 3	Hos 7	I Chr 22	Heb 11-13
5	Ps 127	I Kgs 19-20	Matt 4	Hos 8	I Chr 23-24	Jas 1-2
6	Ps 128	I Kgs 21-22	Matt 5	Hos 9	I Chr 25-26	Jas 3-5
7	Ps 129	II Kgs 1-2	Matt 6	Hos 10	I Chr 27	M k 1
8	Ps 130	II Kgs 3	Matt 7	Hos 11	I Chr 28-29	Mk 2
9	Ps 131	II Kgs 4	Matt 8	Hos 12	II Ch 1-2	Mk 3
10	Ps 132	II Kgs 5	Matt 9	Hos 13	II Ch 3-4	Mk 4
11	Ps 133	II Kgs 6	Matt 10	Hos 14	II Chr 5-6	Mk 5
12	Ps 134	II Kgs 7-8	Matt 11	Joel 1	II Chr 7	Mk 6
13	Ps 135	II Kgs 9	Matt 12	Joel 2	II Chr 8	Mk 7
14	Ps 136	II Kgs 10	Matt 13	Joel 3	II Chr 9-10	Mk 8
15	Ps 137	II Kgs 11-12	Matt 14	Amos 1	II Chr 11-13	Mk 9
16	Ps 138	II Kgs 13-14	Matt 15	Amos 2	II Chr 14-15	Mk 10
17	Ps 139	II Kgs 15-16	Matt 16	Amos 3	II Chr 16-17	Mk 11
18	Ps 140	II Kgs 17	Matt 17	Amos 4	II Chr 18-19	Mk 12
19	Ps 141	II Kgs 18	Matt 18	Amos 5	II Chr 20-21	Mk 13
20	Ps 142	II Kgs 19-20	Matt 19	Amos 6	II Chr 22-23	Mk 14
21	Ps 143	II Kgs 21-22	Matt 20	Amos 7	II Chr 24	Mk 15
22	Ps 144	II Kgs 23	Matt 21	Amos 8	II Chr 25-27	Mk 16
23	Ps 145	II Kgs 24-25	Matt 22	Amos 9	II Chr 28	I Pet 1-2
24	Ps 146	I Chr 1	Matt 23	Obadiah	II Chr 29	I Pet 3
25	Ps 147	I Chr 2-3	Matt 24	Jonah 1	II Chr 30-31	I Pet 4-5
26	Ps 148	I Chr 4-5	Matt 25	Jonah 2	II Chr 32	II Pet 1-2
27	Ps 149	I Chr 6	Matt 26	Jonah 3	II Chr 33-34	II Pet 3
28	Ps 150	I Chr 7-8	Matt 27	Jonah 4	II Chr 35	Lk 1
29	Hos 1	I Chr 9-11	Matt 28	Prov 10	II Chr 36	Lk 2
30	Hos 2	I Chr 12-13	Heb 1-2	Prov 11	Ezra 1-2	Lk 3
31	Hos 3	I Chr 14-16	Heb 3-4	Prov 12	Ezra 3-4	Lk 4
		SEPTEMBER			OCTOBER
1	Prov 13	Ezra 5-6	Lk 5	Job 7	Is 17-18	Acts 11
2	Prov 14	Ezra 7	Lk 6	Job 8	Is 19-21	Acts 12
3	Prov 15	Ezra 8	Lk 7	Job 9	Is 22	Acts 13
4	Prov 16	Ezra 9	Lk 8	Job 10	Is 23-24	Acts 14
5	Prov 17	Ezra 10	Lk 9	Job 11	Is 25-26	Acts 15
6	Prov 18	Neh 1-2	Lk 10	Job 12	Is27-28	Acts 16
7	Prov 19	Neh 3	Lk 11	Job 13	Is 29	Acts 17
8	Prov 20	Neh 4	Lk 12	Job 14	Is 30	Acts 18
9	Prov 21	Neh 5- 6	Lk 13	Job 15	Is 31-32	Acts 19
10	Prov 22	Neh 7	Lk 14	Job 16	Is 33-34	Acts 20
11	Prov 23	Neh 8	Lk 15	Job 17	Is 35-36	Acts 21
12	Prov 24	Neh 9	Lk 16	Job 18	Is 37-38	Acts 22
13	Prov 25	Neh 10-11	Lk 17	Job 19	Is 39-40	Acts 23
14	Prov 26	Neh 12	Lk 18	Job 20	Is 41-42	Acts 24
16	Prov 28	Esth 1-2	Lk 20	Job 22	Is 43-44	Acts 26
17	Prov 29	Esth 3-4	Lk 21	Job 23	Is 45-46	Acts 27
18	Prov 30	Esth 5-6	Lk 22	Job 24	Is 47-48	Acts 28
19	Prov 31	Esth 7-8	Lk 23	Job 25	Is 49	Rom 1-2
20	Lam 1	Esth 9-10	Lk 24	Job 26	Is 50-51	Rom 3
21	Lam 2	Is 1	Acts 1	Job 27	Is 52	Rom 4-6
22	Lam 3	Is 2	Acts 2	Job 28	Is 53	Rom 7-8
23	Lam 4	Is 3-4	Acts 3	Job 29	Is 54	Rom 9-10
24	Lam 5	Is 5-6	Acts 4	Job 30	Is 55	Rom 11-12
25	Job 1	Is7	Acts 5	Job 31	Is 56	Rom 13-14
26	Job 2	Is 8-10	Acts 6	Job 32	Is 57	Rom 15-16
27	Job 3	Is 11	Acts 7	Job 33	Is 58	I Cor 1-2
28	Job 4	Is 12-13	Acts 8	Job 34	Is 59	I Cor 3-4
29	Job 5	Is14	Acts 9	Job 35	Is 60	I Cor 5-6
30	Job 6	Is 15-16	Acts 10	Job 36	Is 61	I Cor 7-8
31				Job 37	Is 62	I Cor 9-10
		NOVEMBER			DECEMBER
1	Job 38	Is 63	I Cor 11	Mic 6	Jer 32	John 5
2	Job 39	Is 64	I Cor 12-14	MiC 7	Jer 33	John 6
3	Job 40	Is 65	I Cor 15-16	Nah 1	Jer 34	John 7
4	Job 41	Is 66	II Cor 1-2	Nah 2	Jer 35	John 8
5	Job 42	Jer 1	II Cor 3-5	Nah 3	Jer 36	John 9
6	Eccl 1	Jer 2	II Cor 6-7	Hab 1	Jer 37	John 10
7	Eccl 2	Jer 3	II Cor 8-9	Hab 2	Jer 38	John 11
8	Eccl 3	Jer 4	II Cor 10-11	Hab 3	Jer 39	John 12
9	Eccl 4	Jer 5	II Cor 12-13	Zeph 1	Jer 40	John 13
10	Eccl 5	Jer 6	Gal 1-3	Zeph 2	Jer 41	John 14
11	Eccl 6	Jer 7	Gal 4-6	Zeph 3	Jer 42	John 15-16
12	Eccl 7	Jer 8	Eph 1-2	Hagg 1	Jer 43	John 17-18
13	Eccl 8	Jer 9	Eph 3-4	Hagg 2	Jer 44	John 19
14	Eccl 9	Jer 10	Eph 5-6	Zech 1	Jer 45	John 20-21
15	Eccl 10	Jer 11	Ph 1-2	Zech 2	Jer 46	I John 1-2
16	Eccl 11	Jer 12-13	Ph 3-4	Zech 3	Jer 47	I John 3-5
17	Eccl 12	Jer 14	Col 1-2	Zech 4	Jer 48	II Jn, III Jn
18	SoS 1	Jer 15-16	Col 3-4	Zech 5	Jer 49	Jude
19	SoS 2	Jer 17	I Thes 1-2	Zech 6	Jer 50	Rev 1
20	SoS 3	Jer 18	I Thes 3-5	Zech 7	Dan 1	Rev 2
21	SoS 4	Jer 19-20	II Thes 1-3	Zech 8	Dan 2	Rev 3
22	SoS 5	Jer 21	I Tim 1-4	Zech 9	Dan 3	Rev 4
23	SoS 6	Jer 22	I Tim 5-6	Zech 10	Dan 4	Rev 5-6
24	SoS 7	Jer 23	II Tim 1-2	Zech 11	Dan 5	Rev 7-8
25	SoS 8	Jer 24-25	II Tim 3-4	Zech 12	Dan 6	Rev 9-11
26	Mic 1	Jer 26	Tit 1-3	Zech 13	Dan 7	Rev 12-13
27	Mic 2	Jer 27	John 1	Zech 14	Dan 8	Rev 14
28	Mic 3	Jer 28-29	John 2	Mal 1	Dan 9	Rev 15-16
29	Mic\ 4	Jer 30	John 3	Mal 2	Dan 10	Rev 17-18
30	Mic 5	Jer 31	John 4	Mal 3	Dan 11	Rev 19
31				Mal 4	Dan 12	Rev 20- 21

Is repentance necessary for salvation?

Is repentance a work? I was reading a presentation where it was said that only faith was required for salvation and so repentance was not required. Repentance was what followed after salvation. Interesting, and in some ways true, but I think it is a misunderstanding of the whole issue because of western linear thinking and seeing repentance as from sin rather than from the world.

Jesus and the apostles, called on people to repent and to believe and so it would appear that this kind of teaching is questionable.

For those of us from India, it is easier to understand, since people who come from Hinduism to Christianity have to repent from their idols before salvation? Why? Because this shows that they have faith in Jesus Christ.

In fact the whole concept of repentance and faith are inextricably interwoven. At any point of time, I believe in certain paradigms and base my life on those beliefs. As my beliefs change, my patterns of behaviour change too. Belief does not change instantaneously. First I look at a new idea and consider if it is worth exploring. Then I begin to explore the idea and then slowly my faith in the idea grows. A time comes when the faith in the idea becomes so strong that it begins to affect my behaviour. It is at this stage we can call it a faith that saves, since we have begun to commit our life to the idea.

In other words, repentance is not of behaviour and actions but of faith. It is the repentance of faith that brings about a change in behaviour. So, as the writer has said “Repentance (from works) is secondary and not required for salvation but repentance in faith is necessary”. I think Jesus was meaning a repentance of faith to the coming Kingdom and away from the kingdoms of this world. In other words we need to build our lives based on faith in the Kingdom of God and not in the kingdom of this world (Rom 12:2, I John 2:15-17). Salvation begins when we repent from the world.

This is an important concept, since repentance from works cannot come till my faith in the world has diminished or vanished. I Tim 6:10 says that the love of money is the ROOT of all evil. In other words, my attitude to the material is the root of all evil in my life. To rid these evils from my life I need to change my attitude to the world and turn in faith to God. If I do not turn from the world, these sins have deep roots in our life and we just fail to have a victory over our sins and turn from our sins.

I am the True Vine

John 5:1-3

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

This beautiful passage has been read as a passage full of promise and warnings. But while taking a closer look I was surprised that it is essentially a passage meant to encourage and not to warn. Let us look at the words used.

“Takes away” = airo and is used as follows:-

In the temptation of Jesus it is translated “bear thee up” Luke 4:11 and Matthew 4:6.

In the crucifixion scene is translated “bear” in Matthew 27:32 speaking of Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross for Jesus.

In John 11:41 it is translated as “lift up” as Jesus lifted up his eyes.

The word also means to take or carry away.

“Purges or prunes” = kathairo

“Clean” = katharos

They are the same word.

In John 13 we have his version of the Last Supper and then the move from there and we have the discourse from John 14-17, known as the Farewell Discourse. Jesus is bidding farewell and encouraging the disciples. In this He says – if you are in the vine, but do not bear fruit, I lift you up and bear you so that you can become strong and bear fruit! Only a tiny minority of commentators take this line, most going with you are cast off and thrown into the fire.

But in the context, and the fact that Jesus is speaking to the close disciples, I prefer to see it as a promise of help rather than a warning of judgment. It is a passage for those who feel ill-equipped to bear fruit, that Jesus is saying, do not worry, I will carry you.

To those who are bearing fruit Jesus says that I will make you clean (purge). Most translators, in the context of the vineyard, use the term prune. So you would have read commentators and preachers tell you how pruning is painful that produces fruit in out lives. But this is not the teaching here. In verse 3, Jesus says clearly, that the cleansing takes place by the word of God. It is not cutting anything away from you, but interpreting your fruit bearing in the light of the word, so that you are more focused and you renounce the things that distract. You are cleansed by the word working in your life, and not painful circumstances!

Personally, I find this much more encouraging than most sermons and commentaries on this passage.

John 15:6 Those who do not abide in the vine (i.e. walk away from Christ) are cast forth and condemned, not weak believers.

The beauty of Leviticus

The beauty of the book of Leviticus are chapters 19, 20 and 25 which are like hidden diamonds in a dry field. Most people do not get past the first few chapters and never reach these diamonds. But the closest understanding of the life God expects from us, the life style of the Sermon on the Mount is found in these chapters.,

Beginning with the opening verses of chapter 1, we find that God's expectation is not what is the popular understaing of the Old Testament. The first 9 verses speak of the burnt offering which was an atoning sacrifice or an atonement. If you look at the symbolism, the laying of hands on the sacrifice, you begin to see that the sacrificial bull was meant to be you. The burning of the entire sacrifice, indicating that nothing was to be held back indicating that what God was looking for was the total surrender of self to God. That was the atonement. You want to scream, it is not the bull stupid, it is YOU. You are the atoning sacrifice.

When we look at chapter 4 where the sin offering is described, you find that the sin offering is ONLY for unintentional sins and no intentional sin is catered for!! Similiarly the guilt offerings of chapter 5 are only for unintentional ceremonial uncleanness and not for intentional sins. Only in chapter 6 some minor thefts are mentioned.

The expectation was that as the people of God, the people with whom God in His grace has established a relationship by bringing them out of Egypt and leading them with love to Sinai, would lead a sinless life, a life totally surrendered to God.

The Laws were to make you aware of your need for God's grace and mercy, and to make you walk in trust with Him, following Him implicitly.

Chapters 11-15 deal with the laws of cleanliness and uncleanliness. Chapters 16 and 17 deals with the sacrifice details of the Atonment sacrifice. Chapter 18 deals with acceotable marital relationships and then we come to  the idea of Cleanliness as Holiness in relationships with people in Chapters 19 and 20. Here we find the golden rule and the concepts developed in the Sermon on the Mount.

The year of Jubilee in Chapter 25 is also an important teaching on God's involvement with the economic structure which protect the poor.

Predestination, Freewill and the “God tense”

We live in the midst of time and so we have a clear past, present and future tense. But God is outside time and so has no past present or future. He is present in all time.

To give an example, an ant occupies a small area of space. When a boot comes down to crush him, he finds that changing his space to the adjoining space does not help as the boot is there also! So God is in all spaces and there is no place where He is not there. So also He is in all time.

So how does a person who is outside time communicate to a person who is within time? That is the challenge of scripture.

When God says “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” it also means you are saved and you were saved. Similarly when God says “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” it is referring to the present condemnation of the judgement of condemnation which will be at the judgement seat in the future.

We also need to realise that the fact that God knows the choices you will make in the future does not take away your responsibility for the choices you make.

So God knowing the choices you are going to make, begins to work in your life from before you are born to prepare you for the good work He has planned for you to do (Eph 2:10) in the present.

If we understand this concept we will find that many of the difficulties of interpreting the Bible lie predestination or freewill, once saved always saved versus you can lose your salvation, etc. disappear. Even the question what happens to you when you die if the judgement is in the future vanishes if we go to a place outside time.

Was God cruel to Egypt?

Was God cruel in inflicting the then plagues on Egypt to deliver Israel from slavery? This is a valid question to ask, especially when the narrative says "God hardened Pharaoh's heart".

In Gen 15:13-14, Ex 6:6, Ex 7:4 it says that Egypt was judged. That means that the plagues served a dual purpose - one of judging Egypt and the other of delivering Israel from slavery.

For what was Egypt judged? The Bible does not say, but one good guess would be their cruelty not only to the Israelites but to all the slaves from whichever nation. This is a character of God seen in the prophetic writings of Amos, Isaiah etc. for cruelty against the poor and in Obadiah for cruelty ro ones enemies.

In this sense God was not being cruel to Egypt in the plagues.

How do we then understand the phrase "God hardened Pharaoh's heart"? I want to make two obeservation on this.

1. A similar incident is seen in II Samual 24 where God was angry with Israel and so moved David to call for a census resulting in a judgement coming on Israel. Similalry, God hardens Pharaoh's heart so that a judgement comes on the Egytpians for their cruelty.

2. The second observation is that the passage 7 times records "Pharaoh hardens his heart" and 3 times "God hardens Pharaoh's heart." Both God and Pharaih were involved and Pharaoh was not just clay in God's hand. God took advantage of Pharaoh's pride and nature to make Egypt reject the signs and prophecies given through Moses. The few who believed escaped some of the plagues, Ex 9:20, but those who did not believe were judged.

Some of the innocent Egytpians would have suffered God's judgement because of the cruelty of their fellowmen, just as some of us suffer because of the cruelty of out neighbours and fellow human beings taking God's blessings away from our nation.