New Testament

The books of the New Testament were written in Koine Greek, the everyday Greek of the eastern Roman world. The pages here set that original text (the public-domain Nestle 1904 edition) beside a fresh English translation, one verse at a time, so you can read the two together even without any Greek. All twenty-seven books are here, in the traditional order, from Matthew to Revelation.

• Matthew

  The Gospel according to Matthew — Jesus set out as the promised Messiah of Israel, from the genealogy and the birth through the Sermon on the Mount to the crucifixion and the empty tomb. All 28 chapters in Greek with an English translation of each verse.

• Mark

  The briefest and most urgent of the Gospels — Jesus in rapid, headlong action from baptism to empty tomb — all 16 chapters in Greek with an English translation of every verse.

• Luke

  The careful, orderly Gospel written for Theophilus, rich in parables and compassion; all 24 chapters in Greek with an English translation of each verse.

• John

  The most reflective of the Gospels — ‘In the beginning was the Word’, the seven signs and the I-am sayings; all 21 chapters in Greek with an English translation of each verse.

• Acts

  Luke’s account of the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to Rome — Pentecost, the early church, and the journeys of Peter and Paul; all 28 chapters in Greek with an English translation of each verse.

• Romans

  Paul’s fullest statement of the gospel — sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, the place of Israel, and the transformed life — all 16 chapters with an English translation of each verse.

• 1 Corinthians

  The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians — all 16 chapters in the original Greek alongside an English translation of each verse, in which Paul confronts a quarrelsome church over its divisions, its boasting and its disorder, and answers with the wisdom of the cross, the body of Christ, the hymn to love in chapter 13, and the hope of resurrection.

• 2 Corinthians

  Paul’s most personal letter — comfort in affliction, the glory and hardship of his apostolic ministry, generosity in giving, and boasting in weakness; all 13 chapters with an English translation of each verse.

• Galatians

  Paul’s passionate defence of justification by faith and freedom from the law, closing with the fruit of the Spirit.

• Ephesians

  God’s eternal plan in Christ, the church as one new humanity, and the call to put on the armour of God.

• Philippians

  Paul’s joyful letter from prison — the great hymn of Christ’s humility and exaltation, and a call to rejoicing and contentment.

• Colossians

  Paul on the supremacy and all-sufficiency of Christ, and the new life hidden with him in God.

• 1 Thessalonians

  Paul’s warm encouragement to a young church — thanksgiving for their faith, a defence of his ministry, exhortations to holy living, and hope in the coming of the Lord — all 5 chapters with an English translation of each verse.

• 2 Thessalonians

  A second letter to the same church, steadying them under persecution and correcting confusion about the day of the Lord and the coming man of lawlessness.

• 1 Timothy

  Paul’s charge to his young colleague Timothy on sound teaching, the ordering of the church, and a life of godliness.

• 2 Timothy

  Paul’s last letter, written from prison near the end of his life, charging Timothy to guard the gospel, endure suffering, and finish the course.

• Titus

  Paul’s instructions to Titus on appointing elders and grounding the churches of Crete in sound doctrine and good works.

• Philemon

  Paul’s short, personal appeal to Philemon to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus, now a brother in Christ.

• Hebrews

  An exposition of the supremacy of Christ as the great high priest and the once-for-all sacrifice, crowned by the celebrated roll-call of faith in chapter 11; all 13 chapters with an English translation of each verse.

• James

  Practical wisdom on faith proved by works, the taming of the tongue, and patience under trial.

• 1 Peter

  A call to hope and holiness amid suffering, written to the exiles of the dispersion.

• 2 Peter

  An urgent charge to grow in grace, a warning against false teachers, and a vision of the day of the Lord.

• 1 John

  The First Epistle of John — all five chapters in the original Greek alongside an English translation of each verse. A short letter that turns over and over a handful of words — light, love, truth, life — and arrives at the claim that God is love.

• 2 John

  A brief letter on walking in truth and love, and on guarding against the deceivers who deny that Christ has come in the flesh.

• 3 John

  A brief letter commending Gaius for his hospitality to travelling brothers, rebuking the domineering Diotrephes, and praising Demetrius.

• Jude

  A sharp warning against ungodly false teachers who have crept in, with a call to contend for the faith and a soaring closing doxology.

• Revelation

  The apocalypse: letters to the seven churches, the throne and the Lamb, the seven seals, trumpets and bowls, the fall of Babylon, and the new heaven and new earth — all 22 chapters in Greek with an English translation of each verse.