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Bible Reading for New Christians
By Dr. Richard J. Krejcir
A Bible Reading Plan for those New to the Christian Faith
31 Days to Know God’s Plan for Us
This Bible reading plan is a general overview of God’s encounter with humanity, our responses to Him and how He gives us Hope, Salvation and an Eternal Future.


Day        Theme               Passage
1.      The Fall of Humanity: Genesis 3:1–19

2.      A People set for God: Genesis 12:1-3; 28:10–15; 32:22–28

3.      The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1–17

4.      Sacrifices and the Law: Leviticus 5:14–19

5.      Dealing with Sin Under the Law: Leviticus 20:7–27

6.      Obedience from Love: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; –21

7.      Humanities Disobedience: Judges –19

8.      The People Demand a King: 1 Samuel 8

9.      Saul Fails and is Rejected: 1 Samuel 15:17–23

10.  Many Kings Fail to Heed God: Jeremiah 1–7

11.  The Sins of the People hurt God: Ezekiel 20:5–26

12.  An Eternal King Promised: Jeremiah 23:1–6; Isaiah 9:6–7; Zechariah 9:9–10

13.  The Promised Christ is Born: Luke 2:1–20

14.  The Word Became Flesh: John 1:1–18

15.  Signs and Wonders of Jesus: Matthew 9:1–8; Luke 13:10–17

16.  Jesus Fulfills the Law: Matthew 5:17–20; Romans 8:1–4

17.  Jesus Teaches About our New Life: John 3

18.  Jesus Taken: John 18:1–11

19.  Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Luke —24:12

20.  Christ a Sacrifice for All: Hebrews 10:1-18; 11:1-3: 12:1-3

21.  God’s Righteous Wrath Explained: Romans 1:18–32

22.  God’s Judgment is Explained: Romans 2:5–11

23. Saved By Grace Alone: Ephesians 2

24.  Righteousness by Faith: Romans 3:9–26

25.  Life Through Christ: Romans 5:12–21

26.  Life by the Spirit: Romans 8:1–17; Galatians 5:16–26

27.  Living Sacrifices: Romans 12

28.  Walking in the Light: 1 John 1–2

29.  Living for God: 1 Peter 1–11

30.  Love for one Another: 1 John 3:11–24

31.  Promise of Eternity: 2 Corinthians 5:1–10; Revelation 21:1–4

© Into Thy Word 1983, inspired from an old Episcopal competitive devotion, originally developed for “Campus Crusade for Christ” www.intothyword.org

 

 


Weekly Bible Reading Chart

By Dr. Richard J. Krejcir

 

“Genres” Bible Reading Plan (literature) Style




Gospels

Law

History

Psalms

Poetry

Prophecy

Epistles

Week

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

Matthew 1-2

Genesis 1-3

Joshua 1-5

Psalms 1-2

Job 1-2

Isaiah 1-6

Romans 1-2

2

Matthew 3-4

Genesis 4-7

Joshua 6-10

Psalms 3-5

Job 3-4

Isaiah 7-11

Romans 3-4

3

Matthew 5-7

Genesis 8-11

Joshua 11-15

Psalms 6-8

Job 5-6

Isaiah 12-17

Romans 5-6

4

Matthew 8-10

Genesis 12-15

Joshua 16-20

Psalms 9-11

Job 7-8

Isaiah 18-22

Romans 7-8

5

Matthew 11-13

Genesis 16-19

Joshua 21-24

Psalms 12-14

Job 9-10

Isaiah 23-28

Romans 9-10

6

Matthew 14-16

Genesis 20-23

Judges 1-6

Psalms 15-17

Job 11-12

Isaiah 29-33

Romans 11-12

7

Matthew 17-19

Genesis 24-27

Judges 7-11

Psalms 18-20

Job 13-14

Isaiah 34-39

Romans 13-14

8

Matthew 20-22

Genesis 28-31

Judges 12-16

Psalms 21-23

Job 15-16

Isaiah 40-44

Romans 15-16

9

Matthew 23-25

Genesis 32-35

Judges 17-21

Psalms 24-26

Job 17-18

Isaiah 45-50

I Corinthians 1-2

10

Matthew 26-28

Genesis 36-39

Ruth

Psalms 27-29

Job 19-20

Isaiah 51-55

I Corinthians 3-4

11

Mark 1-2

Genesis 40-43

I Samuel 1-5

Psalms 30-32

Job 21-22

Isaiah 56-61

I Corinthians 5-6

12

Mark 3-4

Genesis 44-47

I Samuel 6-10

Psalms 33-35

Job 23-24

Isaiah 62-66

I Corinthians 7-8

13

Mark 5-6

Genesis 48-50

I Samuel 11-15

Psalms 36-38

Job 25-26

Jeremiah 1-6

I Corinthians 9-10

14

Mark 7-8

Exodus 1-4

I Samuel 16-20

Psalms 39-41

Job 27-28

Jeremiah 7-11

I Corinthians 11-12

15

Mark 9-10

Exodus 5-8

I Samuel 21-25

Psalms 42-44

Job 29-30

Jeremiah 12-16

I Corinthians 13-14

16

Mark 11-12

Exodus 9-12

I Samuel 26-31

Psalms 45-47

Job 31-32

Jeremiah 17-21

I Corinthians 15-16

17

Mark 13-14

Exodus 13-16

II Samuel 1-4

Psalms 48-50

Job 33-34

Jeremiah 22-26

II Corinthians 1-3

18

Mark 15-16

Exodus 17-20

II Samuel 5-9

Psalms 51-53

Job 35-36

Jeremiah 27-31

II Corinthians 4-5

19

Luke 1-2

Exodus 21-24

II Samuel 10-14

Psalms 54-56

Job 37-38

Jeremiah 32-36

II Corinthians 6-8

20

Luke 3-4

Exodus 25-28

II Samuel 15-19

Psalms 57-59

Job 39-40

Jeremiah 37-41

II Corinthians 9-10

21

Luke 5-6

Exodus 29-32

II Samuel 20-24

Psalms 60-62

Job 41-42

Jeremiah 42-46

II Corinthians 11-13

22

Luke 7-8

Exodus 33-36

I Kings 1-4

Psalms 63-65

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 47-52

Galatians 1-3

23

Luke 9-10

Exodus 37-40

I Kings 5-9

Psalms 66-68

Proverbs 2-3

Lamentations

Galatians 4-6

24

Luke 11-12

Leviticus 1-3

I Kings 10-13

Psalms 69-71

Proverbs 4

Ezekiel 1-6

Ephesians 1-3

25

Luke 13-14

Leviticus 4-6

I Kings 14-18

Psalms 72-74

Proverbs 5-6

Ezekiel 7-12

Ephesians 4-6

26

Luke 15-16

Leviticus 7-9

I Kings 19-22

Psalms 75-77

Proverbs 7

Ezekiel 13-18

Philippians 1-2

27

Luke 17-18

Leviticus 10-12

II Kings 1-5

Psalms 78-80

Proverbs 8-9

Ezekiel 19-24

Philippians 3-4

28

Luke 19-20

Leviticus 13-15

II Kings 6-10

Psalms 81-83

Proverbs 10

Ezekiel 25-30

Colossians 1-2

29

Luke 21-22

Leviticus 16-18

II Kings 11-15

Psalms 84-86

Proverbs 11-12

Ezekiel 31-36

Colossians 3-4

30

Luke 23-24

Leviticus 19-21

II Kings 16-20

Psalms 87-89

Proverbs 13

Ezekiel 37-42

I Thessalonians 1-3

31

John 1-2

Leviticus 22-24

II Kings 21-25

Psalms 90-92

Proverbs 14-15

Ezekiel 43-48

I Thessalonians 4-5

32

John 3-4

Leviticus 25-27

I Chronicles 1-4

Psalms 93-95

Proverbs 16

Daniel 1-6

II Thessalonians

33

John 5-6

Numbers 1-4

I Chronicles 5-9

Psalms 96-98

Proverbs 17-18

Daniel 7-12

I Timothy 1-3

34

John 7-9

Numbers 5-8

I Chronicles 10-14

Psalms 99-101

Proverbs 19

Hosea 1-7

I Timothy 4-6

35

John 10-12

Numbers 9-12

I Chronicles 15-19

Psalms 102-104

Proverbs 20-21

Hosea 8-14

II Timothy 1-2

36

John 13-15

Numbers 13-16

I Chronicles 20-24

Psalms 105-107

Proverbs 22

Joel

II Timothy 3-4

37

John 16-18

Numbers 17-20

I Chronicles 25-29

Psalms 108-110

Proverbs 23-24

Amos 1-4

Titus

38

John 19-21

Numbers 21-24

II Chronicles 1-5

Psalms 111-113

Proverbs 25

Amos 5-9

Philemon

39

Acts 1-2

Numbers 25-28

II Chronicles 6-10

Psalms 114-116

Proverbs 26-27

Obadiah

Hebrews 1-4

40

Acts 3-4

Numbers 29-32

II Chronicles 11-15

Psalms 117-118

Proverbs 28

Jonah

Hebrews 5-7

41

Acts 5-6

Numbers 33-36

II Chronicles 16-20

Psalms 119

Proverbs 29-30

Micah

Hebrews 8-10

42

Acts 7-8

Deuteronomy 1-3

II Chronicles 21-24

Psalms 120-121

Proverbs 31

Nahum

Hebrews 11-13

43

Acts 9-10

Deuteronomy 4-6

II Chronicles 25-28

Psalms 122-124

Ecclesiastes 1-2

Habakkuk

James 1-3

44

Acts 11-12

Deuteronomy 7-9

II Chronicles 29-32

Psalms 125-127

Ecclesiastes 3-4

Zephaniah

James 4-5

45

Acts 13-14

Deuteronomy 10-12

II Chronicles 33-36

Psalms 128-130

Ecclesiastes 5-6

Haggai

I Peter 1-3

46

Acts 15-16

Deuteronomy 13-15

Ezra 1-5

Psalms 131-133

Ecclesiastes 7-8

Zechariah 1-7

I Peter 4-5

47

Acts 17-18

Deuteronomy 16-19

Ezra 6-10

Psalms 134-136

Ecclesiastes 9-10

Zechariah 8-14

II Peter

48

Acts 19-20

Deuteronomy 20-22

Nehemiah 1-4

Psalms 137-139

Ecclesiastes 11-12

Malachi

I John 1-3

49

Acts 21-22

Deuteronomy 23-25

Nehemiah 5-9

Psalms 140-142

Song of Sol 1-2

Revelation 1-6

I John 4-5

50

Acts 23-24

Deuteronomy 26-28

Nehemiah 10-13

Psalms 143-145

Song of Sol 3-4

Revelation 7-11

II John

51

Acts 25-26

Deuteronomy 29-31

Esther 1-5

Psalms 146-148

Song of Sol 5-6

Revelation 12-17

III John

52

Acts 27-28

Deuteronomy 32-34

Esther 6-10

Psalms 149-150

Song of Sol 7-8

Revelation 18-22

Jude





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