Which Books Belong in the Bible?
1) Direct Answer
The Bible is the complete, inspired Word of God in 66 books—no more, no less. From Genesis to Revelation, that is the Book.
Old Testament (39)
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
New Testament (27)
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
- Hebrews
- James
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Jude
- Revelation
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16). That’s the nature of these writings.
- Jesus recognized the threefold Old Testament—“the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms” (Luke 24:44).
- God entrusted the Old Testament to Israel—“unto them were committed the oracles of God” (Romans 3:2).
- The New Testament stands on the foundation of “the apostles and prophets” with Jesus Christ the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). Even Peter calls Paul’s writings “Scripture” (2 Peter 3:16).
- The warning is clear: do not add and do not take away (Revelation 22:18–19).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
You see, God vindicated His Word through His prophets in the Old Testament, then came Himself in flesh as the Son, and by the Holy Spirit spoke through the apostles. That finished the foundation. The faith was “once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). If you add books, you contradict the Lord’s own warning; if you take away, you cut from what God has sealed. So the 66 books stand as the full counsel of God.
4) Reinforcing Statement
From Genesis to Revelation—nothing to add, nothing to remove. That’s God’s complete written Word.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Jehovah-Jireh
57-0326 §42
Well, when I buy a house... Why, it's just like if this place belonged to me and it was a big arcade. I come in here, I want to find out what I got. I go around, pull out this drawer, look in it, see what I got here; go over here, see what I got over here. If anything seems it's a little too high, I get me a step ladder and go up to it. Find out what it's all about. And when I got saved, brother, I took this old treasure Book of God and looked through it to see what I possessed. And I find out that every blessing t...
The waters of separation
55-0606 §3
Now, tonight, we want to speak just a little while on the Word. For faith cometh by hearing and hearing of the Word. Brother Toms ... I just heard him a few moments ago, read a scripture, out of the Bible, which I certainly do appreciate. Now, I want to read just a little to go with that, found in Ephesians the 5th chapter. I like the book of Ephesians, don't you? I just think... I know the ministers will appreciate that. Ephesian ... if it wasn't for the Ephesian book, I hardly know how I could just approach it. Y...
A Hidden Life in Christ
55-1110 §9
I'm a fundamentalist. Everything must come from the Scripture. I wouldn't say I wouldn't believe it, but I wouldn't understand it just right if it wasn't from the Scripture. And if any time during the time of the phenomenal part of the healing services; if any person, whatever you belong to, what church, if you ever see anything that's questioned, and that we do here that's not in the Scripture, well, then you come to me, because I certainly want to stay right in this book, 'cause this is the foundation. And all Sc...
We would see Jesus
62-0727 §17
I come from a Catholic background, being an Irishman. My people before me (not father and mother, but the next generation) come from Dublin, Ireland, and we're Catholic. When I was ... knowed of God when I was a little boy. I wanted to find out about who God was, and my people didn't go to church. So I asked the priest about God, and he said, "God is in his church. There's where God dwells. You have to belong to his church." I said, "How must I belong?" Of course, you Catholic people understand what I was told. The...
We would see Jesus
62-0627 §27
...sire to see Him, why cannot we have the same privilege that they had? Now, you see the Scriptures cannot lie. They have to be truth, see; they have to be truth. Now, if the Bible said He's the same, then He's got to be the same. Now, I don't believe the Bible is any private interpretation. I believe it's just the way it's written. I believe that God will have to have some standard that He'll judge the world by. Now, you all know, being an Irishman I came from a Catholic family background. And now, when I was a youn...