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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By faith, Moses
58-0720M §24
Oh, as I go about from country to country, and from nation to nation, preaching since I left the doors of this little Tabernacle (that's a interdenominational institution, with no law but love, no book but the Bible, and no creed but Christ), I've tried to look upon God's children and upon the rejected, as being God's chosen and elected people. I don't ask them if they belong to the Branham Tabernacle. I don't ask them if they're Methodist, or if they're Presbyterians, or if they are Pentecostals, or Nazarenes, or...
God keeps His Word
57-0115 §17
Our heavenly Father, in the name of Thy beloved Son, we come asking this petition, who said when He was here on earth, "If you ask the Father anything in My name, I will do it." Now, we're so happy for that. And He said, "When thou prayest, believe that you receive what you ask for, and you shall receive it." And I thank Thee for this, for it's a promise of God. And every promise in the Book belongs to every believer. So I thank Thee for it. And I pray tonight, as I have laid back these pages of this sacred book ca...
Abraham
56-1208 §41
Every promise is ours, isn't it? Every gift belongs to us. Christ belongs to me. I belong to Christ. You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to you. You're a part of Him. You hear what he said? Every promise, everything in the Book. Everything, all right. God making a promise. He gave it to Abraham. He gave it to his seed. Separate yourself. Walk alone with God and find out if that isn't true. God made the promise. Now, and then when he did, He said, "All this is yours. Now, something seems just a little too high...
The Church choosing Law for Grace
61-0316 §56
Esau was a man of the world. He was a religious man, cared for things, and done things for his father, and was a nice man. But Jacob had discernment. He knew that birthright meant everything. Didn't make any difference how he had to get it, just so he got it. That's the spiritual man today. There's ... Esau had his inheritance right there by the borderline. And God told him ... told Jacob as he passed by, said, "Don't you fool with Esau. Don't join any of his organizations, don't do any of these things here. Now yo...
Faith
56-0815 §52
My, could you buy a house without looking through it? If I own anything, I want to look around. You know the Holy Ghost is like a great big arcade. You know what a arcade is. And you're baptized into it. And if I own the arcade, I'd like to go around those shelves and see what I own, look around, look at this. If something seems to be a little high, I get me a ladder, climb up to it, look around, see what belongs to me. And that's the way you ought to do as a Christian. Look through the Bible, see what the promise...