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.
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...
India trip report
57-0126B §11
She said, "Honey," she said, "just down the street and around the corner in kind of the lower part of the town, of course," said, "there's a little mission around there, a place called Full Gospel." And said, "There was a lady said that she felt real definitely led to come and see me. And she asked me if I believed in prayer, praying for the sick. And I told her that, of course, if the Bible said so, I believed it. And she said, 'Our pastor prays for the sick.'" So said, "They sent the pastor up, and he read to me...
The Message to the Laodicean Church
58-0609 §5
Now, I... 'Course you know that I never have yet... I was ordained in the Missionary Baptist church. And after leaving the Missionary Baptist church, I have never taken up any affiliation with any churches---any certain denominations---because I try to stand right in the breach between them all and say, "We're brethren." And I believe that is right, that we are brethren. And so, therefore, I don't represent any certain denominational church, but I represent the church, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's wh...
Elijah
53-1018 §9
Now, I'll make this statement which seems very bitter to begin with. And I wanted it because it's the truth. That every kingdom of this world is controlled by Satan. The Bible said so. Satan is the prince of the power of the air, and every nation is under his domination. The Scripture says that. Satan quoted it to Jesus said, "The whole world, all of these kingdoms are mine and I'll do with them what I will." And he said, "I'll give them to you if you'll fall down and worship me." Jesus said, "Get thee hence, Satan...
Who is this?
59-1122 §26
Now, in those days they said, "This man, there's nothing to Him. We can't figure Him in our books, we can't place Him anywhere in the Scriptures," because the Bible said the Scriptures was blinded to them. They couldn't understand. After Jesus had done so many miracles, yet they could not believe Him because the Bible said ... Isaiah: "They have ears and can't hear; eyes and can't see." They were blinded, it was hid from them. But then they come around to criticize those that had it. Now, these people are odd peopl...