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.
About Jesus
55-0612 §5
And another thing, I have a great expense at home. My expenses, whether I'm in a meeting or not, runs me between seventy-five and a hundred dollars a day. I send out thousands of letters, and everything, across the world, around the world; and books and everything. So, my expenses are pretty heavy. And then every penny... When I get a love offering, I go see how much behind we are at the bank; I pay it off, and just pay up enough for... Then, what I have left over, it goes right straight in foreign missions, to go...
Oneness
62-0211 §116
If there is someone in here that's not right with God, if there's someone here that's sick or afflicted... There's handkerchiefs and things laying here; I'm going to pray over. them. I don't care what you have need of. Every promise in the Book belongs to you. It's yours. Now, I've brought you the Word, brought It from Genesis plumb down to this day that we're living in, just hitting the places and showing you. Many hundreds of places I could've hit besides that, I don't have time. But surely, in that, you can see...
Abraham and his Seed after him
61-0416 §4
I wish I could say I'd come to you any time. I'd like to say that, but I can't---there's too many. Just this little meeting here, which is just a little small group of people; and I think the world over, millions, see, I couldn't justly say that. But I'll do this, friend. I'll do everything I can. If you want me to pray over a handkerchief like this here, send it to you... If you don't need it now and you want it anyhow, you send and get it. There's no charges on nothing. We don't charge for anything. There's no ch...
Life story (William Branham)
50-0820A §131
Will you come now, all of you that would like to get a blessing from God... the saving of your soul to salvation. Mother coming with her two little girls, God bless... God bless you, honey. Come here; let's have your little hand. God bless you, sweetheart. Oh, my, God spoke to you. A little girl setting here, her little dark eyes looking up, full of tears... The Bible said, "A little child shall lead them." The grandmother... God bless you, mother. Good old mother with a scarf around her head is coming. Won't you c...
The Good Shepherd of the sheep
57-0308 §23
Oh, He is a marvelous Shepherd. Let Him feed you. He'll feed you on His Word. The Holy Spirit lives by the Word of God. That great Shepherd of the flock! Certainly. He could not lose one. It would be a disgrace. You say, "Brother Branham, you mean that?" That's what the Bible says. Look, God told Israel, way down in Egypt, "I have given you Palestine." Now, He could have just went up there and excommunicated the whole thing, run them all out with a plague, killed them all off. He could have went up there and sent f...