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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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
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...
Questions and Answers
61-0112 §197
And you deacons, you trustees, you brethren. I believe you are... The brother here, I can't think of his name. You are [The brother says, "Brother Caldwell."] Caldwell. You're just a... You're one of the elders or something, aren't you, or just a...? ["Minister."] Minister? ["I'm a minister. I belonged to the Church of God. I couldn't preach the full gospel and stay with them. I couldn't preach the baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus and stay with them. I had the highest ranking ministry license that they put out...
Blind Bartimaeus
56-0407 §44
Watch the resurrection! And weigh all that comes out of the graveyards. Say, "How many of you died trusting God? How many of you died trusting medical science?" And see how it would outweigh. Certainly. But just as soon, they're looking for every little thing. "This is not right. This is phony. This is that." Just because it's Christ. The world belongs to the devil. And the Bible plainly says that every kingdom on the earth is ruled by the devil. Jesus Christ recognized that and said so. So we're no exception. Just...
Proving His Word
64-0816 §85
...live? "By, well, if you'll just take some of God's Word, he'll live?" Now, that wasn't what He said. Did you notice "e-v-e-r... every Word"? How does he live? "Oh, he eats in there?" No, he's dying fast, that's flesh. "Well, he, oh, he belongs to church, he believes everything but that?" He's still dead. Do you get it? "He can only live by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the high priest, the bishop, the cardinal, the pastor?" God! Every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. How do we know it...
Jehovah-Jireh
57-0309E §35
You know, if I bought a home and it was mine, I'd go through the thing, see what I had. I'm just kind of a prospector; I like to dig around, find out what I got. I'm an heir of salvation. I'm an heir of divine healing. I'm an heir of heaven. I'm an heir to the earth. I'm an heir, and joint-heir with Christ in all things. Then I like to look through this book of prospects and see what all I'm an heir to. You know, it's just like a great big arcade---a great big place. If they told me I owned that arcade, I'd like to...