To help you become more familiar with the arrangement of the books of Scripture, here’s a virtual Table of Contents of the Bible in their canonical order.
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The Old Testament
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Prayer of Manasseh (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Tobit (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Judith (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Esther
- Greek Esther (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 1 Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 2 Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 3 Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 4 Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 1 Esdras (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- 2 Esdras (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Job
- Psalms
- Psalm 151 (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
- Wisdom (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Ben Sira (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Baruch (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Letter of Jeremiah (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Prayer of Azariah (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Susanna (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Bel and the Dragon (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical; not in all Bibles)*
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
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*Bible Translations on Bible Gateway that Include the Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
- Common English Bible (CEB)
- Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
- Good News Translation (GNT)
- New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
- New Catholic Bible (NCB)
- New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
- New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
- Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The New Testament
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts (of the Apostles)
- 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
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