Personal Concordance

build a personal mini concordance to aid finding key Scriptures

(sample)

- always offering prayer [for others] with joy   (Php 1:4)
- He who began good work in us will perfect [complete] it  (Php 1:6)
- pray love abounds more and more  (Php 1:9)
- to live is Christ, to die is gain   (Php 1:21)
- do nothing from selfishness   (Php 2:3a)
- regard others more important than self   (Php 2:3b)
- not merely own interests, but interests of others, too   (Php 2:4)
- God at work in us, to will, to work of His good pleasure   (Php 2:13)
- do all things without grumbling, disputing   (Php 2:14)
- whatever was gain counted as loss for sake of Christ   (Php 3:7)
- surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus   (Php 3:8)
- no righteousness of my own, but His through faith   (Php 3:9)
- know Him and power of His resurrection   (Php 3:10)
- our citizenship in heaven   (Php 3:20)
- rejoice in the Lord always   (Php 4:4)
- be anxious for nothing   (Php 4:6)
- think on these... thrpl grewp   (Php 4:8)
- have learned to be content   (Php 4:11)
- can do all things through Him   (Php 4:13)
- God shall supply all needs   (Php 4:19)

note: there is no need to write down all the words in the verses
nor use proper grammar and punctuation
because you want the verses pared way down
with only a 'pith' to know what they are

Bible Book Groupings

(Old Testament)

Pentateuch (first 5 books) - also called the Law
(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

Historical
(Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther)

Poetry and Wisdom
(Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon)

Prophets
Major (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel)
Minor (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)

(New Testament)

Gospels
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

Historical Narrative
(Acts)

Epistles
Pauline (Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon)
General (Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude)

Apocalyptic Epistle - also called Prophecy
(Revelation)

Different Bible Translations

Why are there different translations of the Bible?

no original manuscripts
copies of originals
unfamiliar original languages
copies translated
revisions made

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(expanded)

The original manuscripts no longer exist (or at least have not been found).

But many copies (and pieces of copies) of the originals do exist.

Not many people are able to read the Bible in the languages they were originally written.

So, the existing copies are used to translate the Bible into the many different languages and dialects on earth today.

But languages and dialects change/morph over time, so subsequent revisions or whole new works of translation are done to keep God's Word understandable to people.

note: see also bible inspiration, reliability, veracity