Full Bible
Bible in Basic English
A translation using a vocabulary of about 1,000 common English words. Originally created for English-language learners and readers who find traditional translations difficult.
Old Testament 39 books
Law
History
- JoshuaIsrael enters the promised land.
- JudgesThe years before Israel had kings.
- RuthA widow from Moab stays loyal to her mother-in-law and finds a new home.
- 1 SamuelIsrael asks for a king.
- 2 SamuelDavid rules as king.
- 1 KingsKing Solomon builds the temple, then the kingdom splits in two.
- 2 KingsThe prophet Elisha, then the fall of both kingdoms.
- 1 ChroniclesIsrael's history retold, from Adam to King David.
- 2 ChroniclesJudah's history from Solomon to the exile.
- EzraThe people come home from exile in Babylon.
- NehemiahNehemiah leads the people to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, even when others try to stop them.
- EstherA Jewish queen in Persia risks her life to save her people from a plan to destroy them.
Wisdom & Poetry
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
- HoseaGod tells the prophet Hosea to marry a woman who leaves him.
- JoelA plague of locusts becomes a warning.
- AmosA shepherd becomes a prophet and speaks up for the poor.
- ObadiahThe shortest book in the Old Testament.
- JonahA prophet runs from God and is swallowed by a great fish.
- MicahA prophet speaks to rulers and ordinary people.
- NahumA poem about the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
- HabakkukA prophet asks God why evil goes unpunished.
- ZephaniahA warning of judgment, then a tender promise.
- HaggaiThe people have built their own houses, but God's temple still lies in ruins.
- ZechariahVisions in the night about God's future for Jerusalem, including a king who comes riding on a donkey.
- MalachiThe last book of the Old Testament.
New Testament 27 books
Gospels
Early Church
Pauline Epistles
- RomansPaul's longest letter.
- 1 CorinthiansPaul writes to a church that is divided.
- 2 CorinthiansPaul's most personal letter.
- GalatiansPaul says people are made right with God through faith in Jesus, not by keeping the law.
- EphesiansWhat it means to belong to the church.
- PhilippiansA letter of joy, written from prison.
- ColossiansA short letter about who Jesus is.
- 1 ThessaloniansPaul's earliest letter, to a young church.
- 2 ThessaloniansPaul writes again about Jesus's return.
- 1 TimothyPaul writes to a young church leader.
- 2 TimothyPaul's last letter, written from prison.
- TitusPaul writes to a church leader on the island of Crete about building a healthy church.
- PhilemonA one-page letter.
General Epistles
- HebrewsJesus is the great high priest who gave himself once for all.
- JamesFaith that is real shows up in how we live.
- 1 PeterA letter of hope to Christians who were suffering for their faith.
- 2 PeterPeter warns about false teachers and reminds the church that Jesus will return.
- 1 JohnGod is love.
- 2 JohnA very short letter about truth and love.
- 3 JohnA short personal letter about welcoming traveling teachers.
- JudeA short letter that urges Christians to hold on to the faith.