Apostles.

Apostles: Those whom Jesus sends out to do his work.*
Jesus’s brothers: James • Jude
John: 1 John • 2 John • 3 John • Revelation
Luke: Acts
Paul: to Romans • Galatians • Ephesians • 1 Timothy • 2 Timothy • Titus
Paul, Silas, and Timothy: to 1 Thessalonians • 2 Thessalonians
Paul and Sosthenes: to 1 Corinthians
Paul and Timothy: to 2 Corinthians • Philippians • Colossians • Philemon
Peter: 1 Peter • 2 Peter
Anonymous: Hebrews
Acts.
15.1-12. The Council of Jerusalem.
15.12-21. James’s ruling at the Council of Jerusalem.
Romans.
14.1-4. The weak-in-faith Christian.
14.5-9. Is Jesus your motive for what you believe?
14.10-13. Each individual Christian answers to God.
14.14-18. God’s kingdom is justice, peace, and joy. Not food.
14.22-23. The weak-in-faith Christian.
1 Corinthians.
1.1-9. Greetings to Corinth.
1.10-17. Christian factions. Which shouldn’t exist.
1.17-31. “Moronic Christian beliefs” are God’s wisdom.
2.1-5. Miracles first; message later.
2.6-16. Want divine insight? Listen to the Holy Spirit.
3.1-9. Still not ready for solid food.
3.10-17. You, collectively, are the Holy Spirit’s temple.
3.18-21. “Morons” for Jesus.
4.1-5. On judging your leaders. (As we should!)
4.6-13. Pretentious Christians and persecuted apostles.
4.14-21. “Don’t make me come down there!”
5.1-13. “Why are you permitting blatant immorality?”
6.1-8. “Why are you bringing each other before corrupt judges?”
6.9-11. The 1 Corinthians list of works of the flesh.
6.12-14. Flee gluttony!
7.1-9. The Christian’s marital duties.
7.10-17. Don’t break up with unbelievers!
7.18-20. Jewish Christians don’t need to become gentile. And vice versa.
11.3-16. Women and covering up. Or, frequently, not.
12.1-7. The Holy Spirit and the supernatural.*
12.4-11. Some of the Spirit’s supernatural gifts.*
12.4-27. One Spirit for the one body of Christ.*
12.28-31. Strive for greater supernatural gifts!*
13.1-3. Fleshly supernatural.*
13.4-8. The love we oughta see in supernatural gifts.*
13.7-13. When supernatural gifts will no longer be needed.*
14.1-4. Tongues build up the individual.*
14.5-12. A few tongues to set the mood?*
14.13-19. Tongues and unfruitful minds.*
14.20-21. Tongues trigger emotion. Don’t let that misdirect you.*
Galatians.
1.1-5. Christ Jesus’s apostle to this present age.
1.6-9. The “gospel of grace”… with a little karma in it.
1.10-12. The gospel doesn’t come from anyone but Christ Jesus.
1.13-24. The former persecutor turned evangelist.
2.1-5. How Paul remembered the Council of Jerusalem.
2.6-10. Paul and the apostles of note.
2.11-14. Paul challenges Simon Peter.
2.15-16. Being good justifies nobody. Nobody.
2.17-21. By Law we’re good as dead—so live for Jesus!
3.1-4. How’d you get from grace to legalism?
3.5-6. Abraham’s faith.
3.7-9. Goodness never justified anyone. Faith does that.
3.10-20. Jesus takes out the Law’s curse.
Ephesians.
1.1-10. Predestination and the Ephesians.
1.11-14. Adoption in the Roman Empire—and God’s kingdom.
1.15-23. “To follow thee more nearly.”
2.1-10. From the lowest place to the highest heavens.
2.11-22. Racism has no place in God’s kingdom.
3.1-12. No longer a mystery: Gentiles inherit God’s kingdom.
3.13-21. God’s superabundant riches.
4.1-16. Stick together.
4.17-32. Be excellent to each other.
5.1-20. Awake, sleepers!
5.21-33. Men and women, equal in Jesus’s church.
6.1-9. The parent, master, or boss’s obligations.
6.10-17. The armor of God.
6.18-24. Pray for everyone—and pray for Paul.
1 Thessalonians.
1.1-5. The Spirit’s power in a new church.
1.6-10. The Thessalonians’ reputation. And ours.
2.1-12. How the apostles approached the Thessalonians.
2.13-16. When Christians suffer… and those who make us suffer.
2.17-20. False accusations, false beliefs; you know, as the devil does.
3.1-5. Worries, faith, and confirmation.
3.6-10. When a church holds firm. Or doesn’t.
3.11-13. Getting ready for the second coming?
4.1-8. Now called to a holy lifestyle.
4.9-12. Encouragement to a persecuted church.
4.13-14. Our dead won’t stay dead.
4.15-18. The rapture. Yes, there is one.
5.1-5 When Jesus catches us by surprise.
5.6-11. Stay on the lookout for the second coming.
5.12-18. Building up our fellow Christians.
5.19-22. Quenching the Spirit.
5.22. The appearance of evil.*
Titus. [all]
1.1-4. The apostle’s job.
1.5-9. How the elders of Crete oughta behave.
1.10-16. How the “elders” of Crete did behave.
2.1-10. How elders must encourage fellow Christians to behave.
2.11-15. Grace and salvation in the present age.
3.1-3. Reminding Titus to not be “wild at heart.”
3.4-7. God’s unmerited favor.
3.8-11. Put a stop to argumentative Christians.
3.12-15. Last words to Titus.
James.
1.1-8. James, and optimistically growing in faith.
1.9-11. Point to your humility. Not your wealth.
1.12-15. Quit the excuses and resist temptation.
1.16-18. The God who stays the course.
1.19-21. Get hold, and get rid, of your anger.
1.22-25. Don’t just believe. Behave.
1.26-27. Don’t be all talk.
2.1-9. Stop sucking up to the wealthy.
2.8-13. God’s mercy trumps his judgment.
2.14-17. Is our faith living, or dead?
2.18-19. Unproven, uncomfortable, devilish faith.
2.20-26. Can’t divorce works from faith.
3.1-2. Wanna teach? Get ready for criticism.
3.3-12. The uncontrollable tongue.
3.13-18. False teachers and agitated students.
4.1-10. Pride and coveting destroys. Humility restores.
4.11-17. Criticism and self-promotion destroys. Humility restores.
5.1-8. The wealthy, their crimes, and their coming judgment.
1 Peter.
1.1-9. Simon Peter and the kingdom we inherit.
1.10-16. Study the prophets and be holy.
1.17-21. The meaningless lifestyle of heritage.
1.22-25. The apostle Peter and the prophet Isaiah.
2.1-8. Peter writes of Jesus our rock.
2.9-12. The new people of God.
2.13-17. Don’t needlessly provoke your government.
2.18-25. “Servants, be subject to your masters.”
3.1-7. “Wives, be subject to your husbands.”
3.8-15. Be good to one another.
3.15-18. Good behavior is part of our ready defense.
3.19-22. Preaching to the spirits in prison.
4.1-6. Suffering for goodness.
1 John. [all]
1.1-4. Gnostics.
1.5-7. God doesn’t have a dark side.
1.8 – 2.2. We sin, and need Jesus’s help.
2.1-6. Disobedient Christians.
2.7-11. The new command: Stay in the light!
2.12-14. Stages of Christian maturity.
2.15-17. Don’t love society.
2.18-23. Antichrists: When pagans wanna see Christianity gone.
2.22-25. We cannot have the Father without the Son.
2.26-29. Needing not that any man teach you.
3.1. Society doesn’t know what to make of Christ-followers.
3.2-3. Making Christians like us, like God.
3.4-6. If you think it’s okay to dismiss the Law, you clearly don’t know Jesus.
3.7-12. Satan’s excuses precede lawless Christians.
3.13-18. If you don’t love fellow Christians you’re a murderer.
3.19.22. How do you know you’re following God? Use your brain.
3.22-24. How do you follow God? Obey him.
4.1-3. Test spirits. See whether they’re antichrists.
4.4-6. Lying evil spirits, and society.
4.7-10. How God shows us his love.
4.12. No one has ever seen God. Except 74 ancient Hebrews.*
4.11-16. Interacting with God’s love.
4.16 - 5.1. If we don’t love others, we don’t love God.
5.2-5. Victory in Jesus… hidden in the Law.
5.6-12. Witnesses to eternal life through God’s Son.
5.7-8. The Johannine Comma.
5.13-15. Boldness in prayer. ’Cause God’s listening.
5.16-17. Praying for capital and non-capital sins.
5.18-21. God is truth. So watch out for false gods.
Jude.
1-5. All right, let’s plow through Jude.
5-8. Lessons from Jewish (and Christian) mythology.
8-13. Rebellion against God’s authorities. Not his angels.
14-18. When Christians have no respect for leadership.
19-25. Listening to our God, not our gut.
26-29. Needing not that any man teach you.
Revelation.
1.12-16. White Jesus… and those who insist he stay that way.
2.20-25. The “spirit of Jezebel.”
3.14-22. “I stand at the door and knock.”
3.14-19. Lukewarm Christians.
6.1-8. The five horsemen.
6.9-11. Paradise: The nicer part of the afterlife.
12.1-17. Satan’s fall.
13.1-10. The Antichrist.
13.16-18. 666, the Beast’s number.
16.12-16. Armageddon.
19.19-21. Armageddon.
20.7-10. Armageddon.