And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Moses speaking to Israel before his death, as narrated by the book.
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Old Testament
Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Ecclesiastes1 verses →
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Isaiah2 verses →
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Lamentations1 verses →
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
Matthew2 verses →
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
John3 verses →
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Paul's letters13 verses →
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
James1 verses →
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
1 Peter1 verses →
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Revelation1 verses →
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
The opening of the passage on times and seasons. The book speaks as the Preacher, the son of David, which names a role rather than a writer.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
From a poem written over the destruction of Jerusalem. Tradition assigns the book to Jeremiah; the text names no author.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Written from prison, to a church that had sent him help.
I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Paul describing his own life after his change of course.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Written from prison.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Attribution contested
The letter opens by naming Paul and the catalogue records that, because it is the only claim the text itself makes. Authorship is disputed: on vocabulary, style and the situation it addresses, many scholars hold it was written in Paul's name by someone in his circle after his death. That was an ordinary practice at the time and is not the same thing as forgery — but it does mean the name on the letter is not settled.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
On carrying something valuable in something fragile.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
The sentence follows Paul saying he has learned to manage both plenty and want. It is about sufficiency in either, which is not how it is usually deployed.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
On not knowing what to pray for.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
On love offered before it is earned.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Paul quotes an answer he says he was given after asking three times for an affliction to be taken away.