I prayed the sinner's prayer on 2020-06-11 in the presence Paul Lim, my friend, colleague, and brother in Christ. Since studying God's Word is such an important aspect of being a believer, I have decided to start up a new page in a new directory to track my coverage of the Holy Bible, in my usual typical fashion. Maybe later on, as I get more matured in the ways of Christ, will I expand this section.
Book | KJV | NKJV | ESV | NASB | CUV | HCSB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
Exodus | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
Leviticus | 1 | 1 | ||||
Numbers | 1 | 1 | ||||
Deuteronomy | 1 | 1 | ||||
Joshua | 1 | 2 | ||||
Judges | 1 | 2 | ||||
Ruth | 1 | 2 | ||||
1 Samuel | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Samuel | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 Kings | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Kings | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 Chronicles | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Chronicles | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ezra | 1 | |||||
Nehemiah | 1 | |||||
Esther | 1 | |||||
Job | 1 | 1 | ||||
Psalms | 1 | |||||
Proverbs | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ecclesiastes | 1 | 2 | ||||
Song of Solomon | 1 | 1 | ||||
Isaiah | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jeremiah | 1 | |||||
Lamentations | 1 | |||||
Ezekiel | 1 | |||||
Daniel | 1 | |||||
Hosea | 1 | |||||
Joel | 1 | |||||
Amos | 1 | 1 | ||||
Obadiah | 1 | |||||
Jonah | 1 | 1 | ||||
Micah | 1 | 1 | ||||
Nahum | 1 | 1 | ||||
Habakkuk | 1 | |||||
Zephaniah | 1 | 1 | ||||
Haggai | 1 | |||||
Zechariah | 1 | |||||
Malachi | 1 | |||||
Matthew | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mark | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
Luke | 1 | 1 | ||||
John | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Acts | 1 | 2 | ||||
Romans | 1 | 2 | ||||
1 Corinthians | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Corinthians | 1 | 1 | ||||
Galatians | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ephesians | 1 | 1 | ||||
Philippians | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |||
Colossians | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 Thessalonians | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Thessalonians | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 Timothy | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 Timothy | 1 | 1 | ||||
Titus | 1 | |||||
Philemon | 1 | |||||
Hebrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
James | 1 | |||||
1 Peter | 1 | |||||
2 Peter | 1 | |||||
1 John | 1 | |||||
2 John | 1 | |||||
3 John | 1 | |||||
Jude | 1 | |||||
Revelation | 1 |
The choice of bible versions are deliberate. Here are the reasons for each:
- King James Version (KJV)
- The original protestant Holy Bible version, as found on Project Gutenberg. I first completed my first reading of the Holy Bible with this version some time in 2015. Was hard to understand partly due to language, partly due to the purely verse-only form, which obscured some thematic relationships via paragraphs constructed from consecutive verses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)
- A linguistically updated version of the KJV. Also has useful section titles summarising the themes from paragraphs that are formed by verses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)
- Another linguistically modern version of the Holy Bible, but with additional formatting to form paragraphs out of the verses, enhancing readability by a lot more. This is the version I end up reading when I am using BibleGateway. This includes ESV Study Bible.
- New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- One of the four specifically named good English versions of the Holy Bible mentioned in Pasir Panjang Christ Church.
- Chinese Union Version (CUV)
- Specifically named good Chinese version of the Holy Bible mentioned in Pasir Panjang Christ Church.
- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
- Part of the study bible from the perspective of Christian Apologetics.