I prayed the sinner's prayer on 2020-06-11 in the presence Paul Lim, my friend, colleague, and brother in Christ and accepted Christ as my personal saviour. Studying God's word is an important part of being a believer, and I have heard of many who claim to have read the Bible ``dozens of times''. I am curious about how my own studying of God's word goes, and so I have created this tracker.
Book | KJV | NKJV | ESV | NASB | CUV | HCSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Exodus | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Leviticus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Numbers | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joshua | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Judges | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ruth | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 Kings | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 Kings | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ezra | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nehemiah | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Esther | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Job | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Psalms | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Proverbs | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Isaiah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jeremiah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lamentations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ezekiel | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Daniel | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hosea | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joel | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Amos | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Obadiah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jonah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Micah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Nahum | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Haggai | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Zechariah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Malachi | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Matthew | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mark | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |||
| Luke | 1 | 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 | 1 | ||||
| Philemon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hebrews | 1 | 2 | ||||
| James | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 Peter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 Peter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 John | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 John | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3 John | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jude | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Revelation | 1 | 2 |
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.