The Bible

Read the Bible with context.

Every study starts with the passage itself — not a verse pulled out of a paragraph. Then historical context, plain explanation, how it connects to the rest of the story, the hard questions, and one concrete thing to do about it.

New to the Bible?

Start with John.

It was written for exactly one reason: so you can decide who you think Jesus is.

New Testament

Gospels

Lens: Encounter Jesus

Four accounts of Jesus' life, teaching, death and resurrection. New to the Bible? Start with John.

  • John

    New format

    42 passages

    A Gospel centred relentlessly on one question: who is Jesus?

  • Mark

    New format

    34 passages

    The shortest Gospel, told at speed and driving toward the cross.

  • Matthew

    New format

    40 passages

    Jesus presented as Israel's promised king and teacher.

  • Luke

    New format

    41 passages

    An orderly account built from earlier reports and eyewitness tradition.

New Testament

History

Lens: Watch the gospel spread

What happened after the resurrection, and how a Jewish movement became a global one.

  • Acts

    New format

    28 passages

    How a small Jewish movement became a mission to the world.

New Testament

Paul's Letters

Lens: Understand Christian belief and practice

Real letters to real churches with real problems. Read the situation before you read the instruction.

  • Romans

    New format

    20 passages

    Paul's case for the gospel, top to bottom.

  • 1 Corinthians

    New format

    17 passages

    A messy church gets the truth, no edits.

  • 2 Corinthians

    In development

    0 of 12 passages written

    Strength shows up in weakness.

  • Galatians

    New format

    8 passages

    Freedom is the whole point.

  • Ephesians

    New format

    8 passages

    Who you are now, and how to live in it.

  • Philippians

    New format

    6 passages

    Joy from prison. Pay attention.

  • Colossians

    New format

    6 passages

    Jesus is bigger than your category for him.

  • 1 Thessalonians

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    How to live while you wait.

  • 2 Thessalonians

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    Steady when the noise is loud.

  • 1 Timothy

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    Leading without losing your soul.

  • 2 Timothy

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    Paul's last letter. Read like one.

  • Titus

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    What healthy looks like.

  • Philemon

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    One letter. One person. A new category.

New Testament

General Letters

Lens: Understand Christian belief and practice

Written to scattered believers under pressure. James is the bluntest book in the Bible.

  • Hebrews

    New format

    14 passages

    Jesus, compared to everything you grew up with.

  • James

    New format

    7 passages

    Faith that doesn't actually do anything isn't faith.

  • 1 Peter

    New format

    9 passages

    How to hold up when life pushes hard.

  • 2 Peter

    New format

    4 passages

    Don't lose your footing.

  • 1 John

    New format

    6 passages

    Love, light, and the test of the real.

  • 2 John

    In development

    0 of 1 passages written

    Truth and love, kept together.

  • 3 John

    In development

    0 of 1 passages written

    Hospitality, leadership, and ego.

  • Jude

    New format

    4 passages

    A short, sharp warning.

New Testament

Apocalyptic

Lens: Hope, faithfulness, restoration

Symbolic literature written to persecuted churches. Christians genuinely disagree about how to read it, and we'll say so.

  • Revelation

    New format

    16 passages

    The end isn't what most people think.

Old Testament

Torah / Law

Lens: Creation, covenant, holiness

Creation, rebellion, promise, rescue, covenant. Everything later in the Bible reaches back here.

  • Genesis

    New format

    24 passages

    Beginnings: creation, the fracture, and the first promise.

  • Exodus

    New format

    18 passages

    Slavery, Passover, rescue, and a covenant at Sinai.

  • Leviticus

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    Holiness, sacrifice, and living near God.

  • Numbers

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    Forty years of learning to trust.

  • Deuteronomy

    In development

    0 of 10 passages written

    The covenant restated for a new generation.

Old Testament

History

Lens: A people living, failing, returning

Joshua through Esther: a nation living, failing, repenting, and living with consequences.

  • Joshua

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    Entering the land — and the hard questions that come with it.

  • Judges

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    The loop: drift, collapse, cry out, rescue, repeat.

  • Ruth

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    Loyalty and grace in a small story with a large ending.

  • 1 Samuel

    In development

    0 of 13 passages written

    Israel demands a king. It goes badly.

  • 2 Samuel

    In development

    0 of 11 passages written

    David: the best and worst of a man God still keeps promises to.

  • 1 Kings

    In development

    0 of 10 passages written

    Glory, then decline, then a divided nation.

  • 2 Kings

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    Warnings ignored, and exile arrives.

  • 1 Chronicles

    In development

    0 of 7 passages written

    The same history retold for a people rebuilding their identity.

  • 2 Chronicles

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    Kings, temple, reform, and exile — told from the worship angle.

  • Ezra

    In development

    0 of 5 passages written

    Coming home and rebuilding.

  • Nehemiah

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    Walls, opposition, and leadership under pressure.

  • Esther

    In development

    0 of 5 passages written

    A book where God is never named and never absent.

Old Testament

Poetry & Wisdom

Lens: Learning to live honestly before God

Poetry read as poetry. Not every line is a universal promise — and that matters.

  • Job

    In development

    0 of 10 passages written

    Suffering with no tidy explanation.

  • Psalms

    In development

    0 of 21 passages written

    Prayers raw enough to be honest — rage, grief, and praise.

  • Proverbs

    In development

    0 of 8 passages written

    Practical wisdom, not guaranteed outcomes.

  • Ecclesiastes

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    The most brutally honest book about meaning ever written.

  • Song of Songs

    In development

    0 of 3 passages written

    Desire, love, and marriage without embarrassment.

Old Testament

Prophets

Lens: Warning, judgment, and promise

Prosecutors, not fortune tellers. Injustice indicted, judgment announced, restoration promised.

  • Isaiah

    In development

    0 of 20 passages written

    Judgment, comfort, and a suffering servant.

  • Jeremiah

    In development

    0 of 14 passages written

    A prophet nobody listened to, and a new covenant promised.

  • Ezekiel

    In development

    0 of 12 passages written

    Visions, exile, and a heart of stone replaced.

  • Daniel

    In development

    0 of 9 passages written

    Faithfulness inside an empire.

  • Lamentations

    In development

    0 of 5 passages written

    Grief with no rush to resolve it.

  • Hosea

    In development

    0 of 5 passages written

    A marriage used to explain a betrayal.

  • Joel

    In development

    0 of 2 passages written

    Locusts, repentance, and a promised outpouring.

  • Amos

    In development

    0 of 5 passages written

    Worship God refuses to accept while the poor are crushed.

  • Obadiah

    In development

    0 of 1 passages written

    What it costs to gloat over your brother's ruin.

  • Jonah

    New format

    4 passages

    A prophet angry that God forgave the wrong people.

  • Micah

    In development

    0 of 3 passages written

    Justice, mercy, humility — and a village called Bethlehem.

  • Nahum

    In development

    0 of 2 passages written

    An empire finally answers for its violence.

  • Habakkuk

    In development

    0 of 2 passages written

    A prophet who argues with God and is not rebuked for it.

  • Zephaniah

    In development

    0 of 2 passages written

    The day of the LORD, and a remnant kept.

  • Haggai

    In development

    0 of 2 passages written

    Rebuilding what matters after settling for less.

  • Zechariah

    In development

    0 of 6 passages written

    Strange visions with a coming king at the centre.

  • Malachi

    In development

    0 of 4 passages written

    Tired religion confronted, and a promise to close the Old Testament.

What the labels mean

New format
Full Scripture-first passage study, complete and readable.
Being rebuilt
Some passages written; the rest are being authored now.
In development
Passage map exists; lessons are still being written.
Coming soon
No usable study yet.