The New Testament is arranged in five sections: the Gospels, Church History, the Letters of Paul, the
General Letters, and Prophecy. Since two of these sections -- Church History and Prophecy -- only
contain one book, we will make only three divisions as we memorize the names of the 27 books.

The 4 Gospels portray Jesus Christ and tell about His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. They are

The Gospel According to Matthew

The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Luke

The Gospel According to John

They are followed by the book of Church History: the Acts of the Apostles. Usually these names
are shortened to simply Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts. The Gospel of Luke and the book of
Acts embody a two-part account by Luke.

The Letters of Paul begin after the book of Acts (which is represented in the memory-pictures below
by a large axe).

Romans

First Corinthians

Second Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

First Thessalonians

Second Thessalonians

First Timothy

Second Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the Synoptic
("seeing together") Gospels because they tell about many of the same
events that occurred during Jesus' ministry.

ROMANS - Row, man!

ACTS (axe)

I & II CORINTHIANS

(Core #1 and Core #2)

After I & II Corinthians,
look at the repeated
vowels in the next four
books: they come in order:
A-E-I-O.

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians.

It might also help to
remember the phrase

"Go Eat Pop Corn."

After Colossians, there are two pairs of
double-books: First & Second
Thessalonians and First & Second
Timothy.

After Second Timothy comes the similar book of Titus. Then we see a lemon, held
high. The high lemon represents the next book, a short letter to Philemon.

(First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus, and Philemon are sometimes collected in a
sub-group called the Pastoral Epistles.)

The last book included in the Letters of Paul (even though it is not signed by Paul
and many researchers believe it was written by someone else) is the letter to the
Hebrews, which is represented here by a cup of coffee. "He brews," you see.

The General Epistles may be pictured as a Christmas Tree
planted toward the end of the Bible. On the top is the book of
James. Then we see a pair of letters: First Peter and Second
Peter. Then, as if a pyramid is being built, there are three letters:
First John, Second John, and Third John. And serving as the
trunk of the tree, there's the strong little letter of Jude.

The last book of the New Testament is in the Prophecy section, the
book of Revelation, sitting like a present under the tree.

Study the list of books, and then try to list all 27 books using the initials and pictures below.

THE GOSPELS

CHURCH HISTORY & THE LETTERS OF PAUL

GENERAL LETTERS & PROPHECY

Once you can recite all 27 books using only the initials and pictures for clues, try reciting
them entirely from memory. It may take a few tries, but you can do it!

Ja

1P 2P

1Jo 2Jo 3Jo

Ju

Rev.