This concept rose to prominence during the Reformation, and many denominations today support the use of the Bible as the only infallible source of Christian teaching. Roman Catholics, High Church Anglicans, Methodists and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of both the Bible and sacred tradition, while many Protestant churches focus on the idea of sola scriptura, or scripture alone. Among Christian denominations there is some disagreement about what should be included in the canon, primarily about the biblical apocrypha, a list of works that are regarded with varying levels of respect or recognition.Īttitudes towards the Bible also differ among Christian groups. The Christian New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be Jewish disciples of Christ, written in 1st-century Koine Greek. The Hebrew Bible shares most of its content with its ancient Greek translation, the Septuagint, which in turn was the base for the Christian Old Testament. A number of biblical canons have evolved, with overlapping and diverging contents from denomination to denomination. Those books that are included in the Bible by a tradition or group are called canonical, indicating that the tradition/group views the collection as the true representation of God's word and will. Believers also generally consider the Bible to be a product of divine inspiration. These texts include theologically-focused historical accounts, hymns, prayers, proverbs, parables, didactic letters, admonitions, essays, poetry, and prophecies. It appears in the form of an anthology, a compilation of texts of a variety of forms that are all linked by the belief that they are collectively revelations of God. And you know the way to where I am going.The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts, writings, or scriptures sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, Rastafari, and many other faiths. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
įor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Īnd do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
Do you believe this?”īehold! I tell you a mystery. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.Īnd everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.