- The Bible As The Inspired Word Of God.
- Reasons That Lead To Translation Of The Bible Into Local Languages
- Advantages Of Translating The Bible Into Various Local Languages
The Bible As The Inspired Word Of God.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
- The Bible is a collection of Holy Book
- The Bible is the inspired word of God.
Why the Bible is the inspired word of God
2 Timothy 3:16-17
- The Bible contains the word of God which is used for
- teaching the truth
- rebuking wrongs
- correcting faults
- giving instructions for right living
- It is divided into 2 testaments, Old Testament and New Testament.
- Testament means covenant or agreement.
- There are 66 books in the Bible.
- Old Testament has 39 books while the New Testament has 27 books.
- The Bible was written by people who were inspired by God.
The Authors Who Were Inspired To Write The Old And The New Testaments
- The Bible was written by different authors.
- The authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- They were written by Moses
- Genesis means origin or beginning
- Exodus means coming out or departure
- Numbers means census
- Leviticus explains rules and regulation of priests
OLD TESTAMENT | |
Book | Writer |
Joshua | Joshua |
Judges | Samuel |
Ruth | Samuel |
1 Samuel | Samuel, Gad, Nathan |
2 Samuel | Gad and Nathan |
1 kings | Jeremiah |
2 kings | Jeremiah |
1 Chronicles | Ezra |
2 Chronicles | Ezra |
Ezra | Ezra |
Nehemiah | Nehemiah |
Esther | Mordecai |
Job | Moses |
Psalms | David |
Proverbs | Solomon |
Ecclesiastes | Solomon |
Song of Solomon | Solomon |
Isaiah | Isaiah |
Jeremiah | Jeremiah |
Lamentation | Jeremiah |
Ezekiel | Ezekiel |
Daniel | Daniel |
Hosea | Hosea |
Joel | Joel |
Amos | Amos |
Obadiah | Obadiah |
Jonah | Jonah |
Micah | Micah |
Nahum | Nahum |
Habakkuk | Habakkuk |
Zephaniah | Zephaniah |
Haggai | Haggai |
Zechariah | Zechariah |
Malachi | Malachi |
NEW TESTAMENT | |
Book | Writer |
Matthew | Matthew |
Mark | Mark |
Luke | Luke |
John | John |
Acts of apostle | Luke. |
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians ,Galatians Ephesians, Philippians ,Colossians, 1 Thessalonians , 2 Thessalonians , 1 timothy , 2 Timothy , Titus Philemon |
Paul |
Hebrews | Unknown |
1 Peter, 2 Peter | Peter |
James | James, the brother of Jesus |
1 John, 2 John, 3 John | John |
Jude | Jude, the brother of Jesus |
- Revelation is the last book of the Bible and the New Testament.
- It was written by John after having a vision on Patmos Island.
Reasons That Lead To Translation Of The Bible Into Local Languages
- Old Testament, It was originally written in Hebrew.
- It was written before Jesus Christ came to exist physically.
- It was later translated to Greek and other languages
- New Testament, It was originally written in Greek.
- Written after Christ
- The Bible was translated into local languages to help the missionaries spread the word of God easily.
Advantages Of Translating The Bible Into Various Local Languages
- Bible translation enabled the missionaries to put the word into languages which the local people could understand.
- The translation of the Bible enabled the missionaries to learn local languages
- The gospel reached more people because the language of communication was familiar.
- More Africans learnt to read and write hence they were able to read the Bible for themselves
- Education was promoted, by the good work of translation of the Bible.