Confession of Faith
Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scripture
Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these:Of the Old Testament:
| Genesis | II Chronicles | Daniel |
| Exodus | Ezra | Hosea |
| Leviticus | Nehemiah | Joel |
| Numbers | Esther | Amos |
| Deuteronomy | Job | Obadiah |
| Joshua | Psalms | Jonah |
| Judges | Proverbs | Micah |
| Ruth | Ecclesiastes | Nahum |
| I Samuel | The Song of Songs | Habakkuk |
| II Samuel | Isaiah | Zephaniah |
| I Kings | Jeremiah | Haggai |
| II Kings | Lamentations | Zechariah |
| I Chronicles | Ezekiel | Malachi |
Of the New Testament:
| The Gospels | Galatians | The Epistle |
| according to | Ephesians | of James |
| Matthew | Philippians | The first and |
| Mark | Colossians | second Epistles |
| Luke | Thessalonians I | of Peter |
| John | Thessalonians II | The first, second, |
| The Acts of the | to Timothy I | and third Epistles |
| Apostles | to Timothy II | of John |
| Paul’s Epistles | to Titus | The Epistle |
| to the Romans | to Philemon | of Jude |
| Corinthians I | The Epistle to | The Revelation |
| Corinthians II | the Hebrews | of John |
All which are given by inspiration of God to be the rule of faith and life.1
- ↩︎
Luke 16:29
But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
Luke 16:31
He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Ephesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
Revelation 22:18-19
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (ESV)
