Below you will find short synopses of the 27 books of the New Testament. Also note that a few books have been highlighted and underlined in order to give you a further introduction. Click on those books for more insight into the meaning and/or significance of that New Testament book.

Matthew (written ~38 AD) - the Gospel of the Kingdom proving that Jesus Christ is the King-Savior

Mark (written ~68 AD) - the Gospel of God proving that Jesus Christ is the Slave-Savior

Luke (written ~60 AD) - the Gospel of the forgiveness of sins proving that Jesus Christ is the Man-Savior

John (written ~90 AD) - the Gospel of Life proving that Jesus is the God-Savior coming as life to propagate Himself

The Acts of the Apostles (written ~68 AD) - the propagation of the resurrected Christ in His ascension, by the Spirit, through the disciples, for the producing of the churches - the kingdom of God

Romans (written ~60 AD) - the gospel of God - to make sinners sons of God to constitute the Body of Christ, which is expressed as the local churches

1 Corinthians (written ~59 AD) - Christ and His cross as the solution to all problems in the church

2 Corinthians (written ~60 AD) - the New Testament ministry and its ministers

Galatians (written ~54 AD) - Christ replacing the law and being versus religion and tradition

Ephesians (written ~64 AD) - the church - the mystery of Christ, the Body of Christ as the fullness of Christ, becoming the fullness of God

Philippians (written ~64 AD) - experiencing Christ - taking Christ as our living, pattern, goal, power, and secret

Colossians (written ~64 AD) - Christ - the all-inclusive One, having the first place in all things as the mystery and embodiment of God, as the Head and constituent of the church, as the allotted portion, life, constituent, and hope of the saints, and as the Body of all positive things

1 Thessalonians (written ~54 AD) - a holy life for the church life - serving the living God, conducting ourselves in a holy manner, and waiting for the Lord's coming

2 Thessalonians (written ~54 AD) - encouragement and correction concerning the holy life for the church life

1 Timothy (written ~65 AD) - God's economy concerning the church

2 Timothy (written ~67 AD) - inoculation against the decline of the church

Titus (written ~65 AD) - the maintenance of order in the church

Philemon (written ~64 AD) - an illustration of the believers' equal status in the New Man

Hebrews (written ~67 AD) - Christ being superior to Judaism and everything related to it, and the New Covenant which He consummated being better than the Old Covenant

James (written ~50 AD) - practical Christian perfection

1 Peter (written ~64 AD) - the Christian life under the government of God

2 Peter (written ~69 AD) - the divine provision and the divine government

1 John (written ~90 AD) - the fellowship of the divine life

2 John (written ~90 AD) - prohibition against participation in heresy

3 John (written ~90 AD) - encouragement to the fellows workers in the truth

The Revelation of John (written ~90 AD) - Christ as the center of God's administration according to God's eternal economy