SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

COLOSSIANS.

CHAPTERS 1-4: The true Christ-Men exhorted to receive him-Constancy in Christ required-Charity, humility and other duties-Fervent prayer necessary to a blameless and holy life.

[Colossians has 4 Chapters; 95 Verses and 1,998 Words]

I THESSALONIANS.

CHAPTERS 1-2: Thanksgiving for the grace received by the ThessaloniansSincerity and love of the apostle and his fellow-laborers-Effect produced by their preaching. CHAPTERS 3-4: Desire, care and joy on account of the convertsExhortation to grow in holiness and brotherly love-Concerning those who shall meet Christ at his coming. CHAPTER 5: Concerning the times.

[I Thessalonians has 5 Chapters; 89 Verses and 1,857 Words]

II THESSALONIANS.

CHAPTERS 1-3: Thanksgiving and prayer for the Thessalonians-Doctrine concerning the man of sin-Thessalonians comforted against this trial-Directions to correct the disorderly-Various precepts.

[II Thessalonians has 3 Chapters; 47 Verses and 1,042 Words]
I TIMOTHY.

CHAPTERS 1-2: Instructions to Timothy-Legalizing teachers-Confirmation of the gospel exemplified in the apostle. CHAPTERS 3-6: Directions relative to prayer and good works-Qualifications of a bishop-Duties of deacons-Timothy's personal conduct and pastoral duties—Concerning servants, false teachers and riches.

[I Timothy has 6 Chapters; 103 Verses and 2,269 Words]

II TIMOTHY.

CHAPTERS 1-4: Commendation of Timothy's faith-Exhortation to Christian fortitude-Fidelity and generosity of Onesiphorus toward Paul-Directions to avoid those things that lead to apostasy-Declentions will come-Paul's rejoicing in view of immediate death.

[II Timothy has 4 Chapters; 83 Verses and 1,703 Words]

TITUS.

CHAPTERS 1-3: Instructions for Titus to ordain good presbyters-To reprove and admonish the Cretans, taking good care to himself an example of good works— To avoid foolish questions and shun heretics.

[Titus has 3 Chapters; 46 Verses and 921 Words]

PHILEMON.

The apostle rejoices at the faith and love of Philemon-Appeals for Onesimus, who has been converted and sent back by Paul to be forgiven and kindly received. [Philemon has 1 Chapter; 25 Verses and 445 Words]

HEBREWS.

CHAPTERS I-10: A demonstration of the superiority of the gospel dispensation -Christ more worthy than Moses-Christ's priesthood-Priesthoods of Christ and Aaron compared-Perfection of the blood and sacrifice of Christ-The weakness of

SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

the law sacrifices. CHAPTERS 11-13: Worthy fruits of faith- Divers admonitions for holy living.

[Hebrews has 13 Chapters; 303 Verses and 6,913 Words]

JAMES.

CHAPTERS 1, 2 : Patience in enduring outward and conquering inward temptations-Hearing the word to be joined with practice-Respect of Persons. CHAPTERS 3-5: Exhortation to universal benevolence-Inefficiency of faith without works--Sins to be avoided-Patience in afflictions-Doom of wicked rich men.

[James has 5 Chapters; 108 Verses and 2,309 Words]

I PETER.

CHAPTERS 1-4: Exhortation to holiness-Christ the sure foundation-Exhortations to obedience, unity and love-Duty of wives and husbands. CHAPTER 5: Christian virtues commended.

[I Peter has 5 Chapters; 105 Verses and 2,482 Words]

II PETER.

CHAPTERS 1-3: Great promises for believers-Constancy in the faith-False teachers described and denounced-Certainty of Christ's coming to judgment. [II Peter has 3 Chapters; 61 Verses and 1,559 Words]

I EPISTLE OF JOHN.

CHAPTERS 1-5: Christ our propitiation-Sins of infirmity-False teachersGreat love of God-Eternal life.

[I John has 5 Chapters; 105 Verses and 2,523 Words]

II EPISTLE OF JOHN.

Love manifesting itself in a life of obedience-False teachers to be shunned. [II Epistle of John has 1 Chapter; 13 Verses and 303 Words]

III EPISTLE OF JOHN.

Commendation of piety and hospitality-Exhortation to follow only the good. [III Epistle of John has 1 Chapter; 14 Verses and 299 Words]

JUDE.

Christians exhorted to hold fast the profession of their faith. [Jude has 1 Chapter; 25 Verses and 613 Words]

REVELATION.

CHAPTERS 1-3: Introduction describing the circumstances of writing the message-Messages to the seven churches of Asia. CHAPTERS 4-16: Vision of the living creatures and the elders-Judgments that confront evil-The seals, trumpets and vials-Two martyred witnesses-Woman crowned with the sun, whose child is the victim of the dragon and two wild beasts. CHAPTERS 17-22: Enemies of the child meet their doom-The new heaven and the new earth-Coming of Christ-Pure river of the water of life.

[Revelation has 22 Chapters; 404 Verses and 12,000 Words]

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HOW TO READ THE COMBINATION BIBLE.

The King James Version is the basis, and this version is read straight along. The Revised Version is read from the text in combination with the foot-notes. These notes give all words or passages of the Revised Version where it differs from the King James Version. To show where these differences occur we make use of two reference letters:

rv just before a word or passage indicates that the same word or passage is rendered in the Revised Version as the corresponding foot-note will show.

ro before a word or passage in the text indicates that the words inclosed in parenthesis in the foot-notes are omitted in the Revised Version.

The numbers of the verses in the foot-notes correspond to the numbers of the verses in which these changes occur.

In every instance where the King James Version is changed the change in the text, whether an addition or omission, is shown at the bottom of the page.

The different foot-notes are separated by dashes, which consequently indicate a return to the text, which is to be read until a new TV or To indicates another difference rendered in the foot-notes.

Whenever any doubt arises as to where to continue in the text, connecting words (“catch words ") are used in the foot-notes, so that a foot-note often ends with one or two words common to both versions, which words accordingly are also found above in the text. By this arrangement the reading is made very simple and easy.

THE READING EXEMPLIFIED.

On the opposite page, namely, Chapter I. of Genesis, the first RV occurs in verse 2 before the words, "without form, and void." By referring to the figure 2 at the bottom of the page, we read, "waste and void." This, therefore, is the reading in the Revised Version.

The next RV occurs in verse 5 before the words, "the evening and the morning were the first day." By referring to the figure 5 at the bottom of the page we read, there was evening and there was morning, one day," which is the reading in the Revised Version.

By reference to verse 11 you will see an RV occurs before the words "bring forth grass." Looking at number 11 at the bottom of the page we have the words, "put forth grass," which is the reading in the Revised Version.

In verse 12 we find the letters RO which signify that the Revised Version omits some word or words that appear in the King James Version. By referring to number 12 at the bottom of the page we find the word "and" in parenthesis making the Revised Version read, "brought forth grass, herb yielding seed," etc.

All the omissions are printed in parenthesis at the foot of the pages. When there are several changes in any one verse, they are separated by a dash (—).

Thus it is seen that the Revised Version is easily read in connection with the King James Version. The system is so simple and so easily understood that no reader finds any difficulty in comparing the two versions.

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τυ

B.C. 4004. 12 And the earth brought forth
John 1. 1,2. grass, roand herb yielding seed after
Heb. 1. 10. "his kind, and the tree yielding
Ps. 8. 3; 33.
6: 89. 11, 12; fruit, whose seed was in itself, after
102. 25: 136. his kind: and God saw that it was
Is. 44. 24.
good.

5; 146. 6.

Jer. 10. 12:
51. 15.
Zech. 12. 1.

17. 24.
Heb. 11. 3.

Col. 1, 16, 17.

Rev. 4. 11. c Ps. 33. 6.

Is. 40, 13, 14.
2 Cor. 4. 6.

d Ps. 33. 9.

2 Heb. be-
tween the

7 And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the wa-Heb. 6. 7. ters which were above the firma-5 Heb. teni ment: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And "the evening and the morning were the second day.

der grass.

Luke 6.44.

n Deut. 4. 19.

Ps. 74. 16;

136. 7.

13 And "" the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 ¶ And God said, Let there be "lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God Pmade "two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and 9 the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the fi mament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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20 And God said, Let the waters 6 Heb. br bring forth abundantly the moving tweentheday creature that hath life, and " 10 fowl the night. that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

and between

o Ps. 74. 17: 11

7

104. 19.
Ps. 136. 7.

8, 9: 148. 3, 5.

r Job 38. 7.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Heb. for the rule of 10 And God called the dry land the day. Earth; and the gathering together 7 P. & 3. of the waters called he Seas: and Jer. 31. 35. God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the rel bring forth grass, the yielding seed, and the fruit yielding " fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

21 And 'God created ""great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their ""kind, and every winged fowl after ""his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And "the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

the seed thereof, after its kind: 13 there was evening and there was morning, a third day. 16 the two 19 there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. 20 let fowl fly 21 the great sea-monsters.-kinds,-its kind: 23 there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

GENESIS, II.

24 And God said, Let the earth B.C.4004. and he rested on the seventh day bring forth the living creature after This kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after ""his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ""earth after kind and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, *Let us make a ch. 5. 2. man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation.
8 The planting of the garden of Eden, 10 and the P ver. 15.
river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge only for-1
bidden. 19, 20 The naming of the creatures. 21
The making of woman, and institution of marriage,
THUS the heavens and the earths
were finished, and "all the Num. 11.7.
host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God 9 Or, east-
rvended his work which he had made; Assyria.

24 its-its 25 its-the-ground-its 27 And God 29 yielding 31 there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 1 And the heaven 2 finished 3 hallowed-(had)-had created