You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
A letter to the exiles in Babylon offers a long-term hope of restoration.
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Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
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Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
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Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
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A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
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Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
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Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
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Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
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Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
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Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
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Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
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Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
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Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
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Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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A letter to the exiles in Babylon offers a long-term hope of restoration.
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Amid loss and argument with his friends, Job expresses confidence in a living redeemer.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
Job speaks of being known by God even while he struggles to find God's presence.
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job asks his friends for loyalty and kindness while he is suffering.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
At the final supper, Jesus tells his disciples that their love for one another will identify them.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
At the final supper, Jesus tells his disciples that their love for one another will identify them.
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
The risen Jesus greets the disciples with peace and sends them into their work.
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Jesus uses bread and hunger to describe life and welcome for those who come to him.
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
Jesus uses bread and hunger to describe life and welcome for those who come to him.
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus teaches about the light of life and the freedom connected with truth and discipleship.
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Jesus teaches about the light of life and the freedom connected with truth and discipleship.