The Protestant Bible has 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books. The Old Testament is often grouped as Law (5), History (12), Wisdom and Songs (5), Major Prophets (5), and Minor Prophets (12). The New Testament is Gospels (4), Acts, Letters (21), and Revelation. This chart is a UECF.NET overview, not a publisher insert from the printed Life Application Study Bible.
Genesis (beginnings), Exodus (rescue and covenant), Leviticus (holiness and worship), Numbers (wilderness), Deuteronomy (covenant renewal). Together they form the foundation the rest of Scripture assumes.
Matthew emphasizes Jesus the Messiah and Teacher; Mark, the suffering Servant who acts with haste; Luke, the Savior for all peoples; John, the Son who reveals the Father. They are four portraits, not rivals.
Romans; 1–2 Corinthians; Galatians; Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; 1–2 Thessalonians; 1–2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon. The first group is largely to churches; the last four are often called the Pastoral Letters plus Philemon.
After Saul, David, and Solomon, the kingdom splits (1 Kings 12). Israel (north) falls to Assyria (2 Kings 17). Judah (south) falls to Babylon (2 Kings 25). Chronicles retells Judah’s story with an eye to worship and hope after exile.
The Old Testament closes with a call to remember the law and wait for Elijah. The New Testament opens with John the Baptist in that spirit and with Jesus as the promised King. The centuries between are not narrated in the Protestant canon; the Gospels assume Israel still waiting.
