How do Christians use the Bible?

for private worship

(at home)
for guidance
and advice

for public worship

(in church)
Christians use
the Bible
for teaching

for prayer
as a basis for
songs or hymns
Unit 3D

The books of the Bible

The Bible is made up of many books.

It is divided into two parts.

The Old Testament

The New Testament

made up of
39 books

made up of
27 books

written before
Jesus was born

written after
Jesus was born
Unit 3D

The books of the Bible

In your school library you will have many different

types of books, which you use for different things.
Dictionaries

Stories
Poetry

Picture books

Textbooks

The Bible also contains different types of books, which

show the different ways people write down their ideas
about God.
Stories
Psalms

History
Parables
Gospels

Laws
Unit 3D

Using Bible references

You may have seen passages, stories or prayers from the

Bible along with a Bible reference. This tells you where to
look in the Bible to find that text.
This is how it works:
Reference:

Matthew 11: 18 - 30

This bit tells you

which book of
the Bible to look
at

This bit tells you

which chapter to
go to within that
book

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This bit tells you

which verses to
look at in that
chapter