Book Outlines

Question 1

Genesis

Answer 1

1. 1:1-2:3 Prologue
2. 2-11 Primeval Age
3. 12-50 Patriarchal Age
   a. Abraham Cycle 12-25
   b. Jacob Cycle 26-36
   c. Joseph Cycle 37-50

Question 2

Exodus

Answer 2

1. Exodus out of Egypt (1-15:21)
2. Mount Sinai Covenant (15:22-24)
3. Tabernacle/Presence of God (25-40)

Question 3

Leviticus

Answer 3

1. 1-10 Cultic Sacrifices (approaching God)
2. 11-16 Cleanness (imitating God)
3. 17-27 Holiness (being like God)

Question 4

Deuteronomy (Last Words)

Answer 4

1. 1-4 First Sermon
2. 5-28 Second Sermon
3. 29-30 Third Sermon
4. 31-34 Epilogue

Question 5

Isaiah

Answer 5

1. Prophecies to Judah (1-12)
2. Prophecies to the Nations (13-24)
3. Prophecies of deliverance (25-27)
4. Mingled judgment and salvation (28-35)
5. Story of King Hezekiah (36-39)
6. Prophecies of glorious future for Zion (40-66)

Question 6

Jeremiah

Answer 6

1. Jeremiah’s first public sermons (1-10)
2. Jeremiah’s experiences as a prophet (11-20)
3. Prophecies about coming captivity (21-29)
4. Book of consolation (30-33)
5. Siege and fall of Jerusalem (34-39)
6. Judgment against the nations (40-52)

Question 7

Ezekiel

Answer 7

1. Judgment of Jerusalem (1-24)
2. Judgment of the nations (25-33)
3. Future of Israel (34-48)

Question 8

Daniel

Answer 8

1. Stories of faithfulness (1-6)

2. Visions of the future (7-12)

Question 9

Matthew

Answer 9

1. The beginning of the work (1-4:11)
2. The progress of the work (4:12-20)
   A. Galilean Ministry (4:12-15:20)
   1. First discourse (Sermon on the Mount) (5-7)
   2. Second discourse (Charge to the 12) (10)
   3. Third discourse (Kingdom parables) (13)
   B. Perean Ministry (15:21-200
   4. Fourth discourse (Kindness & forgiveness) (18)
3. The culmination of the work (21-28)
   A. Passion week (21-27)
   5. Fifth discourse (Seven Woes) (23)
   6. Sixth discourse (“Olivet”) (24-25)
   B. Resurrection (28)

Question 10

Mark

Answer 10

1. Jesus as Itinerant teacher and miracle worker (1-10)

2. Jesus as sacrifice (11-16)

Question 11

Luke

Answer 11

1. The advent of the Son of Man (1-4:13)
2. The ministry of the Son of Man (4:14-9:50)
3. The progress of the son of man toward the cross (9:51-19:27)
4. The death of the son of man (19:28-23)
5. The triumph of the Son of Man (24)

Question 12

John

Answer 12

1. Signs, discourses and conflicts (1-12)
2. Teaching (13-17)
3. Suffering and atonement (18-19)
4. Victory (20-21)

Question 13

Acts

Answer 13

1. Witness in Jerusalem (1-7)
2. Witness to Judea an Samaria (8-12)
3. Witness to the ends of the earth (13-28)

Question 14

Romans

Answer 14

1. The need of salvation (1-3:20)
2. The way of salvation (3:21-5)
3. The life of salvation (6-8)
4. The scope of salvation (9-11)
5. The service of salvation (12-16)

Question 15

Galatians

Answer 15

1. Autobiography (1-2)
2. Theology (3-4)
3. Ethics (5-6)

Question 16

Ephesians

Answer 16

1. The believer’s position in Christ (1-3)

2. The believer’s conduct in the world (4-6)

Question 17

Colossians

Answer 17

1. Introduction (1:1-2)
2. The nature of Christ’s Lordship (1:3-2:7)
3. Christ’s lordship and the false teaching at Colossae (2:8-3:4)
4. Christ’s lordship in the Christian life (3:5-4:6)
5. Conclusion (4:7-18)

Question 18

Hebrews

Answer 18

1. Christ’s person (1-4:13)
2. Christ’s priesthood (4:14-7)
3. Christ’s sacrifice (8-10:18)
4. Christ’s followers (10:19-13)

Question 19

Revelation

Answer 19

1. Prologue (1)
2. The things that are now happening (2-4)
3. The things that will happen (5-22:5)
4. Epilogue (22:6-21)