Wiersbe’s Expository

OUTLINES

on the

New Testament

WARREN W. WIERSBE

A DIVISION OF SCRIPTURE PRESS PUBLICATIONS INC

USA CANADA ENGLAND

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Authorized (King James) Version (KJV). Other quotations are from The New King James Version (NKJV). (c) 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers; the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV). Copyright (c) 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishing House. All rights reserved; the New American Standard Bible (NASB), (c) the Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977; The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition (PH), (c) J.B. Phillips, 1958, 1960, 1972, permission of Macmillan Publishing Co. and Collins Publishers; The New Testament in the Language of the People by Charles B. Williams (WMS). (c) 1966 by Edith S. Williams. Used by permission of Moody Press, Moody Bible Institute of Chicago; The New Testament: An Expanded Translation by Kenneth S. Wuest (WUEST). (c) 1961 by the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Used by permission; The Living Bible (TLB), (c) 1971, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60189; and Weymouth’s New Testament in Modern Speech, by Richard Francis Weymouth (WEYMOUTH)—special arrangement with James Clarke & Company Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

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Contents

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

Dedicated with grateful appreciation

to the memory of Dr. D.B. Eastep (1900–1962),

a loving and faithful pastor,

a gifted expositor of the Word,

a Godly mentor to all pastors.

Preface

The purpose of this book is to take you chapter-by-chapter through the New Testament and give you the opportunity to study each book and chapter and learn how they fit into the total revelation God has given us of Christ and His redemptive work. The studies are concise and practical and are especially suitable for Sunday School classes and Bible study groups that want to examine God’s Word in a systematic manner.

These studies grew out of the lessons I prepared for the Calvary Baptist Church, Covington, Kentucky, when I ministered there from 1961 to 1971. My godly predecessor, Dr. D.B. Eastep, had devised “The Whole Bible Study Course” which took the student through the Bible in seven years, three years in the Old Testament and four years in the New ...