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The Bible Companion is a guide developed by the Christadelphians
Christadelphians
Christadelphians is a Christian group that developed in the United Kingdom and North America in the 19th century...

 to aid reading the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

. It was first produced by Robert Roberts when he was just 14 years of age, in about 1853, and revised by him over a number of years into its current format.

Background

Christadelphians believe that reading the Bible is very important: they believe that it is 'essential if one is to discover -- and remember -- God's revelation of Himself and His purpose'; citing Bible verses such as Psalm 119:105, they believe the Bible gives moral direction for the life of a Christian - thus the Bible Companion is designed to aid the Christian in their Bible reading to this end.

The Bible Companion as a reading aid

By following the Bible Companion the reader is led, in small portions, through the whole Bible in a year. The Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...

 is read once in the year, and the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 is read twice. The plan starts on January 1 in the Book of Genesis, Book of Psalms and Book of Matthew and works its way through the scriptures as the year goes along providing around 4 chapters per day. Here is an example of a section from the Bible Companion: -













January
DateReading 1Reading 2Reading 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31		 Genesis 1, 2
3, 4
5, 6
7, 8
9,10
11,12
13,14
15,16
17,18
19
20,21
22,23
24
25,26
27
28,29
30
31
32,33
34,35
36
37
38
39,40
41
42,43
44,45
46,47
48,50
Exodus 1, 2
3, 4		 Psalms 1, 2
3-5
6-8
9,10
11-13
14-16
17
18
19-21
22
23-25
26-28
29,30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39,40
41-43
44
45
46-48
49
50
51,52
53-55
56,57		 Matthew 1, 2
3, 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Romans 1, 2
3, 4
5, 6
7, 8
9

Current usage

Although the Bible Companion was developed over 100 years ago by the Christadelphians it is still widely used, year by year, within the community. Some ecclesias (individual churches) read the allotted chapters of the Bible as found in the companion during their Sunday services. Many people have the Bible Companion printed on book marks so they can easily find and follow the day's readings. Use of the 'Bible Companion' is down to the individual's choice.

Bible Companions


Comments, exhortations and questions following the Bible Companion program

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