hello my name is Kylie and welcome to Bible basics for chapters and verses did
you ever want to share a part of the Bible with a friend what do all the
sections and numbers of the Bible mean in this video you will learn how to use
your Bible to look up Scripture get your Bible out now so you can follow along
before watching this video be sure you have watched Bible basics two and Bible
basics three that teach about the many books that make up the Bible then come
back to this one you know from Bible basics two and three that scripture is
organized in a special way books chapters and verses since you already
looked at books let's now focus on chapters and verses the chapters of the
Bible divide the book so that we can find the stories more easily each book
begins with the chapter number 1 and they are usually written in a big print
at the beginning of each chapter let's look at an example the very first story
in the Bible is found in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament chapter 1
is the story of creation the very beginning of how God made heaven and
earth light and dark water and sky day and night animals plants and people do
you notice the number 1 this is chapter 1 in the book of Genesis chapter 2 is
the story of Adam and Eve chapter 6 is the story of Noah's Ark and the Great
Flood now let's say you want to find the story of Jesus as told by John how would
you know where to find the beginning of the story you know the story of John is
in the New Testament because it falls within the book of Gospels in this case
it's the Gospel according to John so if you flip
through your Bible you will find the book of John and you'll know where it
begins because you will find chapter one in big print flip to your Bible now and
find John chapter 11 read the title of this chapter to know what the story is
about did you find the story of the death of Lazarus yes this is the famous
story that tells about Jesus bringing a man back to life a simple way to find
any of the books is by using the table of contents found at the beginning of
your Bible but some people just like to flip because they know the order of the
book so well they can easily locate the book they want to you can practice
knowing the order of the books by singing rapping or using a memory trick
like goats eat like nobody does to remember the five books of the law just
start with one group at a time okay so finding chapters is fairly easy
because it's just like finding chapters in your favorite novel next let's look
at the verses each chapter is divided into verses and these are numbered to a
verse is usually a one or two sentences long
sometimes verses cut into parts of sentences - you'll notice that verse
numbers are in small print and written at the beginning of the verse books
chapters and verses are written in a special way they're like an address to
tell you the exact location of a Bible story or message for example numbers 620
for the first word is the name of the book the first number is a chapter
number and the next number is the verse this is the verse numbers 6:24 for the
Lord bless you and keep you you will notice the letters NIV which tell you
this verse is taken from the new international version of the Bible
sometimes the address for Bible reference is written like this mark 9:36
through 37 this is a book of Gospels according to mark the chapter is 9 and
the next two numbers mean you are referring to verses 36 and 37 and
sometimes you will find a verse reference written like this Matthew
11:28 through 30 you can find this in your own Bible right now can you you
know this is the book of the Gospels according to Matthew the chapter is 11
and the verses are 28 to 30 inclusive this means you're referring to verse 28
29 and 30 this is the message version of this verse many people think that
chapters and verses were always in existence but did you know that for the
most of Christian history the Bible was made of just books chapters and verses
are fairly new and they were added to the Bible as an easy way for us to
cross-reference
you now know so much about the most popular book in the world the Bible keep
reading the stories poems and letters in your own Bible and then test your
knowledge on our fun online games and quizzes some of the games give a verse
address to help you answer the questions that's a great way to keep practicing
what you learned in this video yeah and remember to always be clever