The New Testament is the collection of biblical books that were written after the coming of God’s Son into the world as the man Jesus Christ and up to the completion of the writing of Revelation. It is made up of 27 books:
- Four Gospels - historical accounts from different perspectives about Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John;
- The Acts of the Apostles - a record of the events that took place in the early church after Jesus had returned to heaven, written by Luke;
- The Pauline Epistles - the next thirteen books. The first nine are letters written by the apostle Paul to churches; the following three are known as the Pastoral Epistles as they are written to Timothy and Titus, who were to take over from Paul in his pastoral ministry. The final letter is to an individual called Philemon;
- The General Epistles - the next eight books. These are letters written by other writers, such as John and Peter, to various churches;
- Revelation - a vision recorded by John concerning the last days and the return of Jesus.