What are the N.T. Scriptures?

What are the N.T. Scriptures?

All Christians Were Intended to Have the Scriptures we

now possess:

(Galatians 1:2) …To the churches of

Galatia: (NKJV)


All Christians Were Intended to Have the Scriptures we

now possess:

(2 Corinthians 1:1) Paul…To the church of

God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all

Achaia: (NKJV)


All Christians Were Intended to Have the

Scriptures we now possess:

(1 Peter 1:1) Peter…To the pilgrims

of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia,

Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (NKJV)


All Christians Were Intended to Have the

Scriptures we now possess:

(Colossians 4:16) Now when this epistle is read among you, see that

it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

(NKJV)


All Christians Were Intended to Have the Scriptures we now

possess:

(1 Corinthians 1:2) To the church of God which is at

Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called

to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of

Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: (NKJV)

(Philippians 4:2) I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind

in the Lord. (NKJV)


The first century churches considered those writings

to be authoritative.

(1 Corinthians 14:37) If anyone thinks himself to

be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to

you are the commandments of the

Lord. (NKJV)


The first century churches considered those

writings to be authoritative.

(2 Thessalonians 3:9) not because we do not have authority, but to

make ourselves an example of how you

should follow us. (NKJV)




(2 Corinthians 10:8) For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord

gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I

shall not be ashamed-- (NKJV)


The first century churches considered those writings to be

authoritative.

(Titus 2:15) Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke

with all authority. Let no one despise you.

(NKJV)




(2 Thessalonians 2:15) Therefore, brethren, stand

fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word

or our epistle. (NKJV)


The first century churches considered those writings to be

authoritative.

(2 Thessalonians 2:1-2) Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to

Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or

troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had

come. (NKJV)


How did the 1st century church identify the

writings of Paul from forgeries?

(2 Thessalonians 3:17) The salutation of Paul with

my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I

write. (NKJV)


How did the 1st century church identify the writings of Paul from forgeries?

(Ephesians 6:21-22) But that you also may know my

affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you;

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know

our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts. (NKJV)

The first century Christians considered the books we have in

the N.T. as scripture.(2 Peter 3:15-16)

and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is

salvation--as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the

wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his

epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some

things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable

people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. (NKJV)

Books of the New Testament• 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




the N.T. as scripture.(Luke 10:7) "And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to

house. (NKJV)

(1 Timothy 5:18) For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it

treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages." (NKJV)




the N.T. as scripture.“But it is not possible that the Gospels can

be either more or fewer in number than they are. For since there are four zones of

the world in which we live, and four principal winds…and since the ‘pillar and ground’ of the church is the Gospel…it is fitting that she should have four pillars…

From this fact, it is evident that the Logos, the fashioner…of all, he…gave us the gospel under four forms but bound

together by one spirit.” – Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.11.8




the N.T. as scripture.Muratorian Fragment (170 A.D.):• Lists for us almost the

entire New Testament canon. • May have indeed been a

complete list of New Testament books, but we only have a portion of the ancient document. We do not have the very beginning of the document or the very end of the document

• The portion of the document that we do have tells us that there are FOUR (and only four) gospels.


the N.T. as scripture.“We have approximately 50 manuscripts of

the New Testament that PRE-DATE the Roman takeover of the established church in

the 4th century.

We have more than 32 THOUSAND New Testament quotations from the early church writers of the 2nd and 3rd centuries. In fact, we could recreate virtually the entire New

Testament just from the scripture quotations of the early church writers of the 2nd and

3rd centuries.



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What are the N.T. Scriptures?