If you haven’t already determined to regularly and consistently read the Bible, RIGHT NOW is always the best time to make that decision. And you can always rely on Bible Gateway to provide you with a variety of resources to make it happen:

• Visit our New Year’s Bible reading resources page and sign up for a free email devotional
• Or select a devotional from our complete newsletter page
• Or select a Bible Gateway Bible reading plan that you can customize to your own reading pace
• Create your own free personal account on Bible Gateway to be able to store notes that you write online as you read Scripture on Bible Gateway, highlight and bookmark Bible passages, and synchronize your notes across your multiple devices
• And we encourage you to upgrade your Bible study experience with your own Bible Gateway Plus membership

Our free Bible reading plans and devotionals are available all year long: they’re ready when you are!

[Read Bible Gateway Blog posts that introduce you to the Bible]

[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, 3 Simple Ways to Read the Bible Every Day in 2021]

If you’re wondering how much time is required to read each book of the Bible, the website desiringGod has created the following chart of estimated reading lengths:

With this chart in mind, blogger Wes McAdams has assembled A New Sort of Bible Reading Plan, listed below with links to each book of the Bible on Bible Gateway. With it you’ll read the Bible in less than a year:

[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Getting to Know the Major Characters of the Old Testament: Part 1 (Adam and Eve, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph)]

The Torah (January – February)

• Week 1 – Genesis (3.5 hours)
• Week 2 – Exodus (3 hours)
• Week 3 – Leviticus (2 hours)
• Week 4 – Numbers (3 hours)
• Week 5 – Deuteronomy (2.5 hours)

The Prophets (February – April)

• Week 6 – Joshua (1.75 hours)
• Week 7 – Judges (1.75 hours)
• Week 8 – 1 Samuel & 2 Samuel (4 hours)
• Week 9 – 1 Kings & 2 Kings (4.25 hours)
• Week 10 – Isaiah (3.75 hours)
• Week 11 – Jeremiah (4 hours)
• Week 12 – Ezekiel (3.75 hours)
• Week 13 – The Book of the Twelve [Minor Prophets] (3.25 hours)
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

The Writings (April – May)

• Week 14 – Job (1.75 hours)
• Week 15 – Proverbs (1.75 hours)
• Week 16 – Ruth (15 min.) and Song of Songs (20 min.)
• Week 17 – Ecclesiastes (30 min.)
• Week 18 – Lamentations (20 min.) and Esther (30 min.)
• Week 19 – Daniel (1.25 hours)
• Week 20 – Ezra and Nehemiah (1.75 hours)
• Week 21 – 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles (4.5 hours)

[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Getting to Know the Major Characters of the New Testament: Part 1 (Jesus, Mary, John the Baptist)]

The Gospel Accounts and Acts (May – July)

• Week 22 – Matthew (2.5 hours)
• Week 23 – Mark (1.5 hours)
• Week 24 – Luke (2.5 hours)
• Week 25 – John (2 hours)
• Week 26 – Acts (2.25 hours)

Paul’s Epistles (July – August)

• Week 27 – Romans (60 min.)
• Week 28 – 1 Corinthians (60 min.)
• Week 29 – 2 Corinthians (40 min.)
• Week 30 – Galatians (20 min.)
• Week 31 – Ephesians and Philippians (34 min.)
• Week 32 – Colossians and Philemon (16 min.)
• Week 33 – 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians (19 min.)
• Week 34 – 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus (34 min.)

General Epistles (August – September)

• Week 35 – Hebrews (45 min.)
• Week 36 – James (16 min.)
• Week 37 – 1 Peter and 2 Peter (26 min.)
• Week 38 – 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John, Jude (25 min.)

Revelation (September – October)

• Week 39 – Revelation (1.25 hours)

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