How many have actually read the Bible?

[70x7]

Just curious.
And non-believers, this is for you too.

 

[broken_one]

I have....spent a long time doing it, but it's all read.

 

[sk8Joyful]

I started at 13 with the KJ-version, & preachers/teachers confounded me along with them;
thru all 28 yrs. & about 46 Studies.
About
10 yrs. ago, our family switched to the NI-version, making much more sense. We cont. studying the Bible, especially the NT.

 

[alec11]

I read the Bible everyday before start to pray.
The best time to read bible is in the morning I think

 

[keith99]

Yes cover to cover in a few weeks. I will admit my mind wandered a bit during parts of Numbers. There are parts of that book only a Hobbit could enjoy.

 

[mf132]

I converted to Christianity a few weeks ago so I bought a Bible right away and have been reading it every day since then. I've made it as far as Judges so far. The plan is to read it right through to the end, then go back the beginning and read the whole thing again.

 

[snoochface]

I've read all of the NT, most of it multiple times.

In the OT, I have been working my way through the prophets - read most of the minor prophets, struggling through Isaiah now - but have read the rest.

 

[Ariel]

I read Psalms and Proverbs every month. Recently instead of reading some Old, some New, I divided my Bible into five sections (minus Psalms and Proverbs), each about as long as the Pentateuch. I read one chapter in each of those sections, plus five Psalms and one Proverb.

I don't know how many times I've read the Bible. I have no idea. I also study through it as I'm reading, comparing Scripture with Scripture. I just know that it feeds my soul, more so than anything else.

It helps to pray when I start reading, asking the Holy Spirit to teach me. He does. I have learned far more from listening than I did from Bible school courses.

Of course I didn't start reading the Bible this way. I started with Genesis too many times and failed, giving up by Numbers. Then someone told me to start with the book of John. That made a huge difference.

 

[crishmael]

I've read the entire Bible once. Read the entire NT Lord knows how many times. I'm currently rereading the Bible, and just started in Isaiah.

 

[Speculative]

I've read it through several times, in a few different versions.

 

[coastalwanderer]

I read it all during the course of one summer (the vacation after my first year at university), and have gone back to a great deal of it since.

 

[thunderbyrd]

i've read the old testament at least ten times (tho i'll admit i skipped some genologies some of those times!) and no idea how many times i've read through the new testament.

 

[Christopher Fox]

All Christians should read the whole Bible (in my opinion). It's hard to read it from beginning to end though. This is largely because you can become bogged down in some quite turgid bits early on in the OT ('Numbers' springs to mind!) There are countless daily reading plans that you can buy in book form or (I am sure) download - I'd recommend using one of these.

God bless - Chris

 

[plshang]

Yes. I have read through the entire bible a few times and hope to read through many more times in the years to come!

 

[rebornfree]

I have read it once in the order it is written, and another time with a section of NT, OT, Psalms and Proverbs each day. Otherwise I read it book by book (not necessarily in order).

 

[CaffeinatedBen]

I remember thinking reading the Bible all the way was such an impossible task. It really isn't.

 

[Steo]

I have read it once all the way through - it was for school, though - does that count?

 

[liesje]

I've read the NT right through and the OT up to Ezekiel, and I've probably read half of the books between Ezekiel and Malachi

 

[~Love4ever~]

i've read about half of the old testament and all of the new testament

 

[S.gal83]

I am not a believer. I had read the bible. To and Fro. From Genesis to Revelation. About 5 times. I used to be a christian and therefore was fervant in my reading of the bible. I lost faith in God, now, though. I still read the bible even though I am a theistic Satanist now, one chapter a night. It is out of a personal habit. Somewhere in my heart, I hope and really hope that one day, I can believe in God, again.