The Bible Companion is a Bible reading plan developed by Robert Roberts when he was 14 years of age, in about 1853,[1] and revised by him over a number of years into its current format.[2] It is widely used by Christadelphians, who place particular importance on personal daily Bible reading. Many Christadelphian congregations read one or more of the allotted chapters as part of their weekly Breaking of Bread service.
Description
editThe plan starts on January 1 in the Book of Genesis, Book of Psalms and Gospel of Matthew and covers the whole Bible over the course of a year, at about four chapters a day.[3] The Old Testament is read once and the New Testament twice. Here is an example of a section from the Bible Companion:
| January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Reading 1 | Reading 2 | Reading 3 |
| 1 | Genesis 1, 2 | Psalms 1, 2 | Matthew 1, 2 |
| 2 | 3, 4 | 3-5 | 3, 4 |
| 3 | 5, 6 | 6-8 | 5 |
| 4 | 7, 8 | 9,10 | 6 |
| 5 | 9,10 | 11-13 | 7 |
| 6 | 11,12 | 14-16 | 8 |
| 7 | 13,14 | 17 | 9 |
| 8 | 15,16 | 18 | 10 |
| 9 | 17,18 | 19-21 | 11 |
| 10 | 19 | 22 | 12 |
| 11 | 20,21 | 23-25 | 13 |
| 12 | 22,23 | 26-28 | 14 |
| 13 | 24 | 29,30 | 15 |
| 14 | 25,26 | 31 | 16 |
| 15 | 27 | 32 | 17 |
| 16 | 28,29 | 33 | 18 |
| 17 | 30 | 34 | 19 |
| 18 | 31 | 35 | 20 |
| 19 | 32,33 | 36 | 21 |
| 20 | 34,35 | 37 | 22 |
| 21 | 36 | 38 | 23 |
| 22 | 37 | 39,40 | 24 |
| 23 | 38 | 41-43 | 25 |
| 24 | 39,40 | 44 | 26 |
| 25 | 41 | 45 | 27 |
| 26 | 42,43 | 46-48 | 28 |
| 27 | 44,45 | 49 | Romans 1, 2 |
| 28 | 46,47 | 50 | 3, 4 |
| 29 | 48,50 | 51,52 | 5, 6 |
| 30 | Exodus 1, 2 | 53-55 | 7, 8 |
| 31 | 3, 4 | 56,57 | 9 |
The Bible Companion is available on a number of apps.
References
edit- ^ "Daily Bible Reading Exhortations". Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ Roberts, Robert (1894). My Days and My Ways. Birmingham: CMPA. p. 15.
- ^ "Welcome to DailyReadings.org.uk". Retrieved 2020-03-03.
External links
editBible Companions
edit- Daily Bible readings based on the "Bible Companion" but with added brief reading from Proverbs each day
- A Bible Study site based on the Bible Companion which incorporates the Daily Readings.
Comments, exhortations and questions following the Bible Companion program
edit- Daily Bible readings following the Companion with comments on each reading
- Daily Bible Reading Exhortations following the Bible Companion
- Christadelphian Isolation League publishes exhortations every week, and the website, alongside the readings from the KJV and as audio files, has Exhortations published on each day in recent years that may link to the daily readings