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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scripture
Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these: <p><b>Of the Old Testament:</b></p><center><table class="wcf" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Genesis</td><td valign=top width="33%">II Chronicles</td><td valign=top width="33%">Daniel</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Exodus</td><td valign=top width="33%">Ezra</td><td valign=top width="33%">Hosea</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Leviticus</td><td valign=top width="33%">Nehemiah</td><td valign=top width="33%">Joel</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Numbers</td><td valign=top width="33%">Esther</td><td valign=top width="33%">Amos</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Deuteronomy</td><td valign=top width="33%">Job</td><td valign=top width="33%">Obadiah</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Joshua</td><td valign=top width="33%">Psalms</td><td valign=top width="33%">Jonah</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Judges</td><td valign=top width="33%">Proverbs</td><td valign=top width="33%">Micah</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Ruth</td><td valign=top width="33%">Ecclesiastes</td><td valign=top width="33%">Nahum</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">I Samuel</td><td valign=top width="33%">The Song of Songs</td><td valign=top width="33%">Habakkuk</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">II Samuel</td><td valign=top width="33%">Isaiah</td><td valign=top width="33%">Zephaniah</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">I Kings</td><td valign=top width="33%">Jeremiah</td><td valign=top width="33%">Haggai</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">II Kings</td><td valign=top width="33%">Lamentations</td><td valign=top width="33%">Zechariah</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">I Chronicles</td><td valign=top width="33%">Ezekiel</td><td valign=top width="33%">Malachi</td></tr></tbody></table></center></p><p><b>Of the New Testament:</b></p><center><table class="wcf" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign=top width="33%">The Gospels</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Galatians</td><td valign=top width="33%">The Epistle</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> according to</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Ephesians</td><td valign=top width="33%"> of James</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Matthew</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Philippians</td><td valign=top width="33%">The first and</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Mark</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Colossians</td><td valign=top width="33%"> second Epistles</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Luke</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Thessalonians I</td><td valign=top width="33%"> of Peter</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> John</td><td valign=top width="33%"> Thessalonians II</td><td valign=top width="33%">The first, second,</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">The Acts of the</td><td valign=top width="33%"> to Timothy I</td><td valign=top width="33%"> and third Epistles</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Apostles</td><td valign=top width="33%"> to Timothy II</td><td valign=top width="33%"> of John</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%">Paul's Epistles</td><td valign=top width="33%"> to Titus</td><td valign=top width="33%">The Epistle</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> to the Romans</td><td valign=top width="33%"> to Philemon</td><td valign=top width="33%"> of Jude</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Corinthians I</td><td valign=top width="33%">The Epistle to</td><td valign=top width="33%">The Revelation</td></tr><tr><td valign=top width="33%"> Corinthians II</td><td valign=top width="33%"> the Hebrews</td><td valign=top width="33%"> of John</td></tr></tbody></table></center></p> All which are given by inspiration of God to be the rule of faith and life.[^fnref:wcf1]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 16:29</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42016029.01-1"><span class="woc">But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’</span></p> </div><h5>Luke 16:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42016031.01-2"><span class="woc">He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”</span></p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002020.01-3">built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,</p> </div><h5>Revelation 22:18-19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p66022018.01-4">I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.</p> </div><h5>2 Timothy 3:16</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p55003016.01-5">All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>