Bible in One Year Reading Plan and KJV Guide
from John to Revelation, then from Matthew to Luke, and then from Genesis to Malachi
Week | Daily Readings | ||||||
1 | John 1-2 | John 3-4 | John 5-6 | John 7-8 | John 9-10 | John 11-12 | John 13-15 |
2 | John 16-17 | John 18-19 | John 20-21 | Acts 1-3 | Acts 4-5 | Acts 6-7 | Acts 8-9 |
3 | Acts 10-11 | Acts 12-13 | Acts 14-15 | Acts 16-17 | Acts 18-19 | Acts 20-21 | Acts 22-23 |
4 | Acts 24-26 | Acts 27-28 | Rom. 1-3 | Rom. 4-7 | Rom. 8-10 | Rom. 11-14 | Rom. 15-16 |
5 | I Cor. 1-4 | I Cor. 5-9 | I Cor. 10-13 | II Cor. 1-4 | II Cor. 5-9 | II Cor. 10-13 | Gal. 1-3 |
6 | Gal. 4-6 | Eph. 1-3 | Eph. 4-6 | Phil. 1-4 | Col. 1-4 | I Thess. 1-5 | II Thess. 1-3 |
7 | I Tim. 1-6 | II Tim. 1-4 | Titus 1-3; Philemon | Heb. 1-4 | Heb. 5-8 | Heb. 9-10 | Heb. 11-13 |
8 | James 1-5 | I Peter 1-5; II Peter 1-3 | I John 1-5 | II John; III John; Jude | Rev. 1-3 | Rev. 4-7 | Rev. 8-11 |
9 | Rev. 12-14 | Rev. 15-17 | Rev. 18-19 | Rev. 20-22 | Matt. 1-4 | Matt. 5-6 | Matt. 7-9 |
10 | Matt. 10-11 | Matt. 12-13 | Matt. 14-17 | Matt. 18-20 | Matt. 21-22 | Matt. 23-24 | Matt. 25-26 |
11 | Matt. 27-28 | Mark 1-3 | Mark 4-5 | Mark 6-7 | Mark 8-9 | Mark 10-11 | Mark 12-13 |
12 | Mark 14 | Mark 15-16 | Luke 1-2 | Luke 3-4 | Luke 5-6 | Luke 7-8 | Luke 9-10 |
13 | Luke 11-12 | Luke 13-15 | Luke 16-18 | Luke 19-20 | Luke 21-22 | Luke 23-24 | Gen. 1-4 |
14 | Gen. 5-8 | Gen. 9-12 | Gen. 13-17 | Gen. 18-20 | Gen. 21-23 | Gen. 24-25 | Gen. 26-28 |
15 | Gen. 29-31 | Gen. 32-35 | Gen. 36-38 | Gen. 39-41 | Gen. 42-43 | Gen. 44-46 | Gen. 47-50 |
16 | Exod. 1-4 | Exod. 5-7 | Exod. 8-10 | Exod. 11-13 | Exod. 14-16 | Exod. 17-20 | Exod. 21-23 |
17 | Exod. 24-27 | Exod. 28-30 | Exod. 31-34 | Exod. 35-37 | Exod. 38-40 | Lev. 1-4 | Lev. 5-7 |
18 | Lev. 8-10 | Lev. 11-13 | Lev. 14-15 | Lev. 16-18 | Lev. 19-21 | Lev. 22-23 | Lev. 24-25 |
19 | Lev. 26-27 | Num. 1-2 | Num. 3-4 | Num. 5-6 | Num. 7 | Num. 8-10 | Num. 11-13 |
20 | Num. 14-15 | Num. 16-18 | Num. 19-21 | Num. 22-24 | Num. 25-26 | Num. 27-29 | Num. 30-32 |
21 | Num. 33-36 | Deut. 1-2 | Deut. 3-4 | Deut. 5-8 | Deut. 9-11 | Deut. 12-15 | Deut. 16-19 |
22 | Deut. 20-22 | Deut. 23-25 | Deut. 26-27 | Deut. 28-29 | Deut. 30-32 | Deut. 33-34 | Joshua 1-4 |
23 | Joshua 5-7 | Joshua 8-10 | Joshua 11-13 | Joshua 14-17 | Joshua 18-20 | Joshua 21-22 | Joshua 23-24 |
24 | Judges 1-3 | Judges 4-5 | Judges 6-8 | Judges 9-10 | Judges 11-13 | Judges 14-16 | Judges 17-19 |
25 | Judges 20-21 | Ruth 1-4 | I Sam. 1-3 | I Sam. 4-7 | I Sam. 8-12 | I Sam. 13-14 | I Sam. 15-16 |
26 | I Sam. 17-18 | I Sam. 19-21 | I Sam. 22-24 | I Sam. 25-27 | I Sam. 28-31 | II Sam. 1-3 | II Sam. 4-7 |
27 | II Sam. 8-11 | II Sam. 12-13 | II Sam. 14-16 | II Sam. 17-19 | II Sam. 20-22 | II Sam. 23-24 | I Kings 1-2 |
28 | I Kings 3-5 | I Kings 6-7 | I Kings 8-9 | I Kings 10-12 | I Kings 13-15 | I Kings 16-18 | I Kings 19-20 |
29 | I Kings 21-22 | II Kings 1-3 | II Kings 4-5 | II Kings 6-8 | II Kings 9-10 | II Kings 11-13 | II Kings 14-16 |
30 | II Kings 17-18 | II Kings 19-21 | II Kings 22-23 | II Kings 24-25 | I Chron. 1-2 | I Chron. 3-4 | I Chron. 5-6 |
31 | I Chron. 7-9 | I Chron. 10-12 | I Chron. 13-16 | I Chron. 17-19 | I Chron. 20-23 | I Chron. 24-26 | I Chron. 27-29 |
32 | II Chron. 1-4 | II Chron. 5-7 | II Chron. 8-11 | II Chron. 12-16 | II Chron. 17-20 | II Chron. 21-24 | II Chron. 25-28 |
33 | II Chon. 29-31 | II Chron. 32-34 | II Chron. 35-36 | Ezra 1-4 | Ezra 5-7 | Ezra 8-10 | Neh. 1-3 |
34 | Neh. 4-7 | Neh. 8-10 | Neh. 11-13 | Esther 1-5 | Esther 6-10 | Job 1-4 | Job 5-8 |
35 | Job 9-12 | Job 13-16 | Job 17-20 | Job 21-24 | Job 25-30 | Job 31-34 | Job 35-38 |
36 | Job 39-42 | Psa. 1-8 | Psa. 9-17 | Psa. 18-21 | Psa. 22-27 | Psa. 28-33 | Psa. 34-37 |
37 | Psa. 38-42 | Psa. 43-49 | Psa. 50-55 | Psa. 56-61 | Psa. 62-68 | Psa. 69-72 | Psa. 73-77 |
38 | Psa. 78-80 | Psa. 81-88 | Psa. 89-94 | Psa. 95-103 | Psa. 104-106 | Psa. 107-111 | Psa. 112-118 |
39 | Psa. 119 | Psa. 120-133 | Psa. 130-140 | Psalm 141-150 | Prov. 1-3 | Prov. 4-7 | Prov. 8-11 |
40 | Prov. 12-14 | Prov. 15-17 | Prov. 18-20 | Prov. 21-23 | Prov. 24-26 | Prov. 27-29 | Prov. 30-31 |
41 | Eccles. 1-4 | Eccles. 5-8 | Eccles. 9-12 | Song. of Sol. 1-4 | Song. of Sol. 5-8 | Isa. 1-3 | Isa. 4-8 |
42 | Isa. 9-11 | Isa. 12-14 | Isa. 15-19 | Isa. 20-24 | Isa. 25-28 | Isa. 29-31 | Isa. 32-34 |
43 | Isa. 35-37 | Isa. 38-40 | Isa. 41-43 | Isa. 44-46 | Isa. 47-49 | Isa. 50-52 | Isa. 53-56 |
44 | Isa. 57-59 | Isa. 60-63 | Isa. 64-66 | Jer. 1-3 | Jer. 4-5 | Jer. 6-8 | Jer. 9-11 |
45 | Jer. 12-14 | Jer. 15-17 | Jer. 18-21 | Jer. 22-24 | Jer. 25-27 | Jer. 28-30 | Jer. 31-32 |
46 | Jer. 33-36 | Jer. 37-39 | Jer. 40-43 | Jer. 44-46 | Jer. 47-48 | Jer. 49 | Jer. 50 |
47 | Jer. 51-52 | Lam. 1-2 | Lam. 3-5 | Ezek. 1-4 | Ezek. 5-8 | Ezek. 9-12 | Ezek. 13-15 |
48 | Ezek. 16-17 | Ezek. 18-20 | Ezek. 21-22 | Ezek. 23-24 | Ezek. 25-27 | Ezek. 28-30 | Ezek. 31-32 |
49 | Ezek. 33-35 | Ezek. 36-38 | Ezek. 39-40 | Ezek. 41-43 | Ezek. 44-46 | Ezek. 47-48 | Daniel 1-3 |
50 | Daniel 4-5 | Daniel 6-8 | Daniel 9-12 | Hosea 1-4 | Hosea 5-9 | Hosea 10-12 | Joel 1-3 |
51 | Amos 1-4 | Amos 5-9 | Obadiah 1 | Jonah 1-4 | Micah 1-4 | Micah 5-7 | Nahum 1-3 |
52 | Hab. 1-3 | Zeph. 1-3 | Haggai 1-2 | Zech. 1-5 | Zech. 6-10 | Zech. 11-14 | Malachi 1-4 |
Guide to the English of the King James Version
How to understand unknown words in the KJV:
- Use the context to understand––figure out what the KJV word means from the sentence it is in, and from the surrounding passage
- Look up words in a dictionary––define the KJV words that you cannot understand
- Continue reading––most of the KJV vocabulary/style will become easier with familiarity
Different 2nd Person Pronouns
When speaking to one person, or as if to one person, the Bible will use pronouns beginning with “th”: thee, thou thy, thine. When speaking to more than one person, the Bible will use pronouns beginning with “y”: you, ye, your.
Contemporary English | KJV English | ||||
Person | Singular | Plural | Person | Singular | Plural |
1st Person | I am | We are | 1st Person | I am | We are |
2nd Person | You are | You are | 2nd Person | Thou art | You/Ye are |
3rd Person | He/She/It is | They are | 3rd Person | He/She/It is | They are |
Stylized Words
John 3:7 “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” In the KJV English, certain words have different endings than usual to harmonize
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with the style of English used:
Believeth = Believes
Believest = Believe
Hath = has shalt = shall
Canst = Can doth = does
Art = are doeth = does (verb)