The Bible is supposed to contain only the truth. The purpose of this study is to understand:

• Why certain Bible books were included or excluded from the Bible
• Which books complement or contradict each other
• Which books are quote or misquote scriptures out of context
• Why some books may be disputed or whether the disputes itself are valid

Books included in many bible translations

• Psalm
• Song of Songs
• Ecclesiastes
• Jeremiah
• Esther
• Undisputed Letters of Paul
  • Romans
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Philippians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • Philemon
• Deutero-Pauline Epistle
  • Ephesians
  • Colossians
  • 2 Thessalonians
• Pastoral epistles
  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
• Hebrews
• Jude
• Revelation

Books excluded from many bible translations

• Apocrypha
  • Barnabas
  • Baruch
  • Ecclesiasticus
  • 1 Enoch
  • 2 Enoch
  • 3 Enoch
  • 1 Esdras
  • 2 Esdras
  • Judith
  • Letter to Jeremiah
  • 1 Maccabees
  • 2 Maccabees
  • 3 Maccabees
  • 4 Maccabees
  • Prayer of Manasseh
  • Psalms of Solomon
  • Tobit
  • Wisdom

Books excluded from all bible translations

• Extracanonical Gospels
  • Infancy Gospel of Thomas
  • Gospel of Judas
  • Gospel of Peter
  • Gospel of Thomas

Missing books or scriptures

The following passages quotes scriptures that does not exist in our modern bibles:

• Matthew 26:24 / Mark 14:21
• Matthew 27:3-10 (A copy of the prophecy in Zechariah 11:4-17 survived, but the original prophecy from Jeremiah is lost)
• Luke 18:31-33
• Luke 24:46-49
• John 5:38
• Ephesians 5:14
• 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 (Might partially paraphrase Leviticus 26:12 and Isaiah 52:11, but not it is not an exact quote)