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Quick Reference Guide

To enjoy the Word of God with the Recovery Version, we encourage you to read a little every day, from the first page to the last page. Always pray before, during, and after reading (Eph. 6:18-19a, verse 18, note 1).

You may also want to study your favorite topics using the quick reference guide below. Each topical heading contains subpoints that direct you to relevant verses and footnotes in the New Testament Recovery Version.

How to Grow in Your Christian Life
  1. Feed on the word.....1 Pet. 2:21,4,5; Matt. 4:43; John 6:571,633

  2. Pray to God.....Matt. 6:61; 1 Thes. 5:171; 1 Tim. 2:81

  3. Pray-read the word.....Eph. 6:17-181,2,3; 2 Tim. 3:162

  4. Call on the name of the Lord.....Acts 2:211,2,3; Rom. 10:121,131,2

  5. Share the gospel.....Matt 28:191,2; Mark 5:19-20; Rom. 1:14-16; 2 Tim. 4:23

  6. Feed younger believers.....John 21:154; 1 Thes. 2:72; Eph. 5:291

How to Experience God as Your Comfort and Rest
  1. Come to Jesus and rest.....Matt. 11:28-30(all); John 6:18-21(all)

  2. The comforter, the Spirit of reality.....John 14:161,261; 1 John 2:15

  3. Overcome anxiety.....Phil. 4:6-7(all); Matt. 6:24-34(all)

How to Create a Godly Environment
  1. Confess to and forgive one another.....James 5:16; Matt. 18:35

  2. Establish Bible reading groups.....1 Tim. 4:131; Acts 20:324

  3. For your family—daily.....Acts 2:463; 16:311; 10:24; Matt. 19:14

  4. For your relatives, friends and neighbors—weekly.....2 Tim. 2:223

  5. For colleagues and classmates—at lunch.....1 Cor. 15:331

How to Share God's Salvation with the Recovery Version
  1. God's will and economy.....Eph. 1:43, 52,101; 1 Tim. 1:44; 2 Cor. 4:71,2

  2. God's love.....John 3:161; 1 John 4:8, 16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:42

  3. Men's trespasses and sins.....Eph. 2:12,3; Rom. 3:231; 6:231,2; John 8:24

  4. Christ's death and resurrection.....1 Cor. 15:31,4; Eph. 1:71,2; Rom. 4:251

  5. Receiving God's salvation.....Mark 1:152,3; Rom. 10:9-13(all)

  6. Baptism.....Matt. 3:151,161; 28:193; Mark 16:151; Acts 8:361; 22:16

  7. For the wise and knowledgable.....Col. 2:31; 1 Cor. 2:71; 2:91,2; 2:111

  8. For the "moral".....John 3:21,141; Matt. 5:201; Rom. 7:73,183

  9. For the successful.....Phil. 3:83,4,112,133,144; 1 Cor. 9:251; 2 Tim. 4:7-82

  10. For the lover of riches.....Matt. 6:19; 19:221; Luke 16:93; 1 Tim. 6:91; 192

  11. For the depressed.....Matt. 12:201; 9:121; Eph. 2:42; Luke 10:341

  12. For the one fearing death.....Heb. 2:151; 1 Cor. 15:541,2,3; John 10:281

  13. For the doubting.....2 Cor. 4:132; Gal. 3:23; Rom. 1:202; 10:17

  14. For idol worshippers.....1 Cor. 8:41; Acts 17:161; Rom 1:251; 1 Thess. 1:9

How to Teach the Bible with the Recovery Version
  1. Feed on the word.....1 Pet. 2:21,4,5; Matt. 4:43; John 6:571,633

  2. The Triune God.....Matt. 28:195; John 14:71,10; 2 Cor. 13:141

  3. Who Christ is.....John 1:1,142; Col. 2:91,2,3; Rom. 9:51; 1 Tim. 2:53; Rom. 1:46

  4. What Christ did.....John 1:181; 6:57a; 4:34; Heb. 9:122; Col. 1:202; Gal. 3:131

  5. Who the Spirit is.....John 7:391; Phil 1:192; 2 Cor. 3:173; Acts 1:81

  6. The word of God.....John 6:631,2,3; 2 Tim. 3:161,2; 1 Pet. 2:23; Matt. 4:43

  7. Basic faith.....Jude 33; 1 Cor. 8:4; Matt. 28:195; Gal. 4:42; 1 Cor. 15:3-4

  8. Tripartite man.....1 Thes. 5:235; John 4:244; 3:62; Rom. 8:161,2; 1 Cor. 6:171,2

  9. Eternal life.....John 3:151; 10:101; 1 John 5:121, 208; Col. 3:42

  10. The church.....Matt. 6:185; 18:172; Eph. 1:223,4,231,2,3; 1 Tim. 3:15(all)

  11. The kingdom.....Matt. 5:34; pp.30-31; Matt. 16:192,3; Rom. 14:171,2

  12. End of the world.....The chart at the end of the RcV before the maps

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