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
Feed on the word.....1 Pet. 2:21,4,5; Matt. 4:43; John 6:571,633
Pray to God.....Matt. 6:61; 1 Thes. 5:171; 1 Tim. 2:81
Pray-read the word.....Eph. 6:17-181,2,3; 2 Tim. 3:162
Call on the name of the Lord.....Acts 2:211,2,3; Rom. 10:121,131,2
Share the gospel.....Matt 28:191,2; Mark 5:19-20; Rom. 1:14-16; 2 Tim. 4:23
Feed younger believers.....John 21:154; 1 Thes. 2:72; Eph. 5:291
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How to Experience God as Your Comfort and Rest
Come to Jesus and rest.....Matt. 11:28-30(all); John 6:18-21(all)
The comforter, the Spirit of reality.....John 14:161,261; 1 John 2:15
Overcome anxiety.....Phil. 4:6-7(all); Matt. 6:24-34(all)
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How to Create a Godly Environment
Confess to and forgive one another.....James 5:16; Matt. 18:35
Establish Bible reading groups.....1 Tim. 4:131; Acts 20:324
For your family—daily.....Acts 2:463; 16:311; 10:24; Matt. 19:14
For your relatives, friends and neighbors—weekly.....2 Tim. 2:223
For colleagues and classmates—at lunch.....1 Cor. 15:331
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How to Share God's Salvation with the Recovery Version
God's will and economy.....Eph. 1:43, 52,101; 1 Tim. 1:44; 2 Cor. 4:71,2
God's love.....John 3:161; 1 John 4:8, 16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:42
Men's trespasses and sins.....Eph. 2:12,3; Rom. 3:231; 6:231,2; John 8:24
Christ's death and resurrection.....1 Cor. 15:31,4; Eph. 1:71,2; Rom. 4:251
Receiving God's salvation.....Mark 1:152,3; Rom. 10:9-13(all)
Baptism.....Matt. 3:151,161; 28:193; Mark 16:151; Acts 8:361; 22:16
For the wise and knowledgable.....Col. 2:31; 1 Cor. 2:71; 2:91,2; 2:111
For the "moral".....John 3:21,141; Matt. 5:201; Rom. 7:73,183
For the successful.....Phil. 3:83,4,112,133,144; 1 Cor. 9:251; 2 Tim. 4:7-82
For the lover of riches.....Matt. 6:19; 19:221; Luke 16:93; 1 Tim. 6:91; 192
For the depressed.....Matt. 12:201; 9:121; Eph. 2:42; Luke 10:341
For the one fearing death.....Heb. 2:151; 1 Cor. 15:541,2,3; John 10:281
For the doubting.....2 Cor. 4:132; Gal. 3:23; Rom. 1:202; 10:17
For idol worshippers.....1 Cor. 8:41; Acts 17:161; Rom 1:251; 1 Thess. 1:9
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How to Teach the Bible with the Recovery Version
Feed on the word.....1 Pet. 2:21,4,5; Matt. 4:43; John 6:571,633
The Triune God.....Matt. 28:195; John 14:71,10; 2 Cor. 13:141
Who Christ is.....John 1:1,142; Col. 2:91,2,3; Rom. 9:51; 1 Tim. 2:53; Rom. 1:46
What Christ did.....John 1:181; 6:57a; 4:34; Heb. 9:122; Col. 1:202; Gal. 3:131
Who the Spirit is.....John 7:391; Phil 1:192; 2 Cor. 3:173; Acts 1:81
The word of God.....John 6:631,2,3; 2 Tim. 3:161,2; 1 Pet. 2:23; Matt. 4:43
Basic faith.....Jude 33; 1 Cor. 8:4; Matt. 28:195; Gal. 4:42; 1 Cor. 15:3-4
Tripartite man.....1 Thes. 5:235; John 4:244; 3:62; Rom. 8:161,2; 1 Cor. 6:171,2
Eternal life.....John 3:151; 10:101; 1 John 5:121, 208; Col. 3:42
The church.....Matt. 6:185; 18:172; Eph. 1:223,4,231,2,3; 1 Tim. 3:15(all)
The kingdom.....Matt. 5:34; pp.30-31; Matt. 16:192,3; Rom. 14:171,2
End of the world.....The chart at the end of the RcV before the maps
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