Bible Chapter by Chapter

Chris Hintsala

Bible Chapter by Chapter is a calm, podcast-style journey through Scripture using the public-domain World English Bible (WEB). Each episode reads one full chapter, then adds clear context, simple commentary, and a short prayer to help you listen, reflect, and grow. Great for daily devotions, small groups, and new believers who want God’s Word explained without noise. Walk through the Gospels, Psalms, Proverbs, and more, one chapter at a time. Listen. Reflect. Grow.

  1. قبل ١٤ ساعة

    Who Do You Say That I Am? What Jesus Said About Himself Part 7

    What did Jesus say about Himself? In the final episode of What Jesus Said, we look at the direct claims Jesus made about His own identity — not the poetic I AM statements of John, but the confrontational statements that forced everyone around Him to make a decision. Who do people say the Son of Man is? And then: who do you say that I am? That question, asked at Caesarea Philippi, is the pivot point of Matthew's Gospel — and it has never been successfully avoided. Before Abraham was born, I am — the statement that made people pick up stones, because they understood exactly what was being claimed. I and the Father are one — again, stones, and the charge of blasphemy clearly articulated: you, being a man, make yourself God. The trial before the high priest: are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And for the first time without deflection — I am. His robes were torn. He was condemned to death for the answer. And the resurrection claim: all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. C.S. Lewis was right that the options are not as comfortable as popular culture suggests. A man who says these kinds of things is not leaving open the option of respectful admiration without personal decision. The claims are either true or they are not. And that is still the most important question anyone can ask. Who do you say that He is? 📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 7 of 7 — What Jesus Said 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #WhoDoYouSayIAm #JesusClaims #WhatJesusSaid #DidJesusClaimToBeGod #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #Jesus

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  2. قبل يومين

    What Jesus Said About The End And What He Said To Do Instead | What Jesus Said Part 6

    What did Jesus say about the end of the world? In Part 6 of What Jesus Said, we look carefully and honestly at the Olivet Discourse — Matthew 24 and 25 — the most detailed teaching Jesus gave about what is coming, and the most misused passage in the New Testament. Jesus named signs: wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation, famines, earthquakes. But He named them with a specific caution — see that you are not troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. The one condition He tied most specifically to the end coming is not a geopolitical event — it is this Good News of the Kingdom being preached in the whole world to all nations. And then the statement that should end all date-setting: about that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Every prediction based on signs has been wrong. Every date has passed. Jesus said to be ready — not because the timing can be calculated, but precisely because it cannot. The Olivet Discourse ends not with a timeline but with the sheep and the goats — where the criterion of separation is not doctrinal precision but how people treated the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the imprisoned. When did we see you, Lord? Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. The life that is ready for His coming is not the one that has calculated the signs. It is the one that has been serving the least while waiting. 📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 6 of 7 — What Jesus Said 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #OlivetDiscourse #EndTimes #WhatJesusSaid #NoOneKnowsTheDayOrHour #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #SheepAndGoats

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  3. قبل ٣ أيام

    What Jesus Said About The I AM Statements

    Seven times in the Gospel of John, Jesus said I AM — attaching to it a description of who He is. In Part 5 of What Jesus Said, we look at all seven, and at the significance of the phrase itself. When God spoke to Moses from the burning bush, He said: I AM WHO I AM. Tell them I AM sent you. That name — so sacred that most Jews would not say it aloud — is what Jesus used to describe Himself. Seven times.I am the bread of life — for the hunger that food cannot permanently satisfy. I am the light of the world — the one who makes the darkness navigable. I am the good shepherd — who lays down his life for the sheep, not the hired hand who flees. I am the resurrection and the life — said to a grieving woman at her brother's tomb. I am the way, the truth, and the life — no one comes to the Father except through me — the most exclusive and most debated claim in the Gospel. I am the true vine — apart from me you can do nothing. And the claim that made people pick up stones: before Abraham was born, I am.Each statement addresses a universal human need. Each one places that need in the same person. Whether the claim is true is the most important question anyone can ask.📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 5 of 7 — What Jesus Said📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com#IAMStatements #JohnGospel #WhatJesusSaid #IAmTheWay #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #Jesus

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  4. The Parables Of Jesus Explained — The Sower, The Prodigal Son, And What The Kingdom Of God Is Actually Like | What Jesus Said Part 3

    قبل ٥ أيام

    The Parables Of Jesus Explained — The Sower, The Prodigal Son, And What The Kingdom Of God Is Actually Like | What Jesus Said Part 3

    Why did Jesus teach in parables? In Part 3 of What Jesus Said, we look at four of the most significant parables Jesus told — and discover that they are not simpler ways of saying complicated things. They are a different kind of communication entirely, giving understanding to the person who is genuinely looking. The parable of the sower — four soils, four responses to the word, and an invitation to honest self-examination about which one currently describes you. The mustard seed and the yeast — both describing a Kingdom that begins invisibly small and transforms everything it enters, working from the inside until the transformation is undeniable. The lost sheep — the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine to go after the one, and carrying it home on his shoulders rejoicing. And the prodigal son — the most celebrated story Jesus ever told, mislabeled, because the central character is not the son but the father who sees him while he is still far off and runs. In a culture where dignity was everything, where a man of means did not run in public, the father runs. Before the apology is finished. Before the conditions are met. Before the son has proven that he has changed. The father runs. That image is the center of everything Jesus taught about what God is like. 📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 3 of 7 — What Jesus Said 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #ParablesOfJesus #ProdigalSon #WhatJesusSaid #Jesus #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #KingdomOfGod

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  5. قبل ٦ أيام

    What Did Jesus Say About Eternal Life? It's More Personal Than You Expect | What Jesus Said Part 2

    What did Jesus actually say about eternal life? In Part 2 of What Jesus Said, we look carefully at the most significant statements Jesus made about life after death — and discover that His answer is more personal, and more immediate, than most people expect. John 3:16 is the most quoted verse in the Bible — but what does it actually claim? We look at the three things in it that most people read past: the scope (the world, not just the faithful), the mechanism (belief, not achievement), and the purpose (not judgment but rescue). Then the verse that defines what eternal life actually is — John 17:3, where Jesus himself says: this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God. Not know about. Know. Deep, personal, relational knowledge of God — beginning now, continuing past death. Then John 5:24, where Jesus says the person who believes has already passed out of death into life — past tense, already done. And the most extraordinary statement of all: I am the resurrection and the life, said to a grieving woman whose brother had just died. Not I will produce the resurrection. I am the resurrection. The life that does not end is not an event Jesus will cause — it is a reality He embodies. And John 10:10: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Do you believe this? That's the question Jesus asked Martha. It's the question this episode leaves with you. 📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 2 of 7 — What Jesus Said 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #EternalLife #WhatJesusSaid #Jesus #John316 #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #IAmTheResurrection

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  6. ٢٨ يونيو

    The Sermon On The Mount — And Why It Still Astonishes | What Jesus Said Part 1

    What did Jesus actually say in the Sermon on the Mount? In Part 1 of What Jesus Said, we look carefully and honestly at Matthew 5, 6, and 7 — the longest continuous teaching of Jesus recorded in any Gospel, and arguably the most influential speech in human history. The Sermon on the Mount opens with the Beatitudes — nine statements of blessing that land on the poor in spirit, the mourning, the gentle, the persecuted. Not the powerful or the successful. The people who have recognized their need for something the world cannot provide. Then the six You have heard it said / But I say to you contrasts — taking existing ethical understanding and pressing it deeper, from behavior to the interior: the anger behind the murder, the desire behind the adultery, the retaliation impulse behind the violent response. And the most demanding line in the whole sermon: love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you. Then on money and treasure — where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Not the heart leading the treasure but the treasure shaping the heart. Then the teaching on anxiety that has reached people in every generation: don't be anxious for your life, seek first God's Kingdom, and all these things will be given to you. The summary of the entire law in a single sentence: whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them. And the parable of the two builders — the storm comes to both, the difference is what the house is built on before it arrives. Matthew's record of the crowd's reaction at the end is the same reaction people have had ever since: they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes. 📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 1 of 7 — What Jesus Said 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #SermonOnTheMount #WhatJesusSaid #Jesus #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #Beatitudes #LoveYourEnemies

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  7. ٢٧ يونيو

    What 1 Timothy 5 Says About How The Church Should Actually Care For People | Bible Chapter by Chapter

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through 1 Timothy Chapter 5 — the most practically detailed chapter in the letter, covering widows, elders, accountability, and what it actually means to treat a church as a family. The chapter opens with the framework that governs everything else: don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father. The younger men as brothers. The elder women as mothers. The younger as sisters, in all purity. Four relationships. Four relational registers. One principle — this is a family. Treat it like one. We work through four movements. The family principle and why it is more demanding than management — because managing handles situations while honoring sees people. The widow care system — the distinction between widows indeed and widows with family, the enrollment criteria that describe a life of service worthy of return, and the practical instructions about younger widows shaped by specific problems in Ephesus. The double honor due to elders who rule well, grounded in both Deuteronomy and Jesus, alongside the protection from false accusation and the requirement of public accountability when sin is confirmed — held together by the command to do nothing by partiality and without prejudice, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels. And the closing coda — some sins are evident, some follow later, and good works that are otherwise hidden cannot stay hidden. Plus the most personal verse in the chapter: Paul telling an anxious Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach, noticing that the call to purity has tipped into physical self-neglect and stopping to say — take care of yourself. Is there someone in your church or community who is not being seen the way this chapter describes? Leave your honest answer in the comments. We read every one. 📖 Scripture reading from the World English Bible (WEB)🎧 Calm, verse-by-verse devotional format📺 New episodes every chapter 📺 Watch more Bible studies here: https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 Visit us at: www.biblechapterbychapter.com Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #1Timothy #GuardTheTruth #HonorWidows #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #PaulsLetters

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Bible Chapter by Chapter is a calm, podcast-style journey through Scripture using the public-domain World English Bible (WEB). Each episode reads one full chapter, then adds clear context, simple commentary, and a short prayer to help you listen, reflect, and grow. Great for daily devotions, small groups, and new believers who want God’s Word explained without noise. Walk through the Gospels, Psalms, Proverbs, and more, one chapter at a time. Listen. Reflect. Grow.