Bible Chapter by Chapter

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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.

  1. 7H AGO

    What Is The Bible Chapter by Chapter Project? Every Book. Every Chapter. Every Verse. Explained.

    What exactly is Bible Chapter by Chapter — and why has almost no one attempted it before? This video answers that question completely. Bible Chapter by Chapter is a daily verse-by-verse walk through the entire Bible — every book, every chapter, in order, without skipping a single one. Every episode includes a full reading of the Scripture text, a deep theological commentary explaining what the passage is actually saying, and a personal reflection on how it lands today. The scale of this project is unlike anything else on YouTube. The Bible contains 1,189 chapters. At one chapter per day — the pace this channel runs at — completing the entire Bible takes over three years. Most YouTube channels produce one video per week. This channel produces one every single day. And not short videos — each episode across all three parts runs anywhere from thirty minutes to over an hour of content per chapter. When the project is complete it will represent one of the largest verse-by-verse Biblical resources ever assembled in video format. Thousands of hours of content. Every book. Every chapter. Every verse. Explained. Most Bible study content is topical — built around themes and subjects that let creators skip the difficult chapters and avoid the complex passages. Bible Chapter by Chapter does not have that option. When we reach a chapter that has divided scholars for centuries or raises uncomfortable questions — we walk through it anyway. Carefully. Honestly. Without skipping. Because the people who need the Bible most are often the ones sitting in front of the difficult chapters — wondering what they mean — and finding nothing that actually explains them. This project is being built as a resource. For the person who has never read the Bible and does not know where to start. For the small group that wants to go deeper than a Sunday sermon allows. For the church that wants a structured chapter-by-chapter companion its congregation can follow every day — at their own pace, in their own home. Every chapter already done. Already explained. Ready to use. Free. Every episode reads from the World English Bible — an accurate, modern English translation faithful to the original Hebrew and Greek texts, free from copyright restrictions, and available without limitation to any church or individual anywhere in the world. This is not automated. This is not generated. This is one person committed to one task — showing up every day — because the Word of God deserves that kind of attention. And the people searching for it deserve that kind of resource. If you have been looking for a daily, structured, verse-by-verse companion through the entire Bible — you just found it. 📖 Scripture read from the World English Bible (WEB)🎧 Calm, verse-by-verse devotional format📺 New episodes every chapter — every day 📺 Watch more Bible studies here:https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy 🎧 Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #VerseByVerse #ChristianYouTube #DailyBible #BibleExplained #ChurchResource #Scripture #Faith #BibleCommentary

    10 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Ephesians 1: Every Spiritual Blessing — Chosen, Adopted, Redeemed, Sealed, Before The World Began

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Ephesians Chapter 1 — the opening chapter of one of the most majestic and theologically comprehensive letters Paul ever wrote. After six chapters of urgent, fire-driven defense of the gospel in Galatians — we step into something completely different. Galatians was a courtroom. Ephesians is a cathedral. And it begins not with a problem to solve or a crisis to address — but with a single breathless sentence of praise that runs for twelve verses in the original Greek, tumbling forward like a river that cannot stop, piling blessing upon blessing, mystery upon mystery, grace upon grace. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ — who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. Every. Not some. Not a portion. Not the blessings available to the spiritually advanced. Every spiritual blessing. Already given. Already received. Already yours — in Christ — right now. Before the foundation of the world — He chose you. In love. Not based on foreseen faith or anticipated faithfulness. According to the good pleasure of His will. He predestined you for adoption as a son or daughter through Jesus Christ. In Him you have redemption through His blood — the forgiveness of every sin — according to the riches of His grace that He lavished on you. Lavished. Not dispensed carefully. Not measured out proportionally. Poured out in excess. In abundance. More than the situation required. And you have been sealed with the promised Holy Spirit — as the deposit guaranteeing the inheritance — God's binding commitment that everything promised will be fully delivered. Then Paul turns from doxology to prayer. And what he prays for is remarkable. He does not pray for more blessings. He prays that you would truly know the blessings you already have. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. The work of the Christian life is not accumulation. It is revelation. Do you live as someone who already has every spiritual blessing in Christ — or as someone still trying to accumulate what they need? Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Ephesians #EverySpiritualBlessing #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #ChosenByGod #SealedWithTheSpirit

    25 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Galatians Overview: The Gospel Defended — And The One Question Every Chapter Is Asking

    In this special season finale of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we step back from the individual chapters and look at Paul's Letter to the Galatians as a whole — in a single focused sermon that walks through the entire letter from beginning to end. The agitators had arrived the moment Paul left. They were not preaching a completely different religion. They were adding to the one Paul had preached. Faith in Christ — yes. But also circumcision. Also law observance. Also the religious calendar. Grace is a good start — they said — but it is not enough on its own. You need to add these things to complete what Christ has begun. And Paul was astonished. Not — I have some concerns. Not — let me offer a gentle correction. Astonished. That they had moved so quickly from something so clear to something so completely inadequate. Six chapters of fire followed. In this sermon we walk through all six movements of the letter — the origin of the gospel, the Jerusalem affirmation, the argument from Abraham, the appeal to sonship, the freedom of the Spirit, and the community that the gospel produces — and trace the single question that runs underneath every one of them. Is what Christ did enough? The agitators said — not quite. You need to add something. Do something. Earn something. Complete what grace began. Paul's answer — in large letters, in his own hand — is still the same. Yes. Completely. Finally. Without remainder. Not by works of the law. By faith. In Christ. Who loved us and gave Himself for us. And the agitators have never really left. They just speak different languages in different centuries. Sometimes circumcision. Sometimes the right spiritual experiences. Sometimes the right level of religious performance. But the underlying message is always the same. Grace is not quite enough. You need to add something. And Galatians is still answering that message today. Of the six movements of this letter — which one is speaking most directly into your life right now? Leave your answer in the comments. We read every one. 📖 Based on the World English Bible (WEB)🎧 Calm, contemplative 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #TheGospelDefended #GraceAlone #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #BiblicalSermon

    12 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Galatians 6: Restore Gently, Sow To The Spirit, And Boast In Nothing But The Cross

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Galatians Chapter 6 — the final chapter of one of the most urgent, most theologically concentrated letters Paul ever wrote. And he closes it not with thunder — but with something tender. A community that restores gently. That bears one another's burdens. That sows to the Spirit rather than the flesh. And that boasts in nothing — except the cross. He opens with a question that most religious communities would rather not ask. When someone in your life falls — is your first instinct to restore them — or to judge them? Restore. That is the word Paul uses. Not expose. Not distance from. Not use as a cautionary tale. The Greek word — katartizo — means to set a broken bone. To mend a torn net. To return something to its proper function. Purposeful. Careful. Skilled. Directed toward a specific outcome. The person being restored is supposed to end up whole again. Gently. With the same Spirit that produces gentleness as fruit. Looking to yourself — so that you also may not be tempted. Then the agricultural image that is both universal and sobering. A man reaps what he sows. Two fields. Two harvests. The daily choices that seem small — the habits formed in private — accumulate into a harvest the person never intended but cannot escape. And the quiet prayer, the Scripture read, the act of service no one noticed — these are seeds. They grow. In due season. Let us not become weary in doing good — for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. And then Paul takes the pen himself. In large letters. Because this is what he needs you to hear. May I never boast — except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not circumcision. Not the agitators' requirements. Not anything that can be achieved, displayed, or used as a basis for comparison. The cross. The only boast worth making. The only ground worth standing on. The only thing that actually counts. When someone in your life falls — is your first instinct to restore them or to judge them? Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #TheGospelDefended #RestoreGently #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #TheOnlyBoast

    22 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Galatians 5: Freedom, The Flesh, and The Fruit — What To Do With The Liberty Christ Purchased

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Galatians Chapter 5 — the chapter where Paul's theology finally meets Monday morning and the freedom of the gospel becomes completely practical. He opens with one of the most quoted and least understood sentences in all of his letters. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Not for better rule-keeping. Not for more disciplined religious performance. For freedom. And then the command that defines what to do with it. Stand firm — and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. But what does that freedom actually look like? Paul answers that question with a clarity that has shaped Christian ethics for two thousand years. It is not freedom for self-indulgence. It is not freedom to live however you want. It is freedom from the wrong master — so that you can serve in a completely different way. Not under compulsion. Not for acceptance. Not driven by the exhausting effort of trying to earn what you already have. But freely. Joyfully. Through love. The entire law is fulfilled in one word — love your neighbor as yourself. And then the contrast that everyone knows but few read slowly enough to feel the full weight of. The works of the flesh. And the fruit of the Spirit. Not fruits — plural. Fruit — singular. One organic whole. Nine facets of a single life produced by the Spirit in the person who is walking with Him. Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control. You do not manufacture these. You do not achieve them through discipline alone. They grow. Organically. Naturally. In the person who is connected to the right source. The branch does not strain toward the grapes. It abides in the vine. And the fruit comes. Against such things there is no law. Is the way you are living more shaped by the fruit of the Spirit — or by the works of the flesh? Be honest — not about the list you present to others, but the one you actually recognize in yourself. Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #FruitOfTheSpirit #TheGospelDefended #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #WalkByTheSpirit

    23 min
  6. Galatians 4: Abba Father — The Cry The Spirit Places In Every Adopted Child Of God

    5D AGO

    Galatians 4: Abba Father — The Cry The Spirit Places In Every Adopted Child Of God

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Galatians Chapter 4 — the chapter where Paul's argument becomes tender and his theology becomes personal. He has made the case. Abraham was justified by faith. The law cannot annul the promise. Everyone who belongs to Christ is an heir according to promise. Now he asks the question that the theology demands. So why are you going back? Why would you trade sonship for slavery? Why would you return to the elemental forces that had you bound — now that the Son has set you free? Why would you work for an acceptance that has already been freely given? Paul opens with an image that stops everything. A child heir — who owns everything — but lives under guardians and trustees until the day appointed by the father. In practice no different from a slave. Until the father says now. And then — the fullness of time. When God sent his Son — born of a woman, born under the law — to redeem those under the law — so that we might receive adoption as sons. Adoption. Not just forgiveness. Not just pardon. A change of status. A new identity. A place in the family that was not earned but given. And the evidence that it is real? God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts — crying Abba — Father. Not O great God of the universe. Not Lord and master whom I serve. Abba. The intimate word a child uses when they are completely at home with the one they are addressing. That Spirit is in you. Crying that name. Right now. So you are no longer a slave. You are God's child. And since you are his child — God has made you also an heir. And yet Paul has to ask — what has happened to all your joy? Because joy is one of the first casualties of a performance-based faith. You cannot be joyful when your standing with God depends on your record. And the constant effort to improve that record is exhausting. Do you relate to God primarily as a Father — or primarily as a judge you are trying to satisfy? Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #AbbaFather #TheGospelDefended #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #SonshipNotSlavery

    23 min

  7. 6D AGO

    Galatians 3: The Oldest Promise In The Bible — And Why It Was Always About Faith Not Performance

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Galatians Chapter 3 — the chapter where Paul's argument reaches its full theological force and dismantles the case for law-keeping from every possible angle. He opens with a question that cuts straight to the heart. You foolish Galatians — who has bewitched you? Not a gentle correction. Not a carefully managed pastoral response. A direct confrontation with people who had started in exactly the right place — faith, grace, the Spirit — and were now trying to supplement it with religious performance. Having begun in the Spirit — are you now trying to finish with the flesh? Paul then builds the most comprehensive case for justification by faith in the entire letter. He starts with the experience of the Galatians themselves — who received the Spirit by faith, not law-keeping. Then he goes to Abraham — who was justified by faith four hundred and thirty years before the law even existed. Then to the structure of the covenant — which the law, arriving centuries later, cannot annul or add conditions to. Then to the purpose of the law — which was always temporary, always pointing forward, never designed to justify anyone. And then the verse that has been called the Magna Carta of Christian freedom. There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female — for you are all one in Christ Jesus. The promise belongs to everyone who belongs to Christ. Not by performance. Not by religious achievement. Not by any human category the agitators could construct. By faith. In the One to whom the promise always pointed. Is there something you are trusting in alongside Christ — something you believe you need to add to what He has already done in order to be fully accepted by God? Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #TheGospelDefended #JustificationByFaith #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #GraceAlone

    26 min

  8. MAY 2

    Galatians 2: The Confrontation That Changed History — And The Four Words That Explain Why

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Galatians Chapter 2 — one of the most personally revealing and theologically explosive chapters Paul ever wrote. Paul goes back to Jerusalem. He lays out his gospel before the pillars of the church — James, Peter, and John. And they add nothing. Not a single requirement. Not a single correction. The right hand of fellowship. Full affirmation. The gospel Paul preaches is not a lesser version of the Jerusalem gospel. It is the same gospel. Recognized. Affirmed. Handed back to him without amendment. But then something happens in Antioch that changes everything. Peter arrives. For a time he eats freely with the Gentile believers — living out the truth that in Christ there is no dividing wall, that the table belongs to everyone who belongs to Christ. And then some people arrive from James. And Peter withdraws. Separates himself. Moves back across the line the gospel had abolished. Not because his theology changed. Because his courage failed. And Paul confronts him. To his face. In front of everyone. Because the damage was public, Barnabas had been swept along, and a private correction for a public error was not enough. Paul does not call Peter a heretic. He calls him something far more uncomfortable for most of us. A hypocrite. The gap between what you believe and how you behave when the social pressure is moving in the other direction. And from that confrontation — Paul draws the statement that the entire letter has been building toward. A person is not justified by the works of the law — but by faith in Jesus Christ. Four words at the core. That changed the course of history. Is there a truth you know — that you have not yet been willing to live consistently? Leave your 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 Subscribe to Bible Chapter by Chapter and follow along as we walk through God's Word — one chapter at a time. #BibleStudy #Galatians #TheGospelDefended #JustificationByFaith #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #GraceAlone

    25 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Chris Hintsala
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    168
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Chris Hintsala
  • Show Website
    Bible Chapter by Chapter