MY TOP CHOICES – NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS

These are my own choices as to the books that I think are the best in categories named. These are from my library and the first off the sleeves when studying the New Testament books.

THE GOSPELS/LIFE OF JESUS

GOSPELS	Exposition	Technical	Devotional
General	UNDERSTANDING THE GOSPELS by C.F. Baker	A GUIDE TO THE GOSPELS by W. Graham Scroggie
Life of Christ	THE WORDS AND WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST by J. Dwight Pentecost	THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS THE MESSIAH by Alfred Edersheim
Matthew	BEHOLD THE KING by Stanley Toussaint	WBC: MATTHEW [2 volumes] by Donald Hagner	MEET THE KING by Warren Wiersby
Mark	NICNT: THE GOSPEL OF MARK by William L. Lane	NIGTC: THE GOSPEL OF MARK by R.T. France	EXPLORING THE GOSPELS: MARK by Jerry Vines
Luke	NAC: LUKE by Robert H. Stein	BECNT: LUKE [2 Volumes] Darrell L. Bock	OUTLINE STUIDES IN LUKE by W.H. Griffith Thomas
John	NICNT: JOHN by Leon Morris	BECNT: JOHN BY Andreas Kosternberger	EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN by Arthur W. Pink

ACTS/THE APOSTLE PAUL

	Exposition	Technical	Devotional
ACTS	UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF ACTS by C.F. Baker	ACTS: AN EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY [4 Volumes] by Craig S. Keener	NAC: ACTS by John Polhill
PAUL THE APOSTLE	PAUL: HIS LIFE AND TEACHING by John McRay	PAUL IN ACTS by Stanley E. Porter

EPISTLES

Epistles	Exposition	Technical	Devotional
General	STUDIES IN PAUL’S EPISTLES by Frederic L. Godet	THE THEOLOGY OF THE EPISTLES by H.A.A. Kenedy	PAUL & HIS CONVERTS by F.F. Bruce
Romans	PNTC: THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS by Leon Morris	ICC: THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS by C.E.B. Cranfield	ROMANS: VERSE BY VERSE by William R. Newell
1 Corinthians	BECNT: 1 CORINTHIANS by David E. Garland	1 CORINTHIANS by Anthony C. Thiselton	CALLED TO BE SAINTS: 1 CORINTHIANS by Robert Gromacki
2 Corinthians	NAC: 2 CORINTHIANS by David E. Garland	WBC: 2 CORINTHIANS by Ralph P Martin	STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH: 2 CORINTHINAS by Robert Gromacki.
Galatians	GALATIANS by Leon Morris	WBC: GALATIANS by Richard N. Longenecker	UNDERSTANDING GALATIANS AND THE LAW by C.F. Baker
Ephesians	BECNT: EPHESIANS by Frank Thielman	EPHESIANS by Harold W Hoehner	UNDERSTANDING THE BODY OF CHRIST by C.F. Baker
Philippians	WBC: PHILIPPIANS by Gerald F. Hawthorne	NIGTC: COMMENTARY ON PHILIPPIANS by Peter T. O’Brien	BE JOYFUL by Warren W. Wiersbe
Colossians	PNTC: THE LETTERS TO THE COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON by Douglas J. Moo	WBC: COLOSSIANS, PHILEMON by Peter T. O’Brien	STUDIES IN COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON by W.H. Griffith Thomas
1 Thessalonians	BECNT: 1-2 THESSALONIANS by Jeffrey A.D. Weima	NIGTC: COMMENTARY OF 1 & 2 THESSALONIANS by Charles A. Wanamaker	THE THESSALONIAN EPISTLES by John Walvoord
2 Thessalonians	THE THESSALONIAN EPISTLES by D. Edmond Hiebert	See above	WAITING FOR THE SECOND COMING  by Ray C. Stedman
Pastoral Epistles	THE PASTORAL EPISTLES by Homer A. Kent	NIGTC: THE PASTORAL EPISTLES by George W. Knight III	PASTORIAL EPISTLES by C.R. Stam
1 Timothy	FIRST TIMOTHY by D. Edmond Hiebert	See above	TNAC: 1-2 Timothy/ Titus by Walter L. Liefeld
2 Timothy	SECOND TIMOTHY by D. Edmond Hiebert	See above	See above
Titus	TITUS AND PHILEMON by D. Edmond Hiebert	See above	See above
Philemon	ZECNT: COLOSSIANS & PHILEMON by David W. Pao	WBC: COLOSSIANS, PHILEMON by Peter T. O’Brien	STUDIES IN COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON by W.H. Griffith Thomas
Hebrews	PNTC: THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS by Peter T O’Brien	WBC: HEBREWS (2 Volumes) by William L. Lane	HEBREWS: VERSE BY VERSE by William R Newell
James	PNTC: THE LETTER OF JAMES by Douglas J. Moo	BECNT: JAMES by Dan G GcCartney	THE EPISTLE OF JAMES by Zane C. Hodges
1 Peter	NAC: 1 & 2 PETER, JUDE by Thomas R. Schrenier	BECNT: 1 PETER by Karen H. Jobes	BE HOPEFUL by Warren W. Wiersbe
2 Peter	BECNT: JUDE & 2 PETER by Gene L. Green	WBC: JUDE, 2 PETER by Richard J. Bauckham	EXPOSITORY SERMONS ON 2 PETER by D M Lloyd-Jones
Epistles of John	NAC:1,2,3, JOHN by Daniel L Akin	NICNT: THE EPISTLES OF JOHN by I. Howard Marshall
REVELATION	WEC: JOHN (2 Volumes) by Robert L. Thomas	BECNT: REVELATION by Grant R. Osborn	REVELATION: VERSE BY VERSE by William R. Newell