The Story of Scripture

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How a lesson works

Each lesson has three Scripture passages. Students type the verses, then answer a question after each passage.

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The Old Testament

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1. In the Beginning

Type the opening of Scripture: creation, the image of God, and the first promise of a Savior.

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Genesis 1:1–3

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.   Genesis 1:1–3, BSB

Question: What happened when God said, “Let there be light”?

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Genesis 1:26–28

26. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” 27. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”   Genesis 1:26–28, BSB

Question: In whose image did God create people?

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Genesis 3:14–16

14. So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. 15. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” 16. To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”   Genesis 3:14–16, BSB

Question: What did God say the woman’s offspring would do to the serpent?

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2. Law and Covenant

Type the Ten Commandments’ opening, the Shema, and God’s promise to Abram.

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Exodus 20:1–3

1. And God spoke all these words: 2. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3. You shall have no other gods before Me.   Exodus 20:1–3, BSB

Question: What is the first command God gives at Sinai?

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Deuteronomy 6:4–7

4. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. 5. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. 7. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.   Deuteronomy 6:4–7, BSB

Question: What does Moses tell Israel to do with these commands?

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Genesis 12:1–3

1. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. 2. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”   Genesis 12:1–3, BSB

Question: What does God promise will come through Abram?

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3. History and Faithfulness

Type God’s charge to Joshua, David’s trust in battle, and the promise of a forever king.

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Joshua 1:7–9

7. Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. 8. This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. 9. Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”   Joshua 1:7–9, BSB

Question: Why can Joshua be strong and brave?

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1 Samuel 17:45–47

45. But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47. And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”   1 Samuel 17:45–47, BSB

Question: How does David say the battle will be won?

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2 Samuel 7:12–14

12. And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13. He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14. I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.   2 Samuel 7:12–14, BSB

Question: What does God promise to establish for David’s offspring?

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4. Poetry and Wisdom

Type the shepherd psalm, the heavens declaring God’s glory, and wisdom’s call to guard the heart.

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Psalm 23:1–3

1. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.   Psalm 23:1–3, BSB

Question: What does the Lord do as the psalmist’s shepherd?

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Psalm 19:1–4

1. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. 2. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3. Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, 4. their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.   Psalm 19:1–4, BSB

Question: What do the heavens tell about?

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Proverbs 4:20–23

20. My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21. Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. 22. For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body. 23. Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.   Proverbs 4:20–23, BSB

Question: What does Proverbs say to guard above all else?

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5. Prophets and Promise

Type the promised child, the call to do justice, and the new covenant written on the heart.

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Isaiah 9:6–7

6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.   Isaiah 9:6–7, BSB

Question: What names are given to the child who will rule?

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Micah 5:2–4

2. But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity. 3. Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel. 4. He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.   Micah 5:2–4, BSB

Question: Where does Micah say the coming ruler will come from?

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Jeremiah 31:31–33

31. Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. 33. “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.   Jeremiah 31:31–33, BSB

Question: Where will God put his new covenant?

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The New Testament

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6. Gospels and Acts

Type the gospel in John’s words, the angels’ good news, and the life of the first church.

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John 3:16–18

16. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 18. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.   John 3:16–18, BSB

Question: Why did God send his Son into the world?

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Luke 2:10–12

10. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: 11. Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! 12. And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”   Luke 2:10–12, BSB

Question: What good news does the angel announce?

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Acts 2:42–44

42. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43. A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs. 44. All the believers were together and had everything in common.   Acts 2:42–44, BSB

Question: What did the believers devote themselves to?

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7. The Righteous Live by Faith

Type Romans and Hebrews on justification, a living sacrifice, and running with perseverance.

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Romans 5:1–5

1. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2. through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4. perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.   Romans 5:1–5, BSB

Question: What does suffering produce for those justified by faith?

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Romans 12:1–2

1. Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.   Romans 12:1–2, BSB

Question: How does Paul tell believers to offer their bodies?

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Hebrews 12:1–3

1. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. 2. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3. Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.   Hebrews 12:1–3, BSB

Question: Who should believers fix their eyes on while they run?

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8. Grace Through Faith

Type Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians on life in Christ by grace through faith.

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Galatians 2:19–21

19. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. 20. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. 21. I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.   Galatians 2:19–21, BSB

Question: How does Paul now live?

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Ephesians 2:4–7

4. But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5. made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! 6. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7. in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.   Ephesians 2:4–7, BSB

Question: Why did God make us alive with Christ?

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Philippians 3:8–11

8. More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9. and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. 10. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, 11. and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.   Philippians 3:8–11, BSB

Question: What does Paul want instead of his own righteousness?

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9. New Creation in Christ

Type love’s character, the new creation, and the Son who holds all things together.

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1 Corinthians 13:4–7

4. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.   1 Corinthians 13:4–7, BSB

Question: Which of these does Paul say love does?

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2 Corinthians 5:17–19

17. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18. All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19. that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.   2 Corinthians 5:17–19, BSB

Question: What is true of anyone who is in Christ?

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Colossians 1:15–17

15. The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16. For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.   Colossians 1:15–17, BSB

Question: What is true of the Son in this passage?

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10. Love and Truth

Type 1, 2, and 3 John on love with actions and walking in the truth.

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1 John 3:16–18

16. By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17. If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? 18. Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.   1 John 3:16–18, BSB

Question: How does John say we should love?

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2 John 1:5–6

5. And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 6. And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.   2 John 1:5–6, BSB

Question: What command does John repeat in this letter?

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3 John 1:3–4

3. For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk. 4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.   3 John 1:3–4, BSB

Question: What gives John great joy?

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11. A Living Hope

Type 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude on living hope, growing in faith, and God’s keeping power.

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1 Peter 1:3–5

3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, 5. who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.   1 Peter 1:3–5, BSB

Question: Into what has God given believers new birth?

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2 Peter 1:5–7

5. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6. and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7. and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.   2 Peter 1:5–7, BSB

Question: What does Peter tell believers to add to their faith?

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Jude 1:24–25

24. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— 25. to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.   Jude 1:24–25, BSB

Question: What is God able to do for believers?

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12. Behold, I am Making All Things New

Type John’s vision of the new heaven, the One who makes all things new, and the river of life.

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Revelation 21:1–2

1. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.   Revelation 21:1–2, BSB

Question: What does John see coming down from God?

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Revelation 21:5–7

5. And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.” 6. And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. 7. The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.   Revelation 21:5–7, BSB

Question: What does the One on the throne say he is doing?

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Revelation 22:1–5

1. Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2. down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. 4. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. 5. There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.   Revelation 22:1–5, BSB

Question: What will God’s people do in the city?

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Scripture attribution

Scripture quotations marked BSB are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible. The Berean Standard Bible is in the public domain.