What do I read first in the bible? ?

Probably the first page.. 

see my response to your preceding question........

John is a good one to read but just to start you off read Job. Why Job? Well this relates to mankind and their suffering. Job's faith and trust in God. He was not going to fall sin. It teaches how man can have faith and trust in God.  

Apart from what everyone else has said, I'd suggest maybe try a few of the short books like Ruth or Jonah. Not because they are the most important, but because they are quick to read, and quite simple stories, so they are a good respite from the heavier parts and will give you some encouragement ('I've read a whole book of the Bible today!'). The Song of Songs (aka Song of Solomon) is also very short, and although it's never really spoken to me, there are a lot of people who find it profound as an allegory of God's love for his church. Then there are the Psalms and Proverbs, which are the sort of books you can easily dip into and out of.

If you are new to the Bible, I'd suggest you don't worry straight away about getting all the meaning out of what you read, or worry about whether a particular bit is literal history, or myth, or fable. Just explore, and over time you will start to notice how things link together in unexpected ways. For instance, the bit about Jonah being swallowed by a fish might seem weird, until you discover that Jesus quoted it as an allegory of his own death and burial - "as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" [Matt 12:40]

Mt. 5-6-7 (sermon on the mount).  James  Parables  Proverbs.  Immediate benefit if you do it.

Many different answers because everybody is different.

I won’t tell you where to start …I will just point out what is written directly to you and what is for our learning.

Below is a brief synopsis of the books of the Bible............

 Genesis 3:15 to Revelation 22:21…. The basic topic is Jesus Christ.

The Bible is addressed to one of three groups of believers… Jews, Gentiles and/or Church of Christ.

Church of Christ refers to those of us today who have accepted or wish to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior. The period of time we now live is the age of Grace. In this age of grace, the believers are referred to as the “church of Christ” “body of Christ” “saints” “believers” “born again believers”.

The entire Bible is written “for” our learning, but not all is written directly “to” us, in this age of Grace.. Below I have outlined what books in the New Testament are written directly to us, and what is for our learning.

The book of ACTS….. Is the fulcrum point between the Old and New Testament. It shows the rise and expansion of the First Century Church of Grace…starting with the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. It basically gives a synopsis of how the age of Grace evolved.

ROMANS, 1&2 CORINTHIANS, GALATIANS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, COLISSIANS, and 1&2 THESSALONIANS

The seven Church epistles in the New Testament, are addressed DIRECTLY to those of us in this age of Grace, the Church administration: those of us born again in the body of Christ…in other words …YOU.

There is a portion in Romans between Chapter 9 and 12 that Paul (by revelation) is addressing Israel, and then to the Gentiles in chapter 11; although it may seem confusing, it’s not, as long as you read what is written and to whom it is written.

To simplify matters ROMANS, EPHESIANS and THESSALONIANS are “Doctrinal” Epistles, for right or correct believing….. written for the walk of the believers in the Body of Christ. 

CORINTHIANS & PHILIPPIANS are “Reproof” Epistles to show believers where they are off, and GALATIANS & COLISSIANS are “Correction” Epistles to get the believers back to the right believing of the doctrine.

1 &2 THESSALONIANS although a doctrinal epistle deals primarily with the return of Christ for the church of the body, and touches on Him returning WITH the church of the body

1&2 TIMOTHY, TITUS and I will include PHILEMON {although there is some disagreement with this} are called the Pastoral Epistles. These are written to the Church, but are directed towards leadership within of the Body of Christ.

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HEBREWS is not addressed to the church in the sense that we know the Church established on Pentecost. It is addressed to born again believers, but those who have never walked in the freedom of the new birth……. those who are still zealous for the law.

JAMES Much like Hebrews was written to the Christian Jews of the dispersion, “the twelve tribes scattered abroad”. Those born again who seemed to want to put themselves under the law.

1&2 PETER, 1,2&3 JOHN and JUDE closely align themselves to this category also. The reason so much of this seems applicable to many of us …is that we find ourselves not believing the doctrinal Epistles of Romans, Ephesians, and Thessalonians and desire to put ourselves under the law.

THE FOUR GOSPELS give the account, of the life and walk of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from four different perspectives. MATTHEW as the “King”, MARK as the “Servant”, LUKE as the “Man”, and JOHN as the “Son”

The gospels although printed in the New Testament are figuratively the binding or the cohesive bond of the Bible; they stand alone, being neither in the Old nor the New……For clarification…the page that says NEW TESTAMENT between Malachi and Matthew is not God breathed….it was added. Just as punctuation, chapter heading, chapters, verses, capitalization… were all added by translators over the years…and thank God they were….BUT…they are devoid of authority when it come to rightly dividing the truth.

Although the GOSPELS are vitally important in our understanding of what Jesus Christ accomplished by his walk, death, resurrection and ascension….. it must be noted that Jesus Christ came to minister to Israel, the Bride. Israel rejected him and killed their King the Bridegroom. The church of the Bride is at this time held in abeyance and picks up again in Revelation.

Please NOTE that there is a BIG difference between the two (the THE BRIDE OF CHRIST in the gospels, which is for our learning and BODY OF CHRIST in the epistles written directly to us) they are not the same, and if not distinguished it will cause you much confusion.

 ALSO: Any reference to the return of Christ in the gospels, is NOT speaking of the return (gathering together) of Christ in 1 Thessalonians……. It is speaking of His return as King of Kings when He returns the 3rd time WITH US (the body of Christ.)

WHY? …because the mystery of the one body ….the age of Grace was kept secret with God and not revealed until it was given to Paul by revelation.

THE OLD TESTAMENT books GENESIS through MALACHI can be divided up into various categories or administrations depending on who you talk to, but they are for our learning, not written directly to us. There is far too much to even begin to expound on this and do it justice.

REVELATIONS…. So many people want to talk about Revelation…. so I will add this note. The book of Revelation is written about events that will take place after the second coming of Christ….and deals with when He returns “WITH” the church of the body.

The only people Revelations is applicable to, is those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior; living or deceased and those all those {believers and unbelievers} prior to Age of Grace. I suggest you spend your time learning about what is applicable to you, and not be too concerned at this time with Revelation until you have a good grasp on the rest of the Bible …but that is up to you.

There is a camp that believe we go through the tribulation period, in which case Revelation would apply to them …..IF it were so …but its NOT! The Bible is explicit concerning this subject: ….The church of the Body (that’s us) does not go through the tribulation period.

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Read the four Gospels first before you get into the Epistles.

I would not advise just picking up the Bible like it is a story or a biography of someone's life. 

It contains poetry, hyperbole, exaggerations, parables, history, Logic pros, prayer, etc. 

I'd start with educating yourself ABOUT the Bible first - Try the Youtube Channel "The Bible Project" - they are easy to understand animations about some really deep topics regarding the Bible, Christianity, Hebrew, etc. 

https://bibleproject.com/explore/

I'd then try to follow an online bible study that will take you through the entire Bible. 

The Great Adventurey aka "The Bible Timeline" by Jeff Cavins is a great one.

https://ascensionpress.com/products/the-great-adve...

The gospel of John is what they are referring to, personally I think Luke is more detailed if you want to get to know Jesus Christ

Most of John covers the week before the crucifixion and of course you should read it.

I also like the book of Romans for explaining the process of becoming and being a Christian

The New testament was written for you, the Old Testment has a lot of history and inspiration

but hey it's the bible, its all good

The one closest to page 93.