- Gospel According to Matthew Most scholars believe the gospel was composed between AD 80 and 90, with a range of possibility between AD 70 to 110; a pre-70 date remains a minority view.
- Gospel According to Mark The consensus of scholarly opinion is that Mark's gospel was composed either in the mid-60s or shortly after 70 CE, in Rome or in Syria. The recognition that Mark's was the first gospel arose from the quests for the historical Jesus.
- Gospel According to Luke The Gospel According to Luke, written in roughly 85 C.E. (± five to ten years), most likely during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, is known in its earliest form from extensive papyri fragments dating to the early or middle of the third century.
- Gospel According to John The Gospel of John, sometimes called "the spiritual gospel," was probably composed between 90 and 100 CE.
- Acts of the Apostles Acts was apparently written in Rome, perhaps between 70 and 90 ce, though some think a slightly earlier date is also possible.
- Letter of Paul to the Romans The longest and last written of Paul's authentic epistles (written around 57 or 58 CE), the letter to the Romans is an exceptional text. Unlike his other writings, Paul's letter to the Roman community lacks a particular occasion or causative problem.
- Letters of Paul to the Corinthians The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, probably written about 53–54 ceat Ephesus, Asia Minor, deals with problems that arose in the early years after Paul's initial missionary visit (c. 50–51) to Corinth and his establishment there of a Christian community.
- I Corinthians
- II Corinthians
- Letter of Paul to the Galatians When and where was it written? Paul likely wrote his Epistle to the Galatians while traveling through Macedonia during his third missionary journey in about A.D. 55–57 (see Bible Dictionary, “Pauline Epistles”).
- Letter of Paul to the Ephesians
AD 60–61 Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians sometime in AD 60–61, around the same time he wrote Colossians and Philemon, as he sent all three letters by the hand of Tychicus, accompanied by Onesimus (Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7–9; Philemon 1:10–12). - Letter of Paul to the Philippians aul the Apostle to the Philippians, abbreviation Philippians, eleventh book of the New Testament, written by St. Paul the Apostle to the Christian congregation he had established in Philippi. It was penned while he was in prison, probably at Rome or Ephesus, about 62 ce.
- Letter of Paul to the Colossians Paul wrote this epistle during his first imprisonment in Rome, around A.D. 60–62 (see Guide to the Scriptures, “Pauline Epistles,” scriptures.lds.org). Paul probably wrote the Epistle to the Colossians around the same time he wrote Philippians, Ephesians, and Philemon.
- Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians When and where was it written? “Paul wrote the epistles to the Thessalonians from Corinth during his second missionary journey,” around A.D. 50–51(Guide to the Scriptures, “Pauline Epistles,” scriptures.lds.org).
- I Thessalonians
- II Thessalonians
- Letters of Paul to Timothy When and where was it written? Paul's First Epistle to Timothy was likely written sometime between A.D. 64 and 65, possibly while Paul was in Macedonia (see Guide to the Scriptures, “Pauline Epistles,” scriptures.lds.org; 1 Timothy 1:3).
- I Timothy
- II Timothy
- Letter of Paul to Titus Paul wrote his letter to Titus from Nicopolis in AD 63, after the apostle's release from his first Roman imprisonment.
- Letter of Paul to Philemon The epistle is the 18th book of the New Testament canon and was probably composed in Rome about 61 ce.
- Letter to the Hebrews The letter was composed sometime during the latter half of the 1st century and is the 19th book of the New Testament canon. To judge from its contents, the letter was addressed to a Christian community whose faith was faltering because of strong Jewish influences.
- Letter of James Dating. According to Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 20.197–203), James the brother of Jesus was killed in 62 CE, during the high priesthood of Ananus. Those who hold to traditional authorship date the epistle to sometime before 62 CE, in the forties or fifties, making it one of the earliest writings of the New Testament.
- Letters of Peter Letters of Peter, also called Epistles of St. Peter the Apostle, abbreviation Peter, two New Testament writings attributed to St. Peter the Apostle but perhaps written during the early 2nd century.
- I Peter
- II Peter
- Letters of John Letters of John, abbreviation John, three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around 100 ceand traditionally attributed to St. John the Apostle, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus.
- I John
- II John
- III John
- Letter of Jude Assuming Peter wrote his letter first (AD 64–66), Jude probably wrote his epistle sometime between AD 67 and 80.
- Revelation to John The Book of Revelation was written sometime around 96 CE in Asia Minor. The author was probably a Christian from Ephesus known as "John the Elder." According to the Book, this John was on the island of Patmos, not far from the coast of Asia Minor, "because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus" (Rev.
