How long does it take to read the book of John?
About 1 hour 15 minutes if you read it silently. Out loud it's about 1 hour 40 minutes, and an audio Bible takes about 1 hour 55 minutes. John has 21 chapters, 878 verses and 18,416 words.
- Silently
- 1 hr 15 min
- Out loud
- 1 hr 40 min
- Listening
- 1 hr 55 min
About John
John is a Gospel written so readers will trust Jesus as the Son of God and have life, built around His signs and conversations with people like Nicodemus and a woman at a well.
The 43rd of the Bible's 66 books, in the New Testament (The Gospels).
A tip for reading it
This is a great first book to read; take one story at a time and ask what it shows about who Jesus is.
Plan your reading of John
Choose a finish date or the time you have, and get what to read each day.
How will you read it?
Plan by
Finish in
Reading days
Reading John silently takes about 1 hour 15 minutes in all.
Each day
4 min
Reading days
21
You finish
…
That's about a chapter a day, 21 chapters in all.
Your first week
Whole chapters, balanced by length
- Day 1John 14 min
- Day 2John 22 min
- Day 3John 33 min
- Day 4John 44 min
- Day 5John 54 min
- Day 6John 66 min
- Day 7John 74 min
Chapter by chapter
Reading silently. The longest is John 6 at about 6 minutes; the shortest, John 2, takes about 2 minutes.
- Chapter 151 verses4 min
- Chapter 225 verses2 min
- Chapter 336 verses3 min
- Chapter 454 verses4 min
- Chapter 546 verses4 min
- Chapter 671 verses6 min
- Chapter 753 verses4 min
- Chapter 859 verses5 min
- Chapter 941 verses3 min
- Chapter 1042 verses3 min
- Chapter 1157 verses5 min
- Chapter 1250 verses5 min
- Chapter 1338 verses3 min
- Chapter 1431 verses3 min
- Chapter 1527 verses2 min
- Chapter 1633 verses3 min
- Chapter 1726 verses3 min
- Chapter 1840 verses4 min
- Chapter 1942 verses4 min
- Chapter 2031 verses3 min
- Chapter 2125 verses3 min
Questions about John
How long does it take to read John out loud?
About 1 hour 40 minutes at a comfortable reading-aloud pace. Listening to an audio Bible, it takes about 1 hour 55 minutes.
How many chapters are in John?
John has 21 chapters and 878 verses, 18,416 words in the Berean Standard Bible.
Can I read John in one sitting?
You can, but at about 1 hour 15 minutes most people split it up. At one chapter a day you'd finish in 21 days, about 4 minutes a day.
What's the longest chapter in John?
John 6, about 6 minutes to read. The shortest is John 2, about 2 minutes.
What is John about?
John is a Gospel written so readers will trust Jesus as the Son of God and have life, built around His signs and conversations with people like Nicodemus and a woman at a well.