Are the books of the New Testament arranged chronologically?
No, the books of the New Testament are not arranged in chronological order. The Holy Spirit guided the men who compiled the New Testament to place them exactly as intended. While ancient copies sometimes vary the order of Gospels and general epistles, Paul's epistles consistently appear in the same order.
Les explains that the New Testament books are not lined up according to chronological order. Instead, the Holy Spirit put them in exactly as they were supposed to be when men of God put the New Testament together. He notes that in various copies of antiquity, the books are sometimes in different order—every New Testament in libraries is not always Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and even the four Gospels may be mixed up, as well as the little epistles of Peter and John. However, every one of Paul's epistles is always in every copy of the New Testament available, and they are always in the same order we have today. This shows the Holy Spirit was in total control when the men who met approximately 350 A.D. put the canon of Scripture together and formulated our New Testament. God has particularly brooded over these Pauline epistles because they are the ones appropriate for us today.