Amshir 20, 1741

1 Corinthians 4

¹⁶Therefore I urge you, imitate me. ¹⁷For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. ¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. ¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. ²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. ²¹What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 5

¹It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife! ²And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. ³For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. ⁴In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? ⁷Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. ⁸Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. ⁹I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.

1 John 1

⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

1 John 2

¹My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. ³Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. ⁶He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. ⁷Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. ⁸Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. ⁹He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. ¹¹But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

³As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. ⁴Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. ⁵Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. ⁶And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. ⁷For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. ⁸And there was great joy in that city. ⁹But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, ¹⁰to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God." ¹¹And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. ¹²But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. ¹³Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.

¹Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ²Let Israel now say, "His mercy endures forever." ³Let the house of Aaron now say, "His mercy endures forever." ⁴Let those who fear the LORD now say, "His mercy endures forever." ⁵I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place. ⁶The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? ⁷The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me. ⁸It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹¹They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹²They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹³You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the LORD helped me. ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁷I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD. ¹⁸The LORD has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the LORD. ²⁰This is the gate of the LORD, Through which the righteous shall enter. ²¹I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation. ²²The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. ²³This was the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵Save now, I pray, O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity. ²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We have blessed you from the house of the LORD. ²⁷God is the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. ²⁹Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

²¹Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? ²²For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. ²³If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." ²⁴Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. ²⁵For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him." ²⁶And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, ²⁷and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. ²⁸For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. ²⁹But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

Isaiah 2

¹¹The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹²For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low-- ¹³Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; ¹⁴Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; ¹⁵Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; ¹⁶Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. ¹⁷The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, ¹⁸But the idols He shall utterly abolish. ¹⁹They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Zechariah 8

¹⁸Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, ¹⁹"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.' ²⁰"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities; ²¹The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, "Let us continue to go and pray before the LORD, And seek the LORD of hosts. I myself will go also." ²²Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And to pray before the LORD.' ²³"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.""'

¹The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. ²For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.

²³But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. ²⁴And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵But He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, "Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!"