CIL Daily Bible Readings

CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Revelation 1,2
    The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
    Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
    Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
    John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
    And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
    Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
    I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
    I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
    Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
    And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
    And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
    His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
    And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
    And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
    And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
    I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
    Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
    The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
    Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
    I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
    And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
    Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
    Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
    But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to e
    9 min
  • Jude
    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
    Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
    For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
    Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
    Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
    Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
    But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
    And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
    But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
    How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
    These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
    But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
    Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
    And of some have compassion, making a difference:
    And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
    5 min
  • Zechariah 2,3
    I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
    Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
    And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
    And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
    For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
    Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
    Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
    For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
    For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
    Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
    And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
    And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
    Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
    And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
    And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
    And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
    And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
    And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
    Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
    For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
    In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
    4 min
  • Job 25,26,27
    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
    Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
    Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
    How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
    Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
    How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
    But Job answered and said,
    How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
    How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
    To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
    Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
    Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
    He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
    He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
    He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
    He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
    The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
    He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
    By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
    Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
    Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
    My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
    God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
    Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
    For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
    Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
    Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
    I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
    Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
    This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
    If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
    Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
    Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
    He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
    He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
    The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
    Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
    The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
    For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
    Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
    5 min
  • Job 23,24
    Then Job answered and said,
    Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
    Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
    I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
    I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
    Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
    There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
    Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
    On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
    But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
    My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
    For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
    For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
    Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
    Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
    Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
    They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
    They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
    Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
    They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
    They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
    They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
    They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
    They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
    Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
    Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
    They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
    The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
    The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
    In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
    For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
    He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
    Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
    The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
    He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
    He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
    Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
    They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
    And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
    5 min
  • 2nd John, 3rd John
    The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
    For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
    Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
    I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
    And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
    And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
    For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
    Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
    Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
    If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
    For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
    Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
    The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
    The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
    Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
    For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
    I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
    Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
    Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
    Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
    We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
    I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
    Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
    Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
    Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
    I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
    But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
    5 min
  • Zechariah 1
    In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
    The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
    Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
    Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
    But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
    Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
    I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
    Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
    And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
    And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
    Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
    And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
    So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
    And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
    Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
    Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
    Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
    And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
    And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
    Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
    4 min
  • Job 22
    Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
    Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
    Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
    Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
    Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
    For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
    Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
    But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
    Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
    Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
    Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
    And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
    Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
    Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
    Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
    Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
    Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
    The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
    Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
    Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
    Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
    If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
    Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
    Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
    For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
    Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
    Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
    When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
    He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
    4 min
  • 1st John 5
    Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
    By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
    For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
    Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
    This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
    For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
    And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
    If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
    He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
    And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
    He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
    These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
    And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
    If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
    All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
    We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
    And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
    Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
    4 min
  • Haggai 1,2
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
    Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
    Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
    Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
    Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
    Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
    Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
    Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
    And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
    Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
    Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
    And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
    In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
    In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
    Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
    Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
    Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
    According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
    For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
    And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
    The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
    The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
    In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
    If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
    Then
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