Daily Readings for Monday, 6 January 2014
First Letter of John 3: 22 and we
receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what
pleases him.
23 And this is his commandment,
that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one
another, just as he has commanded us. 24 All who obey his
commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he
abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
Testing the Spirits
4 Beloved,
do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By
this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every
spirit that does not confess Jesus[a] is not from God. And this is
the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and
now it is already in the world. 4 Little
children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you
is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from
the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to
them. 6 We
are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does
not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Footnotes:
a. 1 John 4:3 Other ancient authorities read does away with Jesus (Gk dissolves
Jesus)
Psalm 2: 7 I
will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
10 Now
therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
with trembling 12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
with trembling 12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 2:12 Cn: Meaning of Heb of verses 11b and
12a is uncertain
Matthew 4: Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee
12 Now
when Jesus[a] heard that John had been
arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He
left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of
Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so
that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 “Land
of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,
on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”
on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”
17 From that time
Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[b]
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 4:12 Gk he
b. Matthew 4:17 Or is
at hand
Jesus Ministers to Crowds of People
23 Jesus[a] went throughout Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news[b] of the kingdom and curing every
disease and every sickness among the people.24 So
his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick,
those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs,
epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. 25 And great
crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from
beyond the Jordan.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 4:23 Gk He
b. Matthew 4:23 Gk gospel
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