September 2, 2038
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Today's Reading
Song of Solomon 3:1–4:16
Psalm 103:10–23 (MT: 104)
Proverbs 24:17–18
1 Corinthians 12:1–31
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Song of Solomon 3:1–4:16
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me. 2I will rise now, and go about in the city, in the market-places, and in the streets, and I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. 3The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. [I said], Have ye seen him whom my soul loves? 4[It was] as a little [while] after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 5I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye rouse not nor awake [my] love, until he please. 6Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer? 7Behold Solomon's bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it. 8They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man [has] his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night. 9King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon. 10He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 11Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. Chapter 41Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad. 2Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn [sheep], that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them. 3Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil. 4Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, [and] all darts of mighty men. 5Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies. 6Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 7Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee. 8Come from Libanus, [my] bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9My sister, [my] spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices! 11Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus. 12My sister, [my] spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. 13Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard: 14spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices: 15a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus. 16Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 103:10–23(MT: 104)
MT Psalm 104 = LXX Psalm 103 (standard offset).
10And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; 11saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: 12when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. 13And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people. 14He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: 15[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. 16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread. 17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. 18They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, 19until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. 20The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free. 21He made him lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; 22to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 23Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 24:17–18
17If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow. 18For the Lord will see [it], and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.
New TestamentKing James Version
1 Corinthians 12:1–31
1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14For the body is not one member, but many. 15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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