August 26, 2040
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
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2:26
Psalm 101:1–11 (MT: 102)
Proverbs 24:1–2
1 Corinthians 7:20–40
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2:26
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem. 2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun? 4A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever. 5And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place; 6arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits. 7All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak [of them]: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 9What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10[Who is he] that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us. 11There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall be at the last [time]. 12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith. 14I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit. 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered. 16I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge. 17And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit. 18For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow. Chapter 21I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity. 2I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this? 3And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom,) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life. 4I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. 5I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree. 6I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood. 7I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. 8Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers. 9So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. 10And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour. 11And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun. 12Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things wherein he employs it? 13And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness. 14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all. 15And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me; and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance. 16For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now [in] the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool? 17So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 18And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. 20So I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. 21For there is [such] a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet [this] man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. 22For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. 23For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity. 24A man has nothing [really] good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul [as] good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 25For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him? 26For [God] has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 101:1–11(MT: 102)
MT Psalm 102 = LXX Psalm 101 (standard offset).
1[A Psalm] of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all [that is] within me, [bless] his holy name. 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: 3who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; 4who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; 5who satisfies thy desire with good things: [so that] thy youth shall be renewed like [that] of the eagle. 6The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. 7He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. 8The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. 9He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. 10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. 11For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has [so] increased his mercy toward them that fear him.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 24:1–2
1[My] son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them. 2For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.
New TestamentKing James Version
1 Corinthians 7:20–40
20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. 23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
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