Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+007     CHAPTER 7 (ESV) 1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah … 5 son of Aaron the chief priest— 6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+006     CHAPTER 6 (ESV) 13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+005     CHAPTER 5 (ESV) 1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+004     CHAPTER 4 (ESV) 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+003     CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 8 Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+002     CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 1 Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+001     EZRA In the fifth century BC, many Judeans were returning from exile to the southern part of the land of Israel. They faced great difficulties: their capital city and temple had been destroyed, foreigners had moved in, and they were no longer ruled by their own king. But…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ephesians+006     CHAPTER 6  (ESV) 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ephesians+005   CHAPTER 5  (ESV) 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ephesians+004     CHAPTER 4  (ESV) 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but…