Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+003   CHAPTER 3 (ESV)   5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+002   CHAPTER 2 (ESV)   1 When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, 3 and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+001   First Kings   Introduction   The books commonly known as 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings are really one long book. (They were separated due to the length of ancient scrolls.) Beginning with Samuel, the last of the judges, this book describes what happened in the…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+013   CHAPTER 13 (ESV) 13 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 2 I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+012   CHAPTER 12 (ESV) 1 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+011   CHAPTER 11 (ESV) 1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! 2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+010   CHAPTER 10 (ESV) 1 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+009   CHAPTER 9 (ESV) 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+008   CHAPTER 8 (ESV) 1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+007   CHAPTER 7 (ESV) 8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because…