Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+006   CHAPTER 6 (ESV) 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+005   CHAPTER 5 (ESV) 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+004   CHAPTER 4 (ESV) 8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+003   CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+002   CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Corinthians+001   1 Corinthians Introduction The book of Acts describes how Paul brought the royal news about Jesus the Messiah to Macedonia (northern Greece), but then had to flee to Achaia (southern Greece) for his own safety. He visited the city of Corinth there, a wealthy and cosmopolitan commercial center. Many…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+004     Ruth Chapter Four (ESV) 14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+003     Ruth Chapter Three (ESV) 5 And she replied, “All that you say I will do.” 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+002     Ruth Chapter Two (ESV) 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ruth+001       Ruth   Introduction The short book of Ruth is a bridge between the two major parts of Israel’s covenant history. The first part (Genesis–Judges) focuses on how Abraham’s descendants became a nation and on the covenant God made with Israel. The second part (Samuel–Kings) tells the story…