Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+001   HOSEA INTRODUCTION The prophet Hosea spoke to the northern kingdom of Israel in the turbulent period of the 8thcentury BC. Following the death of Jeroboam II, Israel had six different kings in just over twenty years; four were assassinated and the last was forcibly removed from the throne. The…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jude+001   JUDE INTRODUCTION Jesus had several brothers, two of whom were James and Jude. Much less is known about Jude than James (see James), but he was clearly a church leader, since he wrote to believers with authority in this letter that bears his name. It cannot be determined exactly…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=3John+001   3 JOHN INTRODUCTION This letter is a note of thanks and encouragement to an individual named Gaius. John had sent a letter to the church of which Gaius was a member, introducing and commending certain individuals, but a leader named Diotrephes refused to accommodate them. He opposed John’s authority…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2John+001   2 JOHN INTRODUCTION The same person who wrote 1 John to encourage believers also found it necessary to write to other churches where the false teachers might go to spread their ideas and practices. The letter of 2 John addresses one such gathering, referring to the church as a…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1John+005         1 John Chapter 5 (ESV) 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1John+004         1 John Chapter 4  (ESV) 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1John+003   1 John Chapter 3  (ESV) 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1John+002         1 John Chapter 2  (ESV) 12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1John+001         1 JOHN INTRODUCTION The letter known as 1 John was sent to a group of believers who were in the midst of an unsettling situation. Some of them had abandoned faith in Jesus the Messiah as it had first been taught to them. They found the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Daniel+012   Daniel 12 (ESV) 1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be…