Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezekiel+004   Ezekiel 4 (ESV) 9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezekiel+003   Ezekiel 3 (ESV) 1 And he said to me, “Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezekiel+002       Ezekiel 2 (ESV) 1 And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” 2 And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man,…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezekiel+001       EZEKIEL INTRODUCTION The priest Ezekiel was among the Judeans that Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon in 597 BC. Five years into this exile, God called Ezekiel to go to Israel (both those in Babylon and those back in Judea) and speak my words to them. Ezekiel often brought…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Peter+003       Chapter 3 (ESV) 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Peter+002       Chapter 2 (ESV) 1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Peter+001       2 Peter Introduction   Around AD 65 the apostle Peter was imprisoned in Rome by the emperor Nero, and he realized that he would soon be executed. Since he was an eyewitness of the ministry of Jesus, he decided to write another letter to the believers…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+005   Chapter 5 1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+004       Chapter 4 1 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 3 For the…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Peter+003   Chapter 3 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make…