Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+003   1 Timothy   Chapter 3  (ESV) 1The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+002   1 Timothy   Chapter 2  (ESV) 1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+001   1 TIMOTHY   Introduction After Paul was released from prison in Rome, he discovered that leaders in the Ephesian church had distorted the genuine message they had first heard from Paul himself. They had misapplied certain Jewish practices and borrowed some others from the philosophies of the day. They restricted […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+008     Song of Solomon 8 (ESV)   Longing for Her Beloved 1 Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me. 2 I would lead you and bring you into the house […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+007     Song of Solomon 7 (ESV)   1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two […]