Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Isaiah+001   ISAIAH INTRODUCTION The prophet Isaiah addressed the kingdom of Judah for forty years, beginning in the year that King Uzziah died (around 740 BC) and continuing at least to the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC. As with all the prophets, Isaiah based his message on the deep […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Philemon+001   PHILEMON   Introduction   One of the people Paul chose to deliver the letters we know as Colossians and Ephesians was a man named Onesimus. Onesimus was originally from Colossae, and would have been known to the people there. But Paul was compelled to write a separate letter for […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Titus+003   Titus Chapter 3 (ESV) 1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Titus+002   Titus Chapter 2 (ESV)   1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Titus+001   TITUS Introduction After the apostle Paul was released from prison in Rome, he discovered that renegade leaders were preying on the people of the church he had founded in Ephesus. He therefore left his long-time co-worker Timothy in that city with a letter authorizing him to replace these leaders […]