Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+003   CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 8 Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+002   CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 1 Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+001   EZRA In the fifth century BC, many Judeans were returning from exile to the southern part of the land of Israel. They faced great difficulties: their capital city and temple had been destroyed, foreigners had moved in, and they were no longer ruled by their own king. But the […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ephesians+006   CHAPTER 6  (ESV) 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ephesians+005   CHAPTER 5  (ESV) 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is […]