Read chapter in full: 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: 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: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+008   Song of Solomon 8 (ESV) She 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 of my mother— she who […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+007   Song of Solomon 7 (ESV) He 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 breasts […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+006   Song of Solomon 6 (ESV) Others 1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Together in the Garden of Love She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens […]