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• Ephesians 1Bible

  Ephesians 1 opens with Paul's greeting, praises God for the election, redemption, and sealing with the Holy Spirit that believers have received in Christ, and continues with a prayer that the readers may come to know God more deeply.

• 2 Corinthians 1Bible

  2 Corinthians 1 opens with Paul's greeting to the church at Corinth and a doxology praising God for the comfort He gives in tribulation. Paul then explains why he changed his plans to visit Corinth.

• Philemon 1Bible

  Philemon 1 is the entire Epistle to Philemon, a book of a single chapter. It is a short letter in which the imprisoned Paul asks Philemon to receive Onesimus not as a servant but as a beloved brother.

• 1 Samuel 20Bible

  1 Samuel 20 is the chapter in which Jonathan arranges an arrow signal to learn whether Saul intends to kill David and, once he learns Saul's intent, parts from David in tears.

• 2 Samuel 2Bible

  In 2 Samuel 2, after Saul's death, David is anointed king of Judah at Hebron, and his forces first clash at Gibeon with those of Ish-bosheth, whom Abner had made king over Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 11Bible

  2 Chronicles 11 recounts how, immediately after the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam heeded the prophet Shemaiah and called off war with northern Israel. He then fortified cities and received the priests and Levites who came from the north, strengthening his kingdom. The chapter also records his family.

• 2 Chronicles 16Bible

  2 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and imprisoned Hanani the seer, who rebuked him for it. The chapter closes with Asa's illness, death, and burial.

• 2 Corinthians 2Bible

  2 Corinthians 2 is the chapter in which Paul explains why he wrote to the church at Corinth with many tears instead of returning to them, and urges the church to forgive and comfort a man who had been disciplined. He then describes the apostolic ministry by likening himself and his co-workers to "a sweet savour of Christ."

• 2 Corinthians 5Bible

  2 Corinthians 5 is the chapter in which Paul speaks of the earthly body that will be dissolved and of the hope of an eternal house in heaven, and proclaims the new creation in Christ and the ministry of reconciling people to God.

• Genesis 7Bible

  Genesis 7 is the chapter in which Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark and the flood begins. Every living thing on the earth is swept away, and only those in the ark remain.

• 1 Kings 19Bible

  1 Kings 19 recounts how Elijah, after the contest on Mount Carmel, flees from Jezebel's threats, meets the LORD at Mount Horeb, receives a new commission, and calls Elisha as his successor.

• Isaiah 13Bible

  Isaiah 13 opens the oracles against the nations (chapters 13–23), proclaiming that on the Day of the LORD, Babylon will be destroyed by the Medes and left desolate like Sodom and Gomorrah.

• Habakkuk 2Bible

  Habakkuk 2 is the chapter in which the LORD answers the prophet's question with a vision declaring that "the just shall live by his faith," and then pronounces five woes upon a proud oppressor.

• Acts 27Bible

  Acts 27 is the chapter in which Paul, being taken to Rome as a prisoner, encounters the tempestuous wind Euroclydon near Crete and drifts for fourteen days. Although the ship is wrecked, all 276 people aboard reach land alive.

• 1 Corinthians 2Bible

  1 Corinthians 2 is the chapter in which Paul recalls that in Corinth he preached only Christ crucified rather than relying on eloquent speech, and explains that God's hidden wisdom can be known only through the Holy Spirit.

• 2 Corinthians 13Bible

  2 Corinthians 13 is the final chapter of 2 Corinthians. As Paul prepares for his third visit, he urges the Corinthian believers to examine their own faith, then closes the letter with a blessing in the name of the triune God.

• Romans 10:14–15Bible Verses

  Romans 10:14–15 is a passage in which the apostle Paul uses a chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, and sending) to show that people are needed to proclaim the gospel. It is frequently cited as a basis for sending missionaries and for preaching, and interpreters differ over to whom the "sending" applies.

• 1 Corinthians 15:29Bible Verses

  A verse that mentions "them which are baptized for the dead" and asks what such people shall do if there is no resurrection. It is regarded as one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament to interpret, and it is the text that groups practicing proxy baptism cite as the basis for the practice.

• Jeremiah 31:31–33Bible Verses

  God's promise to make a new covenant with Israel and Judah and to write his law on their hearts. It is the principal Old Testament passage in which the phrase "new covenant" appears. The New Testament presents this promise as fulfilled in Christ, and the passage stands at the center of debates among theological systems over the relationship between the church and Israel.

• 1 Timothy 2:13–15Bible Verses

  A passage that cites the order of creation and Eve's deception as the reason for the preceding verse's restriction on women teaching, and states that a woman "shall be saved in childbearing." It is a central text in the debate over the ordination of women, and verse 15 is widely regarded as one of the most difficult verses in the New Testament.