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• 1 Corinthians 6Bible

  1 Corinthians 6 is the chapter in which Paul rebukes the believers of the Corinthian church for bringing disputes with one another before secular courts and for sexual immorality. Because the believer's body is a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit, he urges them to glorify God in their bodies.

• Numbers 28Bible

  Numbers 28 sets out the kinds and quantities of offerings to be presented as the daily continual burnt offering and on the Sabbath, the new moon, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Weeks. Together with chapter 29, it forms Israel's annual calendar of sacrifices.

• Zechariah 7Bible

  Zechariah 7 records how, in the fourth year of King Darius, the people of Bethel ask whether they should continue the fast of the fifth month. God answers by questioning the motive behind their fasting and calling for justice and compassion.

• Exodus 37Bible

  Exodus 37 records how Bezalel made the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table, the lampstand, and the altar of incense, and how he prepared the holy anointing oil and the pure incense.

• Exodus 35Bible

  In this chapter Moses restates the Sabbath ordinance and gathers offerings and workers for building the tabernacle. The people bring their offerings willingly, and Bezalel and Oholiab are introduced as the men appointed to carry out the work.

• John 18Bible

  John 18 recounts the arrest of Jesus in a garden across the brook Kidron, his appearances before Annas and Caiaphas, and his interrogation by the Roman governor Pilate. Meanwhile, Peter denies Jesus three times, and the crowd demands that Barabbas be released instead of Jesus.

• Deuteronomy 13Bible

  Deuteronomy 13 is a body of law prescribing how Israel is to deal with a prophet, a close family member or friend, or a city that entices others to serve other gods. It commands loyalty to the LORD alone, even when signs and wonders occur.

• Ezekiel 33Bible

  Ezekiel 33 is the chapter in which news of the fall of Jerusalem arrives. God again appoints Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel and, declaring that He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, urges the people to turn back.

• Exodus 40Bible

  Exodus 40 is the final chapter of the Book of Exodus. In obedience to God's command, Moses sets up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus. The book closes as the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle.

• Matthew 26Bible

  Matthew 26 is the chapter in which the Passion narrative of Jesus begins. It recounts, in order, the plot to kill him, the anointing at Bethany, Judas's betrayal, the Last Supper, the prayer and arrest in Gethsemane, the trial before the high priest, and Peter's denial.

• Ezekiel 28Bible

  Ezekiel 28 contains a prophecy rebuking the pride of the king of Tyre, a lament over him, a prophecy of judgment against Sidon, and a promise to regather scattered Israel.

• Proverbs 1Bible

  Proverbs 1 is the opening chapter of the Book of Proverbs. It states the book's title and purpose and introduces its theme: "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge." It continues with a father's warning against the enticements of wicked men and with Wisdom's warning as she cries out in the streets.

• Job 28Bible

  Job 28 is a "wisdom poem" declaring that although human beings can find gold and precious stones deep within the earth, they do not know where wisdom is found; only God knows the way to wisdom. The final verse concludes that the fear of the Lord is wisdom.

• Matthew 8Bible

  Matthew 8 recounts how Jesus, after coming down from the mountain where he delivered the Sermon on the Mount, heals a leper, a centurion's servant, and Peter's mother-in-law, calms a storm, and casts out demons in the country of the Gadarenes.

• Acts 23Bible

  Acts 23 recounts how Paul makes his defense before the Jewish council (the Sanhedrin), escapes a plot by more than forty men to kill him, and is sent under Roman military escort to Felix, the governor at Caesarea.

• Leviticus 11Bible

  Leviticus 11 contains the dietary laws that distinguish creatures that may be eaten (clean) from those that may not (unclean), together with regulations on the uncleanness incurred by touching their carcasses. It closes with the words "ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

• Job 30Bible

  Job 30 is one of the chapters of Job's final extended defense. Contrasting his present condition with the former glory he recalled in chapter 29, Job laments that he is now mocked by the lowly and that when he cries out to God, he receives no answer.

• John 17:20–23Bible Verses

  A passage from the prayer Jesus offered just before his arrest, in which he asks that later believers, who would come to believe through the disciples' word, may be one as the Father and the Son are one, so that the world may believe. It is the text most frequently cited in discussions of church unity.

• 1 Corinthians 11:3Bible Verses

  A verse stating that the head of every man is Christ, "the head of the woman is the man," and the head of Christ is God. The meaning of "head" (kephalē) continues to be disputed in debates over the roles of men and women, the ordination of women, and order within the Trinity.

• John 8:34–36Bible Verses

  John 8:34–36 is the passage in which Jesus tells the Jews who had believed on him that "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin" and that "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." As a key text on bondage to sin and the freedom Christ gives, it is frequently cited in discussions of the human will and sanctification.