Two-Year Bible Reading Plan: Volume 1

Read the Book: July - September

A Chapter A Day: Reading The Bible In 3 Years (Year 1, Quarter 1)

A Chapter A Day: Reading The Bible In 3 Years (Year 1, Quarter 2)

The Gospel of Mark (Part Seven)

Strong Disciples Two

The Other Five Prayer Journey

Fully Devoted

A Chapter A Day: Reading The Bible In 3 Years (Year 1, Quarter 3)

From Humbug to Hallelujah: A 5-Day Christmas Transformation

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;May the day of my birth perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="content">and the night that said, &#8216;A boy is conceived!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That day&#8212;may it turn to darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">may God above not care about it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">may no light shine on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">may a cloud settle over it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">may blackness overwhelm it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">That night&#8212;may thick darkness seize it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">may it not be included among the days of the year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">nor be entered in any of the months.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May that night be barren;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="content">may no shout of joy be heard in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May those who curse days</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">curse the sea</span></span></span><span class="content"> curse that day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="content">those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May its morning stars become dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">may it wait for daylight in vain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">and not see the first rays of dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="content">to hide trouble from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why did I not perish at birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="content">and die as I came from the womb?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Why were there knees to receive me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="content">and breasts that I might be nursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For now I would be lying down in peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="content">I would be asleep and at rest</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">with kings and rulers of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="content">who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">with princes who had gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="content">who filled their houses with silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="content">like an infant who never saw the light of day?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the wicked cease from turmoil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="content">and there the weary are at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Captives also enjoy their ease;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="content">they no longer hear the slave driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The small and the great are there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="content">and the slaves are freed from their owners.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why is light given to those in misery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="content">and life to the bitter of soul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">to those who long for death that does not come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="content">who search for it more than for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">who are filled with gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="content">and rejoice when they reach the grave?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Why is life given to a man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">whose way is hidden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">whom God has hedged in?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For sighing has become my daily food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="content">my groans pour out like water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">What I feared has come upon me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="content">what I dreaded has happened to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I have no peace, no quietness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.3.26"><span class="content">I have no rest, but only turmoil.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Released From the Law, Bound to Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you not know, brothers and sisters&#8212;for I am speaking to those who know the law&#8212;that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For when we were in the realm of the flesh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Law and Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, &#8220;You shall not covet.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">my flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do&#8212;this I keep on doing. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For in my inner being I delight in God&#8217;s law; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.7.25"><span class="content">So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God&#8217;s law, but in my sinful nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> a slave to the law of sin.</span></span></div>
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