Reading 1, Ephesians 2:1-10 1 And you were dead, through the crimes and the sins2 which used to make up your way of life when you were living by the principles of this world, obeying the ruler who dominates the air, the spirit who is at work in those who rebel.3 We...

Reading 1, Isaiah 53:10-11 10 It was Yahweh's good pleasure to crush him with pain; if he gives his life as a sin offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his life, and through him Yahweh's good pleasure will be done.11 After the ordeal he has endured, he will...

Reading 1, Ephesians 1:15-23 15 That is why I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love for all God's holy people,16 have never failed to thank God for you and to remember you in my prayers.17 May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...

Reading 1, Second Timothy 4:9-17 9 Make every effort to come and see me as soon as you can.10 As it is, Demas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonica, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia;11 only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with...

Reading 1, Ephesians 1:3-10 3 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.4 Thus he chose us in Christ before the world was made to be holy and faultless before him in love,5 marking us...

Reading 1, Galatians 5:18-25 18 But when you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.19 When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: sexual vice, impurity, and sensuality,20 the worship of false gods and sorcery; antagonisms and rivalry, jealousy,...

Reading 1, Galatians 5:1-6 1 Christ set us free, so that we should remain free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be fastened again to the yoke of slavery.2 I, Paul, give you my word that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you at...

Reading 1, Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 22 Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the freewoman.23 The son of the slave girl came to be born in the way of human nature; but the son of the freewoman came to be born through a...

Reading 1, Wisdom 7:7-11 7 And so I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.8 I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her, I held riches as nothing.9 I reckoned no precious stone to be her equal,...

Reading 1, Galatians 3:22-29 22 As it is, scripture makes no exception when it says that sin is master everywhere; so the promise can be given only by faith in Jesus Christ to those who have this faith.23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the Law,...