Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 6:9 (New Living Translation) This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. This begins the (hi)story of Noah, the flood, and the ark full of animals. The earth is full […]

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Hebrews 1:14 (New Living Translation) Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. The writer is telling the Hebrews about the Son of God. Jesus Christ is far above the angels in position, power, and everything else. Whoa. Impressive. The angels? Those angelic beings that appear obviously to people […]

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1 Peter 2:16 (New Living Translation) For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. I am free. I am God’s slave. Okay, must be something wrong with the translation here. How can I be both free and a slave at the same time? […]

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2 Peter 1:10-11 (New Living Translation) 10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus […]

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2 Peter 1:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly […]

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Hebrews 2:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. 15 Only in this way could […]

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1 John 2:16 (New Living Translation) For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. This is in the first letter from John to different churches. In these sentences, John […]

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Titus 1:1 (New Living Translation) This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. Paul is writing to his friend Titus. […]

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Jude 1:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 And have mercy on those who waver; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh Jude is writing to dear friends in Christ. There are sinful people all around […]

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