Isaiah 49:1-6Psalms 139:1-3, 13-15Acts 13:22-26Luke 1:57-66, 80 Isaiah 49:1-6(1) Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name (2) And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow
Genesis 12:1-9Psalms 33:12-13, 18-20, 22Matthew 7:1-5 Genesis 12:1-9(1) Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you (2) And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your
Genesis 14:18-20Psalms 110:1-41 Corinthians 11:23-26Luke 9:11-17 Genesis 14:18-20(18) Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most High God (19) he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth (20) And blessed be
2 Corinthians 12:1-10Psalms 34:8-13Matthew 6:24-34 2 Corinthians 12:1-10(1) If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord (2) I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the
2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30Psalms 34:2-7Matthew 6:19-23 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30(18) Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also (21) I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also (22) They are Hebrews; so
2 Corinthians 11:1-11Psalms 111:1-4, 7-8Matthew 6:7-15 2 Corinthians 11:1-11(1) I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me (2) For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ
2 Corinthians 9:6-11Psalms 112:1-4, 9Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 2 Corinthians 9:6-11(6) But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings (7) each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a
2 Corinthians 8:1-9Psalms 146:2, 5-9Matthew 5:43-48 2 Corinthians 8:1-9(1) And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia (2) For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness
2 Corinthians 6:1-10Psalms 98:1-4Matthew 5:38-42 2 Corinthians 6:1-10(1) But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain (2) For he says: “In a favorable time, I heeded you; and on the day of salvation, I helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is
Proverbs 8:22-31Psalms 8:4-9Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15 Proverbs 8:22-31(22) The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning (23) I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed (24) The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains