September 1, 2038
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Today's Reading
Song of Solomon 1:1–2:17
Psalm 103:1–9 (MT: 104)
Proverbs 24:15–16
1 Corinthians 11:17–34
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Song of Solomon 1:1–2:17
1The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine. 3And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee. 4They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into his closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee. 5I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard. 7Tell me, [thou] whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest [them] to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions. 8If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherds' tents. 9I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao. 10How are thy cheeks beautiful as [those] of a dove, thy neck as chains! 11We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver. 12So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell. 13My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts. 14My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi. 15Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves. 16Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed. 17The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress. Chapter 21I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys. 2As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters. 3As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat. 4Bring me into the wine house; set love before me. 5Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I [am] wounded with love. 6His left [hand shall be] under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. 7I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake [my] love, until he please. 8The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bæthel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices. 10My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove. 11For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed. 12The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land. 13The fig-tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come. 14[Thou art] my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful. 15Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes. 16My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds [his flock] among the lilies. 17Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 103:1–9(MT: 104)
MT Psalm 104 = LXX Psalm 103 (standard offset).
1Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. 2Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. 3Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. 4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. 5Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 6[ye] seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 8He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations: 9which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 24:15–16
15Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly. 16For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise [again]: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles.
New TestamentKing James Version
1 Corinthians 11:17–34
17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 20When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
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