Monday 10 November 2014

1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,according to the faith of God’s chosen onesand the knowledge of the truthwhich is according to godliness,2in hope of eternal life,which God, who can’t lie,promised before time began;3but in his own time revealed his word in the message withwhich I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith:Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Fatherand the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

5I left you in Crete for this reason,that you would set in order the thingsthat were lacking and appoint elders in every city,as I directed you—6if anyone is blameless,the husband of one wife,having children who believe,who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.7For the overseer must be blameless,as God’s steward, not self-pleasing,not easily angered,not given to wine,not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;8but given to hospitality,a lover of good, sober minded,fair, holy, self-controlled,9holding to the faithful wordwhich is according to the teaching,that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine,and to convict those who contradict him.

1The earth is the Lord’s, with its fullness;the world, and those who dwell in it.2For he has founded it on the seas,and established it on the floods.

3Who may ascend to the Lord’s hill?Who may stand in his holy place?4He who has clean hands and a pure heart;who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,and has not sworn deceitfully.

5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,righteousness from the God of his salvation.6This is the generation of those who seek Him,who seek your face—even Jacob.

1He said to the disciples,“It is impossiblethat no occasions of stumbling should come,but woe to him through whom they come!2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck,and he were thrown into the sea,rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him.If he repents, forgive him.4If he sins against you seven times in the day,and seven times returns,saying, ‘I repent,’you shall forgive him.”

5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,you would tell this sycamore tree,‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’and it would obey you.