Aug 14, 2022
JEREMIAH 48:
In
yesterday’s reading, the Lord began giving oracles about different
nations, with one chapter concerning Egypt and the next one about
Philistia. Today we’ll hear about Moab.
PROVERBS 9:
Today’s chapter is the last of the thematic
chapters at the beginning of this book. Lady Wisdom speaks, and we
find that she is opposed by Lady [Folly/Stupidity].
1JOHN 2:
John
continues to address us as his dear children, and tells us things
that we must know in order to be on guard and remain in fellowship
with the Father and the Son.
NLT Translation notes:
Pro.
9:7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in
return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get
hurt.
[I think we might as well let Lady Wisdom speak
all the way through here.]
11
[I,] Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your
life.
12 If you become wise, you will be the one to
benefit.
If
you scorn [me,] wisdom, you will be the one to
suffer.
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1Jn.
2:6 Those who say they live in [unity, joined with] God should live
their lives as Jesus did.
9 If
anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates [his/a]
Christian brother or sister,a that person is still living in darkness.
10 Anyone who loves [his/another] brother[s
and/or] sister[s] is living in the light and does not cause others
to stumble.
11
But anyone who hates [his/another] brother[s and/or] sister[s] is
still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know
the way to go, having been blinded by the
darkness.
12 I
am writing to you who are [my dear//God’s]
children
because your sins have been forgiven through
Jesus.
14I
have written to you who are [my/God’s] children
because you know the Father.
I
have written to you who are mature in the faith
because you know Christ, who existed from the
beginning.
I
have written to you who are young in the faith
because you are strong.
God’s word lives in your
hearts,
and
you have won your battle with the evil one.
20
But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his
Spirit,and [that is why] all of you know the truth.
21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t
know the truth but because you [already] know the difference
between truth and lies.
22 And who is a liar? Anyone
who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is [a
follower of the/an] antichrist.
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