The Triumph of the Cross:  Christ’s Victory Over Death

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Horizon Church May Bible Reading Plan - Faith in the Wilderness: The Book of Numbers

God’s Economy: The More You Give, the More You Gain

The Battle of Pride vs. Humility

The Shepherd and His Names: Finding God in Psalm 23

The Psalms

Love Your Neighbor

Stop Saying You Are “Bad With Money”

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Accepted by the Apostles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As for those who were held in high esteem&#8212;whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism&#8212;they added nothing to my message. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Gentiles</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as Peter had been to the circumcised.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">James, Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Opposes Cephas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, &#8220;You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but through the faithfulness of&#8230; justified on the basis of the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn&#8217;t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To humans belong the plans of the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">but from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes the proper answer of the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All a person&#8217;s ways seem pure to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">but motives are weighed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Commit to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> whatever you do,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">and he will establish your plans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works out everything to its proper end&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">even the wicked for a day of disaster.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests all the proud of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">through the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> evil is avoided.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes pleasure in anyone&#8217;s way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">he causes their enemies to make peace with them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">than much gain with injustice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In their hearts humans plan their course,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> establishes their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lips of a king speak as an oracle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">and his mouth does not betray justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Honest scales and balances belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">all the weights in the bag are of his making.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kings detest wrongdoing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">for a throne is established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Kings take pleasure in honest lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">they value the one who speaks what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath is a messenger of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">but the wise will appease it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When a king&#8217;s face brightens, it means life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How much better to get wisdom than gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">to get insight rather than silver!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The highway of the upright avoids evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">those who guard their ways preserve their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pride goes before destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">a haughty spirit before a fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">than to share plunder with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whoever speaks prudently finds what is good</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">and blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wise in heart are called discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">and gracious words promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">words make a person persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">but folly brings punishment to fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">and their lips promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent / and make their lips persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Gracious words are a honeycomb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The appetite of laborers works for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">their hunger drives them on.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A scoundrel plots evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A perverse person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">and a gossip separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A violent person entices their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">and leads them down a path that is not good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Gray hair is a crown of splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">it is attained in the way of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Better a patient person than a warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">one with self-control than one who takes a city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The lot is cast into the lap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="content">but its every decision is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. </span></span></div>
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