Saturday 2021.12.18
Today's Passages:
Genesis 19:1 - 23:20 ASV (134 verses)
2 Thessalonians 1:1 - 3:18 GNB (47 verses)
1 Timothy 1:1 - 3:16 GNB (51 verses)
Today I begin reading longer portions of readings, covering about 128 verses of the Old Testament and 88 verses of the New Testament each day. With a total of 23,145 verses in the OT and 7,957 verses in the NT, I hope to finish reading the OT in about six months and the NT in about three months. In this way I can read two cycles of OT and 4 cycles of NT in a year.
This afternoon in my New Testament reading, I came across four benedictions written by the Apostle in Second Thessalonians. The first one is found in chapter 2 with the remaining three in chapter 3 of the epistle.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - 17 GNB Good News Bible
- May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope, encourage you and strengthen you always to do and say what is good.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5 GNB
- May the Lord lead you into a greater understanding of God's love and the endurance that is given by Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 GNB
- May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:18 GNB
- May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Brothers and Sisters in the Lord Iesou Anointed, let us learn to bless one another with such benedictions.
