1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Common English Bible

Wisdom applied to divisions in the church

3 Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you like spiritual people but like unspiritual people, like babies in Christ. ²I gave you milk to drink instead of solid food, because you weren’t up to it yet. ³Now you are still not up to it because you are still unspiritual. When jealousy and fighting exist between you, aren’t you unspiritual and living by human standards? ⁴When someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and someone else says, “I belong to Apollos,” aren’t you acting like people without the Spirit? ⁵After all, what is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants who helped you to believe. Each one had a role given to them by the Lord: ⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God made it grow. ⁷Because of this, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but the only one who is anything is God who makes it grow. ⁸The one who plants and the one who waters work together, but each one will receive their own reward for their own labor. ⁹We are God’s coworkers, and you are God’s field, God’s building.

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Psalm 62

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Psalm 62

For the music leader. According to Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

62 Only in God do I^[a] find rest;
my salvation comes from him.
²Only God is my rock and my salvation—
my stronghold!—I won’t be shaken anymore.

³How long will all of you attack others;
    how long will you tear them down^[b]
    as if they were leaning walls or broken-down fences?
⁴The only desire of this people
    is to bring others down low;
    they delight in deception.
With their mouths they bless,
    but inside they are cursing. Selah

⁵Oh, I^[c] must find rest in God only,
    because my hope comes from him!
⁶Only God is my rock and my salvation—
    my stronghold!—I will not be shaken.
⁷My deliverance and glory depend on God.
    God is my strong rock.
    My refuge is in God.
⁸All you people: Trust in him at all times!
    Pour out your hearts before him!
    God is our refuge! Selah

⁹Human beings are nothing but a breath.
    Human beings are nothing but lies.
    They don’t even register on a scale;
    taken all together they are lighter than a breath!
¹⁰Don’t trust in violence;
    don’t set false hopes in robbery.
When wealth bears fruit,
    don’t set your heart on it.
¹¹God has spoken one thing—
    make it two things—
    that I myself have heard:
    that strength belongs to God,
¹²    and faithful love comes from you, my Lord—
    and that you will repay
    everyone according to their deeds.

Footnotes

Psalm 62:1 Or my soul
Psalm 62:3 Correction; MT kill them
Psalm 62:5 Or my soul

Luke 4:38-44

Common English Bible

³⁸After leaving the synagogue, Jesus went home with Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, and the family asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹He bent over her and spoke harshly to the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and served them.

⁴⁰When the sun was setting, everyone brought to Jesus relatives and acquaintances with all kinds of diseases. Placing his hands on each of them, he healed them. ⁴¹Demons also came out of many people. They screamed, “You are God’s Son.” But he spoke harshly to them and wouldn’t allow them to speak because they recognized that he was the Christ. ⁴²When daybreak arrived, Jesus went to a deserted place. The crowds were looking for him. When they found him, they tried to keep him from leaving them. ⁴³But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s kingdom in other cities too, for this is why I was sent.” ⁴⁴So he continued preaching in the Judean synagogues.

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