Acts 8:26-40

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Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

²⁶Now ^(A)an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south^[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. ²⁷And he rose and went. And there was an ^(B)Ethiopian, a ^(C)eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, ^(D)who was in charge of all her treasure. ^(E)He had come to Jerusalem to worship ²⁸and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” ³⁰So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” ³¹And he said, ^(F)“How can I, unless someone ^(G)guides me?” And ^(H)he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. ³²Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:

^(I)“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
    and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he opens not his mouth.
³³In his ^(J)humiliation justice was denied him.
    Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”

³⁴And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” ³⁵Then Philip opened his mouth, and ^(K)beginning with this Scripture ^(L)he told him the good news about Jesus. ³⁶And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! ^(M)What prevents me from being baptized?”^[b] ³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. ³⁹And when they came up out of the water, ^(N)the Spirit of the Lord ^(O)carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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Footnotes

Acts 8:26 Or go at about noon
Acts 8:36 Some manuscripts add all or most of verse 37: And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

Psalm 66:1-8

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How Awesome Are Your Deeds

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

66 ^(A)Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
²    sing the glory of his name;
    ^(B)give to him glorious praise!
³Say to God, ^(C)“How awesome are your deeds!
    So great is your power that your enemies ^(D)come cringing to you.
⁴^(E)All the earth worships you
    and sings praises to you;
    they sing praises to your name.” Selah

⁵^(F)Come and see what God has done:
    ^(G)he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
⁶He ^(H)turned the sea into dry land;
    they ^(I)passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
⁷    who rules by his might forever,
whose ^(J)eyes keep watch on the nations—
    let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard,

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1 John 3:11-24

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Love One Another

¹¹For ^(A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(B)that we should love one another. ¹²We should not be like ^(C)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(D)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³Do not be surprised, brothers,^[a] ^(E)that the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that ^(F)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ¹⁵^(G)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(H)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶By this we know love, that ^(I)he laid down his life for us, and ^(J)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷But ^(K)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(L)closes his heart against him, ^(M)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸Little children, let us not ^(N)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(O)in truth.

¹⁹By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹Beloved, ^(P)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(Q)we have confidence before God; ²²and ^(R)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(S)do what pleases him. ²³And this is his commandment, ^(T)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(U)love one another, ^(V)just as he has commanded us. ²⁴^(W)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[b] and God^[c] in him. And ^(X)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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1 John 3:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 14, 16
1 John 3:24 Greek him
1 John 3:24 Greek he

John 14:15-21

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵^(A)“If you love me, you will ^(B)keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(C)Helper,^[a] to be with you forever, ¹⁷even ^(D)the Spirit of truth, ^(E)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(F)will be^[b] in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^(G)I will come to you. ¹⁹^(H)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^(I)you will see me. ^(J)Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰^(K)In that day you will know that ^(L)I am in my Father, and ^(M)you in me, and ^(N)I in you. ²¹^(O)Whoever has my commandments and ^(P)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(Q)he who loves me ^(R)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(S)manifest myself to him.”