Joel 2:15-32

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¹⁵^(A)Blow a trumpet in Zion,
^(B)Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,
¹⁶Gather the people, ^(C)sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Have the ^(D)groom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.
¹⁷Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,
Weep ^(E)between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “^[a]^(F)Spare Your people, Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance a ^(G)disgrace,
With the nations jeering at them.
Why should those among the peoples say,
‘^(H)Where is their God?’”

Deliverance Promised

¹⁸Then the Lord ^[b]will be ^(I)zealous for His land,
And ^[c]will have ^(J)compassion for His people.
¹⁹The Lord ^[d]will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to ^(K)send you grain, new wine, and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with ^[e]them;
And I will ^(L)never again make you a disgrace among the nations.
²⁰But I will remove the ^(M)northern army far from you,
And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land,
Its advance guard into the ^(N)eastern sea,
And its rear guard into the ^(O)western sea.
And its ^(P)stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up,
Because it has done great things.”

²¹^(Q)Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice,
For the Lord has done ^(R)great things.
²²Do not fear, animals of the field,
For the ^(S)pastures of the wilderness have turned green,
For the tree has produced its fruit,
The fig tree and the vine have yielded ^[f]in full.
²³So shout for joy, you ^(T)sons of Zion,
And ^(U)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has ^(V)given you ^[g]the early rain for your vindication.
And He has brought down for you the rain,
The ^[h]early and ^[i]^(W)latter rain ^[j]as before.
²⁴The threshing floors will be full of grain,
And the vats will ^(X)overflow with the new wine and oil.
²⁵“Then I will compensate you for the years
That the ^[k]swarming ^(Y)locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—
My great army which I sent among you.
²⁶You will have plenty to ^(Z)eat and be satisfied,
And you will ^(AA)praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has ^(AB)dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will ^(AC)never be put to shame.
²⁷So you will ^(AD)know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the Lord your God
And there is ^(AE)no other;
And My people will never be ^(AF)put to shame.

The Promise of the Spirit

²⁸“^[l]^(AG)It will come about after this
That I will ^(AH)pour out My Spirit on all ^[m]^(AI)mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will have dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
²⁹And even on the ^(AJ)male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

The Day of the Lord

³⁰I will ^[n]^(AK)display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
³¹The ^(AL)sun will be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the ^(AM)great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
³²And it will come about that ^(AN)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
Will ^[o]be saved;
For ^(AO)on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who ^(AP)escape,
Just as the Lord has said,
Even among the ^(AQ)survivors whom the Lord calls.

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Footnotes

Joel 2:17 Or Look compassionately on
Joel 2:18 Or was zealous
Joel 2:18 Or had compassion
Joel 2:19 Or answered and said
Joel 2:19 Lit it
Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth
Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness
Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn
Joel 2:23 I.e., spring
Joel 2:23 As in ancient versions; MT in the first
Joel 2:25 Or migratory
Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Heb
Joel 2:28 Lit flesh
Joel 2:30 Lit give
Joel 2:32 Or flee to safety

1 Corinthians 14:20-40

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Instruction for the Church

²⁰^(A)Brothers and sisters, ^(B)do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil ^(C)be infants, but in your thinking be mature. ²¹In ^(D)the ^[a]Law it is written: “^(E)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. ²²So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but ^(F)prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe. ²³Therefore if the whole church gathers together and all the people speak in tongues, and ^[b]outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that ^(G)you are insane? ²⁴But if all ^(H)prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ^[c]outsider enters, he is ^(I)convicted by all, he is called to account by all; ²⁵^(J)the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will ^(K)fall on his face and worship God, ^(L)declaring that God is certainly among you.

²⁶^(M)What is the outcome then, ^(N)brothers and sisters? When you assemble, ^(O)each one has a ^(P)psalm, has a ^(Q)teaching, has a ^(R)revelation, has a ^(S)tongue, has an ^(T)interpretation. ^(U)All things are to be done for edification. ²⁷If anyone speaks in a ^(V)tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to ^(W)interpret; ²⁸but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God. ²⁹Have two or three ^(X)prophets speak, and have the others ^(Y)pass judgment. ³⁰But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent. ³¹For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be ^[d]exhorted; ³²and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; ³³for God is not a God of ^(Z)confusion, but of peace.

As in ^(AA)all the churches of the ^[e]^(AB)saints, ³⁴the women are to ^(AC)keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but ^(AD)are to subject themselves, just as ^(AE)the Law also says. ³⁵If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is ^[f]improper for a woman to speak in church. ³⁶Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?

³⁷^(AF)If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or ^(AG)spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you ^(AH)are the Lord’s commandment. ³⁸But if anyone does not recognize this, ^[g]he is not recognized.

³⁹Therefore, my brothers and sisters, ^(AI)earnestly desire to ^(AJ)prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ⁴⁰But ^(AK)all things must be done properly and in an orderly way.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 14:21 I.e., Old Testament, Isaiah
1 Corinthians 14:23 See note 2 v 16
1 Corinthians 14:24 See note 2 v 16
1 Corinthians 14:31 Or encouraged
1 Corinthians 14:33 I.e., God’s people
1 Corinthians 14:35 Or disgraceful
1 Corinthians 14:38 Two early mss let him continue not to recognize it

Joel 3

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The Nations Will Be Judged

3 “^[a]For behold, ^(A)in those days and at that time,
When I ^(B)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
²I will ^(C)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the ^(D)Valley of ^[b]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will ^(E)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have ^(F)scattered among the nations;
And they have ^(G)divided up My land.
³They have also ^(H)cast lots for My people,
^[c]^(I)Traded a boy for a prostitute,
And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

⁴Moreover, what are you to Me, ^(J)Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of ^(K)Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will ^(L)return your retribution on your head! ⁵Since you have ^(M)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious ^[d]treasures to your temples, ⁶and sold the ^(N)sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the ^[e]Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, ⁷behold, I am going to ^(O)stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head. ⁸I will also ^(P)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^(Q)Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.

⁹^(R)Proclaim this among the nations:
^(S)Prepare for holy war; ^(T)stir up the warriors!
Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
¹⁰^(U)Beat your plowshares into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears;
^(V)Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”
¹¹^[f]^(W)Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, Lord, Your ^(X)warriors.
¹²Let the nations be awakened
And come up to the ^(Y)Valley of ^[g]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to ^(Z)judge
All the surrounding nations.
¹³^(AA)Put in the sickle, for the ^(AB)harvest is ripe.
Come, ^(AC)tread the grapes, for the ^(AD)wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their ^(AE)wickedness is great.
¹⁴^(AF)Multitudes, multitudes in the ^(AG)valley of ^[h]decision!
For the ^(AH)day of the Lord is near in the valley of ^[i]decision.
¹⁵The ^(AI)sun and moon have become dark,
And the stars have lost their brightness.
¹⁶The Lord ^(AJ)roars from Zion
And ^(AK)utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the ^(AL)heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is a ^(AM)refuge for His people,
And a ^(AN)stronghold for the sons of Israel.
¹⁷Then you will ^(AO)know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling on Zion, My ^(AP)holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be ^(AQ)holy,
And ^(AR)strangers will no longer pass through it.

Judah Will Be Blessed

¹⁸And on that day
The ^(AS)mountains will drip with ^[j]sweet wine,
And the hills will ^(AT)flow with milk,
And all the ^(AU)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a ^(AV)spring will go out from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of ^[k]Shittim.
¹⁹Egypt will become a wasteland,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the ^(AW)violence ^[l]done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰But Judah will be ^(AX)inhabited forever,
And Jerusalem for all generations.
²¹And I will ^(AY)avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.

Footnotes

Joel 3:1 Ch 4:1 in Heb
Joel 3:2 I.e., YHWH judges
Joel 3:3 Lit Given
Joel 3:5 Lit goodly things
Joel 3:6 Lit sons of Javan
Joel 3:11 Or Come help
Joel 3:12 I.e., YHWH judges
Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict
Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict
Joel 3:18 Lit freshly pressed-out grape juice
Joel 3:18 Or acacias
Joel 3:19 Lit of the sons

1 Corinthians 15:1-34

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The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection

15 Now ^(A)I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the ^(B)gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, ^(C)in which you also stand, ²by which you also are saved, ^(D)if you hold firmly to ^[a]the word which I preached to you, ^(E)unless you believed in vain.

³For ^(F)I handed down to you ^[b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(G)for our sins ^(H)according to the Scriptures, ⁴and that He was buried, and that He was ^(I)raised on the third day ^(J)according to the Scriptures, ⁵and that ^(K)He appeared to ^[c]^(L)Cephas, then ^(M)to the twelve. ⁶After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(N)have fallen asleep; ⁷then He appeared to ^[d]^(O)James, then to ^(P)all the apostles; ⁸and last of all, as ^[e]to one untimely born, ^(Q)He appeared to me also. ⁹For I am ^(R)the least of the apostles, ^[f]and not fit to be called an apostle, because I ^(S)persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But by ^(T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I ^(U)labored even more than all of them, yet ^(V)not I, but the grace of God with me. ¹¹Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

¹²Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there ^(W)is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁴and ^(X)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. ¹⁵Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified ^[g]against God that He ^(Y)raised ^[h]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁷and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ^(Z)you are still in your sins. ¹⁸Then also those who ^(AA)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are ^(AB)of all people most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection

²⁰But the fact is, Christ ^(AC)has been raised from the dead, the ^(AD)first fruits of those who ^(AE)are asleep. ²¹For since ^(AF)by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²²For ^(AG)as in Adam all die, so also in ^[i]Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ ^(AH)the first fruits, after that ^(AI)those who are Christ’s at ^(AJ)His coming, ²⁴then comes the end, when He hands over ^(AK)the kingdom to our ^(AL)God and Father, when He has abolished ^(AM)all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵For He must reign ^(AN)until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶The last enemy that will be ^(AO)abolished is death. ²⁷For ^(AP)He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “^(AQ)All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that ^[j]this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. ²⁸When ^(AR)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that ^(AS)God may be all in all.

²⁹For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized ^[k]for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized ^[l]for them? ³⁰Why are we also ^(AT)in danger every hour? ³¹I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that ^(AU)I die daily. ³²If ^[m]from human motives I ^(AV)fought with wild beasts at ^(AW)Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, ^(AX)let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ³³^(AY)Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” ³⁴^(AZ)Sober up ^[n]morally and stop sinning, for some have ^(BA)no knowledge of God. ^(BB)I say this to your shame.