God, the King of the Earth.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹⁰ And it came about, as Aaron spoke to the entire congregation of the sons of Israel, that they ^[a]looked toward the wilderness, and behold, ^(A)the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹² “^(B)I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, ‘^[b]At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and ^(C)you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

¹³ So it came about at evening that ^(D)the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(E)there was a layer of dew around the camp. ^14 (F)When the layer of dew ^[c]evaporated, behold, on the ^[d]surface of the wilderness ^(G)there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “^[e]What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “^(H)It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶ This is ^[f]what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone gather ^[g]as much as he will eat; you shall take ^[h](I)an omer apiece according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” ¹⁷ The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. ¹⁸ When they measured it by the ^[i]omer, ^(J)the one who had gathered much did not have too much, and the one who had gathered little did not have too little; everyone gathered ^[j]as much as he would eat. ¹⁹ Moses said to them, “^(K)No one is to leave any of it until morning.” ²⁰ But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them. ²¹ They gathered it morning by morning, everyone ^[k]as much as he would eat; but when the sun became hot, it would melt.

The Sabbath

^22 (L)Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, ^[l]two omers for each one. When all the ^(M)leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,

^11 (A)Beloved, ^(B)I urge you as ^(C)foreigners and strangers to abstain from ^(D)fleshly lusts, which wage ^(E)war against the soul. ^12 (F)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they ^(G)slander you as evildoers, they may ^[a]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, ^(H)glorify God ^(I)on the day of ^[b]visitation.

Honor Authority

^13 (J)Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent ^[c]by him ^(K)for the punishment of evildoers and the ^(L)praise of those who do right. ¹⁵ For ^[d](M)such is the will of God, that by doing right you ^(N)silence the ignorance of foolish people. ¹⁶ Act as ^(O)free people, and ^[e]do not use your freedom as a ^[f]covering for evil, but use it as ^(P)bond-servants of God. ^17 (Q)Honor all people, ^(R)love the brotherhood, ^(S)fear God, ^(T)honor the ^[g]king.

^18 (U)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and ^(V)gentle, but also to those who are ^[h]harsh. ¹⁹ For this finds favor, if for the sake of ^(W)conscience toward God a person endures ^[i]grief when suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if ^(X)when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.

Christ Is Our Example

²¹ For ^(Y)you have been called for this purpose, ^(Z)because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you ^(AA)an example, so that you would follow in His steps, ²² He who ^(AB)committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; ^23 [j]and while being ^(AC)abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; ²⁴ and He Himself ^[k](AD)brought our sins in His body up on the ^[l](AE)cross, so that we ^(AF)might die to ^[m]sin and live for righteousness; ^(AG)by His ^[n]wounds you were ^(AH)healed. ²⁵ For you were ^(AI)continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the ^(AJ)Shepherd and ^[o]Guardian of your souls.

Godly Living

3 ^(AK)In the same way, you wives, ^(AL)be subject to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be ^(AM)won over without a word by the behavior of their wives, ² as they observe your pure ^[p]and respectful behavior. ^3 (AN)Your adornment must not be merely the external—braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on apparel; ⁴ but it should be ^(AO)the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. ⁵ For in this way the holy women of former times, ^(AP)who hoped in God, also used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands, ⁶ just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, ^(AQ)calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right ^[q](AR)without being frightened by any fear.

^7 (AS)You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with ^[r](AT)someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

^8 [s]To sum up, ^(AU)all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, ^[t](AV)loving, ^(AW)compassionate, and ^(AX)humble; ^9 (AY)not returning evil for evil or ^(AZ)insult for insult, but giving a ^(BA)blessing instead; for ^(BB)you were called for the very purpose that you would ^(BC)inherit a blessing. ¹⁰ For,

Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

¹² “This is ^(A)My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. ^13 (B)Greater love has no one than this, that a person will ^(C)lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My ^(D)friends if ^(E)you do what I command you. ¹⁵ No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because ^(F)all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. ^16 (G)You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^(H)bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^(I)whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. ¹⁷ This ^(J)I command you, that you love one another.

Disciples’ Relation to the World

¹⁸ “^(K)If the world hates you, ^[a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but ^(L)I chose you out of the world, ^(M)because of this the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you, ‘^(N)A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, ^(O)they will persecute you as well; if they ^(P)followed My word, they will follow yours also. ²¹ But all these things they will do to you ^(Q)on account of My name, ^(R)because they do not know the One who sent Me. ^22 (S)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have ^[b]sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ The one who hates Me hates My Father also. ^24 (T)If I had not done among them ^(U)the works which no one else did, they would not have ^[c]sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. ²⁵ But this has happened so that the word that is written in their ^(V)Law will be fulfilled: ‘^(W)They hated Me for no reason.’

²⁶ “When the ^[d](X)Helper comes, ^(Y)whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, ^(Z)the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, ^(AA)He will testify about Me, ²⁷ and ^[e](AB)you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me ^(AC)from the beginning.