(Read Zephaniah 3:1-7) The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woful state. Yet they...

(Read Jonah 2:1-9) Observe when Jonah prayed. When he was in trouble, under the tokens of God’s displeasure against him for sin: when we are in...

(Read Hosea 9:11-17.) God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is...

Context Summary Second Corinthians 6:14–18 begins with Paul’s command to the Corinthians not to be ”unequally yoked” with unbelievers. Light and darkness cannot be in...

(Read Lamentations 3:21-36) Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to...

David could walk through a dark ravine, perhaps even death, fearlessly, because the Lord walked with him. David explains his lack of fear because “you...

Context Summary Romans 6:15–23 asks why we should not keep sinning once we have come to faith in Christ and are no longer under the...

Context Summary Second Thessalonians 3:16–18 concludes Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians with a prayer, an assurance that his letter is authentic and not a...

Context Summary First Thessalonians 1:4–10 expresses Paul’s confidence in the fact that God had saved his readers. He presents convincing evidence that they belong to...

Context Summary John 7:53—8:11 is one of the most famous stories of the New Testament. However, scholars do not believe it was originally found in...