1 Timothy

1 Timothy was penned and taken to the city of Ephesus – to where Timothy was, sometime between 63 A.D. and 65 A.D. Paul was on his fourth missionary journey when he penned the six chapters that make up 1 Timothy.

2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians is the second letter that was sent in 51 A.D. to the emergent Christ-follower fellowship that was in the city of Thessalonica.

1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians is one of the first canonized letters that Paul penned. Paul was on his second God-planned, God-directed mission journey when he penned 1 Thessalonians.

Colossians

Colossians was written by Paul during his first incarceration in the city of Rome. As a way to be debriefed and to bring closure to his third journey as an itinerant missionary– which lasted somewhere around four years.

Philippians

Philippians was written in 61 A.D. by Paul who was under house arrest in the city of Rome. Paul wrote Philippians to thank the Christ-follower fellowship that was in the city of Philippi.

Ephesians

Ephesians is a Christ-follower’s dogma and life manual. Paul was doing house arrest time in the city of Rome when he saw to the penning of a syllabus that succinctly explains Christ-follower faith doctrines and living norms.

Galatians

Galatians is a circular letter that Paul penned that he wanted passed between the Christ-followers that were in the towns of Derbe, Lystra, Iconium and Antioch.

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians is a follow-up letter. Paul, an itinerant apostle/missionary penned 2 Corinthians in 55 A.D.

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians is the first canonized letter that Paul penned to the emergent Christ-follower community that was in the city of Corinth – in the country of Greece, that he was instrumental in initiating on his second missionary journey.

Romans

Romans is an apologetic for Christ-followers. Paul begins his Romans Letter by establishing a mindset among his readers – who were both Jew and Gentile Christ-followers, that the world that they are living in is a lost world.

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Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 2

“But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the LORD your God has made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.”
– Deuteronomy 2:30

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Psalm 78

Psalm 78

“We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.”
– Psalm 78:4

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2 Chronicles 30

2 Chronicles 30

“They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.”
– 2 Chronicles 30:14

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Job 9

Job 9

“Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.”
– Job 9:20

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Daniel 5

Daniel 5

“His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.”
– Daniel 5:6

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Esther 4

Esther 4

“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?”
– Esther 4:14

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1 Chronicles 29

1 Chronicles 29

“Wealth and honor come from you, you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.”
– 1 Chronicles 29:12

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Ezra 4

Ezra 4

“But Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, ““You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”
– Ezra 4:3

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Jeremiah 19

Jeremiah 19

“and say to them, “‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no room.”
– Jeremiah 19:11

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Ecclesiastes 12

Ecclesiastes 12

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
– Ecclesiastes 12:13

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John 21

John 21

“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
– John 21:25

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Luke 18

Luke 18

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Luke 18:14

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Deuteronomy 33

Deuteronomy 33

“Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”
– Deuteronomy 33:12

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Psalm 43

Psalm 43

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
– Psalm 43:5

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Isaiah 58

Isaiah 58

“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,”
– Isaiah 58:13

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Isaiah 43

Isaiah 43

“But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine”
– Isaiah 43:1

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Genesis 32

Genesis 32

“Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.”
– Genesis 32:11

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Hebrews 7

Hebrews 7

“Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”
– Hebrews 7:26

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