Philippians 4

English Standard Version

4 Therefore, my brothers,^[a] whom I love and ^(A)long for, ^(B)my joy and ^(C)crown, ^(D)stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

Exhortation, Encouragement, and Prayer

²I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to ^(E)agree in the Lord. ³Yes, I ask you also, true companion,^[b] help these women, who have labored^[c] side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, ^(F)whose names are in the book of life.

⁴^(G)Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. ⁵Let your reasonableness^[d] be known to everyone. ^(H)The Lord is at hand; ⁶^(I)do not be anxious about anything, ^(J)but in everything by prayer and supplication ^(K)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷And ^(L)the peace of God, ^(M)which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. ⁹What you have learned^[e] and ^(N)received and heard and seen ^(O)in me—practice these things, and ^(P)the God of peace will be with you.

God's Provision

¹⁰I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length ^(Q)you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. ¹¹Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be ^(R)content. ¹²I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and ^(S)hunger, abundance and ^(T)need. ¹³I can do all things ^(U)through him who strengthens me.

¹⁴Yet it was kind of you ^(V)to share^[f] my trouble. ¹⁵And you Philippians yourselves know that ^(W)in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, ^(X)no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. ¹⁶Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. ¹⁷^(Y)Not that I seek the gift, but I seek ^(Z)the fruit that increases to your credit.^[g] ¹⁸I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, ^(AA)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, ^(AB)a fragrant offering, ^(AC)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. ¹⁹And my God ^(AD)will supply every need of yours ^(AE)according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ²⁰To ^(AF)our God and Father be ^(AG)glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

²¹Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. ^(AH)The brothers who are with me greet you. ²²^(AI)All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.

²³^(AJ)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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Footnotes

Philippians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 8, 21
Philippians 4:3 Or loyal Syzygus; Greek true yokefellow
Philippians 4:3 Or strived (see 1:27)
Philippians 4:5 Or gentleness
Philippians 4:9 Or these things—⁹which things you have also learned
Philippians 4:14 Or have fellowship in
Philippians 4:17 Or I seek the profit that accrues to your account

Jeremiah 1:1-2:30

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1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one ^(A)of the priests who were in ^(B)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, ²to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^(C)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in ^(D)the thirteenth year of his reign. ³It came also in the days of ^(E)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and ^(F)until the end of the eleventh year of ^(G)Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^(H)until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

The Call of Jeremiah

⁴Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

⁵^(I)“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born ^(J)I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet ^(K)to the nations.”

⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, ^(L)I do not know how to speak, ^(M)for I am only a youth.” ⁷But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and ^(N)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
⁸^(O)Do not be afraid of them,
^(P)for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”

⁹^(Q)Then the Lord put out his hand and ^(R)touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,

“Behold, I have put ^(S)my words in your mouth.
¹⁰See, I have set you this day ^(T)over nations and over kingdoms,
^(U)to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

¹¹And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^(V)“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond^[a] branch.” ¹²Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

¹³The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see ^(W)a boiling pot, facing away ^(X)from the north.” ¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, ^(Y)“Out of the north disaster^[b] shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁵For behold, ^(Z)I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, ^(AA)and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah. ¹⁶And ^(AB)I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil ^(AC)in forsaking me. ^(AD)They have made offerings to other gods and ^(AE)worshiped the works of their own hands. ¹⁷But you, ^(AF)dress yourself for work;^[c] arise, and ^(AG)say to them everything that I command you. ^(AH)Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. ¹⁸And I, behold, I make you this day ^(AI)a fortified city, ^(AJ)an iron pillar, and ^(AK)bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. ¹⁹^(AL)They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for ^(AM)I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.”

Israel Forsakes the Lord

2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of ^(AN)your youth,
    your love ^(AO)as a bride,
^(AP)how you followed me in the wilderness,
    ^(AQ)in a land not sown.
³^(AR)Israel was holy to the Lord,
    ^(AS)the firstfruits of his harvest.
^(AT)All who ate of it incurred guilt;
    disaster came upon them,
declares the Lord.”

⁴Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. ⁵Thus says the Lord:

^(AU)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
    that they went far from me,
^(AV)and went after ^(AW)worthlessness, and became worthless?
⁶They did not say, ^(AX)‘Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us ^(AY)in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that none passes through,
    where no man dwells?’
⁷^(AZ)And I brought you into a plentiful land
    to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, ^(BA)you defiled my land
    and made my heritage an abomination.
⁸The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
    ^(BB)Those who handle the law did not know me;
^(BC)the shepherds^[d] transgressed against me;
    ^(BD)the prophets prophesied by Baal
    and went after ^(BE)things that do not profit.

⁹“Therefore ^(BF)I still contend with you,
declares the Lord,
    and ^(BG)with your children's children I will contend.
¹⁰For cross to the coasts of ^(BH)Cyprus and see,
    or send to ^(BI)Kedar and examine with care;
    see if there has been such a thing.
¹¹^(BJ)Has a nation changed its gods,
    ^(BK)even though they are no gods?
But my people ^(BL)have changed their glory
    for ^(BM)that which does not profit.
¹²Be appalled, ^(BN)O heavens, at this;
    be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the Lord,
¹³for my people have committed two evils:
^(BO)they have forsaken ^(BP)me,
    the fountain of ^(BQ)living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
    broken cisterns that can hold no water.

¹⁴^(BR)“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
    Why then has he become a prey?
¹⁵^(BS)The lions have roared against him;
    they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
    his cities are in ruins, ^(BT)without inhabitant.
¹⁶Moreover, the men of ^(BU)Memphis and ^(BV)Tahpanhes
    ^(BW)have shaved^[e] the crown of your head.
¹⁷^(BX)Have you not brought this upon yourself
    by forsaking the Lord your God,
    when ^(BY)he led you in the way?
¹⁸^(BZ)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
    to drink the waters of ^(CA)the Nile?
^(CB)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
    to drink the waters of ^(CC)the Euphrates?^[f]
¹⁹^(CD)Your evil will chastise you,
    and ^(CE)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^(CF)bitter
    for ^(CG)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

²⁰“For long ago I ^(CH)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, ^(CI)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, ^(CJ)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down ^(CK)like a whore.
²¹^(CL)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
    wholly of pure seed.
^(CM)How then have you turned degenerate
    and become a wild vine?
²²Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    ^(CN)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
²³^(CO)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
    I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way ^(CP)in the valley;
    know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
²⁴    ^(CQ)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
    Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
    in her month they will find her.
²⁵Keep ^(CR)your feet from going unshod
    and ^(CS)your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
    ^(CT)for I have loved foreigners,
    and after them I will go.’

²⁶“As a thief is shamed when caught,
    so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
^(CU)they, their kings, their officials,
    their priests, and their prophets,
²⁷who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
    and not their face.
But ^(CV)in the time of their trouble they say,
    ‘Arise and save us!’
²⁸But ^(CW)where are your gods
    that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, ^(CX)if they can save you,
    in your time of trouble;
for ^(CY)as many as your cities
    are your gods, O Judah.

²⁹“Why do you contend with me?
    You have all transgressed against me,
declares the Lord.
³⁰In vain have I ^(CZ)struck your children;
    they took no correction;
^(DA)your own sword devoured your prophets
    like a ravening lion.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 1:11 Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12)
Jeremiah 1:14 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:17 Hebrew gird up your loins
Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers
Jeremiah 2:16 Hebrew grazed
Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River

Psalm 75

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God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Do Not Destroy. ^(B)A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is ^(C)near.
We^[a] recount your wondrous deeds.

²“At ^(D)the set time that I appoint
    I will judge ^(E)with equity.
³When the earth ^(F)totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its ^(G)pillars. Selah
⁴I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ^(H)‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”

⁶For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(I)lifting up,
⁷but it is ^(J)God who executes judgment,
    ^(K)putting down one and lifting up another.
⁸^(L)For in the hand of the Lord there is ^(M)a cup
    with foaming wine, ^(N)well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall ^(O)drain it down to the dregs.

⁹But I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰^(P)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
^(Q)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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Psalm 75:1 Hebrew They

Proverbs 24:17-20

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
¹⁸lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

¹⁹^(B)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not ^(C)envious of the wicked,
²⁰for the evil man has no ^(D)future;
^(E)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.