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Jump to: Psalms 133,134,135 • 1 Corinthians 2

Psalms 133,134,135

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The Excellency of Brotherly Unity.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

¹ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For ^(C1)brothers to live together in unity!

² It is like the precious ^(C1)oil on the head,
Running down upon the beard,
As on Aaron's beard,
The oil which ran down upon the ^(C2)edge of his robes.

³ It is like the ^(C1)dew of ^(C2)Hermon
Coming down upon the ^(C3)mountains of Zion;
For the LORD ^(C4)commanded the blessing there—^(C5)life forever.

Greetings of Night Watchers.

A Song of Ascents.

¹ Behold, ^(C1)bless the LORD, all you ^(C2)servants of the LORD,
Who ^(F1)^(C3)serve ^(C4)by night in the house of the LORD!

² ^(C1)Lift up your hands to the ^(C2)sanctuary
And bless the LORD.

³ May the LORD ^(C1)bless you from Zion,
He who ^(C2)made heaven and earth.

Praise the LORD'S Wonderful Works. Futility of Idols.

¹ ^(F1)^(C1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!
Praise the name of the LORD;
Praise Him, you ^(C2)servants of the LORD,

² You who stand in the house of the LORD,
In the ^(C1)courtyards of the house of our God!

³ ^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD, for ^(C1)the LORD is good;
^(C2)Sing praises to His name, ^(C3)for it is lovely.

⁴ For ^(F1)the LORD has ^(C1)chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His ^(C2)own possession.

⁵ For I know that ^(C1)the LORD is great
And that our Lord is ^(C2)above all gods.

⁶ ^(C1)Whatever the LORD pleases, He does,
In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.

⁷ ^(F1)He ^(C1)causes the ^(F2)mist to ascend from the ends of the earth,
^(F1)He ^(C2)makes lightning for the rain;
^(F1)He ^(C1)brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

⁸ ^(F1)He ^(C1)struck the firstborn of Egypt,
^(F2)Both human firstborn and animal.

⁹ ^(F1)He sent ^(C1)signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
Upon ^(C2)Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰ ^(F1)^(C1)He ^(C2)struck many nations
And brought death to mighty kings,

¹¹ ^(C1)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
^(C2)Og, king of Bashan,
And ^(C3)all the kingdoms of Canaan;

¹² And He ^(C1)gave their land as an inheritance,
An inheritance to His people Israel.

¹³ Your ^(C1)name, LORD, is everlasting,
The mention of You, LORD, is ^(F1)throughout all generations.

¹⁴ For the LORD will ^(C1)judge His people
And ^(C2)will have compassion on His servants.

¹⁵ The ^(C1)idols of the nations are nothing but silver and gold,
The work of human hands.

¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;

¹⁷ They have ears, but they do not hear,
Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

¹⁸ Those who make them will become like them,
Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹ House of ^(C1)Israel, bless the LORD;
House of Aaron, bless the LORD;

²⁰ House of Levi, bless the LORD;
You ^(C1)who ^(F1)revere the LORD, bless the LORD.

²¹ Blessed be the LORD ^(C1)from Zion,
Who ^(C2)dwells in Jerusalem.
^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!

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1 Corinthians 2

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Chapter 2 Paul's Reliance upon the Spirit

¹ And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I ^(C1)did not come as someone superior in ^(F1)speaking ability or ^(F2)wisdom, as I proclaimed to you ^(C2)the ^(F3)testimony of God.² For I determined to know nothing among you except ^(C1)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.³ I also was with you in ^(C1)weakness and ^(C2)fear, and in great trembling,⁴ and my ^(F1)message and my preaching were ^(C1)not in persuasive words of ^(F2)wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(C2)the Spirit and of power,⁵ so that your faith would not ^(F1)rest on the ^(F2)wisdom of mankind, but on ^(C1)the power of God.

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(C1)mature; a wisdom, however, not of ^(C2)this age nor of the rulers of ^(C2)this age, who are ^(C3)passing away;⁷ but we speak God's wisdom in a ^(C1)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(C2)predestined before the ^(C3)ages to our glory;⁸ the wisdom ^(C1)which none of the rulers of ^(C2)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified ^(C3)the Lord of glory;⁹ but just as it is written:

"^(C1)THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HUMAN HEART,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."

¹⁰ For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.¹¹ For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God.¹² Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.¹³ We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴ But ^(F1)a ^(C1)natural person ^(C2)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(C3)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.¹⁵ But the one who is ^(C1)spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is ^(F1)discerned by no one.¹⁶ For ^(C1)WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But ^(C2)we have the mind of Christ.

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