Today’s
Reading : 2Kings 3 - 5 and 1Corinthians 12
(KJV)
2Kings 3
2Ki
3:1 Now Jehoram the son
of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2Ki 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD;
but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal
that his father had made.
2Ki 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin;
he departed not therefrom.
2Ki 3:4 And Mesha king of
Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of
Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
2Ki 3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that
the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
2Ki 3:6 And king Jehoram
went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2Ki 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art,
my people as thy people, and my horses
as thy horses.
2Ki 3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he
answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
2Ki 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of
Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey:
and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
2Ki 3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the
LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of
Moab!
2Ki 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there
not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one
of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat,
which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
2Ki 3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is
with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down
to him.
2Ki 3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What
have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the
prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
2Ki 3:14 And Elisha said, As
the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
2Ki 3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to
pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
2Ki 3:16 And he said, Thus saith
the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
2Ki 3:17 For thus saith the
LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall
be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your
beasts.
2Ki 3:18 And this is but
a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into
your hand.
2Ki 3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and
every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water,
and mar every good piece of land with stones.
2Ki 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the
meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom,
and the country was filled with water.
2Ki 3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the
kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to
put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
2Ki 3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and
the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
2Ki 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
2Ki 3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the
Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but
they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their
country.
2Ki 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every
good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped
all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the
slingers went about it, and smote it.
2Ki 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle
was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to
break through even unto the king of
Edom: but they could not.
2Ki 3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have
reigned in his stead, and offered him for
a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel:
and they departed from him, and returned to their
own land.
2Kings 4
2Ki
4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives
of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is
dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the
LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2Ki 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for
thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
2Ki 4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad
of all thy neighbours, even empty
vessels; borrow not a few.
2Ki 4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
2Ki 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon
her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
2Ki 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were
full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is
not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
2Ki 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he
said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the
rest.
2Ki 4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a
great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
2Ki 4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I
perceive that this is a holy man of God,
which passeth by us continually.
2Ki 4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on
the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick:
and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2Ki 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither,
and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
2Ki 4:12 And he said to Gehazi
his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she stood before him.
2Ki 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her,
Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest
thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she
answered, I dwell among mine own people.
2Ki 4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi
answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
2Ki 4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called
her, she stood in the door.
2Ki 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to
the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she
said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do
not lie unto thine handmaid.
2Ki 4:17 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at
that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
2Ki 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a
day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2Ki 4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my
head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
2Ki 4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to
his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then
died.
2Ki 4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of
the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
2Ki 4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said,
Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may
run to the man of God, and come again.
2Ki 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him
today? it is
neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
2Ki 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her
servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy
riding for me, except I bid thee.
2Ki 4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to
mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that
he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is
that Shunammite:
2Ki 4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say
unto her, Is it
well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well
with the child? And she answered, It is well.
2Ki 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the
hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came
near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
2Ki 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?
did I not say, Do not deceive me?
2Ki 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi,
Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand,
and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee,
answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
2Ki 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and
as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
2Ki 4:31 And Gehazi passed
on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him,
saying, The child is not awaked.
2Ki 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house,
behold, the child was dead, and laid
upon his bed.
2Ki 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon
them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
2Ki 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and
put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon
his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child
waxed warm.
2Ki 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to
and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed
seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
2Ki 4:36 And he called Gehazi,
and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And
when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
2Ki 4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and
bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
2Ki 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal:
and there was
a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were
sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and
seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
2Ki 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather
herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full,
and came and shred them into the pot of
pottage: for they knew them not.
2Ki 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it
came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and
said, O thou man of God, there is
death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
2Ki 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the
people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
2Ki 4:42 And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn
in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
2Ki 4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set
this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat:
for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall
leave thereof.
2Ki 4:44 So he set it
before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the LORD.
2Kings 5
2Ki
5:1 Now Naaman, captain
of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable,
because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty
man in valour, but he was a
leper.
2Ki 5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies,
and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she
waited on Naaman's wife.
2Ki 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my
lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his
leprosy.
2Ki 5:4 And one
went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
2Ki 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I
will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him
ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces
of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
2Ki 5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of
Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman
my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of
his leprosy.
2Ki 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel
had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this
man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I
pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against
me.
2Ki 5:8 And it was so,
when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his
clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy
clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in
Israel.
2Ki 5:9 So Naaman came with
his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
2Ki 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,
Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and
thou shalt be clean.
2Ki 5:11 But Naaman was
wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to
me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand
over the place, and recover the leper.
2Ki 5:12 Are
not Abana and Pharpar,
rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in
them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2Ki 5:13 And his servants came near, and spoke unto
him, and said, My father, if the prophet
had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest
thou not have done it? how much rather
then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
2Ki 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven
times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came
again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
2Ki 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all
his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know
that there is
no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a
blessing of thy servant.
2Ki 5:16 But he said, As
the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive
none. And he urged him to take it; but
he refused.
2Ki 5:17 And Naaman said,
Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of
earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor
sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
2Ki 5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
2Ki 5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he
departed from him a little way.
2Ki 5:20 But Gehazi, the
servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that
which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
2Ki 5:21 So Gehazi followed
after Naaman. And when Naaman
saw him running after him, he lighted
down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is
all well?
2Ki 5:22 And he said, All is
well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from
mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray
thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
2Ki 5:23 And Naaman said, Be
content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in
two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them
upon two of his servants; and they bore them
before him.
2Ki 5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and
they departed.
2Ki 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master.
And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest
thou, Gehazi?
And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
2Ki 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee,
when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a
time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards,
and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
2Ki 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman
shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his
presence a leper as white as snow.
1Corinthians 12
1Co
12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1Co 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Co 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no
man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus
accursed: and that no man can say that
Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
1Co 12:5 And there are differences of administrations,
but the same Lord.
1Co 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but
it is the same God which worketh all in all.
1Co 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal.
1Co 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1Co 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1Co 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to
another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues:
1Co 12:11 But all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so
also is Christ.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond
or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Co 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
1Co 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Co 12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not
the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Co 12:17 If the whole body were
an eye, where were the hearing? If the
whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1Co 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of
them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1Co 12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
1Co 12:20 But now are
they many members, yet but one body.
1Co 12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have
no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1Co 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body,
which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1Co 12:23 And those members
of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more
abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
1Co 12:24 For our comely parts
have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more
abundant honour to that part which
lacked:
1Co 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body;
but that the members should have the
same care one for another.
1Co 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the
members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with
it.
1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
1Co 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first
apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then
gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1Co 12:29 Are
all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are
all workers of miracles?
1Co 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak
with tongues? do all interpret?
1Co 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet
show I unto you a more excellent way.