Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Matthew 5; Deuteronomy 30; 1 Corinthians 11; Revelation 10; Song of Solomon 5; Psalms 33; Proverbs 28; 2 Chronicles 3; Daniel 12; Acts 15.

Matthew 5

1	And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2	And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3	Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4	Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5	Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6	Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7	Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8	Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9	Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10	Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11	Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12	Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13	Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14	Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
15	Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16	Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17	Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
18	For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19	Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20	For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21	Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22	But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23	Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee;
24	Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25	Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26	Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27	Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28	But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29	And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30	And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
31	It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32	But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33	Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34	But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35	Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36	Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37	But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38	Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39	But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40	And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41	And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42	Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43	Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44	But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45	That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46	For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47	And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48	Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Deuteronomy 30

1	And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2	And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
3	That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
4	If any of thine be driven out unto the outermost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
5	And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6	And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7	And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8	And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
9	And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10	If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11	For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12	It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13	Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14	But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
15	See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
16	In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
17	But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18	I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
19	I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20	That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

1 Corinthians 11

1	Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2	Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3	But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4	Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
5	But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
6	For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7	For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8	For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
9	Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10	For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11	Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12	For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
13	Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14	Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15	But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16	But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
17	Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18	For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19	For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20	When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21	For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22	What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
23	For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24	And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25	After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26	For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
27	Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28	But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29	For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30	For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31	For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32	But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
33	Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34	And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

Revelation 10

1	And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2	And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3	And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4	And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5	And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6	And swore by him that liveth forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7	But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8	And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9	And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10	And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11	And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Song of Solomon 5

1	I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
2	I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
3	I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
4	My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
5	I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6	I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7	The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
8	I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
9	What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
10	My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11	His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
12	His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
13	His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
14	His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
15	His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16	His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Psalms 33

1	Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2	Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3	Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4	For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5	He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6	By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7	He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8	Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9	For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10	The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11	The counsel of the LORD standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12	Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13	The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14	From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15	He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16	There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17	A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18	Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19	To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20	Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21	For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22	Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Proverbs 28

1	The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2	For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
3	A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4	They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5	Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
6	Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7	Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
8	He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
9	He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
10	Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
11	The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
12	When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
13	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
14	Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
15	As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16	The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
17	A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18	Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
19	He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20	A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21	To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22	He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23	He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24	Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
25	He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
26	He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
27	He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
28	When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

2 Chronicles 3

1	Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2	And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3	Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4	And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5	And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6	And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7	He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8	And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9	And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10	And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
11	And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12	And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13	The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
14	And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
15	Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
16	And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
17	And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Daniel 12

1	And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2	And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3	And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
4	But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
5	Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6	And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7	And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8	And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9	And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10	Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11	And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12	Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13	But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Acts 15

1	And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2	When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3	And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4	And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
5	But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6	And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7	And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8	And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9	And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10	Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11	But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12	Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13	And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14	Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15	And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16	After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17	That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18	Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19	Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20	But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21	For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22	Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23	And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
24	Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25	It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26	Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27	We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28	For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29	That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well, Fare ye well.
30	So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31	Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
32	And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33	And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34	Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35	Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36	And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37	And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38	But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39	And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40	And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
41	And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

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