Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 10

¹⁷ Now Samuel called the ^(C1)people together to the LORD at Mizpah;¹⁸ and he said to the sons of Israel, "^(C1)This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the ^(F1)power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'¹⁹ "But today you ^(C1)have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have ^(F1)said, 'No, but put a king over us!' Now then, ^(C2)present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your ^(F2)groups of thousands."

²⁰ So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel forward; and the tribe of Benjamin was selected by lot.²¹ Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the Matrite family was selected by lot. And Saul the son of Kish was selected by lot; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.²² Therefore ^(C1)they inquired further of the LORD: "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage."²³ So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, ^(C1)he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.²⁴ Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him ^(C1)whom the LORD has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people." So all the people shouted and said, "^(F1)(C2)Long live the king!"

²⁵ Then Samuel told the people ^(C1)the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book, and ^(C2)placed it before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.²⁶ Saul also went ^(C1)to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.²⁷ But certain ^(F1)(C1)useless men said, "How can this one save us?" And they despised him and ^(C2)did not bring him a gift. But ^(F2)he kept silent about it.

Chapter 2

The Impartiality of God

¹ Therefore you have ^(C1)no excuse, ^(F1)you foolish person, ^(C2)everyone of you who passes judgment; for ^(F2)in that matter in which ^(C3)you judge someone else, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.² And we know that the judgment of God ^(F1)rightly falls upon those who practice such things.³ But do you suppose this, ^(F1)(C1)you foolish person who passes judgment on those who practice such things, and yet does them as well, that you will escape the judgment of God?⁴ Or do you think lightly of ^(C1)the riches of His ^(C2)kindness and ^(F1)(C3)restraint and ^(C4)patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?⁵ But ^(F1)because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart ^(C1)you are storing up wrath for yourself ^(C2)on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,^6 (C1)who WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:⁷ to those who by ^(C1)perseverance in doing good seek ^(C2)glory, honor, and ^(C3)immortality, He will give ^(C4)eternal life;⁸ but to those who are ^(C1)self-serving and ^(C2)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give wrath and indignation.⁹ There will be ^(C1)tribulation and distress ^(F1)for every soul of mankind who does evil, ^(F2)for the Jew ^(C2)first and also ^(F2)for the Greek,¹⁰ but ^(C1)glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does what is good, to the Jew ^(C2)first and also to the Greek.¹¹ For ^(C1)there is no partiality with God.

¹² For all who have sinned ^(F1)(C1)without the Law will also perish ^(F1)without the Law, and all who have sinned ^(F2)under the Law will be judged ^(F3)by the Law;¹³ for it is ^(C1)not the hearers ^(F1)of the Law who are ^(F2)righteous before God, but the doers ^(F1)of the Law who will be justified.¹⁴ For when Gentiles who do not have ^(F1)the Law ^(F2)(C1)instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having ^(F1)the Law, are a law to themselves,¹⁵ in that they show ^(C1)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,¹⁶ on the day when, ^(C1)according to my gospel, ^(C2)God will judge the secrets of mankind through Christ Jesus.

The Jews under the Law

¹⁷ But if you call yourself a ^(F1)Jew and ^(C1)rely ^(F2)upon the Law and boast in God,¹⁸ and know His will and ^(F1)(C1)distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,¹⁹ and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness,²⁰ a ^(F1)corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^(F2)the immature, possessing in the Law ^(C1)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—²¹ you, therefore, ^(C1)who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who ^(F1)preach that one is not to steal, do you steal?²² You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you ^(C1)rob temples?²³ You who ^(C1)boast ^(F1)in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?²⁴ For "^(C1)THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES ^(C2)BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.

²⁵ For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(C1)practice ^(F1)the Law; but if you are a violator ^(F2)of the Law, ^(C2)your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.^26 (C1)So if ^(C2)the ^(F1)uncircumcised man ^(C3)keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?²⁷ And ^(C1)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not ^(C2)judge you who ^(F1)though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a violator ^(F2)of the Law?²⁸ For ^(C1)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.²⁹ But ^(C1)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(C2)circumcision is of the heart, by the ^(C3)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(C4)and his praise is not from people, but from God.