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He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given to us his holy Spirit.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, so that I should not reign over them.
from I Thessalonians 4:8
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against him: and what are we? your grumblings are not against us, but against the LORD.
from I Samuel 8:7 · a strong link
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the children of Israel, which they grumble against me.
from Exodus 16:8
I have heard the grumblings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.
from Numbers 14:27
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
from Exodus 16:12
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: you have made heaven and earth.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
To the director of music upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
from Isaiah 37:16
The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
from Psalms 80:1
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.
from John 3:16 · a strong link
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
from Genesis 22:12 · a strong link
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
Being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, by the word of God, which lives and remains for ever.
from I John 2:27
Of his own will he fathered us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
from I Peter 1:23
Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
from James 1:18
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
from John 3:3 · a strong link
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Look, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
from John 12:40
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
from Jeremiah 3:22
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
from I Corinthians 12:28
Follow after love, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.
from Romans 12:6
Neglect not the gift in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
from I Corinthians 14:1
This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on you, that you by them might wage the good warfare;
from I Timothy 4:14 · a strong link
To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
from I Timothy 1:18
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
from I Samuel 16:7 · a strong link
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
from Psalms 147:10
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor to them.
from Hosea 1:7
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb mute before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
from I Corinthians 5:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is mute, so he opens not his mouth.
from Acts 8:32 · a strong link
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
from Isaiah 53:7
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Thessalonians 4:8 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
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