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As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me.
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.
For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;
from John 6:57
As you have given him power over all flesh, so that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.
from John 5:26
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours.
from John 17:2
At that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you:
from John 17:9
Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may see my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
from John 16:26
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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.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
from I Corinthians 8:4
You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.
from Mark 12:29
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
from James 2:19 · a strong link
For, look, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
from Isaiah 46:9
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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.
As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
from I John 3:16
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
from John 10:15
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he look: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
from John 1:18
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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.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
from I John 2:27
This know also, that in the last days difficult times shall come.
from John 16:13
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 to heaven, and swore by him that lives for ever 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.
from II Timothy 3:1
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
from Daniel 12:7 · a strong link
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
from Deuteronomy 32:40
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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.
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
from I Corinthians 12:28
But the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
from Ephesians 3:5
But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
from John 14:26
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
from Jude 1:20
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
from Jude 1:3
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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.
They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
from I Chronicles 29:17
א ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
from Proverbs 11:20
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.
from Psalms 119:1
Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of sincere faith:
from Acts 24:16
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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:
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
from I Corinthians 5:7
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he said, Look, the Lamb of God!
from I Peter 1:19
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation that was not called by my name.
from John 1:36
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from John 6:57 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.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table