The One Year Bible KJV (232 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 Now concerning spiritual
gifts,
brethren, I [Paul] would not have you ignorant.
2
 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
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.
4
 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5
 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6
 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7
 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8
 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9
 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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:
11
 but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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.
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.
14
 For the body is not one member, but many.
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?
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?
17
 If the whole body
were
an eye, where
were
the hearing? If the whole
were
hearing, where
were
the smelling?
18
 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19
 And if they were all one member, where
were
the body?
20
 But now
are they
many members, yet but one body.
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.
22
 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
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.
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:
25
 that there should be no schism in the body; but
that
the members should have the same care one for another.
26
 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm
of David the servant of the L
ORD
.
1
 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
that there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
2
 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3
 The words of his mouth
are
iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise,
and
to do good.
4
 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way
that is
not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5
 Thy mercy, O L
ORD
,
is
in the heavens;
and
thy faithfulness
reacheth
unto the clouds.
6
 Thy righteousness
is
like the great mountains; thy judgments
are
a great deep: O L
ORD
, thou preservest man and beast.
7
 How excellent
is
thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8
 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9
 For with thee
is
the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10
 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12
 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
21
 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
22
 A wise
man
scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
1
 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he
was
unto her.
2
 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3
 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4
 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5
 and said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing
seem
right before the king, and I
be
pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which
are
in all the king's provinces:
6
 for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7
 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8
 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal
it
with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9
 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that
is,
the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
day
thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which
are
from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
10
 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed
it
with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback,
and
riders on mules, camels,
and
young dromedaries:
11
 wherein the king granted the Jews which
were
in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them,
both
little ones and women, and
to take
the spoil of them for a prey,
12
 upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
namely,
upon the thirteenth
day
of the twelfth month, which
is
the month Adar.
13
 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province
was
published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14
Â
So
the posts that rode upon mules
and
camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
15
 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16
 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
17
 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
9:
1
 Now in the twelfth month, that
is,
the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
2
 the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
3
 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
4
 For Mordecai
was
great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5
 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
6
 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7
 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8
 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9
 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10
 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
11
 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
12
 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what
is
thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what
is
thy request further? and it shall be done.
13
 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which
are
in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14
 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15
 For the Jews that
were
in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
16
 But the other Jews that
were
in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
17
 on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18
 But the Jews that
were
at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth
day
thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth
day
of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19
 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar
a day of
gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
20
 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that
were
in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,
both
nigh and far,
21
 to stablish
this
among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22
 as the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23
 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24
 because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that
is,
the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
25
 but when
Esther
came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26
 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and
of that
which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
27
 the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their
appointed
time every year;
28
 and
that
these days
should be
remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and
that
these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
29
 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30
 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,
with
words of peace and truth,
31
 to confirm these days of Purim in their times
appointed,
according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
32
 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
10:
1
 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and
upon
the isles of the sea.
2
 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3
 For Mordecai the Jew
was
next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
