Bible in a Year.

On day 333, we face the challenges of the early Church in Acts 12, including persecution and divine deliverance. Paul corrects the Corinthians' improper behavior in 1 Corinthians 5-6, offering guidance on purity and integrity. Proverbs 28:1-3 highlights the importance of righteousness and honesty for a righteous life before God.

1. And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.

2. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

3. And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days of the Azymes.

4. And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people.

5. Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him.

6. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

7. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him: and a light shined in the room: and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands.

8. And the angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said to him: Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

9. And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.

10. And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street: and immediately the angel departed from him.

11. And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

12. And considering, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

13. And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhode.

14. And as soon as she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running in she told that Peter stood before the gate.

15. But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel.

16. But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened, they saw him, and were astonished.

17. But he beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of prison, and he said: Tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And going out, he went into another place.

18. Now when day was come, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

19. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not; having examined the keepers, he commanded they should be put to death; and going down from Judea to Caesarea, he abode there.

20. And he was angry with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him, and having gained Blastus, who was the king's chamberlain, they desired peace, because their countries were nourished by him.

21. And upon a day appointed, Herod being arrayed in kingly apparel, sat in the judgment seat, and made an oration to them.

22. And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

23. And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

24. But the word of the Lord increased and multiplied.

25. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled their ministry, taking with them John, who was surnamed Mark.

Chapter 5

1. It is absolutely heard, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens; that one should have his father's wife.

2. And you are puffed up; and have not rather mourned, that he might be taken away from among you, that hath done this deed.

3. I indeed, absent in body, but present in spirit, have already judged, as though I were present, him that hath so done,

4. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus;

5. To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

6. Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump ?

7. Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed.

8. Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

9. I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators.

10. I mean not with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or the extortioners, or the servers of idols; otherwise you must needs go out of this world.

11. But now I have written to you, not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a server of idols, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one, not so much as to eat.

12. For what have I to do to judge them that are without ? Do not you judge them that are within ?

13. For them that are without, God will judge. Put away the evil one from among yourselves.

Chapter 6

1. Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust, and not before the saints ?

2. Know you not that the saints shall judge this world ? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters ?

3. Know you not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things of this world ?

4. If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge, who are the most despised in the church.

5. I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man, that is able to judge between his brethren ?

6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

7. Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

8. But you do wrong and defraud, and that to your brethren.

9. Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

10. Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.

11. And such some of you were; but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of our God.

12. All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

13. Meat for the belly, and the belly for the meats; but God shall destroy both it and them: but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14. Now God hath both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up also by his power.

15. Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid.

16. Or know you not, that he who is joined to a harlot, is made one body ? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

17. But he who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.

18. Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

19. Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own ?

20. For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.

1. The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

2. For the sine of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.

3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.