Day 44
Mark 16
16:1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
16:2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
16:3 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"
16:4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.
16:5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
16:6 He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
16:8 They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
16:9 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
16:10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
16:11 When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
16:12 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
16:13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either.
16:14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
16:17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
16:18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
16:19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
16:20 They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
Philippians 1
1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
1:2 Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
1:4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,
1:5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
1:6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
1:7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
1:8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
1:9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
1:10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
1:11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
1:12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;
1:13 so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
1:14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
1:16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
1:17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
1:18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
1:19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
1:22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't make known what I will choose.
1:23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
1:24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
1:25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
1:26 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
1:27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
1:28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
1:29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
1:30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now here is in me.
Philippians 2
2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
2:2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
2:3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
2:4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
2:5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
2:6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
2:8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputes,
2:15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
2:16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
2:17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
2:18 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
2:19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
2:20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
2:21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
2:22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
2:23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
2:25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;
2:26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
2:27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
2:30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
