BibleGateway: Micah 5 ESV Text: Micah 5 Micah 5 (Listen) The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem 5:1   1 Now muster your troops, O daughter2 of troops;    siege is laid against us;  with a rod they strike the… A ruler over Israel will be born in Bethlehem. The Lord will deliver a remnant of His people.

BibleGateway: Micah 4 ESV Text: Micah 4 Micah 4 (Listen) The Mountain of the Lord 4:1   It shall come to pass in the latter days    that the mountain of the house of the LORD  shall be established as… Micah prophesies that the mountain of the Lord will be exalted and that the Lord will rescue Zion.

BibleGateway: Micah 3 ESV Text: Micah 3 Micah 3 (Listen) Rulers and Prophets Denounced 3:1   And I said:  Hear, you heads of Jacob    and rulers of the house of Israel!  Is it not for you to know justice?—2     you who… Micah denounces false prophets.

BibleGateway: Micah 2 ESV Text: Micah 2 Micah 2 (Listen) Woe to the Oppressors 2:1   Woe to those who devise wickedness    and work evil on their beds!  When the morning dawns, they perform it,    because it is in the… Micah pronounces woe to those who oppress others, but the remnant will receive mercy from the Lord.

BibleGateway: Micah 1 ESV Text: Micah 1 Micah 1 (Listen) 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw… Micah warns of coming destruction from the Lord. Israel and Judah are to be judged. Micah mourns the sad situation. Assyria will invade.

BibleGateway: 2 Timothy 4 ESV Text: 2 Timothy 4 2 Timothy 4 (Listen) Preach the Word 4:1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and… Paul charges Timothy to preach the Word of God boldly, patiently, and faithfully. Paul closes his letter with personal instructions and final greetings.

BibleGateway: 2 Timothy 3 ESV Text: 2 Timothy 3 2 Timothy 3 (Listen) Godlessness in the Last Days 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will… Paul predicts increasing godlessness in the last days, despite which the Word of God will continue to be profitable and powerful.

BibleGateway: 2 Timothy 2 ESV Text: 2 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 2 (Listen) A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus 2:1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what… Paul compares the perseverance of a faithful Christian teacher to that of a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer. Paul warns against quarrels over words and useless controversies, and encourages Timothy to be a worker approved by God.

BibleGateway: Philemon ESV Text: Philemon Philemon (Listen) Greeting 1:1 Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the… Onesimus is a runaway slave. Paul writes to Philemon, the master of Onesimus, to encourage him to forgive Onesimus and to receive him back as a brother.

BibleGateway: 1 Timothy 6 ESV Text: 1 Timothy 6 1 Timothy 6 (Listen) 6:1 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants1 regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name… Paul comments on the importance of sound teaching, commands Christian contentment, encourages Timothy personally, and gives instructions for the wealthy.