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{"content":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.","citation":"WSC 90","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 90","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"90","prooftexts":{},"question":"How is the word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"The Holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.","citation":"WLC 157","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 157","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"157","prooftexts":{},"question":"How is the Word of God to be read?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer;<sup id='fnref:wsc1'><a href='#fn:wsc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.<sup id='fnref:wsc2'><a href='#fn:wsc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup>","citation":"WSC 90","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 90","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"90","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Deuteronomy 6:16-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05006016.01-1\">“You shall not put the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> swore to give to your fathers by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has promised.</p>\n <p id=\"p05006020.01-1\">“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God, as he has commanded us.’</p>\n</div><h5>Psalm 119:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119018.01-2\">Open my eyes, that I may behold<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>wondrous things out of your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>1 Peter 2:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p60002001.08-3\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v60002001-3\">2:1 </span>So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 119:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119011.01-1\">I have stored up your word in my heart,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that I might not sin against you.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>2 Thessalonians 2:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p53002010.01-2\">and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.</p>\n</div><h5>Hebrews 4:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58004002.01-3\">For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.</p>\n</div><h5>James 1:22-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59001022.01-4\">But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"How is the word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"The Holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them;<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> and that he only can enable us to understand them;<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them;<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> with diligence,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> and attention to the matter and scope of them;<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> with meditation,<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup> application,<sup id='fnref:wlc8'><a href='#fn:wlc8' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>8</a></sup> self-denial,<sup id='fnref:wlc9'><a href='#fn:wlc9' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>9</a></sup> and prayer.<sup id='fnref:wlc10'><a href='#fn:wlc10' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>10</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 157","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 157","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"157","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 119:97</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119097.02-1\">Oh how I love your law!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is my meditation all the day.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 19:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19019010.01-2\">More to be desired are they than gold,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>even much fine gold;<br />\nsweeter also than honey<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and drippings of the honeycomb.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>2 Chronicles 34:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p14034027.01-3\">because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 66:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23066002.01-4\">All these things my hand has made,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and so all these things came to be,<br />\n<span class=\"declares-line\"></span>\ndeclares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.<br />\nBut this is the one to whom I will look:<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he who is humble and contrite in spirit<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and trembles at my word.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Nehemiah 8:3-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p16008003.01-5\">And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. And Ezra blessed the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.</p>\n \n<p id=\"p16008009.05-5\">And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is your strength.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Peter 1:19-21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p61001019.01-1\">And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</p>\n</div><h5>Matthew 4:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40004004.01-2\">But he answered, <span class=\"woc\">“It is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004004.07-2\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>1 Thessalonians 2:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p52002013.01-3\">And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.</p>\n</div><h5>Mark 7:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p41007013.01-4\"><span class=\"woc\">thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Luke 24:45</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42024045.01-1\">Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,</p>\n</div><h5>2 Corinthians 3:13-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p47003013.01-2\">not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Deuteronomy 17:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05017010.01-1\">Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.</p>\n</div><h5>Deuteronomy 17:20</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05017020.01-2\">that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Acts 17:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p44017011.01-1\">Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Acts 8:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p44008030.01-1\">So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”</p>\n</div><h5>Acts 8:34</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p44008034.01-2\">And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”</p>\n</div><h5>Luke 10:26-28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42010026.01-3\">He said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”</span> And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 1:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19001002.01-1\">but his delight is in the law of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on his law he meditates day and night.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 119:97</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119097.02-2\">Oh how I love your law!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is my meditation all the day. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","8":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Chronicles 34:21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p14034021.01-1\">“Go, inquire of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, to do according to all that is written in this book.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","9":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Proverbs 3:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p20003005.01-1\">Trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with all your heart,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and do not lean on your own understanding.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Deuteronomy 33:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p05033003.01-2\">Yes, he loved his people,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all his holy ones were in his hand;<br />\nso they followed in your steps,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>receiving direction from you,</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Matthew 16:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p40016024.08-3\">Then Jesus told his disciples, <span class=\"woc\">“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Luke 9:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p42009023.08-4\">And he said to all, <span class=\"woc\">“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Galatians 1:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p48001015.01-5\">But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","10":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Proverbs 2:1-6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p20002001.05-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v20002001-1\">2:1 </span>My son, if you receive my words<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and treasure up my commandments with you,<br />\n making your ear attentive to wisdom<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and inclining your heart to understanding;<br />\n yes, if you call out for insight<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and raise your voice for understanding,<br />\n if you seek it like silver<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and search for it as for hidden treasures,<br />\n then you will understand the fear of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span><br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and find the knowledge of God.<br />\n For the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> gives wisdom;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 119:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119018.01-2\">Open my eyes, that I may behold<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>wondrous things out of your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Nehemiah 8:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p16008006.01-3\">And Ezra blessed the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with their faces to the ground.</p>\n</div><h5>Nehemiah 8:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p16008008.01-4\">They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"How is the Word of God to be read?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Shorter Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>90.</em></span>\nHow is the word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer;<sup id=\"fnref:wsc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wsc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.<sup id=\"fnref:wsc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wsc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 6:16-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05006016.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cYou shall not put the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> swore to give to your fathers by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> has promised.</p>\n <p id=\"p05006020.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cWhen your son asks you in time to come, \u2018What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God has commanded you?\u2019 then you shall say to your son, \u2018We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. And the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God, as he has commanded us.\u2019</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119018.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Open my eyes, that I may behold\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>wondrous things out of your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Peter 2:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p60002001.08-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v60002001-3\">2:1\u00a0</span>So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation\u2014 (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I have stored up your word in my heart,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that I might not sin against you.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Thessalonians 2:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p53002010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 4:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58004002.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 1:22-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59001022.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n\n <h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>157.</em></span>\nHow is the Word of God to be read?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> The Holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> and that he only can enable us to understand them;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> with diligence,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> and attention to the matter and scope of them;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> with meditation,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup> application,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc8\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc8\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">8</a></sup> self-denial,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc9\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc9\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">9</a></sup> and prayer.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc10\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc10\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">10</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:97</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119097.02-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh how I love your law!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is my meditation all the day.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 19:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19019010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">More to be desired are they than gold,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>even much fine gold;\nsweeter also than honey\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and drippings of the honeycomb.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Chronicles 34:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p14034027.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 66:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23066002.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">All these things my hand has made,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and so all these things came to be,\n<span class=\"declares-line\"></span>\ndeclares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.\nBut this is the one to whom I will look:\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he who is humble and contrite in spirit\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and trembles at my word.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Nehemiah 8:3-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p16008003.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. And Ezra blessed the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the great God, and all the people answered, \u201cAmen, Amen,\u201d lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.</p>\n \n<p id=\"p16008009.05-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, \u201cThis day is holy to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God; do not mourn or weep.\u201d For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. Then he said to them, \u201cGo your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is your strength.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Peter 1:19-21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p61001019.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 4:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40004004.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But he answered, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cIt is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004004.07-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018Man shall not live by bread alone,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019\u201d</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Thessalonians 2:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p52002013.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Mark 7:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p41007013.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 24:45</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42024045.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Corinthians 3:13-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p47003013.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 17:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05017010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 17:20</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05017020.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Acts 17:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p44017011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Acts 8:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p44008030.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, \u201cDo you understand what you are reading?\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Acts 8:34</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p44008034.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And the eunuch said to Philip, \u201cAbout whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 10:26-28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42010026.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">He said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cWhat is written in the Law? How do you read it?\u201d</span> And he answered, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.\u201d And he said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cYou have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 1:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19001002.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">but his delight is in the law of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on his law he meditates day and night.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:97</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119097.02-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh how I love your law!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is my meditation all the day. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:8\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Chronicles 34:21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p14034021.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cGo, inquire of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, to do according to all that is written in this book.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:9\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Proverbs 3:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p20003005.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with all your heart,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and do not lean on your own understanding.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 33:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p05033003.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Yes, he loved his people,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all his holy ones were in his hand;\nso they followed in your steps,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>receiving direction from you,</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 16:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40016024.08-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then Jesus told his disciples, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 9:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42009023.08-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he said to all, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Galatians 1:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p48001015.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:10\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Proverbs 2:1-6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p20002001.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v20002001-1\">2:1\u00a0</span>My son, if you receive my words\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and treasure up my commandments with you,\n making your ear attentive to wisdom\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and inclining your heart to understanding;\n yes, if you call out for insight\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and raise your voice for understanding,\n if you seek it like silver\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and search for it as for hidden treasures,\n then you will understand the fear of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and find the knowledge of God.\n For the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> gives wisdom;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119018.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Open my eyes, that I may behold\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>wondrous things out of your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Nehemiah 8:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p16008006.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And Ezra blessed the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the great God, and all the people answered, \u201cAmen, Amen,\u201d lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> with their faces to the ground.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Nehemiah 8:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p16008008.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?"}