Crawford Avenue Baptist Church

Isaiah 41:21-42:17 English Standard Version (ESV) The Futility of Idols 21  Set forth your case, says the Lord;     bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob. 22  Let them bring them, and tell us     what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are,     that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome;     or declare to us the things to come. 23  Tell us what is to come hereaft...

1 Corinthians 10:13-14 English Standard Version (ESV) 13  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 14  Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard...

1 Peter 1:3-9 English Standard Version (ESV) Born Again to a Living Hope 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4  to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5  who by God's power are being guarded...

Isaiah 41:1-20  English Standard Version (ESV) Fear Not, for I Am with You 41  Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;     let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak;     let us together draw near for judgment. 2  Who stirred up one from the east     whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him,     so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes...

Isaiah 40:27-31  English Standard Version (ESV) 27  Why do you say, O Jacob,     and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord,     and my right is disregarded by my God”? 28  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,     the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary;     his understanding is unsearchable. 29  He gives power to the fain...

Isaiah 40:12-26  English Standard Version (ESV) 12  Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand     and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure     and weighed the mountains in scales     and the hills in a balance? 13  Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,     or what man shows him his counsel? 14  Whom did he consult,     and who made him unde...

Isaiah 40:1-11  English Standard Version (ESV) Comfort for God's People 40  Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that her warfare is ended,     that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand     double for all her sins. 3  A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;     make straight in the deser...

1 Timothy 6:17-21 English Standard Version (ESV) 17  As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18  They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19  thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future...

Romans 1:16-25  English Standard Version (ESV) The Righteous Shall Live by Faith 16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” God's Wrath on Unrighteousness 18  For the w...

1 Timothy 6:11-16  English Standard Version (ESV) Fight the Good Fight of Faith 11  But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12  Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13  I charge you in...

1 Timothy 6:2-10 English Standard Version (ESV) False Teachers and True Contentment Teach and urge these things. 3  If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4  he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, whi...

Hebrews 12:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12  Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2  looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured...

1 Timothy 6:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV) 6  Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2  Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believe...

1 Timothy 6:15-16 English Standard Version (ESV) 15  which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16  who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV®...

2 Corinthians 5:14-21 English Standard Version (ESV) 14  For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15  and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16  From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once r...

John 1:1-18  English Standard Version (ESV) The Word Became Flesh  1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome i...

John 1:1-18 English Standard Version (ESV) The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it....

John 1:1-18 English Standard Version (ESV) The Word Became Flesh 1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  He was in the beginning with God. 3  All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4  In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcom...

John 1:1-5  English Standard Version (ESV) The Word Became Flesh 1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  He was in the beginning with God. 3  All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4  In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcom...

Psalm 100  English Standard Version (ESV) His Steadfast Love Endures Forever A Psalm for giving thanks.   100  Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2      Serve the Lord with gladness!     Come into his presence with singing! 3  Know that the Lord, he is God!     It is he who made us, and we are his;     we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4  Enter his gates with thanksgivi...

1 Timothy 5:17-25 English Standard Version (ESV) 17  Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18  For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” 19  Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 20  As...

Timothy 3:14-4:5 English Standard Version (ESV) 14  But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15  and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, f...

Psalm 1 English Standard Version (ESV) The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked 1  Blessed is the man     who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,     nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2  but his delight is in the law of the Lord,     and on his law he meditates day and night. 3  He is like a tree     planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its seas...

1 Timothy 5:3-16 English Standard Version (ESV) 3  Honor widows who are truly widows. 4  But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 5  She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night a...

1 Timothy 5:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV) Instructions for the Church 5  Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2  older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of G...