Comfortable Words lays out the complete text of the Authorized or King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611. You will also find a varied collection of prayers and hymns in a similar kind of ‘Church English’.
“On your bookshelves at home you will have something to supplement any anthology. Open your Bible at The Acts of the Apostles. if you want straightforward accounts.”
NL Clay, Straightforward English (1949)
Sunday of the Last Judgment
Sunday February 23 NS February 10 OS
In 1611, a team of scholars delivered to King James I of England the new translation of the Bible that he had commissioned from them.
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Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.
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The story of Israel and her covenants with God, from the making of mankind in the Garden of Eden to Abraham, Moses and David, and the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century BC.
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Stories and wise teachings from the time between the events of the Old Testament and those of the New.
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The story of Jesus Christ, his birth, his ministry, his death, and how the Apostles preached the good news of his resurrection and the promise of his return.
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A selection of Christian verse by modern masters such as Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts, and from the ancient liturgies of East and West.
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Prayers and confessions of faith from the Book of Common Prayer and other sources, in both East and West.
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.