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Matthew 28:19

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Clay Lane

Comfortable Words

The Authorized ‘King James Bible’ of 1611, with hymns and prayers

October 14 October 1 OS

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)

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday October 13 NS September 30 OS

The Protection of the Mother of God

Monday October 14 NS October 1 OS

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About the Authorized Version

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.

The Comfortable Words

Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

Sunday Readings

Short passages from the King James Version, for the Sundays and Feasts of the Christian year.

The Old Testament

Books 39

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.

The Apocrypha

Books 14

Stories and wise teachings from the time between the events of the Old Testament and those of the New.

The New Testament

Books 27

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.

Bible Readings

Posts 18

A selection of passages from the King James Bible, for reading practice.

Hymns

Posts 43

A selection of Christian verse by modern masters such as Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts, and from the ancient liturgies of East and West.

Prayers and Creeds

Posts 19

Prayers and confessions of faith from the Book of Common Prayer and other sources, in both East and West.

Psalms and Canticles

Posts 9

Translations of the Psalms and other Biblical hymns, from sources other than the King James Bible.

Today is October 1 OS
October 14 NS

1 Thessalonians 5:14-18

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

16 Rejoice evermore.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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