Nehemiah 1:1-6

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Nehemiah’s Prayer

1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev^(A) in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,^(B) ²Hanani,^(C) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant^(D) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

³They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.^(E)”

⁴When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.^(F) For some days I mourned and fasted^(G) and prayed before the God of heaven. ⁵Then I said:

“Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,^(H) who keeps his covenant of love^(I) with those who love him and keep his commandments, ⁶let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear^(J) the prayer^(K) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess^(L) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.

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1 Corinthians 6:11-20

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¹¹And that is what some of you were.^(A) But you were washed,^(B) you were sanctified,^(C) you were justified^(D) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

¹²“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(E) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”^(F) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,^(G) and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,^(H) and he will raise us also.^(I) ¹⁵Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?^(J) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”^[a]^(K) ¹⁷But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.^[b]^(L)

¹⁸Flee from sexual immorality.^(M) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.^(N) ¹⁹Do you not know that your bodies are temples^(O) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;^(P) ²⁰you were bought at a price.^(Q) Therefore honor God with your bodies.^(R)