January 26, 2026

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 2to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3Thanksgiving. I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. 4I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, 5as I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives also in you. 6II. Exhortations to Timothy - The Gifts Timothy Has Received. For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. 7For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. 8So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.

1Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake of the faith of God’s chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth, 2in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began, 3who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior, 4to Titus, my true child in our common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior. 5II. Pastoral Charge - Titus in Crete. For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you,

1Psalm 96 God of the Universe I - Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. 2Sing to the LORD, bless his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. 3Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his marvelous deeds. 7III - Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and might; 8give to the LORD the glory due his name! Bring gifts and enter his courts; 10declare among the nations: The LORD is king. The world will surely stand fast, never to be shaken. He rules the peoples with fairness.

10but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

22The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” 23Jesus and Beelzebul. Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him. 27But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house. 28Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. 29But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” 30For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”