Week 1 January 4: Genesis 1-3 January 5: Genesis 4-7 January 6: Genesis 8-11 January 7: Job 1-5 January 8: Job 6-9 January 9: Job 10-13 January 10: Job 14-16 Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Week 2 January 11: Job 17-20 January 12: Job 21-23 January 13: Job 24-28 January 14: Job 29-31 January 15: Job 32-34 January 16: Job 35-37 January 17: Job 38-39 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Week 3 January 18: Job 40-42 January 19: Genesis 12-15 January 20: Genesis 16-18 January 21: Genesis 19-21 January 22: Genesis 22-24 January 23: Genesis 25-26 January 24: Genesis 27-29 Psalm 86:11-12 Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
Week 4 January 25: Genesis 30-31 January 26: Genesis 32-34 January 27: Genesis 35-37 January 28: Genesis 38-40 January 29: Genesis 41-42 January 30: Genesis 43-45 January 31: Genesis 46-47 Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Week 5 February 1 : Genesis 48-50 February 2 : Exodus 1-3 February 3 : Exodus 4-6 February 4: Exodus 7-9 February 5: Exodus 10-12 February 6: Exodus 13-15 February 7: Exodus 16-18 Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Week 6 February 8: Exodus 19-21 February 9: Exodus 22-24 February 10: Exodus 25-27 February 11: Exodus 28-29 February 12: Exodus 30-32 February 13: Exodus 33-35 February 14: Exodus 36-38 Psalm 63:1-4 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Week 7 February 15: Exodus 39-40 February 16: Leviticus 1-4 February 17: Leviticus 5-7 February 18: Leviticus 8-10 February 19: Leviticus 11-13 February 20: Leviticus 14-15 February 21: Leviticus 16-18 John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
Week 8 February 22: Leviticus 19-21 February 23: Leviticus 22-23 February 24: Leviticus 24-25 February 25: Leviticus 26-27 February 26: Numbers 1-2 February 27: Numbers 3-4 February 28: Numbers 5-6 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
Week 9 March 1: Numbers 7 March 2: Numbers 8-10 March 3: Numbers 11-13 March 4: Numbers 14-15 March 5: Psalm 90 March 6: Numbers 16-17 March 7: Numbers 18-20 Revelation 4:11 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.
Week 10 March 8: Numbers 21-22 March 9: Numbers 23-25 March 10: Numbers 26-27 March 11: Numbers 28-30 March 12: Numbers 31-32 March 13: Numbers 33-34 March 14: Numbers 35-36 Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Week 11 March 15: Deuteronomy 1-2 March 16: Deuteronomy 3-4 March 17: Deuteronomy 5-7 March 18: Deuteronomy 8-10 March 19: Deuteronomy 11-13 March 20: Deuteronomy 14-16 March 21: Deuteronomy 17-20 Psalm 51:1-2 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Week 12 March 22: Deuteronomy 21-23 March 23: Deuteronomy 24-27 March 24: Deuteronomy 28-29 March 25: Deuteronomy 30-31 March 26: Deut. 32-34; Ps 91 March 27: Joshua 1-4 March 28: Joshua 5-8 Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Week 13 March 29: Joshua 9-11 March 30: Joshua 12-15 March 31: Joshua 16-18 April 1: Joshua 19-21 April 2: Joshua 22-24 April 3: Judges 1-2 April 4: Judges 3-5 Colossians 1:15-20 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Week 14 April 5: Judges 6-7 April 6: Judges 8-9 April 7: Judges 10-12 April 8: Judges 13-15 April 9: Judges 16-18 April 10: Judges 19-21 April 11: Ruth 1 Timothy 6:12a Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Week 15 April 12: 1 Samuel 1-3 April 13: 1 Samuel 4-8 April 14: 1 Samuel 9-12 April 15: 1 Samuel 13-14 April 16: 1 Samuel 15-17 April 17: 1 Sam 18-20; Ps 11/59 April 18: 1 Samuel 21-24 Psalm 139:1-4 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
Week 16 April 19: Psalm 7/27/31/34/52 April 20: Psalm 56/120/140-142 April 21: 1 Samuel 21-24 April 22: Psalm 17/35/54/63 April 23: 1 Samuel 28-31; Psalm 18 April 24: Psalm 121/123-125/128-130 April 25: 2 Samuel 1-4 Titus 3:5-7 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Week 17 April 26: Psalm 6/8-10/14/16/19/21 April 27: 1 Chronicles 1-2 April 28: Psalm 43-45/49/84-85/87 April 29: 1 Chronicles 3-5 April 30: Psalm 73/77-78 May 1: 1 Chronicles 6 May 2: Psalm 81/88/92-93 1 Thess 4:3-5 It is God s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
Week 18 May 3: 1 Chronicles 7-10 May 4: Psalm 102-104 May 5: 2 Samuel 5:1-20; 1 Chronicles 11-12 May 6: Psalm 133 May 7: Psalm 106-107 May 8: 2 Samuel 5:11-6:23; 1 Chronicles 13-16 May 9: Psalm 1-2/15/22-24/47/68 Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Week 19 May 10: Psalm 89/96/100-101/105/132 May 11: 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17 May 12: Psalm 25/29/33/36/39 May 13: 2 Samuel 8-9; 1 Chronicles 18 May 14: Psalm 50/53/60/75 May 15: 2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 19; Ps 20 May 16: Psalm 65-67/69-70 Romans 6:11-13 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
Week 20 May 17: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Chronicles 20 May 18: Psalm 32/51/86/133 May 19: 2 Samuel 13-15 May 20: Psalm 3-4/12-13/28/55 May 21: 2 Samuel 16-18 May 22: Psalm 26/40/58/61-62/64 May 23: 2 Samuel 19-21 Jeremiah 2:13 My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Week 21 May 24: Psalm 5/38/41-42 May 25: 2 Samuel 22-23; Psalm 57 May 26: Psalm 95/97-99 May 27: 2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21-22; Ps 30 May 28: Psalm 108-110 May 29: 1 Chronicles 23-25 May 30: Psalm 131/138-139/143-145 Ephesians 1:3-6 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Week 22 May 31: 1 Chronicles 26-29; Psalm 137 June 1: Psalm 111-118 June 2: 1 Kings 1-2; Psalm 37/71/94 June 3: Psalm 119:1-88 June 4: 1 Kings 2-3;2 Chronicles 1; Psalm 72 June 5: Psalm 119:89-176 June 6: Solomon Psalm 139:7-10 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
Week 23 June 7: Proverbs 1-3 June 8: Proverbs 4-6 June 9: Proverbs 7-9 June 10: Proverbs 10-12 June 11: Proverbs 13-15 June 12: Proverbs 16-18 June 13: Proverbs 19-21 2 Cor 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Week 24 June 14: Proverbs 22-24 June 15: 1 Kings 5-6; 2 Chronicles 2-3 June 16: 1 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 4 June 17: 1 Kings 8; 2 Chronicles 5 June 18: 2 Chronicles 6-7; Psalm 136 June 19: Psalm 134/146-150 June 20: 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8 Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Week 25 June 21: Proverbs 25-26 June 22: Proverbs 27-29 June 23: Ecclesiastes 1-6 June 24: Ecclesiastes 7-12 June 25: 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chronicles 9 June 26: Proverbs 30-31 June 27: 1 Kings 12-14 Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Week 26 June 28: 2 Chronicles 10-12 June 29: 1 Kings 15:1-24; 2 Chronicles 13-16 June 30: 1 Kings 15:25-16:45; 2 Chronicles 17 July 1: 1 Kings 17-19 July 2: 1 Kings 20-21 July 3: 1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18 July 4: 2 Chronicles 19-23 1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Week 27 July 5: Obadiah; Psalm 82-83 July 6: 2 Kings 1-4 July 7: 2 Kings 5-8 July 8: 2 King 9-11 July 9: 2 Kings 12-13; 2 Chronicles 24 July 10: 2 Kings 14; 2 Chronicles 25 July 11: Jonah Isaiah 46:9-10 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
Week 28 July 12: 2 Kings 15; 2 Chronicles 26 July 13: Isaiah 1-4 July 14: Isaiah 5-8 July 15: Amos 1-5 July 16: Amos 6-9 July 17: 2 Chronicles 27; Isaiah 9-12 July 18: Micah Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Week 29 July 19: 2 Chronicles 28; 2 Kings 16-17 July 20: Isaiah 13-17 July 21: Isaiah 18-22 July 22: Isaiah 23-27 July 23: 2 Kings 18:1-8; 2 Chronicles 29-31; Ps 48 July 24: Hosea 1-7 July 25: Hosea 8-14 Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Week 30 July 26: Isaiah 28-30 July 27: Isaiah 31-34 July 28: Isaiah 35-36 July 29: Isaiah 37-39; Psalm 76 July 30: Isaiah 40-43 July 31: Isaiah 44-48 August 1: 2 Kings 18:9-19:37; Psalm 36/80/135 1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Week 31 August 2 : Isaiah 49-53 August 3: Isaiah 54-58 August 4 : Isaiah 59-63 August 5: Isaiah 64-66 August 6: 2 Kings 20-21 August 7: 2 Chronicles 32-33 August 8: Nahum Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Week 32 August 9: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35 August 10: Zephaniah August 11: Jeremiah 1-3 August 12: Jeremiah 4-6 August 13: Jeremiah 7-9 August 14: Jeremiah 10-13 August 15: Jeremiah 14-17 Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Week 33 August 16: Jeremiah 18-22 August 17: Jeremiah 23-25 August 18: Jeremiah 26-29 August 19: Jeremiah 30-31 August 20: Jeremiah 32-34 August 21: Jeremiah 35-37 August 22: Jeremiah 38-40; Psalm 74/79 Revelation 21:1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! God s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Week 34 August 23: 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36 August 24: Habakkuk August 25: Jeremiah 42-45 August 26: Jeremiah 46-48 August 27: Jeremiah 49-50 August 28: Jeremiah 51-52 August 29: Lamentations 1:1-3:36 John 10:27-28 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Week 35 August 30: Lamentation 3:37-5:22 August 31: Ezekiel 1-4 September 1 Ezekiel 5-8 September 2: Ezekiel 9-12 September 3: Ezekiel 13-15 September 4: Ezekiel 16-17 September 5: Ezekiel 18-19 Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Week 36 September 6: Ezekiel 20-21 September 7: Ezekiel 22-23 September 8: Ezekiel 24-27 September 9: Ezekiel 28-31 September 10: Ezekiel 32-34 September 11: Ezekiel 35-37 September 12: Ezekiel 38-39 Colossians 1:12-13 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Week 37 September 13: Ezekiel 40-41 September 14: Ezekiel 42-45 September 15: Ezekiel 44-45 September 16: Ezekiel 46-48 September 17: Joel September 18: Daniel 1-3 September 19: Daniel 4-6 Hebrews 1:1-3 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Week 38 September 20: Daniel 7-9 September 21: Daniel 10-12 September 22: Ezra 1-3 September 23: Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137 September 24: Haggai September 25: Zechariah 1-7 September 26: Zechariah 8-14 Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Week 39 September 27: Esther 1-5 September. 28: Esther 6-10 September. 29: Ezra 7-10 September 30: Nehemiah 1-5 October 1: Nehemiah 6-7 October 2: Nehemiah 8-10 October 3: Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 126 Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Week 40 October 4: Malachi October 5: Luke 1; John 1:1-14 October 6: Matthew 1; Luke 2:1-38 October 7: Matthew 2; Luke 2:39-52 October 8: Matthew 4; Mark 1; Luke 3 October 9: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5; John 1:15-51 October 10: John 2-4 Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
Week 41 October 11: Mark 2 October 12: John 5 October 13: Matt. 12:1-21; Mark 3; Luke 6 October 14: Matthew 5-7 October 15: Matthew 8:1-13; Luke 7 October 16: Matthew 11 October 17: Matthew 12:22-50 John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Week 42 October 18: Matthew 13; Luke 8 October 19: Matthew 8:14-34; Mark 4-5 October 20: Matthew 9-10 October 21: Matthew 14; Mark 6, Luke 9:1-17 October 22: John 6 October 23: Matthew 15; Mark 7 October 24: Matthew. 16; Mark 8, Luke 9:18-27 Revelation 3:20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Week 43 October 25: Matthew 17; Mark 9, Luke 9:28-62 October 26: Matthew 18 October 27: John 7-8 October 28: John 9:1-10:21 October 29: Luke 10-11; John 10:22-42 October 30: Luke 12-13 October 31: Luke 14-15 John 14:6 Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Week 44 November 1: Luke 16-17:10 November 2: John 11 November 3: Luke 17:11-18:14 November 4: Matthew 19; Mark 10 November 5: Matthew 20-21 November 6: Luke 18:15-19:48 November 7: Mark 11; John 12 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ s power may rest on me.
Week 45 November 8: Matthew 22; Mark 12 November 9: Matthew 23; Luke 20-21 November 10: Mark 13 November 11: Matthew 24 November 12: Matthew 25 November 13: Matthew 26; Mark 14 November 14: Luke 22; John 13 Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the LORD s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Week 46 November 15: John 14-17 November 16: Matthew 27; Mark 15 November 17: Luke 23; John 18-19 November 18: Matthew 28; Mark 16 November 19: Luke 24; John 20-21 November 20: Acts 1-3 November 21: Acts 4-6 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Week 47 November 22: Acts 7-8 November 23: Acts 9-10 November 24: Acts 11-12 November 25: Acts 13-14 November 26: James November 27: Acts 15-16 November 28: Galatians 1-3 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Week 48 November 29: Galatians 4-6 November 30: Acts 17-18:18 December 1: 1/2 Thessalonians December 2: Acts 18:19-19:41 December 3: 1 Corinthians 1-4 December 4: 1 Corinthians 5-8 December 5: 1 Corinthians 9-11 Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Week 49 December 6: 1 Corinthians 12-14 December 7: 1 Corinthians 15-16 December 8: 2 Corinthians 1-4 December 9: 2 Corinthians 5-9 December 10: 2 Corinthians 10-13 December 11: Acts 20:1-3; Romans 1-3 December 12: Romans 4-7 Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?
Week 50 December 13: Romans 8-10 December 14: Romans 11-13 December 15: Romans 14-16 December 16: Acts 20:4-23:35 December 17: Acts 24-26 December 18: Acts 27-28 D December 19: Colossians; Philemon Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Week 51 December 20: Ephesians December 21: Philippians December 22: 1 Timothy December 23: Titus December 24: 1 Peter December 25: Hebrews 1-6 December 26: Hebrews 7-10 Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Week 52 December 27: Hebrews 11-13 December 28: 2 Timothy December 29: 2 Peter; Jude December 30: 1 John December 31: 2/3 John January 1: Revelation 1-5 January 2: Revelation 6-11 Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Week 53 January 3: Revelation 12-18 January 4: Revelation 19-22 James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.