APRIL

God’s Word: Source of Hope

1. Luke 24.13-35 2. Luke 24.36-53 3. Romans 1.1-17 4. Romans 3.9-31 5. Romans 5.1-21 6. Romans 6.1-23 7. Romans 7.1-25 8. Romans 15.1-13 9. 1 Corinthians 15.1-34 10. 1 Corinthians 15.35-58 11. Isaiah 25.1-9 12. Isaiah 26.1-19 13. Isaiah 40.1-31 14. Isaiah 41.1-29 15. Isaiah 42.1-25 16. Isaiah 43.1-28 17. Isaiah 44.1-28 18. Isaiah 45.1-25 19. Isaiah 48.1-22 20. Isaiah 49.1-26 21. Jeremiah 29.1-23 22. Jeremiah 30.1-24 23. 1 Peter 1.1-25 24. 1 Peter 2.1-25 25. 1 Peter 3.1-22 26. 1 Peter 4. 1-19 27. 1 Peter 5.1-14 28. 2 Peter 1.1-21 29. 2 Peter 2.1-22 30. 2 Peter 3.1-18

MARCH God’s Word: Source of Prayer

World Day of Prayer 1. Psalm 79 2. Psalm 88 Third Sunday in Lent 3. Psalm 89.1-18 4. Psalm 89.19-52 5. Psalm 4 6. Psalm 5 7. Psalm 6 8 . Psalm 7 9. Psalm 8 Fourth Sunday in Lent 10. Psalm 40 11. Psalm 41 12. Psalm 42 13. Psalm 43 14. Psalm 52 15. Psalm 55 16. Psalm 56 Fifth Sunday in Lent 17. Psalm 57 18. * Psalm 59 19. Psalm 64 20. Psalm 69 21. Psalm 71 22. Luke 11.1-13 23. Luke 18.1-14 Palm/Passion Sunday 24. Luke 19.28-48 25. Luke 21.5-24 26. Luke 22.1-38 27. Luke 22.39-71 Maundy Thursday 28. Luke 23.1-25 Good Friday 29. Luke 23.26-49 30. Luke 23.50-56 Easter Sunday 31. Luke 24.1-12 * Orthodox Lent begins on Monday, March 18, 2013.

JANUARY God’s Word: Source of Unity in Christ Jesus

1. Colossians 1.1-23 2. Colossians 1.24—2.5 3. Colossians 2.6-19 4. Colossians 2.20—3.17 5. Colossians 4.2-18 Epiphany 6. Matthew 2.1-12 7. Matthew 2.13-23 8. Luke 3.1-22 9. Luke 4.1-15 10. Luke 4.16-30 11. Luke 4.31-44 12. Luke 5.1-16 13. Luke 5.17-39 14. Luke 6.1-19 15. Luke 6.20-49 16. Luke 7.1-17 17. Luke 7.18-35 *Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins 18. Luke 7.36—8.3 19. Luke 8.19-39 Ecumenical Sunday 20. John 17.1-26 21. Luke 8.40-56 22. Luke 9.1-17 23. Luke 9.18-36 24. Luke 9.37-62 25. Acts 9.1-25 26. Acts 9.26-43 27. Acts 10.1-23 28. Acts 10.24-48 29. Luke 20.1-18 30. Luke 20.19-44 31. Luke 20.45—21.4 *The Octave for Christian Unity is January 18-25, 2013.

FEBRUARY God’s Word: Source of Love

1. John 3.1-21 2. John 3.22-36 3. 1 John 1.1-10 4 1 John 2.1-17 5. 1 John 2.18-29 6. 1 John 3.1-24 7. 1 John 4.1-21 8. 1 John 5.1-21 9. 2 John 10. 3 John 11. Jude 12. Psalm 136 Ash Wednesday 13. Psalm 51 14. 1 Corinthians 13.1-13 15. Luke 10.1-24 16. Luke 10.25-42 First Sunday in Lent 17. Luke 13.10-35 18. Luke 14.1-24 19 Luke 14.25—15.10 20. Luke 15.11-32 21. Luke 17.1-19 22. Luke 18.15-34 23. Luke 18.35—19.10 Second Sunday in Lent 24. John 13.1-20 25. John 13.21-35 26. John 14.1-14 27. John 14.15-31 28. John 15.1-17

Orthodox Christians will observe Holy Week from April 28-May 4, and celebrate Pascha (Easter) on May 5. The readings from March 24-30 may be used in place of the readings for April 28-May 4. The readings from March 31-April 6 may be used in place of the readings for May 5-11. These substitutions will enable the Passion and Resurrection readings to coincide with the Orthodox observances.

PENNSYLVANIA

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2013 Bible Reading Guide

America’s First Bible Society is pleased to make this Bible Reading Guide available and invites you to become personally involved in our 205th year of sharing God’s Word The nation’s oldest Bible Society has been distributing Holy Scripture without note or comment, at affordable prices, or free of charge to those unable to buy their own Bibles since December 12, 1808.

This year commemorates the 200th anniversary of the distribution of the first Bible printed in America using stereotyped plates (published by the Pennsylvania Bible Society in 1812). This type of printing resulted in the production of affordable Bibles. The Society also celebrates the 160th anniversary of the building of the historic Bible House just two blocks from Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The Society’s Scripture Resource Center (located on the 1st floor of the Bible House) carries over 80 translations of the Bible, and a comprehensive compilation of Scripture materials. Please contact us to become an active member or to learn more about our programs and history. Together, let us work to place Holy Scripture in the hands, hearts and minds of all God’s people hungering for the Good News.

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MAY God’s Word: Source of Spiritual Renewal

1. Romans 8.1-17 National Day of Prayer 2. Romans 8.18-39 3. Romans 12.1-21 4. Romans 13.1-14 5. Romans 14.1-23 6. 1 Corinthians 12.1-31 7. 1 Corinthians 14.1-25 8. 1 Corinthians 16.1-24 Ascension Day 9. Acts 1.1-26 10. Psalm 47 11. Psalm 50 12. Galatians 1.1-24 13. Galatians 2.1-21 14. Galatians 3.1-29 15. Galatians 4.1-31 16. Galatians 5.1-26 17. Galatians 6.1-18 18. Joel 2.28—3.21 Pentecost 19. Acts 2.1-28 20. Acts 2.29-47 21. Acts 3.1-26 22. Acts 4.1-22 23. Acts 4.23-37 24. Acts 6.1-15 25. Acts 7.1-22 26. Acts 7.23-43 27. Acts 7.44—8.3 28. Acts 8.4-25 29. Acts 8.26-40 30. Acts 13.1-25 31. Acts 13.26-52

JUNE

God’s Word: Source of Mercy and Forgiveness 1. Psalm 103

2. Exodus 5.22—6.13 3. Leviticus 16.1-19 4. Leviticus 16.20-34 5. 2 Samuel 9.1-13 6. 1 Kings 17.1-24 7. 2 Kings 5.1-27 8. Joel 2.1-27 9. Jeremiah 31.1-22 10. Jeremiah 31.23-40 11. Jeremiah 33.1-26 12. Lamentations 3.22-58 13. * Hosea 1.1—2.1 14. Hosea 2.2-23 15. Hosea 3.1—4.10 16. Hosea 4.11—5.15 17. Hosea 6.1—7.2 18. Hosea 7.3-16 19. Hosea 8.1-14 20. Hosea 9.1-16 21. Hosea 9.17—10.15 22. Hosea 11.1-11 23. * Hosea 11.12—12.14 24. Hosea 13.1-16 25. Hosea 14.1-9 26. Jonah 1.1-17 27. Jonah 2.1-10 28. Jonah 3.1-10 29. Jonah 4.1-11 30. Philemon 1-25 * Orthodox Christians will observe Ascension Day on June 13 and Pentecost on June 23.

JULY

God’s Word: Source of Promise 1. Genesis 17.1-27 2. Genesis 18.1-15 3. Genesis 21.1-21 4. Genesis 22.1-19 5. Genesis 24.1-33 6. Genesis 24.34-67 7. Exodus 20.1-26 8. Exodus 24.1-18 9. Exodus 31.1-18 10. Exodus 32.1-35 11. Exodus 33.1-23 12. Exodus 34.1-35 13. Deuteronomy 1.1-33 14. Deuteronomy 4.1-14 15. Deuteronomy 4.15-40 16. Deuteronomy 5.1-33 17. Deuteronomy 6.1-25 18. Deuteronomy 7.1-26 19. Deuteronomy 8.1-20 20. Deuteronomy 9.1-29 21. Deuteronomy 10.1-22 22. Deuteronomy 11.1-32 23. Deuteronomy 12.1-28 24. Deuteronomy 26.1-19 25. Deuteronomy 28.1-14 26. Deuteronomy 30.1-20 27. Hebrews 1.1-24 28. Hebrews 3.1-19 29. Hebrews 4.1-13 30. Hebrews 4.14—5.14 31. Hebrews 6.1-20

AUGUST God’s Word: Source of Encouragement 1. Joshua 1.1-18 2. Joshua 2.1-24 3. Joshua 3.1-17 4. Joshua 23.1-16 5 Joshua 24.1-33 6. 2 Corinthians 1.1-24 7. 2 Corinthians 2.1-17 8. 2 Corinthians 3.1-18 9. 2 Corinthians 4.1-18 10. 2 Corinthians 5.1-21 11. 2 Corinthians 6.1—7.1 12. 2 Corinthians 7.2-16 13. 2 Corinthians 8.1-24 14. 2 Corinthians 9.1-15 15. 1 Timothy 1.1-20 16. 1 Timothy 2.1-15 17. 1 Timothy 3.1-16 18. 1 Timothy 4.1-16 19. 1 Timothy 5.1-25 20. 1 Timothy 6.3-21 21. 2 Timothy 1.1-18 22. 2 Timothy 2.1-26 23. 2 Timothy 3.1-17 24. 2 Timothy 4.1-22 25. Titus 1.1-16 26. Titus 2.1-15 27. Titus 3.1-15 28. Daniel 1.1-21 29. Daniel 2.1-23 30. Daniel 2.24-49 31. Daniel 3.1-30

SEPTEMBER

God’s Word: Source of Wisdom 1. Daniel 4.1-18 2. Daniel 4.19-37 3. Job 28.1-28 4. Luke 8.4-18 5. Luke 11.14-36 6. Luke 12.1-21 7. Luke 12.22-48 8. James 1.1-27 9. James 2.1-26 10. James 3.1-18 11. James 4.1-17 12. James 5.1-20 13. 1 Corinthians 1.1-17 14. 1 Corinthians 1.18-31 15. 1 Corinthians 2.1-16 16. Psalm 1.1—2.11 17. Psalm 19 18. Psalm 119.1-16 19. Psalm 119.17-32 20. Psalm 119.33-48 21. Psalm 119.49-64 22. Psalm 119.65-80 23. Psalm 119.81-96 24. Psalm 119.97-112 25. Psalm 119.113-128 26. Psalm 119.129-144 27. Psalm 119.145-160 28. Psalm 119.161-176 29. Proverbs 3.1-35 30. Proverbs 4.1-27

OCTOBER

God’s Word: Source of Peace and Justice 1. Psalm 9 2. Ruth 1.1-22 3. Ruth 2.1-23 4. Ruth 3.1-18 5. Ruth 4.1-22 World Communion Sunday 6. 1 Corinthians 11.17-34 7. Amos 1.1-15 8. Amos 2.1-16 9. Amos 3.1-15 10. Amos 5.1-27 11. Amos 9.1-15 12. Obadiah 1-21 13. Micah 1.1-16 14. Micah 2.1-13 15. Micah 3.1-12 16. Micah 4.1-13 17. Micah 5.1-15 18. Micah 6.1-16 19. Micah 7.1-20 20. Exodus 23.1-13 21. Leviticus 19.1-18 22. Leviticus 19.19-37 23. Leviticus 25.1-34 24. Leviticus 25.35-55 25. Numbers 27.1-11 26. Numbers 36.1-13 27. Habakkuk 1.1-17 28. Habakkuk 2.1-20 29. Habakkuk 3.1-19 30. Haggai 1.1-15 31. Haggai 2.1-23

NOVEMBER

God’s Word: Source of Praise and Thanksgiving 1. Psalm 104 2. Psalm 105 3. Ephesians 1.1-23 4. Ephesians 2.1-22 5. Ephesians 3.1-21 6. Ephesians 4.1-16 7. Ephesians 4.17-32 8. Ephesians 5.1-20 9. Ephesians 6.10-24 10. 1 Chronicles 15.1-24 11. 1 Chronicles 15.25-16.7 12. 1 Chronicles 16.8-43 13. 1 Chronicles 17.1-27 14. Revelation 4.1-11 15. Revelation 7.1-17 16. Revelation 14.1-20 *Bible Sunday 17. Revelation 19.1-21 18. Revelation 20.1-15 19. Revelation 21.1-27 20. Revelation 22.1-21 21. Ezra 7.1-28 22. Nehemiah 8.1-18 23. Nehemiah 12.24-47 24. Psalm 92 25. Psalm 96 26. Psalm 97 27. Psalm 98 Thanksgiving Day 28. Psalm 100 29. Psalm 111 20. Psalm 115 *National Bible Week is

November 17-23, 2013.

DECEMBER

God’s Word: Source of Joy First Sunday of Advent 1. Matthew 24.29-44 2. Matthew 25.1-13 3. Matthew 25.31-46 4. Psalm 24 5. Psalm 29 6. Psalm 81 7. Psalm 84 Second Sunday of Advent 8. Psalm 93 9. saiah 11.1-16 10. Isaiah 35.1-10 11. Isaiah 51.1-23 12. Isaiah 52.1-12 13. Isaiah 54.1-17 14. Isaiah 55.1-13 Third Sunday of Advent 15. Isaiah 60.1-22 16. Isaiah 61.1-11 17. Isaiah 62.1-12 18. Malachi 3.1-12 19. Malachi 3.13—4.6 20. Mark 1.1-13 21. Luke 1.1-25 Fourth Sunday of Advent 22. Luke 1.26-56 23. Luke 1.57-80 24. Luke 2.1-20 Christmas Day 25. John 1.1-18 26. John 1.19-34 27. Luke 2.21-52 28. Philippians 1.1-30 29. Philippians 2.1-30 30. Philippians 3.1-21 31. Philippians 4.1-23