Readings

I can give you one of each

Old Testamanet

A Reading from the Book of Ruth 1:16-17

But Ruth said, 'Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die –there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me,
and more as well, if even death parts me from you!'

We were going to use the above, but changed to a different one, whoich right now I can't find. I will post it tonight.

Here's the New Testament

A reading from the book of Corinthians 12:31-13:8

Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but without love, then I am nothing at all. If I give away all that I possess, piece by piece and if I even let them take my body to burn it, but am without love, it will do me no good whatever. Love is always patient and kind; it is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end.

I'll post mine later at home when I have the Bible in front of me

Here's our old testament one


A reading from the Song of Songs 8: 6-7

Set me like a cylinder-seal upon your heart,
like a signet on your arm.
For love is strong as death,
Passion is unrelenting as Sheol.
Its flames are ferocious,
It is a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
Floodwaters cannot overflow it.
If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, They would be utterly despised

anyone else have readings from the 'Together for life' book? I cannot decide on which ones to pick and my church REQUIRES that they come from this book

Hi,

I am using the readings from the Together of Life.

Old Testament: The Creation of Woman...like the way man and woman are 'one'

New Testament: The Greatest of These is Love...like that it is not too religious and denotes what love brings to a marriage.

Hope this helps...anything else, just ask!

Old Testament for Me:

Song of Solomon 2 vs. 10-13

'My lover spoke and said to me,
Arise, my darling
my beautiful one, and come with me.
See, the winter is past; the rains are over and gone
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me'

Ok why is the song of solomon different in my together for life book?

Also is it ok to use just a verse not the whole thing?

This is so weird. I have my grandmother's 80 year old bible that she carried on her wedding day....and Song of Songs, that same section...goes like this:

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm;
For strong as death is love; violent like the nether world is jealousy;
It’s heat is the heat of fire, a flame of God
Many waters are not able to quench love, nor can the rivers flood it away;
If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, men would utterly despise him.

I don't get how the Together For Life book works...are they intentionally changing it? To make it more appropriate or something? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having readings?

Well, I got my version from a Bible that uses the New International Version or something like that. WHen I get home, I will look.
My Pastor had the King James Version, which sounds a little harsher too, and not as romantic.
I asked him what the difference was, he said the original KJ Version will always sound more technical, b/c that's how they spoke back in those days, but with the new Bibles, they make different versions for easier reading. Basically says the same thing, but in a way that is more easily understood, and easily read.
He said it's fine to use any version.
I like this one that I found in my BIble.

WHen I get home, I'll look at it and see exactly what version it is.

You are lucky my priest isnt so lenient but i think I am gonna just cut the song of solomon short, I am not gonna ask at all not like he will stop the ceremony to call the reader on it you know lol