This is part of a year long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

Ecclesiastes 1:1 - 3:22

- The Teacher proclaims that everything under the sun is meaningless vanity amid endless cycles of nature, generations, and futile human toil.

- He tests wisdom, pleasure, and labor, finding them empty, then notes there is a season and time for every purpose under heaven.

1 Corinthians 7:17-40

- Paul urges each person to remain in the life situation in which they were called by God, whether regarding circumcision, slavery, or freedom.

- He advises that remaining unmarried allows undivided devotion to the Lord, though marriage is permitted if needed, and discusses remarriage for widows.