Nurture

January 2026 Bible readings

stjohnstmarkchurchburyThursday, January 1, 2026

Here are the January 2026 Bible readings, which we’ll be using in St John and St Mark’s and Christ Church as we go through the season of Epiphany, which looks at events marking the divinity of Christ.

The readings

Our Gospel readings start with the visit of the Magi, then the baptism of Jesus followed by John’s recognition of him as the Son of God. Finally, we have Jesus telling his disciples what would happen at the ‘renewal of all things.’

• Jan 4 – Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12;
• Jan 11 – Baptism of Christ: Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-end;
• Jan 18 – 2nd of Epiphany Isaiah 49:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42;
• Jan 25 – Conversion of Paul: Acts 9:1-22; Galatians 1:11-16a; Matthew 19:27-end;

If you don’t have access to a Bible, then please go to the Vanderbilt Divinity Library by following this link. It’s not always the same but it’s usually very close.

The January 2026 Bible readings also include this wonderful passage from Jeremiah 1:4-10 as an option for the 25th….

Call and Commission

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,

 ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’

Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ But the Lord said to me,

‘Do not say, “I am only a boy”;
for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you.
Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
says the Lord.’

Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me,

‘Now I have put my words in your mouth.
See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.’

Thanks once again to Olivia Snow for the photo on Unsplash