Isaiah 51:1-6

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The Lord's Comfort for Zion

51 ^(A)“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
    you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
    and to the quarry from which you were dug.
²Look to Abraham your father
    and to Sarah who bore you;
for ^(B)he was but one when I called him,
    that I might bless him and multiply him.
³For the Lord ^(C)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^(D)Eden,
    her desert like ^(E)the garden of the Lord;
^(F)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

⁴^(G)“Give attention to me, my people,
    and give ear to me, my nation;
^(H)for a law^[a] will go out from me,
    and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
⁵^(I)My righteousness draws near,
    my salvation has gone out,
    and my arms will judge the peoples;
^(J)the coastlands hope for me,
    and for my arm they wait.
⁶^(K)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
^(L)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;^[b]
^(M)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 51:4 Or for teaching; also verse 7
Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats

Romans 11:33-12:8

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³³Oh, the depth of the riches and ^(A)wisdom and knowledge of God! ^(B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

³⁴“For ^(C)who has known the mind of the Lord,
or ^(D)who has been his counselor?”
³⁵“Or ^(E)who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”

³⁶For ^(F)from him and through him and to him are all things. ^(G)To him be glory forever. Amen.

A Living Sacrifice

12 ^(H)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,^[a] by the mercies of God, ^(I)to present your bodies ^(J)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.^[b] ²^(K)Do not be conformed to this world,^[c] but be transformed by ^(L)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^(M)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.^[d]

Gifts of Grace

³For ^(N)by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you ^(O)not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, ^(P)each according to ^(Q)the measure of faith that God has assigned. ⁴For ^(R)as in one body we have many members,^[e] and the members do not all have the same function, ⁵so we, ^(S)though many, ^(T)are one body in Christ, and individually ^(U)members one of another. ⁶^(V)Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if ^(W)prophecy, ^(X)in proportion to our faith; ⁷if ^(Y)service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; ⁸the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; ^(Z)the one who leads,^[f] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with ^(AA)cheerfulness.

Notas al pie

Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
Romans 12:1 Or your rational service
Romans 12:2 Greek age
Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Romans 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5
Romans 12:8 Or gives aid

Matthew 16:13-20

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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

¹³^(A)Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴And they said, “Some say ^(B)John the Baptist, others say ^(C)Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶Simon Peter replied, ^(D)“You are ^(E)the Christ, ^(F)the Son of ^(G)the living God.” ¹⁷And Jesus answered him, ^(H)“Blessed are you, ^(I)Simon Bar-Jonah! For ^(J)flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, ^(K)but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸And I tell you, ^(L)you are Peter, and ^(M)on this rock^[a] I will build my church, and ^(N)the gates of ^(O)hell^[b] shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹I will give you ^(P)the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ^(Q)whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed^[c] in heaven.” ²⁰^(R)Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.