Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

6 In the year that ^(A)King Uzziah died I ^(B)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train^[a] of his robe filled the temple. ² Above him stood the seraphim. Each had ^(C)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. ³ And one called to another and said:

⁴ And ^(F)the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and ^(G)the house was filled with smoke. ⁵ And I said: “Woe is me! ^(H)For I am lost; ^(I)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the ^(J)King, the Lord of hosts!”

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷ And he ^(K)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

⁸ And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for ^(L)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

¹¹ In him we have obtained ^(A)an inheritance, ^(B)having been predestined ^(C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(D)the counsel of his will, ¹² so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(E)to the praise of his glory. ¹³ In him you also, when you heard ^(F)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(G)were sealed with the ^(H)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is ^(I)the guarantee^[a] of our ^(J)inheritance until ^(K)we acquire ^(L)possession of it,^{[b] (M)}to the praise of his glory.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵ For this reason, ^(N)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[c] toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I ^(O)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(P)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that ^(Q)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(R)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ^18 (S)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(T)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(U)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(V)according to the working of ^(W)his great might ²⁰ that he worked in Christ ^(X)when he raised him from the dead and ^(Y)seated him at his right hand ^(Z)in the heavenly places, ^21 (AA)far above ^(AB)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(AC)every name that is named, not only in ^(AD)this age but also in the one to come. ²² And ^(AE)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(AF)head over all things to the church, ^23 (AG)which is his body, ^(AH)the fullness of him ^(AI)who fills ^(AJ)all in all.