The Proclamation of Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying high overhead,^(A) having the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.^{(B) 7} He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Psalm 19

The Witness of Creation and Scripture

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

The Righteous Will Live by Faith

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^[a](A) because it is God’s power for salvation^(B) to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,^(C) and also to the Greek.^{(D) 17} For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith,^[b](E) just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.^[c](F)[d]

The Guilt of the Gentile World

¹⁸ For God’s wrath^(G) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,^{(H) 19} since what can be known^[e] about God is evident among them,^(I) because God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,^(J) being understood through what He has made.^(K) As a result, people are without excuse. ²¹ For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.^{(L) 22} Claiming to be wise, they became fools^{(M) 23} and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.^(N)

²⁴ Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts^(O) to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. ²⁵ They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,^(P) and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.^(Q) Amen.