Old/New Testament
Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign(A)
A Psalm of David.
110 The (B)Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your (C)footstool.”
2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength (D)out of Zion.
(E)Rule in the midst of Your enemies!
3 (F)Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
(G)In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
4 The Lord has sworn
And (H)will not relent,
“You are a (I)priest forever
According to the order of (J)Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is (K)at Your right hand;
He shall [a]execute kings (L)in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
(M)He shall [b]execute the heads of many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
(N)Therefore He shall lift up the head.
Praise to God for His Faithfulness and Justice
111 Praise[c] the Lord!
(O)I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
2 (P)The works of the Lord are great,
(Q)Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
3 His work is (R)honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
4 He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
(S)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
5 He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
6 He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the [d]heritage of the nations.
7 The works of His hands are (T)verity[e] and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
8 (U)They stand fast forever and ever,
And are (V)done in truth and uprightness.
9 (W)He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
(X)Holy and awesome is His name.
10 (Y)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.
The Blessed State of the Righteous
112 Praise[f] the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who (Z)delights greatly in His commandments.
2 (AA)His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 (AB)Wealth and riches will be in his house,
And his righteousness [g]endures forever.
4 (AC)Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 (AD)A good man deals graciously and lends;
He will guide his affairs (AE)with discretion.
6 Surely he will never be shaken;
(AF)The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
7 (AG)He will not be afraid of evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
8 His (AH)heart is established;
(AI)He will not be afraid,
Until he (AJ)sees his desire upon his enemies.
9 He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His [h]horn will be exalted with honor.
10 The wicked will see it and be grieved;
He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
The desire of the wicked shall perish.
Immorality Defiles the Church
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even [a]named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s (A)wife! 2 (B)And you are [b]puffed up, and have not rather (C)mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 (D)For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4 In the (E)name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, (F)with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 (G)deliver such a one to (H)Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord [c]Jesus.
6 (I)Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that (J)a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore [d]purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed (K)Christ, our (L)Passover, was sacrificed [e]for us. 8 Therefore (M)let us keep the feast, (N)not with old leaven, nor (O)with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Immorality Must Be Judged
9 I wrote to you in my epistle (P)not to [f]keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go (Q)out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company (R)with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—(S)not even to eat with such a person.
12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore (T)“put away from yourselves the evil person.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.