Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 [a]How can a young man lead a spotless life?
By living according to your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart;[b]
do not let me stray from your precepts.
11 I treasure your word in my heart[c]
for fear that I may sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord;
teach me your decrees.
13 With my lips I recite
all the judgments you have announced.
14 I rejoice in following your statutes
more than I would rejoice in endless riches.
15 I will meditate on your commands
and respect your ways.
16 I find my delight in your decrees;
I will never forget your word.
Gimel
8 Bring forth my people,
those who have eyes yet are blind,
those who have ears yet are deaf.
9 Let all the nations gather together
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them foretold this
and proclaimed to us former events?
Let them produce witnesses to prove themselves right;
let those who hear them say, “It is true!”
10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord,
and my servants whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe in me
and understand that it is I.
No god was formed before me,
nor will there be any after me.
11 I am the Lord,
and there is no other savior but me.
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed,
and not some strange god among you;
you are my witnesses to this, says the Lord.
13 I am God, and from eternity I am he;
no one can deliver from my hand;
no one can overrule or alter what I do.
4 Such is the complete confidence in God that we have through Christ. 5 Obviously, we are not competent of ourselves to take credit for anything as coming from us. Our competence comes from God 6 who has empowered us to be the ministers of a new covenant, not written but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Ministers of a New Covenant.[a] 7 Now if the ministry of death, engraved with letters on stone, was so glorious that the Israelites could not fix their glance on the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory that would soon fade, 8 how much greater will be the glory of the ministry of the Spirit?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much richer in glory will be the ministry of righteousness! 10 Indeed, what was once glorious is now without any glory in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 For if what was destined to fade away was glorious, how much greater will be the glory of that which endures!
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