Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
6 (A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The (B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
7 (C)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (D)God, your God, has (E)anointed you
with the oil of (F)gladness (G)beyond your companions;
8 your robes are all fragrant with (H)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (I)stringed instruments make you glad;
9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
(J)at your right hand stands the queen in (K)gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your (L)lord, (M)bow to him.
12 The people[a] of Tyre will (N)seek your favor with (O)gifts,
(P)the richest of the people.[b]
Hosea Redeems His Wife
3 And the Lord said to me, (A)“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (B)homer and a lethech[a] of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You must (C)dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” 4 For the children of Israel (D)shall dwell many days (E)without king or prince, (F)without sacrifice or (G)pillar, without (H)ephod or (I)household gods. 5 Afterward (J)the children of Israel shall return and (K)seek the Lord their God, and (L)David their king, (M)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (N)latter days.
23 But (A)I call God to witness against me—it was (B)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 24 Not that we (C)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm (D)in your faith.
2 For I made up my mind (E)not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For (F)if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, (G)for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For (H)I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Forgive the Sinner
5 Now (I)if anyone has caused pain, (J)he has caused it not to me, but (K)in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, (L)this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so (M)you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote, that I might (N)test you and know (O)whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for (P)we are not ignorant of his designs.
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