Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 [a]For you have made the Lord, (A)my refuge,
Even the Most High, (B)your dwelling place.
10 (C)No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your [b]tent.
11 For He will give (D)His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
12 They will (E)bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will (F)tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the [c]serpent you will trample down.
14 “(G)Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will (H)set him securely on high, because he has (I)known My name.
15 “He will (J)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in [d]trouble;
I will rescue him and (K)honor him.
16 “With [e]a (L)long life I will satisfy him
And [f](M)let him see My salvation.”
God’s Promise to Abram
17 Then after his return from the [a]defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, (A)the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, (B)the King’s Valley). 18 And (C)Melchizedek king of Salem brought out (D)bread and wine; now he was a (E)priest of [b]God Most High. 19 He blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram of [c]God Most High,
[d](F)Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be [e]God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
(G)He gave him a tenth of all. 21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give the [f]people to me and take the goods for yourself.” 22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have [g]sworn to the Lord [h](H)God Most High, [i](I)possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that (J)I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ 24 [j]I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, (K)Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.”
7 Therefore, (A)accept one another, just as Christ also accepted [a]us to the glory of God. 8 For I say that Christ has become a servant to (B)the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm (C)the promises given to the fathers, 9 and for (D)the Gentiles to (E)glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,
10 Again he says,
“(G)Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
11 And again,
“(H)Praise the Lord all you Gentiles,
And let all the peoples praise Him.”
12 Again Isaiah says,
“(I)There shall come (J)the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
(K)In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all (L)joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope (M)by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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