Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁶⁵ Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word.

⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed Thy commandments.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy word.

⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes.

⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Thy precepts with my whole heart.

⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Thy law.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Thy statutes.

⁷² The law of Thy mouth is better for me than thousands of gold and silver.

¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up—and he shall be brought low”

¹³ and upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

¹⁴ and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

¹⁵ and upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall;

¹⁶ and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant sights.

¹⁷ And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day,

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness,

² in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began,

³ but hath in due times manifested His Word through preaching which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior,

⁴ To Titus, my own son in the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

⁵ For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

⁶ if any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.

⁷ For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God, not selfwilled, not quick to anger, not given to wine, not violent, not given to filthy lucre;

⁸ but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate,

⁹ holding fast the faithful Word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.