Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
8 The Lord is (A)gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
9 The Lord is (B)good to all,
And His (C)mercies are over all His works.
10 (D)All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,
And Your (E)godly ones shall bless You.
11 They shall speak of the (F)glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power;
12 To (G)make known to the sons of men [a]Your mighty acts
And the (H)glory of the majesty of [b]Your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is [c]an (I)everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
6 “[a]Ho there! (A)Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have (B)dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord. 7 “Ho, Zion! (C)Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After [b](D)glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the [c](E)apple of His eye. 9 For behold, I will (F)wave My hand over them so that they will be (G)plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. 10 (H)Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will (I)dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. 11 “(J)Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will (K)dwell in your midst, and you will (L)know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 The Lord will [d](M)possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again (N)choose Jerusalem.
13 “[e](O)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is (P)aroused from His holy habitation.”
7 (A)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? (B)May it never be! On the contrary, (C)I would not have come to know sin except [a]through the Law; for I would not have known about [b]coveting if the Law had not said, “(D)You shall not [c]covet.” 8 But sin, (E)taking opportunity (F)through the commandment, produced in me [d]coveting of every kind; for (G)apart [e]from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart [f]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was [g](H)to result in life, proved [h]to result in death for me; 11 for sin, (I)taking an opportunity (J)through the commandment, (K)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 (L)So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? (M)May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
The Conflict of Two Natures
14 For we know that the Law is (N)spiritual, but I am (O)of flesh, (P)sold [i](Q)into bondage to sin. 15 For what I am doing, (R)I do not understand; for I am not practicing (S)what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with (T)the Law, confessing that the Law is good. 17 So now, (U)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my (V)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For (W)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, (X)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
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