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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
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Psalm 96:1-9

Psalm 96(A)

King of the Earth

Sing a new song to the Lord;
let the whole earth sing to the Lord.(B)
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
proclaim his salvation from day to day.(C)
Declare his glory among the nations,
his wondrous works among all peoples.(D)

For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
he is feared above all gods.(E)
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.(F)
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.(G)

Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.(H)
Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;(I)
bring an offering and enter his courts.(J)
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;(K)
let the whole earth tremble before him.(L)

1 Kings 8:14-21

14 The king turned around and blessed(A) the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. 15 He said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and he has fulfilled the promise(B) by his power.
He said,
16 “Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,(C)
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that my name(D) would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.”(E)
17 My father David had his heart set
on building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(F)
18 But the Lord said to my father David,
“Since your heart was set on building a temple for my name,
you have done well to have this desire.[a](G)
19 Yet you are not the one to build it;
instead, your son, your own offspring,
will build it for my name.”(H)
20 The Lord has fulfilled what he promised.
I have taken the place of my father David,(I)
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.(J)
I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
21 I have provided a place there for the ark,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that he made with our ancestors
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.(K)

2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Paul and the False Apostles

11 I wish you would put up with a little foolishness(A) from me. Yes, do put up with me![a] For I am jealous(B) for you with a godly jealousy,(C) because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—to present a pure(D) virgin to Christ. But I fear that, as the serpent(E) deceived(F) Eve(G) by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure[b] devotion to Christ.(H) For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus,(I) whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit,(J) which you had not received, or a different gospel,(K) which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!

Now I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”(L) Even if I am untrained in public speaking,(M) I am certainly not untrained in knowledge.(N) Indeed, we have in every way made that clear to you in everything.

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