Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 96(A)
King of the Earth
1 Sing a new song to the Lord;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.(B)
2 Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;
proclaim His salvation from day to day.(C)
3 Declare His glory among the nations,
His wonderful works among all peoples.(D)
14 The king turned around and blessed(A) the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. 15 He said:
May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
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 It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.(F)
18 But the Lord said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.(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 Yahweh, 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)
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] 2 For I am jealous(B) over you with a godly jealousy,(C) because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—to present a pure(D) virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear that, as the serpent(E) deceived(F) Eve(G) by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure[b] devotion to Christ.(H) 4 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!
5 Now I consider myself in no way inferior to the “super-apostles.”(L) 6 Though untrained in public speaking,(M) I am certainly not untrained in knowledge.(N) Indeed, we have always made that clear to you in everything.
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