Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 96[a]
96 Sing to the Lord a new song.[b]
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord. Praise his name.
Announce every day how he delivers.[c]
3 Tell the nations about his splendor.
Tell[d] all the nations about his amazing deeds.
4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise;
he is more awesome than all gods.[e]
5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless,[f]
but the Lord made the sky.
6 Majestic splendor emanates from him;[g]
his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.[h]
7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations,
ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength.
8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves.[i]
Bring an offering and enter his courts.
9 Worship the Lord in holy attire.[j]
Tremble before him, all the earth.
14 Then the king turned around[a] and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.[b] 15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled[c] what he promised[d] my father David. 16 He told David,[e] ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.[f] But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’ 17 Now my father David had a strong desire[g] to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.[h] 18 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.[i] 19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’[j] 20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.[k] I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor[l] of the Lord God of Israel 21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors[m] when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Paul and His Opponents
11 I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me! 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband,[a] to present you as a pure[b] virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that[c] just as the serpent[d] deceived Eve by his treachery,[e] your minds may be led astray[f] from a sincere and pure[g] devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes and proclaims[h] another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed,[i] or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received,[j] or a different gospel than the one you accepted,[k] you put up with it well enough![l] 5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.”[m] 6 And even if I am unskilled[n] in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.
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