Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

19 And the Lord said to Moses,

² Say to all the assembly of the Israelites, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.^(A)

⁹ And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very corners, neither shall you gather the fallen ears or gleanings of your harvest.

¹⁰ And you shall not glean your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

¹¹ You shall not steal, or deal falsely, or lie one to another.^(A)

¹² And you shall not swear by My name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

¹³ You shall not defraud or oppress your neighbor or rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until morning.

¹⁴ You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord.

¹⁵ You shall do no injustice in judging a case; you shall not be partial to the poor or show a preference for the mighty, but in righteousness and according to the merits of the case judge your neighbor.

¹⁶ You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

¹⁷ You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.^(B)

¹⁸ You shall not take revenge or bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.^(C)

³³ Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly].

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart.^(A)

³⁵ Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight.

³⁶ Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches).^(B)

³⁷ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways.

³⁸ Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You.^(C)

³⁹ Turn away my reproach which I fear and dread, for Your ordinances are good.

⁴⁰ Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life.

¹⁰ According to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God bestowed on me, like a skillful architect and master builder I laid [the] foundation, and now another [man] is building upon it. But let each [man] be careful how he builds upon it,

¹¹ For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

¹⁶ Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God’s temple (His sanctuary), and that God’s Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, ^[a]collectively as a church and also individually]?

¹⁷ If anyone ^[b]does hurt to God’s temple or corrupts it [^[c]with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will ^[d]do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [^[e]the believing church and its individual believers] are.

¹⁸ Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [let him discard his worldly discernment and recognize himself as dull, stupid, and foolish, without true learning and scholarship], that he may become [really] wise.^(A)

¹⁹ For this world’s wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own] craftiness;^(B)

²⁰ And again, The Lord knows the thoughts and reasonings of the [humanly] wise and recognizes how futile they are.^(C)

²¹ So let no one exult proudly concerning men [boasting of having this or that man as a leader], for all things are yours,

²² Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe or life or death, or the immediate and ^[f]threatening present or the [subsequent and uncertain] future—all are yours,

²³ And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

³⁸ You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.^(A)

³⁹ But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw or cheek, turn to him the other one too.

⁴⁰ And if anyone wants to sue you and take your undershirt (tunic), let him have your coat also.

⁴¹ And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two [miles].

⁴² Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [^[a]at interest] from you.^(B)

⁴³ You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy;^(C)

⁴⁴ But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,^(D)

^45 [b]To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike].

⁴⁶ For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

⁴⁷ And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that?

⁴⁸ You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete ^[c]maturity of godliness in mind and character, ^[d]having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect.^(E)