Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Glorious Things of You Are Spoken
A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah. A Song.
87 On (B)the holy mount (C)stands the city he founded;
2 the Lord (D)loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
3 (E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
O (F)city of God. Selah
4 Among those who (G)know me I mention (H)Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with (I)Cush[a]—
“This one was born there”, they say.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will (J)establish her.
6 The Lord records as he (K)registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah
7 (L)Singers and (M)dancers alike say,
“All my (N)springs are in you.”
8 Bring out (A)the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!
9 (B)All the nations gather together,
and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
and let them hear and say, It is true.
10 (C)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and (D)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
(E)Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
11 (F)I, I am the Lord,
and besides me there is no saviour.
12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and (G)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
13 Also (H)henceforth I am he;
there is none who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can turn it back?”
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as (A)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and (B)thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means (C)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 (D)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if (E)some of the branches were broken off, and you, (F)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[a] of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant towards the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you (G)stand fast through faith. So (H)do not become proud, but (I)fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity towards those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, (J)provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise (K)you too will be cut off. 23 And (L)even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
The Mystery of Israel's Salvation
25 (M)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers:[b] (N)a partial hardening has come upon Israel, (O)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
(P)“The Deliverer will come (Q)from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
27 “and this will be my (R)covenant with them
(S)when I take away their sins.”
28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are (T)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and (U)the calling of God are irrevocable.
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