Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Beth
9 How can (A)a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
10 (B)With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not (C)wander from your commandments!
11 I have (D)stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord;
(E)teach me your statutes!
13 With my lips I (F)declare
all the rules[a] of your mouth.
14 In the way of your testimonies I (G)delight
as much as in all (H)riches.
15 I will (I)meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your (J)ways.
16 I will (K)delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
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 savior.
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?”
4 (A)Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 (B)Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but (C)our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be (D)ministers of (E)a new covenant, not of (F)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but (G)the Spirit gives life.
7 Now if (H)the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory (I)that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in (J)the ministry of condemnation, (K)the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.