Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Teach Me Your Paths

^[a] Of David.

^{6 [a] (A)}“You are the Lord, you alone. ^(B)You have made heaven, ^(C)the heaven of heavens, ^(D)with all their host, ^(E)the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; ^(F)and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. ⁷ You are the Lord, the God ^(G)who chose Abram and brought him out of ^(H)Ur of the Chaldeans ^(I)and gave him the name Abraham. ^8 (J)You found his heart faithful before you, ^(K)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring ^(L)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. ^(M)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

^9 (N)“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard ^(O)their cry at the Red Sea, ^10 (P)and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that ^(Q)they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And ^(R)you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day. ^11 (S)And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, ^(T)as a stone into mighty waters. ¹² By ^(U)a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. ^13 (V)You came down on Mount Sinai ^(W)and spoke with them from heaven and gave them ^(X)right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, ^14 (Y)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. ^15 (Z)You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and ^(AA)brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you ^(AB)told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

The Day of the Lord

5 Now concerning ^(A)the times and the seasons, brothers,^{[a] (B)}you have no need to have anything written to you. ² For you yourselves are fully aware that ^(C)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^(D)sudden destruction will come upon them ^(E)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴ But you ^(F)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵ For you are all ^(G)children^[b] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶ So then ^(H)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(I)keep awake and ^(J)be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(K)are drunk at night. ⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(L)having put on the breastplate of ^(M)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹ For God has not destined us for ^(N)wrath, but ^(O)to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ^10 (P)who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.