Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
15 Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne;
mercy and faithfulness march before you.(A)
16 Blessed the people who know the war cry,
who walk in the radiance of your face, Lord.
17 In your name they sing joyfully all the day;
they rejoice in your righteousness.(B)
18 You are their majestic strength;
by your favor our horn[a] is exalted.(C)
Chapter 25
Seventy Years of Exile. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim,[a] son of Josiah, king of Judah (the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon).(A) 2 This word the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 3 Since the thirteenth year of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day—that is, twenty-three years—the word of the Lord has come to me and I spoke to you untiringly, but you would not listen.(B) 4 The Lord kept sending you all his servants the prophets,(C) but you refused to listen or pay attention 5 to this message: Turn back, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil deeds; then you shall remain in the land which the Lord gave you and your ancestors, from of old and forever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and bow down to them; do not provoke me with the works of your hands, or I will bring evil upon you.(D) 7 But you would not listen to me—oracle of the Lord—and so you provoked me with the works of your hands to your own harm.(E)
2 It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.(A) 3 Once again I declare to every man who has himself circumcised(B) that he is bound to observe the entire law.[a] 4 You are separated from Christ, you who are trying to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 (C)For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness. 6 (D)For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.[b]
Be Not Misled.[c]
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