Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 For thou hast said, The Lord is mine hope: thou hast set the most High for thy refuge.
10 There shall none evil come unto thee, neither shall any plague come near thy tabernacle.
11 [a]For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt walk upon the lion and asp: the [b]young lion, and the dragon shalt thou tread under feet.
14 [c]Because he hath loved me, therefore will I deliver him: I will exalt him because he hath known my Name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and glorify him.
16 With [d]long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
17 ¶ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom forth to meet him in the valley of Shaveh, which is the (A)King’s dale.
18 And (B)Melchizedek King of Salem [a]brought forth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God.
19 Therefore he [b]blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high, Possessor of heaven and earth,
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand. (C)And Abram gave him tithes of all.
21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the [c]persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, [d]I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord the most high God possessor of heaven and earth,
23 [e]That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a thread or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich,
24 [f]Save only that, which the young men have eaten, and the parts of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their parts.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also [a]received us to the glory of God.
8 [b]Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the [c]circumcision, for the [d]truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.
9 [e]And let the Gentiles praise God, for his mercy, as it is written, (A)For this cause I will [f]confess thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name.
10 And again he saith, (B)Rejoice, ye Gentiles with his people.
11 And again, (C)Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud ye him all people together.
12 And again Isaiah saith, (D)There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 [g]Now the God of [h]hope fill you with [i]all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.
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