Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
11 1 This Psalm containeth two parts. In the first David showeth how hard assaults of temptations he sustained, and in how great anguish of mind he was, when Saul did persecute him. 4 Then next he rejoiceth that God sent him succor in his necessity, declaring his justice as well in governing the good, and the wicked men, as the whole world.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.
1 In the Lord put I my trust; how say ye then to my soul, [a]Flee to your mountain as a bird?
2 For lo, the wicked bend their bow, and make ready their arrows upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at them which are upright in heart.
3 For the [b]foundations are cast down, what hath the [c]righteous done?
4 The Lord is in his holy palace; the Lord’s throne is in the heaven; his eyes [d]will consider; his eyelids will try the children of men.
5 The Lord will try the righteous; but the wicked, and him that loveth iniquity, doth his soul hate.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, [e]fire, and brimstone, and stormy tempest; this is the [f]portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance doth behold the just.
13 ¶ And King Solomon raised a sum out of all Israel, and the sum was thirty thousand men:
14 Whom he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by course: they were a month in Lebanon, and two months at home. And (A)Adoniram was over the sum.
15 And Solomon had seventy thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand masons in the mountain,
16 Besides the [a]princes, whom Solomon appointed over the work, even three thousand and three hundred, which ruled the people that wrought in the work.
17 And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundations of the house, even hewed stones.
18 And Solomon’s workmen, and the workmen of Hiram, and the [b]masons hewed and prepared timber and stones for the building of the house.
21 [a]Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 ¶(A)[b]Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, [c]as unto the Lord.
23 (B)[d]For the husband is the wife’s head, even as Christ is the head of the Church, [e]and the same is the Savior of his body.
24 [f]Therefore as the Church is in subjection to Christ, even so let the wives be to their husbands in everything.
25 ¶ (C)[g]Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it,
26 [h]That he might [i]sanctify it, and cleanse it by the washing of water through the [j]word,
27 That he might make it unto himself a glorious Church, [k]not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blame.
28 [l]So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his [m]own flesh, but nourished and cherisheth it, even as the Lord doth the Church.
30 For we are members of his body, [n]of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 (D)For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall [o]cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.
32 [p]This is a great secret, but I speak concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
33 [q]Therefore everyone of you, do ye so: let everyone love his wife, even as himself, and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
6 1 He showeth the duties of children, 5 servants, 9 and masters: 10 Then he speaketh of the fierce battle that the faithful have, 12 and what weapons we must use in the same: 21 In the end he commendeth Tychicus.
1 Children, (E)[r]obey your parents [s]in the [t]Lord: [u]for this is right.
2 (F)[v]Honor thy father and mother ([w]which is the first commandment with [x]promise)
3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on earth.
4 [y]And ye, fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in instruction and [z]information of the Lord.
5 (G)[aa]Servants, be obedient unto them that are your masters, [ab]according to the flesh, with [ac]fear and trembling in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ,
6 Not with service to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, [ad]doing the will of God from the heart.
7 With good will, serving the [ae]Lord, and not men.
8 [af]And know ye that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, that same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free,
9 [ag]And ye masters, do the same things unto them, putting away threatening: and know that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there (H)[ah]respect of person with him.
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