); Genesis 22:15-18 (God’s blessing promised again); 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 (How to love one another) (1599 Geneva Bible)
Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
47 1 The Prophet exhorteth all people to the worship of the true and everlasting God, commending the mercy of God toward the posterity of Jacob. 9 And after prophesieth of the kingdom of Christ in the time of the Gospel.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.
1 All people [a]clap your hands; sing loud unto God with a joyful voice.
2 For the Lord is high, and terrible; a great King over all the earth.
3 He hath [b]subdued the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He hath chosen [c]our inheritance for us: even the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with triumph, even the Lord with the [d]sound of the trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the king of all the earth: sing praises everyone that hath [e]understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon his holy Throne.
9 The princes of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he [f]is greatly to be exalted.
15 ¶ And the Angel of the Lord cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time,
16 And said, (A)By [a]myself have I sworn (saith the Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine only son,
17 Therefore will I surely bless thee, and will greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore, and thy seed shall possess the [b]gate of his enemies.
18 (B)And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
9 [a]But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you: (A)for ye are taught of God to love one another.
10 Yea, and that thing verily ye do unto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you brethren, that ye increase more and more,
11 [b]And that ye study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business, [c]and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
12 That ye may behave yourselves honestly toward them that are without, and that nothing be lacking unto you.
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