Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
50 1 Because the Church is always full of hypocrites, 8 which do imagine that God will be worshipped with outward ceremonies only without the heart: and especially the Jews were of this opinion, because of their figures and ceremonies of the Law, thinking that their sacrifices were sufficient. 21 Therefore the Prophet doth reprove this gross error, and pronounceth the Name of God to be blasphemed where holiness is set in ceremonies. 23 For he declareth the worship of God to be spiritual, whereof are two principal parts, invocation and thanksgiving.
A Psalm of [a]Asaph.
1 The God of gods, even the Lord hath spoken and called the [b]earth from the rising up of the Sun, unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, which is the [c]perfection of beauty, hath God shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: [d]a fire shall devour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moved round about him.
4 He shall call the heaven above, and [e]the earth to judge his people.
5 Gather my [f]Saints together unto me, those that make a covenant with me with [g]sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is Judge himself. Selah.
14 2 Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised to Ahijah the Prophet, who declareth unto him the destruction of his house. 25 Judah is punished by Shishak.
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And Jeroboam said unto his wife, Up, I pray thee, [a]and disguise thyself that they know not that thou art the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh: for there is Ahijah the Prophet, which told me (A)that I should be king over this people,
3 And take [b]with [c]thee, ten loaves and [d]cracknels, and a bottle of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the young man.
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah: but Ahijah could not see, for his [e]sight was decayed for his age.
5 Then the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for when she cometh in, she shall feign herself to be [f]another.
6 Therefore when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, Come in thou [g]wife of Jeroboam: why feignest thou thus thyself to be another? I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 Go tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I have exalted [h]thee from among the people, and have made thee prince over my people Israel,
8 And have rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and have given it thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, which kept my Commandments, and followed me with all his heart, and did only that which was right in mine eyes,
9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee (for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and [i]molten images, to provoke me, and hast cast me behind thy back.)
10 Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that (B)[j]pisseth against the wall, as well him that [k]is shut up, as him that is left in Israel, and will sweep away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung till it be all gone.
11 The dogs shall eat him of Jeroboam’s stock that dieth in the city, and the fowls of the air shall eat him that dieth in the field: [l]for the Lord hath said it.
12 Up therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found [m]some goodness toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Moreover, the Lord shall stir him up a King over Israel which shall destroy the house of Jeroboam in that day: [n]what? yea, even now.
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as when a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall weed Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the [o]River, because they have made them groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up, because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and [p]made Israel to sin.
17 ¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when she came to the threshold of the house, the young man died.
18 And they buried him, and all Israel lamented him, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Prophet.
12 [a]Therefore I thank him which hath made me [b]strong, that is, Christ Jesus our Lord: for he counted me faithful, and put me in his service:
13 When before I was a [c]blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor: but I was received to mercy: for I did it ignorantly through unbelief.
14 But the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant [d]with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
15 [e]This is a [f]true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that (A)Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
16 Notwithstanding for this cause was I received to mercy, that Jesus Christ should first show on me all long suffering unto the ensample of them, which shall in time to come believe in him unto eternal life.
17 [g]Now unto the king everlasting, immortal, invisible, unto God [h]only wise, be honor, and glory, for ever, and ever, Amen.
18 [i]This commandment commit I unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies, which went before upon thee, that thou [j]by them shouldest fight a good fight,
19 Having [k]faith and a good conscience, [l]which some have put away, and as concerning faith, have made shipwreck.
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus, and Alexander, (B)[m]whom I have [n]delivered unto Satan, that they might [o]learn not to blaspheme.
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