Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
23 [a]Praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify ye him, all the seed of Jacob, and fear ye him all the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the [b]poor: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation: my [c]vows will I perform before them that fear him.
26 [d]The poor shall eat and be satisfied: they that seek after the Lord, shall praise him: your heart shall live forever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and he ruleth among the nations.
29 All they that be fat [e]in the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down into the dust, shall bow before him, [f]even he that cannot quicken his own soul.
30 [g]Their seed shall serve him: it shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, because he hath [h]done it.
15 1 The Lord is Abram’s defense and reward. 6 He is justified by faith. 13 The servitude and deliverance out of Egypt is declared. 18 The land of Canaan is promised the fourth time.
1 After these things, the [a]word of the Lord came unto Abram in a (A)vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding (B)great reward.
2 And Abram said, [b]O Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 Again Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: wherefore lo, a servant of mine house shall be mine heir.
4 Then behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own bowels, he shall be thine heir.
5 Moreover he brought him forth and said, (C)Look up now unto heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And Abram (D)believed the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousness.
12 And when the sun went down, there fell an heavy sleep unto Abram: and lo, [a]a very fearful darkness fell upon him.
13 Then he said to Abram, (A)Know for a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, (B)[b]four hundred years, and shall serve them: and they entreat them evil.
14 Notwithstanding, the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 But thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
16 And in the [c]fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the [d]wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 Also when the sun went down, there was a darkness: and behold, a smoking furnace, and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
18 (C)In that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land: (D)from the river of Egypt unto the great river [e]Euphrates.
21 [a]But now is the righteousness of God made manifest without the Law, having witness of the Law, and of the Prophets,
22 [b]To wit, the righteousness of God by the faith of [c]Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all that believe.
23 For there is no difference: for all have sinned, and are deprived of the [d]glory of God,
24 [e]And are justified [f]freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 [g]Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his [h]blood to declare his righteousness, by the forgiveness of the sins that [i]are passed,
26 Through the [j]patience of God, to show at [k]this time his righteousness, that he might be [l]just, and a [m]justifier of him which is of the [n]faith of Jesus.
27 [o]Where is then the rejoicing? It is excluded. By what [p]Law? of works? Nay: but by the Law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the works of the Law.
29 [q]God, is he the God of the [r]Jews only, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.
30 For it is one God, who shall justify [s]circumcision of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 [t]Do we then make the Law of [u]none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we [v]establish the Law.
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