Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [a](A)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will (B)seek Me earnestly.
Israel Chastised
6 “(C)Come, let us return to Yahweh.
For (D)He has torn us, but (E)He will heal us;
He has struck us, but He will (F)bandage us.
2 He will (G)make us alive after two days;
He will (H)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So let us (I)know, let us pursue to know Yahweh.
His (J)going forth is established as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (K)rain,
Like the [b]late rain watering the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O (L)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your lovingkindness is like a (M)morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (N)hewn them in pieces by the prophets;
I have killed them by the (O)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6 For (P)I delight in lovingkindness (Q)rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Walk in Truth and Love
1 (A)The elder to the (B)elect (C)lady and her children, whom I (D)love in truth, and not only I, but also all who (E)know the truth, 2 for (F)the sake of the truth which abides (G)in us and will be (H)with us forever: 3 (I)Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 (J)I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. 5 Now I ask you, lady, (K)not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had (L)from the beginning, that we (M)love one another. 6 And (N)this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, (O)just as you have heard (P)from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
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