Sunday 25 June 2017

10For I have heard the defaming of many:“Terror on every side!Denounce, and we will denounce him!”say all my familiar friends,those who watch for my fall.“Perhaps he will be persuaded,and we will prevail against him,and we will take our revenge on him.”11But the Lord is with me as an awesome mighty one.Therefore my persecutors will stumble,and they won’t prevail.They will be utterly disappointedbecause they have not dealt wisely,even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.12But the Lord of Armies, who tests the righteous,who sees the heart and the mind,let me see your vengeance on them,for I have revealed my cause to you.13Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord,for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

8Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.Shame has covered my face.9I have become a stranger to my brothers,an alien to my mother’s children.10For the zeal of your house consumes me.The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

14But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, in an acceptable time.God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

17Answer me, Lord, for your loving kindness is good.According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

33The humble have seen it, and are glad.You who seek after God, let your heart live.34For the Lord hears the needy,and doesn’t despise his captive people.35Let heaven and earth praise him;the seas, and everything that moves therein!

12Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man,and death through sin,so death passed to all men because all sinned.13For until the law, sin was in the world;but sin is not charged when there is no law.14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience,who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

15But the free gift isn’t like the trespass.For if by the trespass of the one the many died,much more did the grace of Godand the gift by the grace of the one man,Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

26Therefore don’t be afraid of them,for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed,or hidden that will not be known.27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light;and what you hear whispered in the ear,proclaim on the housetops.28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body,but are not able to kill the soul.Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both souland body in Gehenna.

29“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin?Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.31Therefore don’t be afraid.You are of more value than many sparrows.32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men,I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.33But whoever denies me before men,I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.