Daily Readings for Friday, 3 January 2014
First Letter of John 2: Children of God
29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone
who does right has been born of him. 3: 1 See what love
the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is
what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we
are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do
know is this: when he[a] is revealed, we will be like
him, for we will see him as he is. 3 And all who
have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
4 Everyone
who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that
he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who
abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.
Footnotes:
a. 1 John 3:2 Or it
Psalm 98: Praise the
Judge of the World
A Psalm.
1 O
sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm
have gotten him victory.
2 The Lord has made known his victory;
he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm
have gotten him victory.
2 The Lord has made known his victory;
he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
4 Make
a joyful noise to the Lord, all the
earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
John 1: The
Lamb of God
29 The
next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world!30 This
is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he
was before me.’ 31 I
myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that
he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John
testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it
remained on him. 33 I
myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to
me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes
with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And
I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”[a]
Footnotes:
a. John 1:34 Other ancient authorities read is God’s chosen one
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