Second Sunday after the Epiphany

1Verse 1. Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me. 2Verse 2. He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. 3Verse 3. He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.” 4Verse 4. But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.” 5Verse 5. And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength— 6Verse 6. He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” 7Verse 7. Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

1Verse 1. Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2Verse 2. To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 3Verse 3. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4Verse 4. I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus. 5Verse 5. For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge, 6Verse 6. because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. 7Verse 7. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8Verse 8. He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9Verse 9. God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

29Verse 29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30Verse 30. This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’ 31Verse 31. I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.” 32Verse 32. Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. 33Verse 33. I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34Verse 34. I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God. ” 35Verse 35. The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36Verse 36. When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37Verse 37. And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38Verse 38. Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?” 39Verse 39. “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour. 40Verse 40. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus. 41Verse 41. He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ). 42Verse 42. Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).