Sunday, February 24, 2041

Sunday of the Last Judgment

Fasting: No fastDoxologyJulian: February 11

Epistle

1 Corinthians 8.8-9.2

Read in context

8:8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.Log in to add notes

8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.Log in to add notes

8:10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;Log in to add notes

8:11And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?Log in to add notes

8:12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.Log in to add notes

8:13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.Log in to add notes

9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?Log in to add notes

9:2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 25.31-46

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31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:Log in to add notes

32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:Log in to add notes

33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.Log in to add notes

34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Log in to add notes

35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Log in to add notes

36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.Log in to add notes

37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?Log in to add notes

38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Log in to add notes

39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?Log in to add notes

40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.Log in to add notes

41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Log in to add notes

42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:Log in to add notes

43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.Log in to add notes

44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?Log in to add notes

45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.Log in to add notes

46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.Log in to add notes