After the Reading of Scripture

After the Reading of Scripture

These biblical words may be spoken after the reading of Scripture. Non-bold parts are intended for leaders; bold parts, for the congregation.

The word of the Lord.

Amen! May the Lord fulfill the words that you have spoken.

Jer. 28:6

Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and obey it!

Luke 11:28

Jesus said: Very truly, I tell you,

anyone who hears my word

and believes the one who sent me

has eternal life,

and does not come under judgment,

but has passed from death to life.

John 5:24

Lord, to whom can we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Holy One of God.

John 6:68-69

The word of God is living and active,

sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing until it divides soul from spirit,

joints from marrow;

it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Heb. 4:12

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,

the conviction of things not seen.

By faith we understand

that the worlds were prepared by the word of God,

so that what is seen

was made from things that are not visible.

Heb. 11:1, 3

You have been born anew,

not of perishable but of imperishable seed,

through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Pet. 1:23

The grass withers,

and the flower falls,

but the word of the Lord endures forever.

That word is the good news that was announced to you.

1 Pet. 1:24-25; cf. Isa. 40:6-8

We know that the Son of God has come

and has given us understanding

so that we may know the one who is true:

Jesus Christ, true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20

The Word of God.

Blessed is the one who reads aloud

the words of the prophecy,

and blessed are those who hear

and who keep what is written in it;

for the time is near.

Rev. 1:2,3

These are the words of the first and the last,

who was dead and came to life.

Rev. 2:8

These are the words of the holy one, the true one,

who has the key of David,

who opens and no one will shut,

who shuts and no one opens.

Rev. 3:7

The words of the Amen,

the faithful and true witness,

the origin of God’s creation.

Rev. 3:14

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