Philip Melanchthon (birth), Confessor

First Reading: Job 12:1-6; Job 12:12-25

Job Replies: The LORD Has Done This

 1Then Job answered and said:
 2"No doubt you are the people,
   and wisdom will die with you. 3But I have^(A) understanding as well as you;
   I am not inferior to you.
   Who does not know^(B) such things as these? 4I am^(C) a laughingstock to my friends;
   I, who^(D) called to God and he answered me,
   a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. 5In the thought of one who is^(E) at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
   it is ready for those whose feet slip. 6^(F) The tents of robbers are at peace,
   and those who provoke God are secure,
   who bring their god in their hand.^[a]

Footnotes:Job 12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Cross references:Job 12:3 : Job 13:2; 15:9 Job 12:3 : Job 16:2 Job 12:4 : Job 16:10; 17:2, 6; 21:3; 30:1 Job 12:4 : Psalm 91:15 Job 12:5 : Job 3:18 Job 12:6 : Job 21:7

12Wisdom is with^(A) the aged,
   and understanding in length of days.

 13^(B) "With God^[a] are wisdom and might;
   he has counsel and understanding. 14If he tears down, none can rebuild;
   if he^(C) shuts a man in, none can open. 15If he^(D) withholds the waters, they dry up;
   if he^(E) sends them out, they overwhelm the land. 16With him are strength and^(F) sound wisdom;
   the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leads^(G) counselors away stripped,
   and^(H) judges he makes fools. 18He^(I) looses the bonds of kings
   and binds a waistcloth on their hips. 19He leads priests away stripped
   and overthrows the mighty. 20He deprives of speech those who are trusted
   ^(J) and takes away the discernment of the elders. 21He^(K) pours contempt on princes
   and loosens the belt of the strong. 22He^(L) uncovers the deeps out of darkness
   and brings^(M) deep darkness to light. 23He^(N) makes nations great, and he destroys them;
   he enlarges nations, and^(O) leads them away. 24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
   and^(P) makes them wander in a pathless waste. 25They^(Q) grope in the dark without light,
   and he makes them^(R) stagger like a drunken man.

Footnotes:Job 12:13 Hebrew him
Cross references:Job 12:12 : Job 32:7; Psalm 119:100 Job 12:13 : Job 9:4; 36:5 Job 12:14 : Job 11:10; Isa 22:22; Rev 3:7 Job 12:15 : Deut 11:17; 1 Kgs 8:35; 17:1 Job 12:15 : Gen 7:11-24; Psalm 147:18; Amos 9:6 Job 12:16 : Job 5:12 Job 12:17 : 2 Sam 17:23 Job 12:17 : Job 9:24; Isa 40:23; Isa 29:14; 44:25; 1 Cor 1:19 Job 12:18 : Psalm 116:16 Job 12:20 : Job 32:9 Job 12:21 : Psalm 107:40 Job 12:22 : Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:5 Job 12:22 : Job 3:5 Job 12:23 : Isa 9:3; 26:15 Job 12:23 : 2 Kgs 18:11 Job 12:24 : Psalm 107:40; Job 6:18 Job 12:25 : Job 5:14 Job 12:25 : Psalm 107:27; Isa 19:14

Second Reading: John 5:30-47

Witnesses to Jesus

 30^(A) "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and^(B) my judgment is just, because^(C) I seek not my own will^(D) but the will of him who sent me. 31^(E) If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true. 32There is^(F) another who bears witness about me, and^(G) I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33^(H) You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34Not that^(I) the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35He was a burning and^(J) shining lamp, and^(K) you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36But^(L) the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For^(M) the works that the Father has given me^(N) to accomplish, the very works that I am doing,^(O) bear witness about me that^(P) the Father has sent me. 37And the Father who sent me^(Q) has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard,^(R) his form you have never seen, 38and^(S) you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39^(T) You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and^(U) it is they that bear witness about me, 40yet^(V) you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41^(W) I do not receive glory from people. 42But^(X) I know that you do not have^(Y) the love of God within you. 43I have come^(Z) in my Father’s name, and^(AA) you do not receive me.^(AB) If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and^(AC) do not seek the glory that comes from^(AD) the only God? 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses,^(AE) on whom you have set your hope. 46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for^(AF) he wrote of me. 47But^(AG) if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

Cross references:John 5:30 : John 5:19; John 8:28; 14:10 John 5:30 : John 8:16 John 5:30 : John 4:34; 6:38; John 7:18; Rom 15:3 John 5:30 : Matt 26:39 John 5:31 : John 8:13, 14, 18, 54; 18:21 John 5:32 : John 5:37 John 5:32 : John 7:28, 29 John 5:33 : John 1:7, 19 John 5:34 : 1 John 5:9 John 5:35 : 2 Pet 1:19 John 5:35 : Matt 13:20; 21:26 John 5:36 : John 5:34 John 5:36 : John 10:25, 38; 14:11; 15:24; John 2:23; Matt 11:4 John 5:36 : John 4:34 John 5:36 : John 3:2 John 5:36 : John 3:17 John 5:37 : John 8:18; Matt 3:17 John 5:37 : John 1:18 John 5:38 : 1 John 2:14; 4:13, 14; 5:10 John 5:39 : Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 3:15 John 5:39 : Luke 24:27 John 5:40 : John 5:43; John 3:19; 7:17; Matt 23:37; Luke 13:34 John 5:41 : John 5:34; Matt 6:1, 2; 1 Thess 2:6 John 5:42 : John 2:24, 25 John 5:42 : Luke 11:42; Jude 21 John 5:43 : John 10:25; 12:13; 17:12 John 5:43 : John 1:11; 3:11, 32 John 5:43 : Matt 24:5 John 5:44 : Rom 2:29 John 5:44 : John 17:3 John 5:45 : John 9:28, 29; Rom 2:17 John 5:46 : John 5:47; Num 21:9; Deut 18:15; Luke 24:27; John 12:41 John 5:47 : Luke 16:31

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