The Apostolic Reading of Sunday 17th Epistlestranslated

Apostolic Reading for Sunday, September 6, 2026, Sunday of the 14th Epistles (2 Cor. 1:21 – 2:4)

Brothers, you are the church of the living God, as God said that I will dwell among them and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. therefore come out from among them and be clean, says the Lord, and do not be unclean, and I will receive you, and I will become a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. Having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, practicing holiness in the fear of God.

THOUGHTS - LESSONS - APPLICATIONS

1. Church of the living God

In today's apostolic passage of the Divine Liturgy, the divine apostle Paul draws the attention of the believers of Corinth to remain unaffected by idolatry, which was widespread at that time in Corinth. Just as the church of God cannot coexist in the same place with idols, so those who believe in God should not worship idols. "For you are the church of the living God", he writes to them, repeating the same words that the prophet Isaiah had said centuries before. You are a church...