Three-Year Lectionary
Study the appointed readings, prayers and resources for Series A, Series B and Series C through the Church Year.
January 24, 2027
See TodaySt. Timothy
Three-Year Lectionary · Series B
- First Reading
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Acts 16:1–5 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Psalm
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Psalm 71:15–24 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Epistle
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1 Tim. 6:11–16 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Gospel
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Matt. 24:42–47 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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St. Timothy
Three-Year Lectionary · Series B
About this service
St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor
Our Master, Jesus Christ, “is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matt. 24:44). He sets the servants of His Word as the watchmen and overseers of His household (Matt. 24:45). He commands them to keep, guard and “fight the good fight of the faith” entrusted to them (1 Tim. 6:12), “each according to his ability” (Matt. 25:15). Just as Christ “made the good confession” before Pilate (1 Tim. 6:13), so His servants stand before the Church and the world, and by their preaching the Lord strengthens faith and grants increase to His Church (Acts 16:5), the “pillar and buttress of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). St. Timothy, Paul’s friend and son in the faith, is an example of such a faithful and wise servant, set over the household of God in Ephesus to nourish in “righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness” (1 Tim. 6:11). The Lord still appoints men like Timothy to bear fruit that will abide (John 15:16), so that the whole household may confess and bear witness to the One “who gives life to all things” (1 Tim. 6:13).
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Hymn of the Day
LSB 682 God of the Prophets, Bless the Prophets’ Sons
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