COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
The Ten Commandments. While assembled at Mount Sinai, the Israelites are given the Decalogue by Yahweh through Moses. These ten absolutes are not independent. They are related to the Mosaic covenant. First came grace in terms of God's deliverance from Egypt and by his promise to take them to a Promised Land. The laws are given for the people's part or response to the covenant.

Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7
God's judgment upon his people for their failure to produce proper fruit.

Epistle: Philippians 3:4b-21
Forgetting the past, Paul pressed on toward the goal of Christ and lives an example to be followed. Prior to this pericope, Paul defends himself as a Christian of the first order through the mercies of God. Yet, he does not think he h…