Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for January 18, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Second Sunday after the Epiphany; Roman Catholic keeps Second Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonSecond Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Jan 18 | Roman CatholicSecond Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Jan 18 | LSB Three-YearSecond Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Jan 18 | Historic One-YearThe Second Sunday after the EpiphanyOne-year · Jan 18 |
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| Gospel3 of 4 read John 1 | John 1:29-42 | John 1:29-34 | John 1:29-42a | John 2:1-11 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Corinthians 1 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | Ephesians 5:22-33or Romans 12:6-16 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 49 | Isaiah 49:1-7 | Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 | Isaiah 49:1-7 | Exodus 33:12-23or Amos 9:11-15 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 40 | Psalm 40:1-11 | Psalm 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (8a, 9a) | Psalm 40:1-11 | Psalm 67or Psalm 111 |
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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