[lightman]

Much as I despise the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) for its anti-military, revisionist tendencies (such as removing Romans 13:1-10), on this one--and probably only on this one--the ecumenical committee got it right. The pericope will be Romans 6:1b-11, and, as I understand it, the RCL will soon be adopted by ECUSA.

What is really perplexing is how the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship appointed the 6:1b-11 version of the pericope when the 1979 BCP did not. In many other aspects these two worship books are very parallel.

[Credo]

I think Romans 1:26-27 is missing too.