Book of Common Prayer
But We Believe And Speak Because We Know God Will Raise Us Up With Jesus
13 But having the same spirit[a] of faith in accordance with the thing having been written, “I believed, therefore I spoke” [Ps 116:10]— we also believe, therefore we also speak, 14 knowing that the One having raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes— in order that grace, having increased through the more people, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
And Our Affliction Is Producing an Eternal Weight of Glory For Us In Heaven
16 Therefore we do not lose-heart. But even though our outer person is being destroyed[b], nevertheless our inner person is being renewed day in and day out. 17 For the momentary lightness of our affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory extremely beyond measure, 18 while we are not looking-for[c] the things being seen, but the things not being seen. For the things being seen are temporary, but the things not being seen are eternal. 5 1 For we know that if our earthly house— our tent[d]— is torn-down[e], we have a building[f] from God, a house not-made-by-human-hands, eternal, in the heavens.
We Do Indeed Groan In This Body And Would Prefer To Get Home To The Lord
2 For indeed in this tent we are groaning, yearning to put-on-over[g] ourselves our dwelling from heaven— 3 inasmuch[h] as we, having taken-off [i] this tent, shall not be found naked[j]. 4 For indeed we, the ones being in the tent[k], are groaning, being burdened, because we do not want to take-off [l] our earthly tent, but to put on our heavenly dwelling over it, in order that the mortal may be swallowed-up by the life. 5 And the One having made us for this very thing is God, the One having given us His pledge: the Spirit. 6 So while always being confident[m], and knowing that while being-at-home in the body we are away-from-home, from the Lord 7 (for we walk by faith, not by appearance[n])— 8 yet we are confident[o] and prefer rather to get-away-from-home, out of the body, and to get-at-home with the Lord.
Therefore We Are Ambitious To Please Him By Persuading People
9 Therefore[p] we indeed are ambitious[q] to be pleasing to Him— whether being at-home or being away-from-home. 10 For we all must appear[r] before the judgment-seat of Christ in order that each one might receive-back[s] the things done in[t] the body, in-accordance-with the things which he practiced, whether good or bad.
The Rich Man And Lazarus: What God Values Is What Matters
19 “Now there was a certain rich man. And he was dressing himself in purple and fine-linen, radiantly enjoying-himself daily. 20 And a certain poor man, Lazarus by name, had been put at his gate— having been covered-with-sores, 21 and desiring to be filled-to-satisfaction by the things falling from the table of the rich man. Even[a] indeed the dogs coming were licking his sores. 22 And it came about that the poor man died and he was carried-away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried. 23 And having lifted-up his eyes in Hades while being in torments, he sees Abraham from a-distance, and Lazarus in his bosom[b]. 24 And he, having called, said, ‘Father Abraham, have-mercy-on me and send Lazarus in order that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool-off my tongue, because I am suffering-pain in this flame’. 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus the bad things. But now, here, he is being comforted and you are suffering-pain. 26 And in all these regions, a great chasm has been fixed[c] between us and you[d], so that the ones wanting to cross from here to you are not able, nor may they cross-over from there to us’. 27 And he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, that you send him to the house of my father— 28 for I have five brothers— so that he may solemnly-warn them in order that they also might not come to this place of torment’. 29 But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen-to them’. 30 But the one said, ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent’. 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen-to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises-up from the dead’”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing