Book of Common Prayer

I Am Suffering To Fulfill My Stewardship of God’s Now Revealed Mystery: Christ In You

²⁴ Now I am rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling-up-in-turn^[a] the things lacking from the afflictions of Christ^[b], for the sake of His body, which is the church, ²⁵ of which I became a minister according-to^[c] the stewardship^[d] of God having been given to me for you, that I might fulfill^[e] the word of God— ²⁶ the mystery having been hidden from the past ages and from the past generations. But now it was revealed to His saints, ²⁷ to whom God willed^[f] to make-known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles— which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, ²⁸ Whom we are proclaiming, admonishing every person, and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature^[g] in Christ, ²⁹ for which^[h] I also am laboring, struggling^[i] according to His working being at-work^[j] in me with power.

I Am Struggling Greatly For an Increase In Your Assurance And Knowledge of Christ

2 For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for your sake and the ones in Laodicea, and all-who have not seen my face in the flesh, ² in order that their hearts might be encouraged— they having been brought-together^[k] in love and for^[l] all the riches of the full-assurance of understanding, for^[m] the full-knowledge of the mystery of God— Christ, ³ in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, hidden-away^[n]. ⁴ I am saying this^[o] in order that no one may be deluding you with persuasive-argument. ⁵ For even though I am absent in the flesh, nevertheless I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

So Be Walking In Christ And Established In The Faith You Were Taught

⁶ As then you received Christ Jesus the^[p] Lord, be walking in Him— ⁷ having been rooted, and being built-up in Him, and being established in the^[q] faith just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

I Am The Light of The World, To Which I And My Father Are Testifying

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one following Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of ^[a] life”. ¹³ So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself— Your testimony is not true”. ¹⁴ Jesus responded and said to them, “Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is true, because I know from where I came, and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come, or where I am going. ¹⁵ You are judging according to the flesh. I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ But even if I am judging, My judgment is true, because I am not alone— but it is I and the Father having sent Me. ¹⁷ But even in your Law, it has been written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸ I am the One testifying about Myself. And the Father having sent Me is testifying about Me”. ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would also know My Father”.