Book of Common Prayer

I Am Writing So You Will Know How To Conduct Yourself In The Church

¹⁴ I am writing these things to you hoping to come to you quickly, ¹⁵ but in-case I am slow^[a], in order that you may know how you ought-to conduct-yourself ^[b] in the household of God— which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support^[c] of the truth.

God Was Revealed In The Flesh, But Some Will Depart From The Faith And Good Teaching

¹⁶ And the mystery of godliness is confessedly great: Who^[d] was revealed^[e] in the flesh, was declared-righteous^[f] in the spirit^[g]; was seen^[h] by messengers^[i], was proclaimed among the nations; was believed in the world, was taken-up in glory. 4 ¹ But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart^[j] from the faith, paying-attention-to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons ² by means of the hypocrisy of liars having been seared as to their own conscience— ³ forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which God created for a receiving with thanksgiving by the ones who are believers and know^[k] the truth. ⁴ Because every creature of God is good. And nothing being received with thanksgiving is to be rejected, ⁵ for it is sanctified^[l] by the word of God and prayer. ⁶ While pointing-out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, while being nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which you have closely-followed. ⁷ But be declining^[m] the profane^[n] and old-womanish myths.

But You Be Training Yourself For Godliness In Your Character And Teaching

But be training^[o] yourself for godliness. ⁸ For bodily training is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable for all things— having promise for the present life and the one coming. ⁹ The saying is trustworthy and worthy of full acceptance. ¹⁰ For we are laboring and struggling^[p] for this^[q], because we have put our hope upon the living God, Who is the Savior of all people— especially of believers.

It Is Hard For The Rich To Enter. But All Who Leave Anything Will Inherit More

²³ And having looked around, Jesus says to His disciples, “How difficultly the ones having wealth^[a] will enter into the kingdom of God”. ²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus, having responded again, says to them, “Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ It is easier that a camel go through the hole of the needle^[b] than^[c] that a rich one enter into the kingdom of God”. ²⁶ And the ones were even more astounded, saying to themselves, “Who indeed can be saved?” ²⁷ Having looked at them, Jesus says, “With humans it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God”. ²⁸ Peter began to say to Him, “Behold— we left everything, and have followed You”. ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of Me and for the sake of the good-news ³⁰ except he receive^[d] a hundred-fold now in this time— houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along-with persecutions— and in the coming age, eternal life. ³¹ But many first ones will be last, and the last ones, first”.