Book of Common Prayer
For This Reason I Pray For You To Know The Love of Christ And The Fullness of God
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from Whom the whole[a] family in the heavens and on earth is named, 16 asking that He might grant to you in accordance with the riches of His glory that you be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner person 17 so-that[b] Christ may dwell[c] in your hearts through faith, 18 in-order-that[d] you, having[e] been rooted and founded in love, might be strong-enough[f] to grasp[g] together-with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ surpassing knowledge, in-order-that[h] you might be filled to all the fullness of God.
To God Be The Glory
20 Now to the One being able to do super-abundantly beyond all of the things which we ask or think[i] according to the power being at-work[j] in us— 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all generations forever and ever, amen.
Jesus Calls His Followers To Set Aside Earthly Goals And Limitations
18 Now Jesus, having seen a crowd around Him, gave-orders to depart to the other side. 19 And having come to Him, one scribe said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go”. 20 And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have[a] a place where He may lay His head”. 21 And another of His disciples said to Him, “Master, permit me first to go and bury[b] my father”. 22 But Jesus says to him, “Be following Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead”.
Even The Winds And Sea Obey Jesus
23 And He having gotten into the boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And behold— a great shaking took place in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves. But He was sleeping. 25 And having gone to Him, they woke Him, saying, “Master, save us. We are perishing”. 26 And He says to them, “Why are you afraid, ones of-little-faith?” Then having arisen, He rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm. 27 And the men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this One, that[c] even[d] the winds and the sea obey Him?”
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