Book of Common Prayer
Pay Your Ongoing Debt of Love
8 Be owing[a] nothing to anyone except to be loving one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law. 9 For the saying “You shall not commit-adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet” [Ex 20:13-17], and if there is any other commandment, is summed-up in this saying— in the “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” [Lev 19:18]. 10 Love does not work harm[b] to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.
Put On The Weapons of The Light, And Make No Provision For The Flesh
11 And do this knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to arise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is advanced, and the day has drawn-near. Therefore let us lay-aside[c] the works of the darkness and let us put-on the weapons[d] of the light. 13 Let us walk properly[e] as in the day[f]— not in revelries[g] and drunkenness[h], not in beds[i] and sensualities, not in strife and jealousy, 14 but put-on[j] the Lord Jesus Christ and do not be making provision[k] for the flesh, for its desires.
Jesus Waits And Prays In The Garden of Gethsemane
36 Then Jesus comes with them to a place being called Gethsemane. And He says to the disciples, “Sit here while[a] I pray, having gone there”. 37 And having taken-along Peter and the two sons[b] of Zebedee, He began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He says to them, “My soul is deeply-grieved, to the point of death. Stay here and keep-watching with Me”. 39 And having gone ahead a little, He fell on His face while praying and saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I want[c], but as You want ”. 40 And He comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping. And He says to Peter, “So were you[d] [three] not strong-enough[e] to keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 Keep watching, and be praying that[f] you may not enter into temptation[g]. The spirit is willing[h], but the flesh is weak”. 42 Again having gone away for a second time, He prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, let Your will be done”. 43 And having come, He again found them sleeping. For their eyes had been weighed-down. 44 And having left them again, having gone away, He prayed for a third time, having spoken the same thing[i] again. 45 Then He comes to the disciples and says to them, “Are you sleeping and resting[j] from-now-on[k]? Behold— the hour has drawn-near, and the Son of Man is being handed-over into the hands of sinners. 46 Arise, let us be going. Behold— the one handing Me over has drawn near”.
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