Book of Common Prayer
17 But you, beloved, remember the words having been spoken-beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ— 18 that they were saying to you that “In the last time there will be mockers proceeding in accordance with their own desires of [a] ungodliness”.
But You, Beloved, Keep Yourselves In The Love of God
19 These ones are the ones causing-divisions[b]— natural ones, not having the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, while building-up yourselves on[c] your most holy faith, while praying in[d] the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God while waiting-for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22 And be having-mercy-on[e] some doubting[f] ones. 23 And be saving[g] others, snatching them out of the fire. And be having-mercy-on others with fear while hating even the tunic[h] having been stained by the flesh.
24 Now to the One being able to keep[i] you from-stumbling[j] and to make you stand in the presence of His glory without-blemish with gladness[k], 25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before[l] every age, and now, and for[m] all ages, amen.
In The Fifteenth Year of Tiberius, John Is Sent Out By God
3 Now in the fifteenth[a] year of the government of Tiberius[b] Caesar— Pontius Pilate[c] being-governor of Judea, and Herod[d] being-tetrarch[e] of Galilee, and Philip[f] his brother being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in-the-time-of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas— the word of God came to[g] John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.
John Proclaims a Baptism of Repentance, In Fulfillment of Isaiah
3 And he went into all the surrounding-region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4 as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet [in Isa 40:3-5], “A voice of one shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; be making His paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled and every mountain and hill will be made-low. And the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough will become smooth paths. 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God’”. 7 Therefore he was saying to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers— who showed[h] you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say within[i] yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’. For I say to you that God is able to raise-up children for Abraham from these stones! 9 And indeed the axe is already lying[j] at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire”.
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