Book of Common Prayer
This Means God Is Working All Things Together Toward Our Glorification
28 And we know that all things are[a] working-together[b] for good for the ones loving God, the ones being called ones according to His purpose[c]. 29 Because whom He foreknew[d], He also predestined[e] to be similar-to-the-form of the image[f] of His Son, so that He might be firstborn[g] among many brothers. 30 And whom He predestined, these He also called[h]. And whom He called, these He also declared-righteous. And whom He declared righteous, these He also glorified[i].
So What Shall We Say To All This? If God Is For Us, Who Will Condemn Us?
31 Therefore, what shall we say to these things? If [j] God is for us, who is against us? 32 He Who indeed did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely-give[k] us all things? 33 Who will bring-a-charge against the chosen[l] ones of God? God is the One declaring-righteous! 34 Who is the one who will condemn[m]? Christ Jesus is the One having died, but more, having been raised, Who also is at the right hand of God, Who also intercedes[n] for us!
Nothing Can Separate Us From Christ’s Love; We Are Conquerors Through Him
35 What[o] shall separate us from the love of Christ? Affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 Just as it has been written [in Ps 44:22] that “For your sake we are being put-to-death the whole day. We were considered as sheep for slaughter”. 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly-conquer[p] through the One having loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present[q] nor things coming, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other creation[r] will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
My Flesh Is True Food; My Blood Is True Drink. Partake And Live Forever
52 Then the Jews were fighting with one another, saying, “How can this One give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless[a] you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves. 54 The one eating My flesh and drinking My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true[b] food, and My blood is true drink. 56 The one eating My flesh and drinking My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent Me forth, and I live because of the Father, indeed the one eating Me— that one also will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread having come down from heaven; not as the manna the fathers ate and died. The one eating this bread will live forever”. 59 He said these things in a synagogue while teaching in Capernaum.
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