Book of Common Prayer

So My Beloved, Stand Firm In This Manner

4 So then, my beloved and yearned-for brothers, my joy and crown, be standing-firm in this manner in the Lord, beloved.

Help My Fellow-Workers To Think The Same Thing

² I exhort Euodia and I exhort Syntyche to be thinking the same^[a] thing in the Lord. ³ Yes, I ask you also, genuine comrade^[b], be helping these women who contended-together^[c] with me in connection with the good-news, along-with both Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Be Rejoicing In The Lord, Kind To All, And Praying To God

⁴ Be rejoicing in the Lord always; again I will say, be rejoicing. ⁵ Let your kindness^[d] be known to all people. The Lord is near. ⁶ Be anxious-about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgivings, let your requests be made-known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God surpassing all understanding will guard^[e] your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Be Considering And Practicing All That Is True And Commendable

⁸ Finally, brothers, be considering these things— whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are commendable, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise. ⁹ Be practicing these things which you indeed learned and received and heard and saw in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

Thank You For The Gift Epaphroditus Brought, And Your Continuing Partnership With Me

¹⁰ Now I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you revived your thinking about me— upon which^[f] indeed you were thinking, but you were lacking-opportunity. ¹¹ Not that I speak in relation to a need, for I learned to be content in the things in which I am. ¹² I indeed know-how to be humbled. I also know-how to abound. In anything and in all things, I have learned-the-secret^[g]— both to be filled-to-satisfaction and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in-need. ¹³ I can-do all things by-means-of ^[h] the One strengthening me.

²⁷ Now My soul has been troubled. And what should I say— ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this reason I came to this hour! ²⁸ Father, glorify Your name!”

Now Is The Judgment of This World. If I Am Lifted Up, I Will Draw All People To Myself

Then a voice came from heaven: “I both glorified it, and will again glorify it”. ²⁹ Then the crowd, the one standing there and having heard, was saying that thunder had taken place. Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him”. ³⁰ Jesus responded and said, “This voice has taken place not for My sake, but for your sakes. ³¹ Now is the judgment of this world! Now the ruler of this world will be cast out! ³² And if I am lifted-up^[a] from the earth, I will draw all people to Myself ”. ³³ Now He was saying this signifying by what-kind-of death He was going to die.

Believe In The Light While You Have The Light, That You May Become Sons of Light

³⁴ Then the crowd responded to Him, “We heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How indeed do You say that ‘The Son of Man must be lifted-up^[b]’? Who is this Son of Man?” ³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you for a short time longer. Be walking while you have the Light, in order that darkness may not overtake you. Indeed the one walking in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, be believing in the Light, in order that you may become sons of Light”. Jesus spoke these things, and having gone away, was hidden from them.