Book of Common Prayer

⁶ Now godliness with contentment is a means of great gain. ⁷ For we brought-in nothing to the world; it is clear that neither can we bring-out anything. ⁸ But having sustenance and coverings, with these things we shall be content. ⁹ But the ones wanting to be-rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge^[a] people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love-of-money is a root^[b] of all evils— aspiring-to which, some were led-astray^[c] from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

But You, O Man of God, Fight The Good Fight And Keep The Command Unspotted

¹¹ But you, O man of God, be fleeing these things, and be pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. ¹² Be fighting the good fight of faith. Take-hold-of eternal life, into which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. ¹³ I command you in the sight of God, the One giving-life-to all things, and Christ Jesus, the One having testified the good confession before^[d] Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that you keep the commandment unspotted, above-reproach, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which in His^[e] own times, the blessed and only Ruler will show^[f]— the King of the ones being-kings^[g] and Lord of the ones being-lords^[h], ¹⁶ the only One having immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, Whom none of mankind saw nor is able to see, to Whom be honor and eternal dominion, amen.

Command The Rich To Be Rich In Good Works And To Take Hold of Real Life

¹⁷ Be commanding the ones rich in the present age not to be-high-minded, nor to have put-hope on the uncertainty of riches, but upon God, the One richly granting us all things for enjoyment; ¹⁸ to be working-good, to be-rich in good^[i] works, to be generous, sharing ones, ¹⁹ treasuring-up for themselves a good foundation for the future^[j], in order that they may take-hold-of real life.

Guard The Deposit, Timothy

²⁰ O Timothy, guard the deposit^[k], turning-aside-from the profane empty-chatterings and opposing-arguments of the falsely-named “knowledge”— ²¹ professing which, some missed-the-mark^[l] with respect to the faith. Grace be with you^[m] all.

Jesus Teaches His Disciples Using Parables

³⁶ Then, having left the crowds, He went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Make-clear to us the parable of the darnel of the field”. ³⁷ And the One, having responded, said—

Jesus Explains The Parable of The Good And Bad Seed Sown In The Field

“The one sowing the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ And the field is the world. And the good seed— these are the sons of ^[a] the kingdom. And the darnel are the sons of the evil one. ³⁹ And the enemy having sown them is the devil. And the harvest is the conclusion of the age. And the harvesters are angels. ⁴⁰ Therefore, just as the darnel is collected and burned up with fire, so it will be at the conclusion of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will collect out of His kingdom all the causes-of-falling and the ones doing lawlessness. ⁴² And they will throw them into the furnace of ^[b] fire. In that place, there will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous ones will shine-forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let the one having ears, hear.