Book of Common Prayer

So We Don’t Lose Heart In This Ministry Or Its Reception; God Is Shining Through Us

4 For this reason, having this ministry even-as^[a] we received-mercy, we do not lose-heart. ² But we renounced the hidden things of ^[b] shame, not walking in craftiness^[c], nor handling-deceitfully^[d] the word of God, but by the open-disclosure of the truth, commending^[e] ourselves to every conscience of mankind^[f] in the sight of God. ³ And if indeed our good-news is veiled, it is veiled in the ones perishing, ⁴ in whose case the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelievers so that they might not see^[g] the illumination of the good-news of the glory of Christ— Who is the image of God. ⁵ For we are not proclaiming ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus, ⁶ because God, the One having said “Light will shine out of darkness”, is He Who shined in our hearts for^[h] the illumination of ^[i] the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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.