Book of Common Prayer
You Are Blessed If You Suffer For Righteousness
13 And who is the one who will do you evil[a] if you become zealots[b] for good? 14 But even though you might be suffering[c] for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed[d] ones!
Make Christ Lord In Your Heart As You Suffer For Doing Good
But do not fear their fear[e], nor be disturbed, 15 but set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts, being ready always for a defense to everyone asking you a reason for the hope in you, 16 but with gentleness and fear[f], having a good conscience in order that in what you are spoken-against[g], the ones maligning your good conduct in Christ may be put-to-shame. 17 For it is better to be suffering while doing-good, if the will of God should [so] will it, than while doing-evil.
Because Christ Himself Suffered To Bring Us To God, And Is Now Glorified By God
18 Because Christ also suffered once-for-all for sins— a righteous One for unrighteous ones— in order that He might bring you to God, having been put-to-death in the flesh but made-alive[h] by the Spirit[i],
19 ... by Whom[j] also[k] having gone, He proclaimed[l] to the spirits[m] in prison— 20 ones having disobeyed formerly when the patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared,
... in which a few (that is, eight souls) were brought-safely through the water,
21 ... which[n] also as to you a corresponding-thing[o] now saves— baptism (not a putting-off [p] of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal[q] to God for[r] a good conscience) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 ... Who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him.
Therefore Arm Yourselves With The Same Intention
4 Therefore, Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm-yourselves with the same intention[s]. Because the one having suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for[t] the desires of humans, but for[u] the will of God. 3 For the time having passed is enough for you to have worked-out the will of the Gentiles, having walked in sensualities, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking-parties and unlawful idolatries, 4 in connection with which they are thinking-it-strange that you are not running-with them into the same excess[v] of wild-living, while they continue blaspheming— 5 who shall render an account to the One being ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For to this end it[w] was announced-as-good-news even to the dead[x]: that they might be judged according-to[y] people in the flesh[z], but be living according to God in the spirit[aa].
Jesus Predicts His Death And Resurrection For The Third Time
17 And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took aside the twelve disciples privately and said to them on the road, 18 “Behold— we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be handed-over to the chief priests and scribes. And they will condemn Him to death, 19 and will hand Him over to the Gentiles so that they might mock and whip and crucify Him. And He will be raised on the third day”.
Two Disciples Jockey For Position In The Kingdom. Jesus Says, It Is Not Mine To Give
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons[a], prostrating-herself and asking something from Him. 21 And the One said to her, “What do you want?” She says to Him, “Say that these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right side and one on Your left side in Your kingdom”. 22 But having responded, Jesus said, “You[b] do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink?” They say to Him, “We are able”. 23 He says to them, “You will drink My cup— but the sitting on My right side and on the left side, this is not Mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by My Father”.
Whoever Wants To Be First Shall Be Your Slave. Even I Came To Serve
24 And having heard-of it, the ten were indignant about the two brothers. 25 But Jesus, having summoned them, said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles are lording-over[c] them, and the great ones are exercising-authority-over[d] them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you shall be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many”.
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