Book of Common Prayer

Yield To Your Leaders

¹⁷ Be obeying^[a] the ones leading you and be yielding^[b], for they are keeping-watch for your souls as ones who will render an account— in order that they may be doing this with joy, and not while groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Pray For Us

¹⁸ Be praying for us. For we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, wanting to conduct-ourselves well^[c] in all^[d] things. ¹⁹ And I especially appeal-to you to do this in order that I may be restored to you sooner.

May God Prepare You To Do His Will

²⁰ Now may the God of peace— the One having brought-up from the dead the Great Shepherd of the sheep in-connection-with^[e] the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus— ²¹ prepare^[f] you in every good thing so that you may do His will, while doing in us the pleasing thing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to Whom be the glory forever and ever, amen.

²² Now I exhort you, brothers, bear-with the word of exhortation. For indeed I wrote-to you with a few^[g] words. ²³ Take-notice-of ^[h] our brother Timothy having been released^[i], with whom if he comes quicker^[j], I will see you. ²⁴ Greet all the ones leading you and all the saints. The ones from Italy greet you. ²⁵ Grace be with you all.

⁵³ And^[a] each one went to his house, 8 ¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

The Pharisees Bring Jesus a Woman Caught In Adultery

² Now at dawn, He again arrived in the temple. And all the people were coming to Him. And having sat-down, He was teaching them. ³ And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman having been caught in adultery. And having stood her in the middle, ⁴ they say to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the-act, while committing-adultery. ⁵ Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to be stoning such women^[b]. What then do You say?” ⁶ Now they were saying this testing Him, in order that they might have grounds to be accusing Him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing in the ground with His finger. ⁷ But as they were continuing-on asking Him, He straightened-up and said to them, “Let the sinless one among you throw a stone at her first”. ⁸ And again having stooped-down, He was writing in the ground. ⁹ And the ones, having heard it, were going out one by one, beginning from the older ones. And He was left-behind alone, and the woman being in the middle. ¹⁰ And Jesus, having straightened up, said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” ¹¹ And the one said, “No one, Sir”. And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn^[c] you. Go. And from now on, do not be sinning any longer”.