Book of Common Prayer

¹¹ Therefore knowing the fear^[a] of the Lord, we are persuading^[b] people.

Now Our Heart Has Been Made Known To God, And I Hope To You. Boast In Us

Now^[c] we have been made known to God. And I hope that we also have been made known in your consciences. ¹² We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity for a boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart. ¹³ For if we lost-our-senses, it is for God! If we are sound-minded, it is for you!

For The Love of Christ Controls Us As We Live a New Life For Him

¹⁴ For the love of ^[d] Christ controls^[e] us, we having determined this— that One died for all, therefore all died. ¹⁵ And He died for all so that the ones living might no longer be living for themselves, but for the One having died and been raised for them. ¹⁶ So then from now on, we regard^[f] no one based-on^[g] the flesh^[h]. Even though we have known Christ based on the flesh, nevertheless now we no longer are knowing Him thus. ¹⁷ So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation^[i]. The old things passed-away; behold, new things have come-into-being^[j].

And God Gave Us This Ministry of Reconciliation As His Ambassadors

¹⁸ And all things are from God, the One having reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and having given us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹ how that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself— not counting their trespasses against them, and^[k] having placed the message of reconciliation in us. ²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, since^[l] God is appealing through us.

We Are Begging People To Be Reconciled To God...

We are begging^[m] on behalf of Christ: “Be reconciled to God! ²¹ He made the One not having known sin to be sin for us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”...

Two Disciples Jockey For Position In The Kingdom. He Says, It Is Not Mine To Give

³⁵ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approach Him, saying to Him, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask You”. ³⁶ And the One said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” ³⁷ And the ones said to Him, “Grant to us that we may sit one on Your right side and one on the left side in Your glory”. ³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I drink, or to be baptized the baptism which I am baptized?” ³⁹ And the ones said to Him, “We are able”. And Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup which I drink. And you will be baptized the baptism which I am baptized. ⁴⁰ But the sitting on My right side or on the left side is not Mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared”.

Whoever Wants To Be First Shall Be Your Slave. Even I Came To Serve

⁴¹ And having heard-of it, the ten began to be indignant about James and John. ⁴² And having summoned them, Jesus says to them, “You know that the ones having-the-reputation-of ^[a] being rulers of the Gentiles are lording-over^[b] them, and their great ones are exercising-authority-over^[c] them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many”.