Book of Common Prayer

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God in-relation-to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, ² to Timothy, beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I Give Thanks For Your Sincere Faith, And Remind You To Rekindle The Gift of God In You

³ I have gratitude to God, Whom I have served^[a] from my ancestors^[b] with a clean conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance concerning you in my prayers by night and by day— ⁴ yearning to see you, having remembered your tears, in order that I may be filled with joy; ⁵ having received a reminder of the sincere faith in you which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. And I am convinced that it is also in you, ⁶ for which reason I am reminding you to be rekindling^[c] the gift of God which is in you through the laying-on of my hands. ⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fearfulness^[d], but of power and love and a sound-mind^[e].

Suffer Hardship With Me For The Gospel. Hold The Teachings In Faith And Love

⁸ Therefore, do not be^[f] ashamed-of the testimony of our Lord nor me His prisoner, but suffer-hardship-with me for the good-news according-to^[g] the power of God: ⁹ the One having saved us and called us with^[h] a holy calling, not according-to our works but according to His own purpose and grace— it having been given to us in Christ Jesus before eternal times ¹⁰ but now having been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus, He having abolished^[i] death and brought-to-light life and immortality through the good-news ¹¹ for which I was appointed a proclaimer and apostle and teacher, ¹² for which reason I also am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know in Whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to guard my deposit until that day. ¹³ Be holding the pattern of healthy words which you heard from me in^[j] the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.

Jesus Says The Hour For Which He Came Has Come. A Seed Must Die To Bear Fruit

²⁰ Now some of the ones going up in order that they might worship at the Feast were Greeks^[a]. ²¹ So these ones came to Philip, the one from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus”. ²² Philip comes and tells Andrew. Andrew and Philip come, and they tell Jesus. ²³ And Jesus responds to them, saying, “The hour has come for^[b] the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the seed of wheat having fallen to the earth dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. ²⁵ The one loving his life loses it, and the one hating his life in this world will keep^[c] it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves Me, let him be following Me. And where I am, there also My servant will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.