Book of Common Prayer

But We Believe And Speak Because We Know God Will Raise Us Up With Jesus

¹³ But having the same spirit^[a] of faith in accordance with the thing having been written, “I believed, therefore I spoke” [Ps 116:10]— we also believe, therefore we also speak, ¹⁴ knowing that the One having raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present us with you. ¹⁵ For all things are for your sakes— in order that grace, having increased through the more people, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

And Our Affliction Is Producing an Eternal Weight of Glory For Us In Heaven

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose-heart. But even though our outer person is being destroyed^[b], nevertheless our inner person is being renewed day in and day out. ¹⁷ For the momentary lightness of our affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory extremely beyond measure, ¹⁸ while we are not looking-for^[c] the things being seen, but the things not being seen. For the things being seen are temporary, but the things not being seen are eternal.

Blind Bartimaeus Calls Upon The Messiah To Heal Him

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And while He and His disciples and a considerable crowd are proceeding-out from Jericho, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road. ⁴⁷ And having heard that it was Jesus from-Nazareth, he began to cry-out and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have-mercy-on me”. ⁴⁸ And many were rebuking him in order that he might keep-silent. But the one was crying-out by much more, “Son of David, have mercy on me”. ⁴⁹ And having stopped, Jesus said, “Call him”. And they call the blind one, saying to him, “Take-courage, arise, He is calling you!” ⁵⁰ And the one, having thrown-off his cloak, having jumped-up, came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And having responded to him, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind one said to Him, “Rabboni^[a]— that I may see-again!” ⁵² And Jesus said to him, “Go. Your faith has restored^[b] you”. And immediately he saw-again. And he was following Him on the road.