Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Blessed Be The God Who Has Blessed Us In Christ With Every Spiritual Blessing
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One having blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ—
In Christ And By Grace He Chose Us To Be Holy, And Predestined Us For Adoption
4 ... even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we might be holy and without-blemish in His presence, in[a] love 5 having predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ to Himself according-to[b] the good-pleasure of His will, 6 for the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously-bestowed-on us in the Beloved[c] One,
In Christ And By Grace He Redeemed Us And Revealed The Mystery of His Will To Us
7 ... in[d] Whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He caused-to-abound to us, in[e] all wisdom and understanding 9 having made-known to us the mystery of His will according to His good-pleasure, which He purposed in Himself [f] 10 for a stewardship[g] of [h] the fullness of times, that He might sum-up[i] all things in Christ— the things at the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him,
In Christ He Predestined Us For an Inheritance
11 ... in Whom also we were allotted an inheritance[j], having been predestined[k] according to the purpose[l] of the One working all things in accordance with the counsel[m] of His will 12 so-that we, the ones having previously-hoped[n] in the[o] Christ, might be for the praise of His glory,
In Christ He Sealed Us With The Holy Spirit As a Pledge of Our Inheritance
13 ... in Whom also you— having heard the word of truth, the good-news of your salvation, in which[p] also having put-faith— you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 Who is a pledge of our inheritance until the [final] redemption of His possession[q] for the praise of His glory.
Herod Hears of Jesus And Thinks John The Baptist Arose From The Dead
14 And King Herod[a] heard [of Him], for His name became known. And they[b] were saying that “John, the one baptizing, has arisen from the dead. And for this reason the miraculous-powers[c] are at-work in Him”. 15 And others were saying that “He is Elijah”. And others were saying that “He is a prophet like one of the [former] prophets”. 16 But having heard, Herod was saying, “John whom I beheaded— this one arose”.
For Herod Had Beheaded John The Baptist
17 For Herod himself, having sent out men, seized John and bound[d] him in prison because of Herodias[e], the wife of Philip his brother— because he married her. 18 For John was saying to Herod that “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother”. 19 And Herodias was hostile[f] to him and wanting to kill him, and was not being able. 20 For Herod was fearing John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. And he was protecting him. And having heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and-yet he was listening-to him with-pleasure. 21 And an opportune[g] day having come about when Herod, for his birthday-celebrations, made a banquet for his princes[h] and the commanders[i] and the leading[j] ones of Galilee, 22 and his[k] daughter Herodias[l] having come in and danced— she pleased Herod, and the ones reclining-back-with him [to eat]. The king said to the girl[m], “Ask me whatever you wish and I will give it to you”. 23 And he swore-with-an-oath to her solemnly, “Whatever thing you ask me, I will give it to you— up to half of my kingdom”. 24 And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What should I ask-for?” And the one said, “The head of John, the one baptizing”. 25 And having immediately gone in with haste to the king, she asked, saying “I want you to give me at-once on a platter the head of John the Baptist”. 26 And the king, having become deeply-grieved, did not want to reject her because of the oaths and the ones reclining-back [to eat]. 27 And immediately having sent-out an executioner[n], the king commanded him to bring his head. And having gone, he beheaded him in the prison. 28 And he brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother. 29 And his disciples, having heard-of it, came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
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