Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ For gar what tis thanksgiving eucharistia can we dynamai return antapodidōmi to ho God theos for peri you hymeis, for epi all pas the ho joy chara with which hos we rejoice chairō before emprosthen our hēmeis God theos because dia of you hymeis? · ho ¹⁰ Night nyx and kai day hēmera we pray deomai most earnestly hyperekperissou that eis we may see your hymeis · ho face prosōpon and kai supply katartizō what ho is lacking hysterēma in ho your hymeis faith pistis.

¹¹ Now de may · ho our hēmeis God theos and kai Father patēr himself autos, and kai · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous, direct kateuthunō · ho our hēmeis way hodos to pros you hymeis. ¹² And de may the ho Lord kyrios cause you hymeis to increase pleonazō and kai abound perisseuō in ho love agapē for eis one another allēlōn and kai for eis all pas, even as kathaper · kai we hēmeis do for eis you hymeis, ¹³ so as to eis establish stērizō your hymeis · ho hearts kardia blameless amemptos in en holiness hagiōsynē before emprosthen · ho our hēmeis God theos and kai Father patēr, at en the ho coming parousia of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous with meta all pas · ho his autos saints hagios.

²⁵ · kai “ There will be eimi signs sēmeion in en the sun hēlios and kai moon selēnē and kai stars astron; and kai on epi the ho earth gē distress synochē among nations ethnos confused aporia by the roaring ēchos and kai surging salos of the sea thalassa; ²⁶ people anthrōpos fainting apopsychō with apo fear phobos and kai foreboding prosdokia of what ho is coming eperchomai on the ho world oikoumenē. For gar the ho powers dynamis of the ho heavens ouranos will be shaken saleuō. ²⁷ And kai then tote they will see horaō the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos coming erchomai on en a cloud nephelē with meta power dynamis and kai great polys glory doxa. ²⁸ Now de when these things houtos begin archō to happen ginomai, straighten anakyptō yourselves up and kai raise epairō · ho your hymeis heads kephalē, because dioti your hymeis deliverance apolytrōsis is drawing engizō near .” · ho

²⁹ And kai he told legō them autos a parable parabolē: “Look at the ho fig sykē tree , and kai all pas the ho trees dendron. ³⁰ When hotan they have already ēdē put proballō forth their leaves, you see blepō for apo yourselves heautou and know ginōskō that hoti summer theros is eimi already ēdē near engys. · ho ³¹ So houtōs also kai you hymeis, when hotan you see these houtos things happening ginomai, will know ginōskō that hoti the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos is eimi near engys. ³² I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, that hoti this houtos generation genea will by no means ou have passed parerchomai away · ho before heōs an all pas things have happened ginomai. ³³ · ho Heaven ouranos and kai · ho earth gē will pass parerchomai away , · ho but de my egō words logos will not ou mē pass parerchomai away .

³⁴ “ But de watch prosechō yourselves heautou lest mēpote your hymeis minds kardia be dulled bareō · ho by en dissipation kraipalē and kai drunkenness methē and kai the anxieties merimna of this life biōtikos, and kai that ekeinos day hēmera close ephistēmi down upon epi you hymeis suddenly aiphnidios, · ho ³⁵ like hōs a trap pagis. For gar it will come epeiserchomai upon epi all pas those ho who live kathēmai on epi the face prosōpon of the ho whole pas earth gē. ³⁶ Be alert agrypneō · de at en all pas times kairos, praying deomai that hina you may have strength katischuō to escape ekpheugō all pas these houtos things that ho will mellō take ginomai place , and kai to stand histēmi before emprosthen the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos.”