Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Pay Your Ongoing Debt of Love
8 Be owing[a] nothing to anyone except to be loving one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law. 9 For the saying “You shall not commit-adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet” [Ex 20:13-17], and if there is any other commandment, is summed-up in this saying— in the “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” [Lev 19:18]. 10 Love does not work harm[b] to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.
Put On The Weapons of The Light, And Make No Provision For The Flesh
11 And do this knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to arise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is advanced, and the day has drawn-near. Therefore let us lay-aside[c] the works of the darkness and let us put-on the weapons[d] of the light. 13 Let us walk properly[e] as in the day[f]— not in revelries[g] and drunkenness[h], not in beds[i] and sensualities, not in strife and jealousy, 14 but put-on[j] the Lord Jesus Christ and do not be making provision[k] for the flesh, for its desires.
If Your Brother Sins Against You, Seek To Restore Him
15 “But if your brother sins against you[a], go, expose[b] him between you and him alone. If he listens-to you, you gained[c] your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take-along with you one or two more in order that every word may be established based-on the mouth of two or three witnesses. And if he refuses-to-listen-to them, tell it to the church. 17 And if he even refuses[d] to listen to the church, let him be to you just like the Gentile[e] and the tax-collector[f]. 18 Truly I say to you, whatever you[g] bind[h] on earth will have been bound[i] in heaven. And whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven. 19 Again[j], truly I say to you that if two of you on earth agree concerning any matter which they may ask, it will be done for them by My Father in the heavens. 20 For[k] where two or three have been gathered-together in[l] My name, I am there in the midst of them”.
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