Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Be Loving, Pure, and Content
13 Let brotherly-love continue. 2 Do not be forgetting hospitality, for through this some having entertained[a] angels did not know it. 3 Remember[b] the prisoners, as-though having been imprisoned-with them; the ones being mistreated, as-though[c] also yourselves being in their body. 4 Let marriage be[d] honored[e] by all[f], and the bed undefiled. For God will judge the sexually-immoral-ones and adulterers. 5 Let character be without-love-of-money, being content with the present things. For He Himself has said [in Deut 31:6] “I will never[g] let you go[h], nor will I by any means forsake[i] you”, 6 so that while being confident we say “The Lord is a helper for me and I will not fear. What[j] will a human do to me?” [Ps 118:6].
Imitate The Faith of Your Leaders. Do Not Be Carried Away By Strange Teachings
7 Remember the ones leading you, who spoke the word of God to you, whose faith[k] be imitating while looking-carefully-at the result[l] of their way-of-life[m]. 8 Jesus[n] Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried-away[o] by various[p] and strange[q] teachings. For it is good for the heart to be established[r] by grace, not by foods in-connection-with[s] which the ones walking were not profited.
We Have a Spiritual Altar. Let Us Go Out And Offer Sacrifices of Praise
10 We have an altar[t] from which the ones serving[u] in the tabernacle have no right[v] to eat. 11 For of animals from which the blood is brought into the Holies by the high priest for sin— the bodies of these are burned-up[w] outside of the camp. 12 Therefore[x] Jesus also, in order that He might make the people holy with His own blood, suffered outside[y] of the gate. 13 So-indeed[z], let us go-out[aa] to Him outside of the camp, bearing His reproach. 14 For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking-for the one coming. 15 Therefore through Him let us be continually offering a sacrifice of [ab] praise to God— that is, the fruit of lips praising[ac] His name. 16 And do not be forgetting good-doing and sharing. For with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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