Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ Grace charis to you hymeis and kai peace eirēnē from apo God theos our hēmeis Father patēr and kai the Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos.

⁴ I am always pantote giving eucharisteō thanks to ho my egō God theos for peri you hymeis because epi of the ho grace charis of ho God theos that ho was given didōmi to you hymeis in en Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous, ⁵ that hoti in en every pas way you were enriched ploutizō in en him autos in en all pas speech logos and kai all pas knowledge gnōsis— ⁶ just kathōs as the ho testimony martyrion about ho Christ Christos was confirmed bebaioō among en you hymeis— ⁷ so hōste that you hymeis do not mē lack hystereō in en any mēdeis spiritual charisma gift as you wait apekdechomai for the ho revealing apokalypsis of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos. ⁸ He hos · kai will keep bebaioō you hymeis steadfast to heōs the end telos, guiltless anenklētos in en the ho day hēmera of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos. ⁹ God theos is faithful pistos, · ho by dia whom hos you were called kaleō into eis fellowship koinōnia with ho his autos Son hyios, Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios.

²⁴ But alla in en those ekeinos · ho days hēmera, after meta · ho that ekeinos tribulation thlipsis, the ho sun hēlios will be darkened, and kai the ho moon selēnē will not ou give didōmi · ho its autos light phengos, ²⁵ and kai the ho stars astēr will be eimi falling piptō from ek · ho heaven ouranos, and kai the ho powers dynamis · ho in en the ho heavens ouranos will be shaken saleuō. ²⁶ And kai then tote they will see horaō the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos coming erchomai in en clouds nephelē, with meta great polys power dynamis and kai glory doxa. ²⁷ And kai at tote that time he will send apostellō his ho angels angelos, and kai will gather episynagō · ho his autos elect eklektos from ek the ho four tessares winds anemos, from apo the ends akron of the earth gē to heōs the ends akron of heaven ouranos.

²⁸ “ Now de from apo the ho fig sykē tree learn manthanō its ho parable parabolē: As soon as hotan · ho its autos bough klados becomes ginomai tender hapalos and kai puts ekphyō out its ho leaves phyllon, you know ginōskō that hoti summer theros is eimi near engys. · ho ²⁹ So houtōs also kai, when hotan you hymeis see these houtos things taking ginomai place , you know ginōskō that hoti he is eimi near engys, at epi the gates thura. ³⁰ I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, this houtos generation genea will not ou mē pass parerchomai away · ho until mechri hos all pas these houtos things begin to take place ginomai. ³¹ · ho Heaven ouranos and kai · ho earth gē will pass away parerchomai, · ho but de my egō words logos will never ou mē pass away parerchomai. ³² But de of peri · ho that ekeinos day hēmera or ē · ho hour hōra no oudeis one knows oida, neither oude the ho angels angelos in en heaven ouranos, nor oude the ho Son hyios, but only ei the ho Father patēr. ³³ Watch blepō out , be alert agrypneō, for gar you do not ou know oida when pote the ho time kairos will come eimi. ³⁴ It is like hōs a man anthrōpos going on a journey apodēmos. He left aphiēmi · ho his autos home oikia and kai gave didōmi authority exousia to ho his autos servants, · ho to each hekastos one · ho his autos work ergon, and kai he ordered entellō the ho doorkeeper thurōros to hina stay grēgoreō alert . ³⁵ So oun stay grēgoreō alert — for gar you do not ou know oida when pote the ho master kyrios of the ho house oikia will return erchomai, whether ē in the evening opse, or ē at midnight mesonyktion, or ē at cock alektorophōnia crowing , or ē toward daybreak prōi— ³⁶ lest mē coming erchomai suddenly exaiphnēs he should find heuriskō you hymeis sleeping katheudō. ³⁷ And de what hos I say legō to you hymeis, I say legō to all pas: Stay grēgoreō alert !”