Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

But You, O Man of God, Fight The Good Fight And Keep The Command Unspotted

¹¹ But you, O man of God, be fleeing these things, and be pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. ¹² Be fighting the good fight of faith. Take-hold-of eternal life, into which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. ¹³ I command you in the sight of God, the One giving-life-to all things, and Christ Jesus, the One having testified the good confession before^[a] Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that you keep the commandment unspotted, above-reproach, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which in His^[b] own times, the blessed and only Ruler will show^[c]— the King of the ones being-kings^[d] and Lord of the ones being-lords^[e], ¹⁶ the only One having immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, Whom none of mankind saw nor is able to see, to Whom be honor and eternal dominion, amen.

Command The Rich To Be Rich In Good Works And To Take Hold of Real Life

¹⁷ Be commanding the ones rich in the present age not to be-high-minded, nor to have put-hope on the uncertainty of riches, but upon God, the One richly granting us all things for enjoyment; ¹⁸ to be working-good, to be-rich in good^[f] works, to be generous, sharing ones, ¹⁹ treasuring-up for themselves a good foundation for the future^[g], in order that they may take-hold-of real life.

Guard The Deposit, Timothy

²⁰ O Timothy, guard the deposit^[h], turning-aside-from the profane empty-chatterings and opposing-arguments of the falsely-named “knowledge”— ²¹ professing which, some missed-the-mark^[i] with respect to the faith. Grace be with you^[j] all.