Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Christ Set Us Free, So Stand Firm In Faith. If You Pursue The Law, Christ Will Not Profit You
5 Christ set us free for freedom. Therefore be standing-firm, and do not again be held-in[a] a yoke of slavery.
Use Your Freedom To Serve One Another In Love, Not As an Opportunity For The Flesh
13 For you were called for freedom, brothers, only do not use the freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but be serving one another through love. 14 For the whole Law has been fulfilled in one saying— in the “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” [Lev 19:18]. 15 But if you are biting and devouring one another, watch out that you may not be consumed by one another!
Walk By The Spirit And You Will Not Fulfill The Flesh’s Desires Or Be Under The Law
16 And I say— be walking by the Spirit and you will never[a] fulfill[b] the desire of [c] the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh. For these are contrary[d] to one another in-order-that you might not be doing these[e] things which you may be wanting. 18 But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
Those Who Practice The Works of The Flesh Will Not Inherit God’s Kingdom
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are sexual-immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, rages[f], selfish-interests, dissentions, factions, 21 envy[g], drunkenness, revelries, and the things like these— as to which things I tell you beforehand, just as I said-before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Those In Christ Crucified The Flesh And Bear The Fruit of Living By The Spirit
22 But the fruit of [h] the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 And the ones of [i] Christ Jesus crucified the flesh, with its passions and desires. 25 If we are living by the Spirit, let us also be walking-in-line[j] with the Spirit.
Jesus Sets His Course For Jerusalem
51 Now it came about during the days of [a] His ascension being fulfilled, that He set His face[b] that He might proceed to Jerusalem.
Jesus Sends Messengers Ahead To Samaria. They Are Not Welcomed
52 And He sent out messengers ahead of His presence. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans so-as to prepare for Him. 53 And they did not welcome Him, because His face was going toward Jerusalem. 54 And the disciples having seen it, James and John said, “Lord, do You want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55 But having turned, He rebuked them. 56 And they proceeded to another village.
Jesus Says Follow Me Now, Unbound By Earthly Concerns
57 And while they were proceeding on the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go”. 58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have a place where He may lay His head”. 59 And He said to another, “Be following Me”. But the one said, “Master, permit me, having gone, to first bury[c] my father”. 60 But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead. But you, having gone, be proclaiming the kingdom of God”. 61 And another also said, “I will follow You, Master. But first permit me to say-good-bye to the ones in my house”. 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one having put his hand on the plow and looking to the things behind[d] is fit[e] for the kingdom of God”.
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