Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Since You Were Raised With Christ, Be Seeking His Things

3 If then you were raised-with Christ, be seeking the things above where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. ² Be thinking^[a] the things above, not the things upon the earth. ³ For you died, and your life has been hidden^[b] with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ appears— your life— then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Put To Death The Practices of The Old Person And Put On The New Person

⁵ Therefore, put-to-death your body-part things^[c] on earth— sexual-immorality, impurity, passion^[d], evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry— ⁶ because of which things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of ^[e] disobedience, ⁷ in which^[f] things you also formerly walked when you were living in these things. ⁸ But now you also, lay-aside all these things— wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, filthy-language^[g] from your mouth; ⁹ do not be lying to one another— having stripped-off the old person with his practices, ¹⁰ and having put-on the new person being renewed to knowledge in-accordance-with the image of the One having created him, ¹¹ where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian^[h], Scythian^[i], slave, free, but Christ is all things and in all persons.

Life Is Not In What Abounds To You From Your Possessions. Be Rich Toward God

¹³ And someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me”. ¹⁴ But the One said to him, “Man, who appointed Me judge or arbitrator over you?” ¹⁵ And He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves from all greed, because one’s life is not in what abounds to him out of his possessions”. ¹⁶ And He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The land of a certain rich man was productive. ¹⁷ And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What should I do, because I do not have a place where I will gather my fruits?’ ¹⁸ And he said, ‘I will do this— I will tear-down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will gather all my grain and good things. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things lying-in-store for many years. Be resting. Eat, drink. Be enjoying-yourself ”’. ²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Foolish one! On this night they^[a] are demanding your life^[b] from you. And the things which you prepared— for whom will they be?’ ²¹ So is the one storing-up for himself, and not being rich toward God”.