Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Now Don’t Be Alarmed: The Day of The Lord Has Not Yet Come
2 Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering-together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your understanding nor alarmed— neither by a spirit[a], nor by a word, nor by a letter as-if through us, how that the day of the Lord is present[b]. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not be present unless the apostasy[c] comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed[d]— the son of [e] destruction, 4 the one opposing and exalting himself over[f] everything being called god or an object-of-worship[g], so that he sits-down[h] in the temple[i] of God displaying[j] himself that he is god. 5 Do you not remember that while still being with you I was telling you these things?
But God Chose You To Be The Firstfruits of Salvation. Stand Firm And Hold On To The Truth
13 But[a] we ought to be giving-thanks to God always for you, brothers having been loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the firstfruit[b] for salvation in[c] the holiness of [d] the Spirit and faith[e] in the truth— 14 to which also He called you through our good-news, for the obtaining[f] of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, be standing-firm, and be holding-on-to the traditions which you were taught— whether by word [of mouth] or by our letter. 16 And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, the One having loved us and having given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
Sadducees Question Jesus About The Resurrection of a Wife With Seven Husbands
27 And having come to Him, some of the Sadducees— the ones denying that there is a resurrection— questioned Him, 28 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us [in Deut 25:5] that if a brother of someone dies having a wife, and this[a] one is childless, that his brother should take the wife and raise-up-from her a seed[b] for his brother. 29 So there were seven brothers. And the first, having taken a wife, died childless. 30 And the second. 31 And the third took her. And similarly, the seven also did not leave-behind children, and died. 32 Last, the woman also died. 33 The woman, therefore, at the resurrection— of which of them does she become the wife? For the seven had her as wife”. 34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of [c] this age marry and are given-in-marriage. 35 But the ones having been considered-worthy to attain[d] that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry, nor are they given-in-marriage. 36 For they are not even still able to die, for they are angel-like[e]. And they are sons[f] of God, being sons of [g] the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed[h] at the bush [in Ex 3:16]— when he calls the Lord the ‘God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob’. 38 Now He is not God of dead ones, but of living ones. For to Him all are alive”.
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