“Whilk oʼ thae twa did his faitherʼs wull?” They say till him, “The first ane.” Jesus says to them, “Truly say I tʼye, that the tax‐men and the harlots gang intil the Kingdom oʼ Heeven afore ye!
And no to be conform to this warld, but to be transformed by the renewin oʼ yere mind, that ye may pit to the prufe what is Godʼs gude, and perfete, and acceptable wull.
Sae than, my brethren, ye too war brocht to death throwe the body oʼ Christ; to the end ye micht become anitherʼs — his wha was raised frae the deid; that we soud bring forth frute to God.
Wiʼ wham eʼen we oorsels had oor life at ae time iʼ the fainness oʼ the flesh, obeyin the craikins oʼ the flesh and oʼ the thochts; and war bairns oʼ wrath by natur, eʼen as war the lave.
And for this, we oorsels, frae what day we heard it, cease‐na prayer and seekin, that ye may be filled wiʼ the fuʼ knowledge oʼ his wull, in aʼ wisdom and spiritual discernment;
Epaphras salutes ye, wha is frae ʼmang ye, a servitor oʼ Jesus Christ: at aʼ times warslin in yere behauf in prayer, that ye may be made to staun complete, and wiʼ fuʼ assurance in aʼ things oʼ the wull oʼ God.
Mak ye perfete in ilka gude thing for the workin oʼ his wull, doin in ye that whilk is weel‐pleasin afore his face, throwe Jesus Christ: tae wham be glorie for evir and evir! Amen.