And Jesus, lookin upon him, loʼed him, and said to him, “Ye hae ae thing wantin; gang, and sell whatsae ye hae, and gae to the puir; and yeʼll hae gear in Heeven: and come, follow ye me!”
And, listenin to him, Jesus said, “Ae thing, yet, dae ye want! Sell ye aʼ things that ye hae, and divide wiʼ the needy, and yeʼse hae gude gear in Heeven! And come! follow ye me!”
“But that iʼ the gude grun are they wha, in an honest and leal heart, hear the word and grip it fast; and, tholin aʼ, bring their frute to perfeteness.
“I in them, and thou in me; that they may be perfete in ane; and that aʼ the warld may ken that thou sent me, and has love to them, eʼen as thou hast love to me.
Wisdom, nane‐the‐less, we speak — amang experienced anes: wisdom hoobeit, no oʼ this warld, nor oʼ the great men oʼ this warld — wha are to be aʼ putten‐by;
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.
And the God oʼ peace, mak ye perfete in holiness! And may yere hail spirit, and saul, and body, be keepit faultless at the comin oʼ oor Lord Jesus Christ!
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.
But the God oʼ aʼ gude‐favor, wha caʼd ye to his evir‐bidin glorie, in Christ Jesus, whan ye hae tholed a wee, himsel will mak ye perfete, mak siccar, mak strang!