A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Philippians 2:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration: 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO BY whatever [appeal to you there is in our mutual dwelling in Christ, by whatever] strengthening and consoling and encouraging [our relationship] in Him [affords], by whatever persuasive incentive there is in love, by whatever participation in the [Holy] Spirit [we share], and by whatever depth of affection and compassionate sympathy, American Standard Version (1901) If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, Common English Bible Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort in love, any sharing in the Spirit, any sympathy, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration: English Standard Version 2016 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, |
A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and God-fearing, awaiting the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was with him.
Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.
Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart,
Then the multitude of believers were of one heart and one soul. Neither did anyone say that any of the things that he possessed were his own, but all things were common to them.
but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing.
And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
Daily I die, by means of your boasting, brothers: you whom I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.
Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: "Abba, Father."
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling:
For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.
For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.
May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.
Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.
in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you.
And those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And we know that he abides in us by this: by the Spirit, whom he has given to us.
No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.