37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Πέμπτη 25 Νοεμβρίου 2010

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphoros..

St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:1-2; 8-18

PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the
promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

To Timothy, my beloved child:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, who
saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works
but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in
Christ Jesus ages ago, and now has manifested through the appearing of
our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a
preacher and apostle and teacher, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am
not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he
is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in
the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; guard the truth that
has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, and among
them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the
household of Onesiphoros, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of
my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly
and found me - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on
that Day - and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.

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