ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

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.

Κυριακή 12 Δεκεμβρίου 2010

Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19

Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that
is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to
the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but
instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that
they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it
becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it
is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ
shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise
men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are
evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the
Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but
be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with
all your heart.