Thursday, August 9, 2040

Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon

Fasting: No fastSix-sticheraJulian: July 27

Epistle

1 Corinthians 7.24-35

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24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.Log in to add notes

25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.Log in to add notes

26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.Log in to add notes

27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.Log in to add notes

28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.Log in to add notes

29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;Log in to add notes

30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;Log in to add notes

31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.Log in to add notes

32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:Log in to add notes

33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.Log in to add notes

34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.Log in to add notes

35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.Log in to add notes

Epistle — St Panteleimon

2 Timothy 2.1-10

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1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Log in to add notes

2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.Log in to add notes

3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.Log in to add notes

5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.Log in to add notes

6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.Log in to add notes

7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.Log in to add notes

8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:Log in to add notes

9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.Log in to add notes

10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 15.12-21

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12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?Log in to add notes

13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.Log in to add notes

14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.Log in to add notes

15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.Log in to add notes

16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?Log in to add notes

17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?Log in to add notes

18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.Log in to add notes

19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Log in to add notes

20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.Log in to add notes

21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.Log in to add notes

Gospel — St Panteleimon

John 15.17-16.2

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15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.Log in to add notes

15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.Log in to add notes

15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Log in to add notes

15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Log in to add notes

15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.Log in to add notes

15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.Log in to add notes

15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.Log in to add notes

15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.Log in to add notes

15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.Log in to add notes

15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:Log in to add notes

15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Log in to add notes

16:1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.Log in to add notes

16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Log in to add notes