Lectionary Calendar

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Christmas Eve

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Paul’s Greeting to Timothy

(1 Timothy 1:1-2)

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,² To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Encouragement to Be Faithful

³ I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.⁴ Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.⁵ I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

Patience in Persecution

(Matthew 10:16-25)

⁶ For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power, love, and self-control.⁸ So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.⁹ He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time eternal.¹⁰ And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,¹¹ to which I was appointed a preacher, apostle, and teacher.¹² For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Hold to Sound Teaching

¹³ Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.¹⁴ Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

¹⁵ You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.¹⁷ Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.¹⁸ May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.