Léctio Epístolæ secúndæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios (6,1-10)
Fratres: Adiuvántes, et exhortámur, ne in vácuum grátiam Dei recipiátis – ait enim: “Tempóre accépto exaudívi te et in die salútis adiúvi te”; ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis – némini dantes ullam offensiónem, ut non vituperétur ministérium, sed in ómnibus exhibéntes nosmetípsos sicut Dei minístros in multa patiéntia, in tribulatiónibus, in necessitátibus, in angústiis, in plagis, in carcéribus, in seditiónibus, in labóribus, in vigíliis, in ieiúniis, in castitáte, in sciéntia, in longanimitáte, in suavitáte, in Spíritu Sancto, in caritáte non ficta, in verbo veritátis, in virtúte Dei; per arma iustítiæ a dextris et sinístris, per glóriam et ignobilitátem, per infámiam et bonam famam; ut seductóres, et veráces; sicut qui ignóti, et cógniti; quasi moriéntes, et ecce vívimus; ut castigáti, et non mortificáti; quasi tristes, semper autem gaudéntes; sicut egéntes, multos autem locupletántes; tamquam nihil habéntes, et ómnia possidéntes.
Brethren: we helping do exhort, that you receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith: In time accepted have I heard thee; and in the day of salvation have I holpen thee. Behold, now is the time acceptable: behold now the day of salvation.) to no man giving any offence, that our ministry be not blamed: but in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in longanimity, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity not feigned, in the word of truth, in the virtue of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand, and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by infamy and good fame: as seducers, and true: as they that are unknown, and known: as dying, and behold we live: as chastened, & not killed: as sorrowful, but always rejoicing: as needy, but enriching many: as having nothing, and possessing all things.
