The South Barrow Bulletin 2014 02/03/2014 | Page 2

BIBLE READINGS
Ephesians 5: 25-33
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life
for it. He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making
it clean by washing it in water, in order to present the church to himself in
all its beauty - pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other
imperfection. Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own
bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. (People never hate their
own bodies. Instead, they feed them and take care of them, just as Christ
does the church, for we are members of his body.) As the scripture says,
“For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his
wife, and the two will become one.” There is a deep, secret truth revealed
in this scripture, which I understand as applying to Christ and the church.
But it also applies to you; every husband must love his wife as himself,
and every wife must respect her husband.

Matthew 5: 27-30
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But now I tell
you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of
committing adultery with her in his heart. So if your right eye causes you
to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part
of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. If your right
hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for
you to lose one of your limbs than for your whole body to go to hell.

COLLECT FOR THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
Holy God,
you know the disorder of our sinful lives: set straight our crooked hearts
and bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory in Jesus Christ
our Lord.
Amen