Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Philippians 3:20–21

A Catholic funeral reading (second reading), with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.

Reads in about 1 minute2 versesCatholic: New Testament

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King James Version

  1. 20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  2. 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Douay-Rheims

  1. 20But our conversation is in heaven: from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
  2. 21Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself.

Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read Philippians 3 in the NABRE at usccb.org.

Where this reading is used

  • Catholic: New Testament (Lectionary for Mass, no. 1014)

Hymns based on it

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text) and Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #1581); both public domain. Citation as listed in the Lectionary for Mass.