Accountancy

So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.”

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise. — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

As it is written, “He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” — read the full passage →

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. — read the full passage →

Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? — read the full passage →

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, — read the full passage →

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. — read the full passage →

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.