Awake

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

`lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on, — read the full passage →

And thou--watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

who did die for us, that whether we wake--whether we sleep--together with him we may live;

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, — read the full passage →

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, — read the full passage →

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ; — read the full passage →

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, — read the full passage →

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

`Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death; — read the full passage →

and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this <FI>is<Fi> the first rising again. — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars, — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

The Spirit quench not;

for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;