Entitlement

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

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.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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,

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more; — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; — read the full passage →

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

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

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

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 →

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

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

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’

But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

But you did not learn Christ that way;

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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. — read the full passage →

When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Yahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:

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

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, — read the full passage →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

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 →