Living Accordingly

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. — read the full passage →

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloudI sawone sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, isthe Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

that thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; — read the full passage →

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.