Living Accordingly

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

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

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

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

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

and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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

but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

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

But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

and he will come out 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.

It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots;as I also have received of my Father:

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your 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 will come, walking after their own lusts,

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

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

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

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

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you

giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless 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 rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

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.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you 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 is despised.”

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. 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 revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on 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. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

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

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

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

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, — read the full passage →

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

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

It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

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

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

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

“Don’t let 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 one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.