Lost Time

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.”’”

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

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 →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

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.

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. — read the full passage →

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.

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

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

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.

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 →

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect;

Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. — read the full passage →

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively. — read the full passage →

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

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.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.