Old Age

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;