1 Timothy 3:13

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

“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.’

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

On the next day, we who were Paul’s companions departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

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

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

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

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak;

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

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

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

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

“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.’

He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

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,”

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

When he came to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.