Ephesians 5:16

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh’s Passover.

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

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

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.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says Yahweh of Armies.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

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

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

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 you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

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

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

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.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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—

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.

Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, that it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,

He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.