Matthew 24:25

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

Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe.

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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

Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn’t take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

“As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’ ”

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

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak: not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.

It will turn out as a testimony for you.

From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.