Romans 14:8

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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

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.

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

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

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.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.

For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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.

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

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

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

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

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,