Bible verses about "preparation" | Anderson

¹³ But he that endures to the end, shall be saved.

⁴² "Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.

⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his lord's will, but made no preparation, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

²⁸ For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has the means to finish it?

⁹ But when you hear of wars, and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first take place; but the end comes not immediately. ¹⁰ Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; ¹¹ and there shall be great earthquakes in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. ¹² But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. ¹³ But this shall become to you the means of bearing testimony. ¹⁴ Therefore, determine in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom, which all your opposers shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. ¹⁶ But you will be delivered up by parents and brothers and relatives and friends; and some of you they will put to death; ¹⁷ and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ¹⁸ Yet a hair of your head shall not perish. ¹⁹ By your patient endurance, preserve your lives. ²⁰ But when you shall see Jerusalem besieged by armies, then know that its desolation is near. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those who are in the midst of it, withdraw from it. Let those who are in the count try, not come within it. ²² For these are the days of vengeance, that all things that are written may be fulfilled. ²³ But alas for them that are with child, and for them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive among all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. ²⁵ And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and on the earth, distress of nations in perplexity; the sea and its waves roaring; ²⁶ men's hearts failing on account of the fearful expectation of the things that are coming on the land; for the hosts of the heavens shall be shaken. ²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ When these things begin to take place, look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near. ²⁹ And he spoke a parable to them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees; ³⁰ when they now put forth leaves, you see, and know of yourselves that summer is near. ³¹ So likewise, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. ³² Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. ³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. ³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become heavy with reveling and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day come upon you when you look not for it. ³⁵ For as a snare, it shall come on all that dwell on the face of all the land. ³⁶ Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction, but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

¹ I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

¹¹ And do this, because you know the time, that the hour has already come when we should awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

¹ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom. ² Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. ³ Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: ⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying: Lest there may not be enough for us and you, go rather to those who sell, and buy for your selves. ¹⁰ While they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage supper; and the door was closed. ¹¹ Afterward the other virgins also came, and said: Lord! Lord! open for us. ¹² But he answered and said: Verily I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ¹⁴ For as a man, on leaving his country, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods: ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one; to each one, according to his own ability, and immediately left his country. ¹⁶ Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and made other five talents. ¹⁷ In like manner also, he that had received the two, gained other two. ¹⁸ But he that had received the one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled with them. ²⁰ And he that had received the five talents came and brought other five talents, and said: Lord, you delivered to me five talents: see, I have gained other five talents in addition to them. ²¹ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many. Enter into the joy of your lord. ²² And he also that had received the two talents came, and said: Lord, you delivered to me two talents; see, I have gained other two talents in addition to them. ²³ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many. Enter into the joy of your lord. ²⁴ But he that had received the one talent came, and said: Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. ²⁵ And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth; see, you have yours. ²⁶ His lord answered and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant; did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? ²⁷ Therefore, you ought to have put my money with the bankers; and, when I came, I could have received my own with interest. ²⁸ Therefore, take from him the talent, and give it to him that has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one that has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away. ³⁰ And cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness without. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ³¹ When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory; ³² and all nations shall be gathered before him; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will place the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave- me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your houses; ³⁶ naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee? or thirsty, and give thee drink? ³⁸ When did we see thee a stranger, and take thee to our home? or naked, and clothe thee? ³⁹ When did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and you took me not to your houses; naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, and say: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵ Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

⁴⁴ For this reason, be you also ready; for at an hour in which you think not, the Son of man comes.

³⁶ Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

¹⁵ but reverence the Lord God in your hearts, and be always ready to answer every one that asks of you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;