Bible verses about "preparation" | Etheridge

¹³ But he who shall persevere unto the end, - he shall live.

⁴² Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord.

⁴⁷ And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself according to his will, shall be beaten with many.

²⁸ For who of you that willeth to build a tower, and doth not first sit down and reckon the expense of it, whether he have (wherewith) to finish it?

⁹ And when you hear of wars and commotions, fear not: for these are first to be; but not yet cometh the end. ¹⁰ For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: ¹¹ and great earthquakes will be in divers places, and famines, and plagues; and there will be portents, and terrors, and great signs from the heavens will appear, and great tempests shall there be. ¹² But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name. ¹³ And it shall be to you for a testimony.[A martyrdom.] ¹⁴ But lay it up in your hearts that you may not be learned for the answer; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries cannot stand against. ¹⁶ But your fathers, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends will betray you, and some of you they shall put to death. ¹⁷ And you will be hated of all men on account of my name: ¹⁸ yet a hair of your head shall not perish, ¹⁹ but in your perseverance you shall possess your souls. ²⁰ But when you see Urishlem encompassed by an army, then know that its destruction hath drawn nigh. ²¹ Then let them who are in Jihud escape to the mountain, and they who are within her escape, and let not them who are in the country places enter into her. ²² For those (will be) the days of retribution, that all which is written may be fulfilled. ²³ But woe to those who are with child and to those who suckle in those days! for there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge [Mouth.] of the sword, and be led captive into every place, and Urishlem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until shall be fulfilled the times of the Gentiles. ²⁵ And there will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and on earth distress of nations, and smiting of hands from astonishment at the voice of the sea, ²⁶ the commotion hurrying forth the souls of the sons of men from fear of what is about to come upon the earth; and the powers of the heavens shall be commoved. ²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to be, take courage, [Ethlabbu, take heart.] and lift up your heads, because your redemption hath drawn nigh. ²⁹ AND he spake to them a parable, Behold the fig-tree and all the trees; ³⁰ when they bud forth, immediately from them you know that summer hath drawn nigh. ³¹ Thus also you, when you see that these are, know that nigh is the kingdom of Aloha. ³² Amen I say to you, That this race shall not pass away till all these things shall be. ³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. ³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, that at any time your hearts be not heavy with excess and drunkenness, and the care of the world, and unawares shall come upon you that day. ³⁵ For as a net it will overtake all them who dwell upon the faces of the whole earth. ³⁶ Be therefore wakeful at all time, and pray that you may be worthy to escape from those things that are about to be, and that you may stand before the Son of man.

³³ These have I said to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress; but be of heart, I have conquered the world.

¹ I BESEECH then of you, my brethren, by the mercies of Aloha, that you present [Or, make to stand, constitute.] your bodies a sacrifice, living and holy and acceptable unto Aloha, in a rational* service. [* Meliltho. Compare the use of the corresponding Chaldee word in the Targum of Onkelos on Gen 2:7, where the divine afflatus is described as creating in man ruch memalla, "a speaking or rational spirit."] ² And be not likened unto this world, but be changed by the renewing of your minds, that you may discern what is the will of Aloha, good, and acceptable, and perfect.

¹¹ AND also this know, that the time is, and the hour is, when we should be awake from our sleep; for now hath drawn nearer to us our salvation than when we believed.

¹ THEN shall be likened the kingdom of heaven unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride. ² But five of them were wise, and five foolish. ³ And those foolish (ones) took their lamps, but did not take with them the oil: ⁴ but those were wise who took oil in vessels with their lamps. ⁵ But while the bridegroom withheld, they all dozed and slept. ⁶ And in the dividing of the night there was the cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go forth to his meeting. ⁷ Then all the virgins arose, and prepared their lamps. ⁸ But those foolish ones said to the wise, Give to us from your oil; for, behold, our lamps are gone out. ⁹ But the wise ones answered them, saying, Lest it should not suffice for us and for you; but go to those who sell, and buy for you. ¹⁰ And while they were gone to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared entered with him into the house of festivity,* and the gate was shut. [* Beth-chelulo, domus chori, seu domus nuptiarum.] ¹¹ At last came also those other virgins, saying, Our Lord, our Lord, open to us! ¹² But he answered and said to them, Assuredly I tell you, I know you not. ¹³ Be wakeful therefore, for you know not that day nor the hour. ¹⁴ FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property: ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, each man according to his faculty; and forthwith went away. ¹⁶ But he who had received five talents went and traded with them, and gained five others. ¹⁷ Likewise he who (had received) two by trading gained two others. ¹⁸ But he who had received one went, dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord. ¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants came, and received from them the account. ²⁰ Then he drew near who had received the five talents, and brought five others, and said, My lord, five talents thou gavest me: behold, five others I have gained by them. ²¹ His lord said to him, It is well, good and faithful servant; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much I will establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he of the two talents approached, and said, My lord, two talents thou gavest me: behold, two others I have gained by them. ²³ His lord saith to him, It is well, servant good and faithful; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much will I establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ But he also drew near who had received the one talent, and said, My lord, I knew thee, that thou wast a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering together from whence thou hadst not dispersed. ²⁵ And I feared, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own. ²⁶ His lord answered, Thou evil and slothful servant, thou didst know me that I reap where I have not sowed, and collect from whence I have not dispersed. ²⁷ Did it not behove thee to cast my money upon the table, that when I came I might require mine own with its increase? ²⁸ Take therefore from him the talent, and give it unto him who hath ten talents. ²⁹ For unto him who hath shall be given, and it shall be added to him; but he who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ³⁰ And the indolent servant cast forth into the darknesses without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ³¹ WHEN the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. ³² And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he shall cause the sheep to stand upon his right hand, and the goats on his left. ³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which was to be for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I thirsted, and you made me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received me; ³⁶ I was naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and you cared for me; and I was in prison, and you came to me. ³⁷ Then shall say unto him those righteous, Our Lord! when did we see that thou wast hungry, and fed thee, or that thou didst thirst, and we gave thee drink? ³⁸ and when did we see thee a stranger, and received thee, or naked, and covered thee? ³⁹ and when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say to them, Amen I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me you did it. ⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on his left hand, Go from me, accursed, into the fire of eternity, which was prepared for the accuser and for his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat; and I thirsted, but you made me not to drink; ⁴³ and I was a stranger, and you received me not; and naked, and you clothed me not; and I was sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer and say, Our Lord! when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answer and say to them, Amen I say unto you, that inasmuch as you did it not unto one of these little ones, you did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into the torment which is eternal, and the just into the life which is eternal.

⁴⁴ Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man.

³⁶ Be therefore wakeful at all time, and pray that you may be worthy to escape from those things that are about to be, and that you may stand before the Son of man.

¹⁵ But sanctify in your hearts the Lord Meshiha. AND be prepared to make defence to every one who shall seek of you speech concerning the hope of the faith, with meekness and with seriousness,