Bible verses about "preparation" | ABU

¹³ But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

⁴² Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day your Lord comes.

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

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

⁹ And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not immediately. ¹⁰ Then said he to them: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; ¹¹ and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be great portents and signs from heaven. ¹² And before all these, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. ¹³ And it shall turn out to you for a testimony. ¹⁴ Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. ¹⁶ And ye will be delivered up both by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death. ¹⁷ And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake. ¹⁸ And there shall not a hair of your head perish. ¹⁹ In your patience possess your souls. ²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. ²¹ Then let those in Judaea flee into the mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart out; and let those in the fields not enter into it. ²² Because these are the days of vengeance, that all the things which are written may be fulfilled. ²³ Woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck, in those days! For there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people. ²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled. ²⁵ And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and waves; ²⁶ men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking for those things that are coming on the world; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. ²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. ²⁸ And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption is drawing nigh. ²⁹ And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees. ³⁰ When they already shoot forth, seeing it ye know of yourselves that the summer is already near. ³¹ So also ye, when ye see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near. ³² Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all shall have come to pass. ³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. ³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares. ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ And watch, in every time praying that ye 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 ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

¹ I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service. ² And be not conformed to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may discern what is the will of God, the good, and well pleasing, and perfect.

¹¹ And that, knowing the time, that it is high time that we already were awaked 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 bridegroom. ² And five of them were wise, and five foolish. ³ The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with them; ⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go 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: Not so; there will not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut. ¹¹ And afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour! ¹⁴ For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods; ¹⁵ and to one gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and straightway went abroad. ¹⁶ And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents. ¹⁷ Likewise also he that received the two gained other two. ¹⁸ But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them. ²⁰ And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them. ²¹ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he also that received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents beside them. ²³ His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And he also that received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou strewedst not. ²⁵ And fearing, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, thou hast thine own. ²⁶ And his lord answering said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I strewed not? ²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have received my own with interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give to him that has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away. ³⁰ And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! ³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. ³² And before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye did not give me drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, 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 ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes.

³⁶ And watch, in every time praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always to give an answer to every one that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;