being prepared
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44For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return.
15But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.
13Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. 7For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, 8she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
7By faith, Noah, having accepted an answer about those things which were not yet seen, being afraid, fashioned an ark for the salvation of his house. Through the ark, he condemned the world, and was established as the heir of the justice that occurs through faith.
13And so you must be vigilant, because you do not know the day or the hour.
3The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.
11And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed. 12The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light. 13Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy. 14Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.
28And now, little sons, abide in him, so that when he appears, we may have faith, and we may not be confounded by him at his advent.
1“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the groom and the bride. 2But five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. 3For the five foolish, having brought their lamps, did not take oil with them. 4Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps. 5Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping. 6But in the middle of the night, a cry went out: ‘Behold, the groom is arriving. Go out to meet him.’
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
24Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?
42Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return.