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40But let everything be done respectfully and according to proper order.
6A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
33And God is not of dissension, but of peace, just as I also teach in all the churches of the saints.
15So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”
19Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal. 20Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
15Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
19but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.
1Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
19And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
26so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life, 27so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.
22And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
19Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.
18By laziness, a framework shall be brought down, and by the weakness of hands, a house shall collapse through.
13Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,
8He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
11But in response, he said to them: “Whoever has two coats, let him give to those who do not have. And whoever has food, let him act similarly.”
1A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.
1For I want you to know the kind of solicitude that I have for you, and for those who are at Laodicea, as well as for those who have not seen my face in the flesh. 2May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus. 3For in him are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words. 5For though I may be absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit. And I rejoice as I gaze upon your order and its foundation, which is in Christ, your faith. 6Therefore, just as you have received the Lord Jesus Christ, walk in him.
10And when they had arrived at the gate of the city, they explained to them, saying: “We went into the camp of the Syrians, and we found no one in that place, except horses and donkeys tied, and the tents still standing.”
10who said to him: “Go to the people, and sanctify them today, and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.
17But the tabernacle of the testimony shall be lifted up by the officers of the Levites and their companies. In the manner in which it is set up, so also shall it be taken down. Each one shall advance according to their places and ranks.
1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother, 2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus who are at Colossae. 3Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always. 4For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that you have toward all the saints, 5because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel. 6This has reached you, just as it is present in the whole world, where it grows and bears fruit, as it has also done in you, since the day when you first heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
1In those days, Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the Lord God: Instruct your house, for you will die, and not live.”