times and seasons

¹All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. ²A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. ³A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up. ⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. ⁵A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. ⁶A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

⁷But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.

²²All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”

²⁵And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves: ²⁶men withering away out of fear and out of apprehension over the things that will overwhelm the whole world. For the powers of the heavens will be moved. ²⁷And then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

²that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine. ³For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but instead, according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, with itching ears, ⁴and certainly, they will turn their hearing away from the truth, and they will be turned toward fables.

¹⁴Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.

⁷The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

¹But concerning dates and times, brothers, you do not need us to write to you.

²¹And he alters the times and the ages. He takes away kingdoms and he establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and teaching skills to those who understand.

¹³And so you must be vigilant, because you do not know the day or the hour.

¹All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.

²⁸But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near.”

³²Amen I say to you, this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things happen.

⁸Yet truly, let this one thing not escape notice, most beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.

¹⁵But I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.” ¹⁶My fate is in your hands. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who are persecuting me.

¹All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. ²A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. ³A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up. ⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. ⁵A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. ⁶A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.