He is like unto a man building a house, who digged, and deepened, and laid a foundation upon the rock, - and, a flood, coming, the stream burst against that house, and was not strong enough to shake it, because it had been, well, built.

For, in Christ Jesus, neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.

That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal - The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

The time

Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come:

And, I, unto you, say - For yourselves, make ye friends, with the unjust Riches, in order that, as soon as it shall fail, they may welcome you into the age-abiding tents.

Lay

Be contesting the noble contest of the faith, - lay hold of the age-abiding life - unto which thou wast called, and didst make the noble confession before many witnesses.

With the goal in view, I press on for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you

General references

Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things,

Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.

And, this, is the promise, which he hath promised unto us, - The age-abiding life.