be therefore upon your guard to secure your selves, and the whole flock over which the holy spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

I conjure you in the name of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is to judge the living and the dead, at his appearance in his kingdom,

The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.

Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Strengthen

nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Then said Jesus, Simon, Simon, satan has demanded to shake you, and my disciples, like wheat in a sieve.

after he had stay'd there some time, he departed and pass'd through all Galatia and Phrygia, where he encourag'd the disciples.

Thy works

therefore, when you give alms, do not make a proclamation of it as the hypocrites do, in their publick assemblies by sound of trumpet, that they may have the applause of men. for I assure you, they have their reward.

their phylacterys are broader, and the fringes of their garments are larger than those of others:

General references

then the virgins all arose, and trimmed their lamps.

be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be.

for if we made such a discrimination, we should not be punished.