Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

I charge you before God, and Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His Kingdom,

But the end of all things has drawn near; be ye, therefore, of sound mind, and be sober unto prayers;

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, is going about, seeking whom he may devour;

Strengthen

But I have it against you, that you left your first love.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to sift you as the wheat;

And, having spent some time there, he departed, going through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

Thy works

When, therefore, you are doing alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes;

General references

"Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Take heed, watch [and pray]; for ye know not when the time is.

But, if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged;