For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;

Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short time.

And if thy right hand shall cause thee to sin, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to sin, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.