Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!"

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For it is good to bear my yoke, and my burden is light."

A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.

For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned."

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they also each got the shilling.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.

After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre.

But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"

Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!"

Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.

So, very soon after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb;

But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.

Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.

But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."

or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?

Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."

But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water?

"A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'

And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.

And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared.

He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake him."

"Remember that the time is coming, nay, has already come, for you all to be dispersed each to his own home and to leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it.

On that same first day of the week, when it was evening and, for fear of the Jews, the doors of the house where the disciples were, were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you!"

A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them, when Jesus came--though the doors were locked--and stood in their midst, and said, "Peace be to you."

and they saw tongues of what looked like fire distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted.

How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?

Years ago Theudas appeared, professing to be a person of importance, and a body of men, some four hundred in number, joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and annihilated.

"Just at this hour, three days ago," replied Cornelius, "I was offering afternoon prayer in my house, when suddenly a man in shining raiment stood in front of me,

Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell; and, striking Peter on the side, he woke him and said, "Rise quickly." Instantly the chains dropped off his wrists.

Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

But we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined them in the Troad, where we remained for a week.

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul, who was going away the next morning, was preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse till midnight.

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

So Paul associated with the men; and the next day, having purified himself with them, he went into the Temple, giving every one to understand that the days of their purification were finished, and there he remained until the sacrifice for each of them was offered.

"Are you not the Egyptian who some years ago excited the riot of the 4,000 cut-throats, and led them out into the Desert?"

For you have it in your power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship in Jerusalem;

Here we found brethren, who invited us to remain with them for a week; and so we reached Rome.

To each man He will make an award corresponding to his actions;

And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.

I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.

Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.

What I mean is that each of you is a partisan. One man says "I belong to Paul;" another "I belong to Apollos;" a third "I belong to Peter;" a fourth "I belong to Christ."

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.

Now in aim and purpose the planter and the waterer are one; and yet each will receive his own special reward, answering to his own special work.

the true character of each individual's work will become manifest. For the day of Christ will disclose it, because that day is soon to come upon us clothed in fire, and as for the quality of every one's work-- the fire is the thing which will test it.

Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.

Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has assigned to each individual--and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him--in that let him continue.

Where each one stood when he was called, there, brethren, let him still stand--close to God.

But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.

But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.

For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer)

Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!

Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.

To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.

Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.

for it is his own supper of which each of you is in a hurry to partake, and one eats like a hungry man, while another has already drunk to excess.

diversities in work, and yet one and the same God--He who in each person brings about the whole result.

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.

Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.

and to each kind of seed a body of its own.

On the first day of every week let each of you put on one side and store up at his home whatever gain has been granted to him; so that whenever I come, there may then be no collections going on.

For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.

But in this matter I give you an opinion; for my doing this helps forward your own intentions, seeing that not only have you begun operations, but a year ago you already had the desire to do so.

Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?

I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking)

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

For though it is true that He was crucified through weakness, yet He now lives through the power of God. We also are weak, sharing His weakness, but with Him we shall be full of life to deal with you through the power of God.

Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?

Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.

For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined.

Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.

Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.

Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.

Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the Book of Life.

bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.

that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife who shall be his own in purity and honour;

Therefore encourage one another, and let each one help to strengthen his friend, as in fact you do.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.

This is the charge which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, in accordance with the inspired instructions concerning you which were given me long ago, that being equipped with them as your armour you may be continually fighting the good fight,

But the younger widows you must not enrol; for as soon as they begin to chafe against the yoke of Christ, they want to marry,

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery hold their own masters to be deserving of honour, so that the name of God and the Christian teaching may not be spoken against.

Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners--women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice,

But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;