4 Bible Verses about Contemplation

And immediately the cock crew the second time. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he thought upon it, he wept.

Or, what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and deliberate whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming; against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace. So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

And when we heard these things, we, and those of that place also, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.

that, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to ward us who believe in accordance with the energy of his mighty power, which he made active in the Christ when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,read more.
high above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come; and subjected all things under his feet, and made him head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all his members with all things,