4 Bible Verses about Contemplation

And a cock crew a second time. And Peter was reminded of the word, how Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice. And he wept bitterly.

Or what king going to engage in war with another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while he is yet a great way off, sending an embassy he desires conditions of peace. So, therefore, no one of you can be my disciple who does not forsake all that he has.

And when we heard these things, we and the people of the place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. And he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power, which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],read more.
above every principality and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this life but also in that to come, and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.