I, therefore, so run, as not uncertainly I so fight, as not beating the air.

Charge those who are rich in this present age, not to be high-minded, nor to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, Who giveth us richly all things for enjoyment;

For even if a trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare for war?

as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Come now, ye who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend one year there, and trade, and get gain,"

But, whensoever it shall return to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

For this reason, I also, no longer enduring it, sent, that I might know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

The disciples were looking one on another, doubting about whom He was speaking.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and declared to them, "Men of Judaea, and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words;

a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, free to impart, liberal;

Now we request you, brethren, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him,

And He spake a parable to them, saying, "A certain rich man's field yielded bountifully;

Now faith is an assurance of things hoped for, a sure persuasion of things not seen;

Who only hath immortality, inhabiting light unapproachable, Whom no man ever saw or is able to see; to Whom be honor and dominion eternal. Amen.

(ye who, indeed, know nothing of to-morrow! what is your life? for ye are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away);