17 Bible Verses about measurement
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Every one of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.
Give, and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap; For the measure that you mete will be meted out to you in return."
For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the measure that you mete will be meted out to you.
Then he measured the wall; it was two hundred and eighty-eight feet, as men measure, that is as the angel measured.
Take care what you listen to," said Jesus. "The measure you mete will be meted out to you, and more will be added for you.
In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.
We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.
We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.
The City is square; the length and the breadth are the same. The angel measured with his rod; it was twelve hundred miles; its length, and breadth, and height are equal.
Since our gifts differ in accordance with the particular charge entrusted to us, if our gift is to preach, let our preaching correspond to our faith;
And to understand--though it surpasses all understanding--the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.
For, when these virtues are yours, in increasing measure, they prevent your being indifferent to, or destitute of, a fuller knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
Then I was given a measure like a rod, and a voice said to me-- 'Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the worshiper there.
Our boasting, therefore, is not unlimited, nor does it extend to the labors of others; but our hope is that, as your faith grows, our influence among you may be very greatly increased-- though still confined to our sphere--
And the angel who was speaking to me had as a measure a gold rod, with which to measure the City and its gates and its wall.