I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son.

I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Say, ‘Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring!

The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.

What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:

And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?