As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

But you, dear friends – recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number.

The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.

After these things I looked, and the temple (the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven,

because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.

and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

(Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)

and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”