For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,