in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.

In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.

they brought in the contributions, tithes, and consecrated items that had been offered. Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

In that day,” says the sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.