I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz.

“But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase.”

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Moreover, Judah will fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered up – gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

“So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”