Thursday, September 2

1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

4whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.

6For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

13But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15'Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place' (whoever reads, let him understand),

16'then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

18And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

19But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

20And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.

23'Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.

24For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25See, I have told you beforehand.

26'Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it.

27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

28For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.