Friday, September 3

13And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, 'I believed and therefore I spoke,' we also believe and therefore speak,

14knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

15For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

16Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

18while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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.

29'Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32'Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

33So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!

34Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.

35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

36'But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

39and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

44Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45'Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

46Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

47Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

48But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,'

49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of,

51and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.