making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
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