Therefore,takeup the full armorof God,sothat you will be ableto resistin the evilday,and having doneeverything,to stand firm.
Rememberalso your Creatorin the daysof your youth,beforethe evildayscomeand the yearsdrawnearwhenyou will say,"I havenodelightin them";
Do you putoffthe dayof calamity,And would you bringnearthe seatof violence?
"But whocan endurethe dayof His coming?And whocan standwhen He appears?For He is like a refiner'sfireand like fullers'soap.
"But keep on the alertat alltimes,prayingthat you may have strengthto escapeallthese thingsthat are aboutto take place,and to standbeforethe Sonof Man."
"Those on the rocky[soil are] those who,whenthey hear,receivethe wordwith joy;and thesehaveno[firm] root;they believefor a while,and in timeof temptationfall away.
The nightis almost gone,and the dayis near.Thereforelet us lay asidethe deedsof darknessand puton the armorof light.
for the weaponsof our warfareare not of the flesh,but divinelypowerfulfor the destructionof fortresses.
making the mostof your time,becausethe daysare evil.
Let no onedeceiveyou with emptywords,for becauseof these thingsthe wrathof Godcomesupon the sonsof disobedience.
Epaphras,whois one of your number,a bondslaveof JesusChrist,sends you his greetings,alwayslaboring earnestlyfor you in his prayers,that you may standperfectand fully assuredin allthe willof God.
Submitthereforeto God.Resistthe deviland he will fleefrom you.
Therefore,since Christhas sufferedin the flesh,armyourselves alsowith the samepurpose,becausehe who has sufferedin the fleshhas ceasedfrom sin,
Becauseyou have keptthe wordof My perseverance,I alsowill keepyou from the hourof testing,that [hour] which is aboutto comeupon the wholeworld,to testthosewho dwellon the earth.
for the greatdayof their wrathhas come,and whois ableto stand?"
