"Sotake carehowyou listen;for whoeverhas,to him [more] shall be given;and whoeverdoes not have,evenwhathe thinkshe hasshall be taken awayfrom him."
Thereis a way[which seems] rightto a man,But its endis the wayof death.
"For whoeverhas,to him [more] shall be given,and he will have an abundance;but whoeverdoes not have,evenwhathe hasshall be taken awayfrom him.
"For to everyonewho has,[more] shall be given,and he will have an abundance;but from the one who does not have,evenwhathe does haveshall be taken away.
"But whenyou seethe ABOMINATIONOF DESOLATIONstandingwhereit shouldnot be (let the readerunderstand),thenthosewhoare in Judeamust fleeto the mountains.
"I tellyou that to everyonewho has,more shall be given,but from the one who does not have,evenwhathe does haveshall be taken away.
"Let thesewordssinkinto your ears;for the Sonof Manis goingto be deliveredinto the handsof men."
"Everybranchin Me that does not bearfruit,He takes away;and every[branch] that bearsfruit,He prunesit sothat it may bearmorefruit.
"SoI sentfor you immediately,and you have been kind enoughto come.Nowthen,we are allhere presentbeforeGodto hearallthat you have been commandedby the Lord."
Nowthesewere more noble-mindedthan thosein Thessalonica,for they receivedthe wordwith greateagerness,examiningthe Scripturesdaily[to see] whetherthese thingswere so.
For throughthe gracegivento me I sayto everyoneamongyou not to think more highlyof himself thanhe oughtto think;but to thinksoas to have sound judgment,as Godhas allottedto eacha measureof faith.
Ifanyonethinkshe is a prophetorspiritual,let him recognizethat the things whichI writeto you are the Lord'scommandment.
Let no mandeceivehimself.Ifany manamongyou thinksthat he is wisein thisage,he must becomefoolish,sothat he may becomewise.
Ifanyonesupposesthat he knowsanything,he has not yetknownas he oughtto know;
althoughI myselfmight haveconfidenceevenin the flesh.Ifanyoneelsehas a mindto put confidencein the flesh,I far more:
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
