When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure for ever.
1 Timothy 6:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of what is truly life. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In this way laying up for themselves [the riches that endure forever as] a good foundation for the future, so that they may grasp that which is life indeed. American Standard Version (1901) laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed. Common English Bible When they do these things, they will save a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future. That way they can take hold of what is truly life. Catholic Public Domain Version to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life. |
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure for ever.
Strength and honour are her clothing, and she can laugh at the time to come.
Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
‘If you want to be perfect,’ Jesus said to him, ‘go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
‘ “Son,” Abraham said, “remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth , so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
‘There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people.
When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus:
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, , and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.