¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

¹³ Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

¹ Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

¹³ Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

¹⁰ So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do `it' with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

¹¹ And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we `first' believed.

³⁵ Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

¹⁹ They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

² Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

³⁰ and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;

³¹ and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

²⁶ I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, `namely,' that it is good for a man to be as he is.

²⁸ And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

²⁹ And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea: