⁵ And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

⁵ That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

¹² For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

² In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

⁵² In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

³¹ And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

⁸ And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

⁹ And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

⁸ Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

¹⁹ How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

¹⁵ Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁶ Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.