18 I counsel you (A)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and (B)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

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15 (A)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, (B)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

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that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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An Invitation to Abundant Life

55 “Ho! (A)Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
(B)Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.

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And (A)to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, (B)for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

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13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in (A)white robes, and where did they come from?”

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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and (A)sells all that he has and (B)buys that field.

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(A)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (B)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:3 Or refine

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
(A)Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame (B)and everlasting [a]contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 12:2 Lit. abhorrence

[a]You have (A)a few names [b]even in Sardis who have not (B)defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me (C)in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes (D)shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not (E)blot out his name from the (F)Book of Life; but (G)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:4 NU, M Nevertheless you
  2. Revelation 3:4 NU, M omit even

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

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Listen, my beloved brethren: (A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom (C)which He promised to those who love Him?

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12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day (A)will declare it, because (B)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.

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11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of [a]Shaphir;
The inhabitant of [b]Zaanan does not go out.
Beth Ezel mourns;
Its place to stand is taken away from you.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:11 Lit. Beautiful
  2. Micah 1:11 Lit. Going Out

24 (A)You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.

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17 Because you say, (A)‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—

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“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are (A)rich); and I know the blasphemy of (B)those who say they are Jews and are not, (C)but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:9 congregation

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become (B)rich.

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(A)Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
Yes, your shame will be seen;
(B)I will take vengeance,
And I will not arbitrate with a man.”

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23 (A)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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if indeed, (A)having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.

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When He had said these things, (A)He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash (B)in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So (C)he went and washed, and came back seeing.

Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was [a]blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”

Some said, “This is he.” Others said, [b]“He is like him.”

He said, “I am he.

10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

11 He answered and said, (D)“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to [c]the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:8 NU a beggar
  2. John 9:9 NU “No, but he is like him.”
  3. John 9:11 NU omits the pool of

21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, (A)and is not rich toward God.”

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“Behold, I am (A)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(B)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.

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20 But (A)you have an anointing (B)from the Holy One, and (C)you[a] know all things. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

22 (D)Who is a liar but he who denies that (E)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (F)Whoever denies the Son does not have the (G)Father either; (H)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

24 Therefore let that abide in you (I)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, (J)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 (K)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to [b]deceive you. 27 But the (L)anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and (M)you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing (N)teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you [c]will abide in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
  2. 1 John 2:26 lead you astray
  3. 1 John 2:27 NU omits will

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