The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
7 Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer.
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The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
8 Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.
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Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless - cheerfully.
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Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
10 Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it:
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As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
11 if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help. That way, God's bright presence will be evident in everything through Jesus, and he'll get all the credit as the One mighty in everything - encores to the end of time. Oh, yes!
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whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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