Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.

Keep your heart with the utmost care, for out of these are the issues of life.

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Meditate on these things; be in these things, so that your progress may be evident to all.

Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Let His name be blessed forever; His name shall endure longer than the sun, and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.

And blessed is His glorious name forever, even forever and ever; and all the earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

For to this end Christ died and rose and lived [again], so that He might be Lord of both [the] dead and [the] living.

For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

and He died for all, so that they who live should live no longer for themselves, but for the [One] who died for them and rose again.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [Is] it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

Let the elders having ruled well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox threshing [grain]," and, "The worker is worthy of his wages."