Lexicon :: Strong's G3641 - oligos

“How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

“How many loaves do you have? ” Jesus asked them.

“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”[fn]

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

Going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat putting their nets in order.

He was not able to do a miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well.

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

“Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

“But the one who did not know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected.[fn]

“Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved? ”

He said to them,

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.

After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.

Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.

About that time there was a major disturbance about the Way.

Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily? ”[fn]

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope was fading that we would be saved.

As it is written: The person who had much did not have too much, and the person who had little did not have too little.

The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.

For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring ​— ​what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

You rejoice in this,[fn] even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few ​— ​that is, eight people[fn] ​— ​were saved through water.

The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,[fn] will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.[fn]

Through Silvanus,[fn] a faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly in order to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

“But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block[fn] in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

“But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.

“But you have a few people[fn] in Sardis who have not defiled[fn] their clothes, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

Therefore rejoice, you heavens,

and you who dwell in them!

Woe to the earth and the sea,

because the devil has come down to you

with great fury,

because he knows his time is short.

“Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes, he must remain for only a little while.