Luke 7:4

7:4 When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Luke 7:23

7:23 Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Acts 13:5

13:5 When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

Romans 12:12

12:12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Romans 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.

Romans 4:15-16

4:15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either. 4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all