What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

We also accept responsibility for bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the LORD.

Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf.

There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,

The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.