But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?