and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”

After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.