I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.”

And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

saying, “Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!