we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty, the Lord is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

“How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!

Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

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

Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives?

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?