For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

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:

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

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

Then they told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”

The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

The one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.