I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root,

For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,