I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership?

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer –

Now Saul’s son had two men who were in charge of raiding units; one was named Baanah and the other Recab. They were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who was a Benjaminite. (Beeroth is regarded as belonging to Benjamin,

King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.

Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”