So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

then he says, “Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.

Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent gives you away!”

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.”

“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.