Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

The churches in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house.

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

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

His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.

Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Then I heard the altar reply, “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, your judgments are true and just!”

(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.

Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.