As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, he is coming to you of his own accord.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord.

“At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”

Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?’”