Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ –

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.

A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.