So he asked Gehazi, “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family.

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

So they kept on repeating, “What is the meaning of what he says, ‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look, here is the man!”

But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,