<t /><p class="bodytext">For it is not necessary<n id="1" /> for me to write you about this service<n id="2" /> to the saints,

if indeed<n id="1" /> you have heard of the stewardship<n id="2" /> of God&#8217;s grace that was given to me for you,

Now if I am to go on living in the body,<n id="1" /> this will mean productive work<n id="2" /> for me, yet I don&#8217;t know which I prefer:<n id="3" />

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm.<n id="1" /> <i>The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deedsi>.<n id="2" />

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me &#8211; may they not be held accountable for it.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place<n id="1" /> during<n id="2" /> my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.<n id="3" />

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.p>

So when he came into the world, he said,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Sacrifice and offering you did not desireb>, <b>but a body you prepared for meb>.i>p>

So we can say with confidence, &#8220;<i><b>The Lord is my helperb>, <b>andb>i><n id="1" /> <i><b>I will not be afraidb>. <b>What can man do to me?b>i>&#8221;<n id="2" />

Then<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> told me: &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations,<n id="3" /> languages, and kings.&#8221;p>

The one who conquers<n id="1" /> will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Instructed by her mother, she said, &#8220;Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.&#8221;

Am I not<n id="1" /> permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?&#8217;<n id="2" />

telling them, &#8220;Go to the village ahead of you.<n id="1" /> Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

The<n id="1" /> one with the two talents also came and said, &#8216;Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.&#8217;

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

and said, &#8220;What will you give me to betray him into your hands?&#8221;<n id="1" /> So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions<n id="1" /> of angels right now?

Then Jesus came up and said to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth.<n id="1" /> &#8220;Follow me,&#8221; he said to him. And he got up and followed him.