For just as the sufferings ¹  of Christ ²  overflow ³  toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. ⁴ 

He called you to this salvation ¹  through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ² 

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ² 

choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

so I may see the prosperity ¹  of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, ²  and boast along with the people who belong to you. ³ 

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. ¹ 

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in ¹  the richness of the olive root,

For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ¹  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. ¹ 

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves ¹  to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. ² 

At harvest time he sent a slave ¹  to the tenants to collect from them ²  his portion of the crop. ³ 

Then ¹  he took a cup, ²  and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, ¹  and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a ¹  member is honored, all rejoice with it.

But if you do not experience discipline, ¹  something all sons ²  have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

If any household is too small ¹  for a lamb, ²  the man ³  and his next-door neighbor ⁴  are to take ⁵  a lamb according to the number of people – you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat. ⁶ 

It must not be baked with yeast. ¹  I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy, ²  like the sin offering and the guilt offering.