Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it d with thanksgiving. 3At the same time, pray also for us, that God may e open to us a door for the word, f to declare the mystery of Christ, g on account of which I am in prison – 4that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable w according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 13For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness 14your abundance at the present time should supply x their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. 15As it is written, y “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.
One mark of a smart person is the ability to learn from people they don’t like.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
In the cosmos there are only eaters and the eaten. Ultimately, all is food.
But y I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only z I may finish my course and a the ministry b that I received from the Lord Jesus, c to testify to d the gospel of e the grace of God.
Crossing the Red Sea.
However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29.
Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
Ishtar was outraged. She climbed to the top of Uruk’s great wall, she writhed in grief and wailed, “Not only did Gilgamesh slander me-now the brute has killed his own punishment, the Bull of Heaven.
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
6My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me;.
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!
We should be kind, while there is still time.