-
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
-
in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
-
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
-
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
-
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
-
Awaiting the New Body
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
-
If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
-
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
-
Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
-
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
-
For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
-
And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
-
Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
-
But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.
-
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.
