Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.
For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel
To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.
When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the things from the servants and put them away in the house. He sent the men away and they left.
As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the Lord has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”
He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites did not act at once.
The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them.
Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.
Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord .
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families.
They divided them impartially by casting lots, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”