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"I, on my part, am about to bring the flood
(waters) on the earth, to destroy everywhere all creatures in
which there is the breath of life; everything on earth shall
perish. But with you I will establish my covenant; you and your
sons, your wife and your sons' wives, shall go into the ark. Of
all other living creatures you shall bring two into the ark, one
male and one female, that you may keep them alive with you. Of all
kinds of birds, of all kinds of beasts, and of all kinds of
creeping things, two of each shall come into the ark with you, to
stay alive. Moreover, you are to provide yourself with all the
food that is to be eaten, and store it away, that it may serve as
provisions for you and for them." This Noah did; he carried
out all the commands that God gave him. [Taken from GEN 6:17-22]
Abraham answered, "God
himself will provide the sheep..." [Taken from GEN 22:8]
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban. As soon
as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister Rebekah and
heard her words about what the man had said to her, Laban rushed
outside to the man at the spring. When he reached him, he was
still standing by the camels at the spring. So he said to him:
"Come, blessed of the LORD! Why are you staying outside when
I have made the house ready for you, as well as a place for the
camels?" The man then went inside; and while the camels were
being unloaded and provided with straw and fodder, water was
brought to bathe his feet and the feet of the men who were with
him. [GEN 24:29-32]
"Come closer to me," he told his
brothers. When they had done so, he said: "I am your brother
Joseph, whom you once sold into Egypt. But now do not be
distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me
here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me
here ahead of you. For two years now the famine has been in the
land, and for five more years tillage will yield no harvest. God,
therefore, sent me on ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on
earth and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance. So
it was not really you but God who had me come here; and he has
made of me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household, and
ruler over the whole land of Egypt. Hurry back, then, to my father
and tell him: 'Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of
all Egypt; come to me without delay. You will settle in the region
of Goshen, where you will be near me - you and your children and
grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything that you own.
Since five years of famine still lie ahead, I will provide for you
there, so that you and your family and all that are yours may not
suffer want.'" [GEN 45:4-11]
Then his brothers proceeded to fling themselves
down before him and said, "Let us be your slaves!" But
Joseph replied to them: "Have no fear. Can I take the place
of God? Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good,
to achieve his present end, the survival of many people. Therefore
have no fear. I will provide for you and for your children."
By thus speaking kindly to them, he reassured them. Joseph
remained in Egypt, together with his father's family. He lived a
hundred and ten years. [GEN 50:18-22]
So the taskmasters and foremen of the people
went out and told them, "Thus says Pharaoh: I will not
provide you with straw. Go and gather the straw yourselves,
wherever you can find it. Yet there must not be the slightest
reduction in your work." The people, then, scattered
throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw, while
the taskmasters kept driving them on, saying, "Finish your
work, the same daily amount as when your straw was supplied."
[EX 5:10-13]
This is what the LORD commands with regard to
the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please,
provided they marry into a clan of their ancestral tribe, so that
no heritage of the Israelites will pass from one tribe to another,
but all the Israelites will retain their own ancestral heritage. [NUM
36:6-7]
"And today the LORD is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you; and provided you keep all his commandments, he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other nations he has made, and you will be a people sacred to the LORD, your God, as he promised." [DEUT
26:18-19]
Provided that you keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and walk in his ways, he will establish you as a people sacred to himself, as he swore to you;
so that, when all the nations of the earth see you bearing the name of the LORD, they will stand in awe of you. [DEUT 28:9-10]
"When all these things which I have set
before you, the blessings and the curses, are fulfilled in you,
and from among whatever nations the LORD, your God, may have
dispersed you, you ponder them in your heart: then, provided that
you and your children return to the LORD, your God, and heed his
voice with all your heart and all your soul, just as I now command
you, the LORD, your God, will change your lot; and taking pity on
you, he will again gather you from all the nations wherein he has
scattered you." [DEUT 30:1-3]
When Gideon heard the description and
explanation of the dream, he prostrated himself. Then returning to
the camp of Israel, he said, "Arise, for the LORD has
delivered the camp of Midian into your power." He divided the
three hundred men into three companies, and provided them all with
horns and with empty jars and torches inside the jars. "Watch
me and follow my lead," he told them. "I shall go to the
edge of the camp, and as I do, you must do also." [Taken from
JUDG 7:15-17]
Samson said to the attendant who was holding his
hand, "Put me where I may touch the columns that support the
temple and may rest against them." The temple was full of men
and women: all the lords of the Philistines were there, and from
the roof about three thousand men and women looked on as Samson
provided amusement. Samson cried out to the LORD and said, "O
Lord GOD, remember me! Strengthen me, O God, this last time that
for my two eyes I may avenge myself once and for all on the
Philistines." Samson grasped the two middle columns on which
the temple rested and braced himself against them, one at his
right hand, the other at his left. And Samson said, "Let me
die with the Philistines!" He pushed hard, and the temple
fell upon the lords and all the people who were in it. Those he
killed at his death were more than those he had killed during his
lifetime. [JUDG 16:26-30]
In the evening, however, an old man came from
his work in the field; he was from the mountain region of Ephraim,
though he lived among the Benjaminite townspeople of Gibeah. When
he noticed the traveler in the public square of the city, the old
man asked where he was going, and whence he had come. He said to
him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem of Judah far up into
the mountain region of Ephraim, where I belong. I have been to
Bethlehem of Judah and am now going back home; but no one has
offered us the shelter of his house. We have straw and fodder for
our asses, and bread and wine for the woman and myself and for our
servant; there is nothing else we need." "You are
welcome," the old man said to him, "but let me provide
for all your needs, and do not spend the night in the public
square." So he led them to his house and provided fodder for
the asses. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank. [JUDG
19:16-21]
Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed is
the LORD who has not failed to provide you today with an heir! May
he become famous in Israel!" [Taken from RUTH 4:14]
An Egyptian was found in the open country and
brought to David. He was provided with food, which he ate, and
given water to drink; a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of
pressed raisins were also offered to him. When he had eaten, he
revived; he had not taken food nor drunk water for three days and
three nights. Then David asked him, "To whom do you belong,
and where do you come from?" He replied: "I am an
Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me
because I fell sick three days ago today. We raided the Negeb of
the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negeb of Caleb;
and we set Ziklag on fire." David then asked him, "Will
you lead me down to this raiding party?" He answered,
"Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me
to my master, and I will lead you to the raiding party." He
did lead them, and there were the Amalekites scattered all over
the ground, eating, drinking, and in a festive mood because of all
the rich booty they had taken from the land of the Philistines and
from the land of Judah. [1SAM 30:11-16]
And the woman concluded: "Let the word of
my lord the king provide a resting place; indeed, my lord the king
is like an angel of God, evaluating good and bad. The LORD your
God be with you." [2SAM 14:17]
After this Absalom provided himself with
chariots, horses, and fifty henchmen. [2SAM 15:1]
It was Barzillai, a very old man of eighty and very wealthy besides, who had provisioned the king during his stay in Mahanaim. The king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will provide for your old age as my guest in Jerusalem." [2SAM 19:33-34]
When King David came to his palace in Jerusalem,
he took the ten concubines whom he had left behind to take care of
the palace and placed them in confinement. He provided for them,
but had no further relations with them. And so they remained in
confinement to the day of their death, lifelong widows. [2SAM
20:3]
Then Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah,
and the king stood up to meet her and paid her homage. Then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king's mother, who sat at his right. "There is one small favor I would ask of you," she said. "Do not refuse me." "Ask it, my mother," the king said to her, "for I will not refuse you." [1KGS 2:19-20]
Solomon had twelve commissaries for all Israel
who supplied food for the king and his household, each having to
provide for one month in the year. [1KGS 4:7]
These commissaries, one for each month, provided
food for King Solomon and for all the guests at the royal table.
They left nothing unprovided. [1KGS 5:7]
Hiram then sent word to Solomon, "I agree
to the proposal you sent me, and I will provide all the cedars and
fir trees you wish. My servants shall bring them down from the
Lebanon to the sea, and I will arrange them into rafts in the sea
and bring them wherever you say. There I will break up the rafts,
and you shall take the lumber. You, for your part, shall furnish
the provisions I desire for my household." So Hiram continued
to provide Solomon with all the cedars and fir trees he wished;
while Solomon every year gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat
to provide for his household, and twenty thousand measures of pure
oil. The LORD, moreover, gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him,
and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, since they were
parties to a treaty. [1KGS 5:22-26]
"And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise that he made: I have succeeded my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD foretold, and I have built this temple to honor the LORD, the God of Israel.
I have provided in it a place for the ark in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt." [1KGS 8:20-21]
Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in
the presence of the whole community of Israel, and stretching
forth his hands toward heaven, he said, "LORD, God of Israel,
there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below; you
keep your covenant of kindness with your servants who are faithful
to you with their whole heart. You have kept the promise you made
to my father David, your servant. You who spoke that promise, have
this day, by your own power, brought it to fulfillment. Now,
therefore, LORD, God of Israel, keep the further promise you made
to my father David, your servant, saying, 'You shall always have
someone from your line to sit before me on the throne of Israel,
provided only that your descendants look to their conduct so that
they live in my presence, as you have lived in my presence.'"
[Taken from 1KGS 8:22-25]
So the LORD said to him: "Move on to
Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have designated a widow there
to provide for you." He left and went to Zarephath. As he
arrived at the entrance of the city, a widow was gathering sticks
there; he called out to her, "Please bring me a small cupful
of water to drink." She left to get it, and he called out
after her, "Please bring along a bit of bread." "As
the LORD, your God, lives," she answered, "I have
nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jar and a
little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a couple of
sticks, to go in and prepare something for myself and my son; when
we have eaten it, we shall die." "Do not be
afraid," Elijah said to her. "Go and do as you propose.
But first make me a little cake and bring it to me. Then you can
prepare something for yourself and your son. For the LORD, the God
of Israel, says, 'The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug
of oil run dry, until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the
earth.'" She left and did as Elijah had said. She was able to
eat for a year, and he and her son as well; The jar of flour did
not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, as the LORD had foretold
through Elijah. [1KGS 17:8-16]
Then Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts
lives, whom I serve, were it not that I respect the king of Judah,
I should neither look at you nor notice you at all. Now get me a
minstrel." When the minstrel played, the power of the LORD
came upon Elisha and he announced: "Thus says the LORD,
'Provide many catch basins in this wadi.' For the LORD says,
'Though you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this wadi will be
filled with water for you, your livestock, and your pack animals
to drink.' And since the LORD does not consider this enough, he
will also deliver Moab into your grasp. You shall destroy every
fortified city, fell every fruit tree, stop up all the springs,
and ruin every fertile field with stones." [2KGS 3:14-19]
None of the funds brought to the temple of the
LORD were used there to make silver cups, snuffers, basins,
trumpets, or any gold or silver article. Instead, they were given
to the workmen, and with them they repaired the temple of the
LORD. Moreover, no reckoning was asked of the men who were
provided with the funds to give to the workmen, because they held
positions of trust. [2KGS 12:14-16]
At that time the officials of Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under
siege. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, himself arrived at the
city while his servants were besieging it. Then Jehoiachin, king
of Judah, together with his mother, his ministers, officers, and
functionaries, surrendered to the king of Babylon, who, in the
eighth year of his reign, took him captive. He carried off all the
treasures of the temple of the LORD and those of the palace, and
broke up all the gold utensils that Solomon, king of Israel, had
provided in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had foretold. [2KGS
24:10-13]
Then David gave to his son Solomon the pattern
of the portico and of the building itself, with its storerooms,
its upper rooms and inner chambers, and the room with the
propitiatory. He provided also the pattern for all else that he
had in mind by way of courts for the house of the LORD, with the
surrounding compartments for the stores for the house of God and
the stores of the votive offerings, as well as for the divisions
of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the
house of the LORD, and for all the liturgical vessels of the house
of the LORD. [1CHRON 28:11-13]
Uzziah provided for them - for the entire army -
bucklers, lances, helmets, breastplates, bows and slingstones. [2CHRON 26:14]
He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem
to provide the support of the priests and Levites, that they might
devote themselves entirely to the law of the LORD. [2CHRON 31:4]
He placed an idol that he had carved in the
house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon:
"In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen from all
the tribes of Israel I shall place my name forever. I will not
again allow Israel's feet to leave the land which I assigned to
your fathers, provided they are careful to observe all that I
commanded them, keeping the whole law and the statutes and the
ordinances given by Moses." Manasseh misled Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem into doing even greater evil than the
nations which the LORD had destroyed at the coming of the
Israelites. The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they
paid no attention. [2CHRON 33:7-10]
Remember against them, O my God, how they
defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the
Levites! Thus I cleansed them of all foreign contamination. I
established the various functions for the priests and Levites, so
that each had his appointed task. I also provided for the
procurement of wood at stated times and for the first fruits.
Remember this in my favor, O my God! [NEH 13:29-31]
Then he ordered them to lead her into the room
where his silverware was kept, and bade them set a table for her
with his own delicacies to eat and his own wine to drink. But
Judith said, "I will not partake of them, lest it be an
occasion of sin; but I shall be amply supplied from the things I
brought with me." Holofernes asked her: "But if your
provisions give out, where shall we get more of the same to
provide for you? None of your people are with us." Judith
answered him, "As surely as you, my lord, live, your handmaid
will not use up her supplies till the Lord accomplishes by my hand
what he has determined." [JDTH 12:1-4]
We must provide for the future, so as to render the kingdom undisturbed and peaceful for all men,
taking advantage of changing conditions and deciding always with equitable treatment matters coming to our attention. [ESTH E:8-9]
The Romans gave them letters addressed to the
authorities in the various places, requesting them to provide the
envoys with safe conduct to the land of Judah. [1MACC 12:4]
Menelaus, who was the cause of all the trouble,
the king acquitted of the charges, while he condemned to death
those poor men who would have been declared innocent even if they
had pleaded their case before Scythians. Thus, those who had
prosecuted the case for the city, for the people, and for the
sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment. For this
reason, even some Tyrians were indignant over the crime and
provided sumptuously for their burial. But Menelaus, thanks to the
covetousness of the men in power, remained in office, where he
grew in wickedness and became the chief plotter against his fellow
citizens. [2MACC 4:47-50]
So he who had promised to provide tribute for
the Romans by the capture of the people of Jerusalem testified
that the Jews had a champion, and that they were invulnerable for
the very reason that they followed the laws laid down by him.
[2MACC 8:36]
Some people of Joppa also committed this
outrage: they invited the Jews who lived among them, together with
their wives and children, to embark on boats which they had
provided. There was no hint of enmity toward them; this was done
by public vote of the city. When the Jews, not suspecting
treachery and wishing to live on friendly terms, accepted the
invitation, the people of Joppa took them out to sea and drowned
at least two hundred of them. [2MACC 12:3-4]
On the following day, since the task had now
become urgent, Judas and his men went to gather up the bodies of
the slain and bury them with their kinsmen in their ancestral
tombs. But under the tunic of each of the dead they found amulets
sacred to the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to
wear. So it was clear to all that this was why these men had been
slain. They all therefore praised the ways of the Lord, the just
judge who brings to light the things that are hidden. Turning to
supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully
blotted out. The noble Judas warned the soldiers to keep
themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes
what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. He
then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two
thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide
for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very
excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of
the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise
again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in
death. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that
awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and
pious thought. Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might
be freed from this sin. [2MACC 12:39-46]
Who puts wisdom in the heart, and gives the cock its
understanding? Who provides nourishment for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God, and they rove abroad without food?
[JOB 38:46,41]
I call to God Most High, to God who provides for
me. [PS 57:3]
Happy are those who find refuge in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrim roads.
As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink.
Also from pools the Lord provides water for those who lose their way.
[PS 84:6-7]
Happy are all who fear the LORD, who walk in the
ways of God. What your hands provide you will enjoy; you will be
happy and prosper: Like a fruitful vine your wife within your
home, Like olive plants your children around your table. Just so
will they be blessed who fear the LORD. [PS 128:1-4]
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the
lyre celebrate our God, Who covers the heavens with clouds,
provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,
Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for. [PS
147:7-9]
Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me
before I die: Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither
poverty nor riches; (provide me only with the food I need;) Lest,
being full, I deny you, saying, "Who is the LORD?" Or,
being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God. [PROV 30:7-9]
There is nothing better for man than to eat and drink and provide himself with good things by his labors. Even this, I realized, is from the hand of God.
For who can eat or drink apart from him? [ECCL 2:24-25]
For the Lord of all shows no partiality, nor
does he fear greatness, Because he himself made the great as well
as the small, and he provides for all alike [Taken from WISDOM 6:7]
But to the penitent he provides a way back, he encourages those who are losing hope!
Return to the LORD and give up sin, pray to him and make your offenses few.
[SIRACH 17:19-20]
From God the doctor has his wisdom, and the king
provides for his sustenance. [SIRACH 38:2]
For the virtuous his paths are level, to the haughty they are steep;
Good things for the good he provided from the beginning, but for the wicked good things and bad. [SIRACH 39:24-25]
Phinehas too, the son of Eleazar, was the
courageous third of his line When, zealous for the God of all, he
met the crisis of his people And, at the prompting of his noble
heart, atoned for the children of Israel. Therefore on him again
God conferred the right, in a covenant of friendship, to provide
for the sanctuary, So that he and his descendants should possess
the high priesthood forever. [SIRACH 45:23-24]
Was ever a man born like Joseph? Even his dead
body was provided for. [SIRACH 49:15]
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide
for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich
food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the
veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all
nations; he will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe
away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will
remove from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken. On that day
it will be said: "Behold our God, to whom we looked to save
us! This is the LORD for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be
glad that he has saved us!" [ISA 25:6-9]
There shall remain an area along the sacred
tract, ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the
west, whose produce shall provide food for the workers of the
City. [EZEK 48:18]
Whoever acknowledges him he shall provide
with abundant honor; he shall make them rule over the many and
distribute the land as a reward. [Taken from DAN 11:39]
The Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and
every day they provided for it [Taken from DAN 14:3]
And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant,
that grew up over Jonah's head, giving shade that relieved him of
any discomfort, Jonah was very happy over the plant. But the next
morning at dawn God sent a worm which attacked the plant, so that
it withered. And when the sun arose, God sent a burning east wind;
and the sun beat upon Jonah's head till he became faint. Then he
asked for death, saying, "I would be better off dead than
alive." But God said to Jonah, "Have you reason to be
angry over the plant?" "I have reason to be angry,"
Jonah answered, "angry enough to die." Then the LORD
said, "You are concerned over the plant which cost you no
labor and which you did not raise; it came up in one night and in
one night it perished. And should I not be concerned over Nineveh,
the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty
thousand persons who cannot distinguish their right hand from
their left, not to mention the many cattle?" [JONAH 4:6-11]
If God so clothes the grass of the field, which
grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much
more provide for you, O you of little faith? [MT 6:30]
While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the
Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd, with swords and
clubs, who had come from the chief priests and the elders of the
people. His betrayer had arranged a sign with them, saying,
"The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him."
Immediately he went over to Jesus and said, "Hail,
Rabbi!" and he kissed him. Jesus answered him, "Friend,
do what you have come for." Then stepping forward they laid
hands on Jesus and arrested him. And behold, one of those who
accompanied Jesus put his hand to his sword, drew it, and struck
the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear. Then Jesus said to
him, "Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take
the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot
call upon my Father and he will not provide me at this moment with
more than twelve legions of angels? But then how would the
scriptures be fulfilled which say that it must come to pass in
this way?" [MT 26:47-54]
Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve
and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.
[LK 8:1-3]
If God so clothes the grass in the field that
grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much
more provide for you, O you of little faith? [LK 12:28]
Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. [LK
12:33-34]
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land
of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance at the end of
about four hundred and fifty years. After these things he provided
judges up to Samuel (the) prophet. Then they asked for a king. God
gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for
forty years. Then he removed him and raised up David as their
king; of him he testified, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, a
man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.' From
this man's descendants God, according to his promise, has brought
to Israel a savior, Jesus. [ACTS 13:19-23]
He brought them up into his house and provided a
meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in
God. [ACTS 16:34]
"God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent
because he has established a day on which he will 'judge the world with justice' through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead." [ACTS 17:30-31]
There was a silversmith named Demetrius who made
miniature silver shrines of Artemis and provided no little work
for the craftsmen. He called a meeting of these and other workers
in related crafts and said, "Men, you know well that our
prosperity derives from this work. As you can now see and hear,
not only in Ephesus but throughout most of the province of Asia
this Paul has persuaded and misled a great number of people by
saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all." [Taken
from ACTS 19:24-26]
When the disturbance was over, Paul had the
disciples summoned and, after encouraging them, he bade them
farewell and set out on his journey to Macedonia. As he traveled
throughout those regions, he provided many words of encouragement
for them. Then he arrived in Greece, where he stayed for three
months. But when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was
about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return by way of
Macedonia. [ACTS 20:1-3]
The commander took him by the hand, drew him
aside, and asked him privately, "What is it you have to
report to me?" He replied, "The Jews have conspired to
ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though
they meant to inquire about him more thoroughly, but do not
believe them. More than forty of them are lying in wait for him;
they have bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they
have killed him. They are now ready and only wait for your
consent." As the commander dismissed the young man he
directed him, "Tell no one that you gave me this
information." Then he summoned two of the centurions and
said, "Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea by
nine o'clock tonight, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred
auxiliaries. Provide mounts for Paul to ride and give him safe
conduct to Felix the governor." [ACTS 23:19-24]
What advantage is there then in being a Jew? Or
what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every respect. (For)
in the first place, they were entrusted with the utterances of
God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify
the fidelity of God? Of course not! God must be true, though every
human being is a liar, as it is written: "That you may be
justified in your words, and conquer when you are judged."
But if our wickedness provides proof of God's righteousness, what
can we say? Is God unjust, humanly speaking, to inflict his wrath?
Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world? But if
God's truth redounds to his glory through my falsehood, why am I
still being condemned as a sinner? And why not say - as we are
accused and as some claim we say - that we should do evil that
good may come of it? Their penalty is what they deserve. [ROM 3:1-8]
Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of
course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to
the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous. Now if their
transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished
number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full
number. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am
the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry in order to
make my race jealous and thus save some of them. For if their
rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their
acceptance be but life from the dead? If the firstfruits are holy,
so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are
the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and
you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come
to share in the rich root of the olive tree, do not boast against
the branches. If you do boast, consider that you do not support
the root; the root supports you. Indeed you will say,
"Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted
in." That is so. They were broken off because of unbelief,
but you are there because of faith. So do not become haughty, but
stand in awe. For if God did not spare the natural branches,
(perhaps) he will not spare you either. See, then, the kindness
and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God's
kindness to you, provided you remain in his kindness; otherwise
you too will be cut off. And they also, if they do not remain in
unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in
again. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive
tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated one, how
much more will they who belong to it by nature be grafted back
into their own olive tree. [ROM 11:11-24]
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, provided that it be in the Lord.
She is more blessed, though, in my opinion, if she remains as she is, and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
[1COR 7:39-40]
No trial has come to you but what is human. God
is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength;
but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may
be able to bear it. [1COR 10:13]
And you who once were alienated and hostile in
mind because of evil deeds he has now reconciled in his fleshly
body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and
irreproachable before him, provided that you persevere in the
faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of
the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every
creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister. [COL 1:21-23]
We know that the law is good, provided that one
uses it as law, with the understanding that law is meant not for a
righteous person but for the lawless and unruly, the godless and
sinful, the unholy and profane, those who kill their fathers or
mothers, murderers, the unchaste, practicing homosexuals,
kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound
teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God,
with which I have been entrusted. [1TM 1:8-11]
Similarly, (too,) women should adorn themselves
with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with
braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive
clothes, but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for
God, with good deeds. A woman must receive instruction silently
and under complete control. I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man. She must be quiet. For Adam was formed
first, then Eve. Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was
deceived and transgressed. But she will be saved through
motherhood, provided women persevere in faith and love and
holiness, with self-control. [1TM 2:9-15]
Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a
widow has children or grandchildren, let these first learn to
perform their religious duty to their own family and to make
recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing to God. The real
widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in
supplications and prayers night and day. But the one who is
self-indulgent is dead while she lives. Command this, so that they
may be irreproachable. And whoever does not provide for relatives
and especially family members has denied the faith and is worse
than an unbeliever. [1TM 5:3-8]
Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
Tell them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to share,
thus accumulating as treasure a good foundation for the future, so as to win the life that is true life.
[1TM 6:17-19]
His divine power has bestowed on us everything
that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who
called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has
bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that
through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after
escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil
desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your
faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with
self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with
devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with
love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep
you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted,
forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers,
be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in
doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you. [2PT 1:3-11]
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