[Jesus] replied [when he was alerted his physical family was near], “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” —Luke 8:21. I love

We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift [of money you have given for the Christians in Jerusalem]. For we are taking pains to

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. —Romans 8:18. “Life is pain… Anyone who says differently is selling

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to [Jesus], and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”—Romans 8:15.

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses. —Hosea 8:14. In prosperity,

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal

Jesus straightened up and asked [the woman caught in the act of adultery], “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of

But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Be careful, however, that the exercise

When they kept on questioning [Jesus about the woman caught in the act of adultery, Jesus] straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin,

But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to [those who served as priests in Old Testament times,] as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to

And [the young Macedonian believers] did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will. —2 Corinthians

Those who had been scattered [at the stoning of Stephen and the outbreak of subsequent persecution] preached the word wherever they went —Acts 8:4. When someone tries to stomp out