I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

From ¹  the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ¹ 

From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, ¹  there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. ² 

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest ¹  gathers it for someone who is gracious ²  to the needy.

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees, ²  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

For then there will be great suffering ¹  unlike anything that has happened ²  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

“The one who is faithful in a very little ¹  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Not so with you; ¹  instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader ²  like the one who serves. ³ 

The thief comes only to steal and kill ¹  and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ² 

For just as the sufferings ¹  of Christ ²  overflow ³  toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. ⁴ 

For our momentary, light suffering ¹  is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth ¹  of their generosity.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, ¹  that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: ² 

and most of the brothers and sisters, ¹  having confidence in the Lord ²  because of my imprisonment, now more than ever ³  dare to speak the word ⁴  fearlessly.