He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

How blessed are the people who worship you! ¹  O Lord, they experience your favor. ² 

You will be shocked and amazed! ¹  You are totally blind! ²  They are drunk, ³  but not because of wine; they stagger, ⁴  but not because of beer.

He says, ¹  “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

None of the sins he has committed will be held ¹  against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ¹ 

The experts in the law ¹  who came down from Jerusalem ²  said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” ³  and, “By the ruler ⁴  of demons he casts out demons.”

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. ¹  But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ² 

praising God and having the good will ¹  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ²  those who were being saved.

To all those loved by God in Rome, ¹  called to be saints: ²  Grace and peace to you ³  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, ¹  that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with ¹  a prostitute is one body with her? ²  For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ³ 

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them ¹  to sin.

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice ¹  is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” ¹  but not everything builds others up. ² 

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.