who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of ¹  the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. ¹  They tore at me without stopping to rest. ² 

Surely ¹  one sees ²  that even wise people die; ³  fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away ⁴  and leave their wealth to others. ⁵ 

The one who works ¹  his field will have plenty ²  of food, but whoever chases daydreams ³  lacks wisdom. ⁴ 

Do you see a person skilled ¹  in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position ²  before obscure people. ³ 

Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; ¹  they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, ²  they will not ³  look with pity on children.

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. ¹  It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them. ² 

Violence ¹  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ²  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ³ 

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. ¹ 

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

For there was no one needy ¹  among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling ²  them ³  and bringing the proceeds from the sales

Or do you not know, brothers and sisters ¹  (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person ²  as long as he lives?

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away ¹  – look, what is new ²  has come! ³ 

Let such a person consider this: What we say ¹  by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.