But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even ¹  while she lives.

So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

For whoever wants to save his life ¹  will lose it, ²  but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

So listen carefully, ¹  for whoever has will be given more, but ²  whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has ³  will be taken from him.”

Then ¹  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation ²  has come to this household, ³  because he too is a son of Abraham! ⁴ 

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, ¹  but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

I pray that ¹  the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ²  may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation ³  in your growing knowledge of him, ⁴ 

For “physical exercise ¹  has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.

so that you may not be sluggish, ¹  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another ¹  as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

The time of judgment ¹  is about to arrive! ²  The time of retribution ³  is imminent! ⁴  Let Israel know! ⁵ The prophet is considered a fool ⁶  – the inspired man ⁷  is viewed as a madman ⁸  – because of the multitude of your sins and your intense ⁹  animosity.

When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken ¹  to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

But you even break off ¹  piety, ²  and hinder ³  meditation ⁴  before God.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. ¹ 

Yes, ¹  look! Those far from you ²  die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ³ 

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

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. ¹ 

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ¹