(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion ¹  and your frequent illnesses.) ² 

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures ¹  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

Then ¹  they said to him, “John’s ²  disciples frequently fast ³  and pray, ⁴  and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, ⁵  but yours continue to eat and drink.” ⁶ 

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, ¹  and for this reason he sent for Paul ²  as often as possible ³  and talked ⁴  with him.

How often ¹  are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away ²  by a whirlwind?

Faithful ¹  are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses ²  of an enemy are excessive. ³ 

Yet Jesus himself ¹  frequently withdrew ²  to the wilderness ³  and prayed.

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, ¹  in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, ²  in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ¹  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

“How often ¹  is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their ²  misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain ³  to them ⁴  in his anger?

Don’t set foot too frequently ¹  in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary ²  of you and hate you.

in hard work and toil, ¹  through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. ² 

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ¹  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David ¹  sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

Elisha died and was buried. ¹  Moabite raiding parties invaded ²  the land at the beginning of the year. ³ 

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

“I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters ¹  are you all!