I have a baptism ¹  to undergo, ²  and how distressed I am until it is finished!

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder ¹  of the covenant between me and you.

So also ¹  Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, ²  since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire ³  in a way similar to ⁴  these angels, ⁵  are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Resist him, ¹  strong in your faith, because you know ²  that your brothers and sisters ³  throughout the world ⁴  are enduring ⁵  the same kinds of suffering. ⁶ 

But if we are afflicted, ¹  it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

so that he might continue to live ¹  forever and not experience death. ² 

It is good for a man ¹  to bear ²  the yoke ³  while he is young. ⁴ 

but the one ¹  whom God raised up did not experience ²  decay.

But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?” ¹ 

They said to him, “We are able.” ¹  Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer ¹  many things and be rejected by the elders, ²  chief priests, and experts in the law, ³  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” ⁴ 

But the things God foretold ¹  long ago through ²  all the prophets – that his Christ ³  would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.

Therefore he also says in another psalm, ¹  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ²  to experience ³  decay.’ ⁴ 

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. ¹ 

When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

But if you do not agree to our terms ¹  by being circumcised, then we will take ²  our sister ³  and depart.”

You will not abandon me ¹  to Sheol; ²  you will not allow your faithful follower ³  to see ⁴  the Pit. ⁵ 

For the Lord disciplines ¹  those he loves, just as a father ²  disciplines ³  the son in whom he delights.

The one who puts up security for a stranger ¹  will surely have trouble, ²  but whoever avoids ³  shaking hands ⁴  will be secure.

A generous woman ¹  gains honor, and ruthless men ²  seize wealth. ³