He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!” ¹ 

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted ¹  together to kill him,

God was performing extraordinary ¹  miracles by Paul’s hands,

so that no one can boast in his presence.

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. ¹ 

So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner ¹  has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! ² 

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, ¹  but it was simply not his intention to come now. ²  He will come when he has the opportunity.

For if someone comes and proclaims ¹  another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, ²  or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, ³  or a different gospel than the one you accepted, ⁴  you put up with it well enough! ⁵ 

He says to himself, ¹  “God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.” ² 

I am numb with pain and severely battered; ¹  I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ² 

None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! ¹ 

Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ¹  for I await your justice.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed ¹  from their filthiness. ² 

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ¹  and their lands.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Many ¹  women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support ²  were also there, watching from a distance.

He spoke openly about this. So ¹  Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

So Pilate asked him again, ¹  “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”