that ¹  by revelation the divine secret ²  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ³ 

From Paul, ¹  a prisoner of Christ Jesus, ²  and Timothy our ³  brother, to Philemon, our dear friend ⁴  and colaborer,

I wrote something to the church, ¹  but Diotrephes, ²  who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us. ³ 

And I wrote this very thing to you, ¹  so that when I came ²  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ¹ 

but that we should write them a letter ¹  telling them to abstain ²  from things defiled ³  by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled ⁴  and from blood.

Not that we are adequate ¹  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²  is from God,

From Paul ¹  and Timothy, slaves ²  of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, ³  with the overseers ⁴  and deacons.

From Jude, ¹  a slave ²  of Jesus Christ and brother of James, ³  to those who are called, wrapped in the love of ⁴  God the Father and kept for ⁵  Jesus Christ.

So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.

So Uriah the priest did exactly as ¹  King Ahaz ordered.

so that they might keep his commands and obey ¹  his laws. Praise the Lord!

So ¹  the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” ¹ 

Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!

From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions ¹  to you

Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. ¹  So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, ² 

But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king ¹  gave written orders that Haman’s ²  evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.