He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while ¹  the whole crowd stood on the shore.

The ¹  disciples said to him, “If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

Then ¹  he looked up ²  at his disciples and said: “Blessed ³  are you who are poor, ⁴  for the kingdom of God belongs ⁵  to you.

I know ¹  what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ ² 

How can you believe, if you accept praise ¹  from one another and don’t seek the praise ²  that comes from the only God? ³ 

(Now he did not say this on his own, ¹  but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation, ² 

The kings of the earth stood together, ¹  and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his ²  Christ.’ ³ 

“So,” he said, “let your leaders ¹  go down there ²  with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, ³  they may bring charges ⁴  against him.”

Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous ¹  because the fast ²  was already over, ³  Paul advised them, ⁴ 

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ¹  Do not be conceited. ² 

Think about the circumstances of your call, ¹  brothers and sisters. ²  Not many were wise by human standards, ³  not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. ⁴ 

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? ¹ 

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, ¹  urge you to live ²  worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ³ 

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes ¹  of the devil.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances ¹  and that he may encourage your hearts.

I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant ¹  and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. ²