So they spent ¹  considerable ²  time with the disciples.

Let everyone see your gentleness. ¹  The Lord is near!

They must not slander ¹  anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

Honor ¹  widows who are truly in need. ² 

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ¹  and turned away ²  a large crowd, ³  not only in Ephesus ⁴  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ⁵  by saying ⁶  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ⁷ 

But if someone says to you, “This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience ¹  –

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. ¹ 

So ¹  Peter ²  stayed many days in Joppa with a man named ³  Simon, a tanner. ⁴ 

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners ¹  and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers. ² 

So they stayed there ¹  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ²  to the message ³  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ⁴  and wonders to be performed through their hands.

The next day we put in ¹  at Sidon, ²  and Julius, treating Paul kindly, ³  allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed. ⁴ 

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

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹  full of mercy and good fruit, ²  impartial, and not hypocritical. ³ 

Slaves, ¹  be subject ²  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. ¹ 

‘How ¹  beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. ¹ 

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; ¹  I received instruction from what I saw: ² 

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?