not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ¹  drawing near. ² 

and endurance, character, and character, hope.

Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ¹  ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his. ² 

The donkey said to Balaam, “Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted ¹  to treat you this way?” ²  And he said, “No.”

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

But ¹  you are willing to forgive, ²  so that you might ³  be honored. ⁴ 

For I see that you are bitterly envious ¹  and in bondage to sin.”

Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.

Since many ¹  are boasting according to human standards, ²  I too will boast.

All day long they cause me trouble; ¹  they make a habit of plotting my demise. ² 

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ¹  whomever they wanted.

Then ¹  Jesus ²  went out and made his way, ³  as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, ⁴  and the disciples followed him.

On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.

You ought to say instead, ¹  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, ¹  and he did not take the necessary precautions, ²  and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

The godly will rejoice in the Lord and take shelter in him. All the morally upright ¹  will boast. ² 

Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. ¹ 

John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ¹ 

When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. ¹  Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem ²  were there too.