So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven ¹  and to all the rest.

and they began selling ¹  their property ²  and possessions and distributing the proceeds ³  to everyone, as anyone had need.

Then ¹  they spoke the word of the Lord ²  to him, along with all those who were in his house.

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, ¹  because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. ² 

Through him ¹  we have received grace and our apostleship ²  to bring about the obedience ³  of faith ⁴  among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

And even if I am unskilled ¹  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

Now the church is ¹  his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. ² 

The ¹  whole imperial guard ²  and everyone else knows ³  that I am in prison ⁴  for the sake of Christ,

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

As a result you became an example ¹  to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress. ¹ 

You, however, be self-controlled ¹  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

People ¹  do not light a lamp and put it under a basket ²  but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, ¹  and then the end will come.

So ¹  the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ²  God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ³ 

At that moment, ¹  she came up to them ²  and began to give thanks to God and to speak ³  about the child ⁴  to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. ⁵