For God wants you ¹  to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

“Whoever, then, acknowledges ¹  me before people, I will acknowledge ²  before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

When ¹  they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. ² 

They ¹  tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

I tell you the truth, ¹  people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. ² 

“Take these words to heart, ¹  for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” ² 

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

that ¹  the Son of Man must be delivered ²  into the hands of sinful men, ³  and be crucified, ⁴  and on the third day rise again.” ⁵ 

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

From one man ¹  he made every nation of the human race ²  to inhabit the entire earth, ³  determining their set times ⁴  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ⁵ 

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people ¹  who suppress the truth by their ²  unrighteousness, ³ 

on the day when God will judge ¹  the secrets of human hearts, ²  according to my gospel ³  through Christ Jesus.

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another. ¹ 

From Paul, ¹  an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Now this secret ¹  was not disclosed to people ²  in former ³  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ⁴  the Spirit,

So ¹  we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. ² 

In fact this is why ¹  we work hard and struggle, ²  because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, ³  especially of believers.