but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. ¹ 

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ¹ 

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ¹  as a criminal, but God’s message ²  is not imprisoned! ³ 

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those ¹  who will inherit salvation?

For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

For ¹  this is the love of God: ²  that we keep his commandments. ³  And his commandments do not weigh us down,

But his father and mother said to him, “Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our ¹  people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” ²  But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, ³  because she is the right one for me.” ⁴ 

For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, ¹  is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them ²  to your governor! Will he be pleased with you ³  or show you favor?” asks the Lord who rules over all.

All ¹  who heard him were amazed and were saying, “Is this not ²  the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging ³  those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners ⁴  to the chief priests?”

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find a man like Joseph, ¹  one in whom the Spirit of God is present?” ² 

Doesn’t my master drink from this cup ¹  and use it for divination? ²  You have done wrong!’” ³ 

but who pays back those who hate ¹  him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore ²  those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

“This commandment I am giving ¹  you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

At that time, ¹  Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure. ² 

Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. ¹  Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor. ² 

Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. ¹  But Samuel ²  said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”

God will severely punish David, ¹  if I leave alive until morning even one male ²  from all those who belong to him!”