for it is written, “You shall be holy, because I am holy.” ¹ 

because I am with you, and no one will assault ¹  you to harm ²  you, because I have many people in this city.”

Therefore he also says in another psalm, ¹  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ²  to experience ³  decay.’ ⁴ 

But when these things ¹  begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption ²  is drawing near.”

Therefore I declare ¹  to you today that I am innocent ²  of the blood of you all. ³ 

because what can be known about God is plain to them, ¹  because God has made it plain to them.

For no one is declared righteous before him ¹  by the works of the law, ²  for through the law comes ³  the knowledge of sin.

Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) ¹  but Satan thwarted us.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

and saw the Lord ¹  saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts ¹  were darkened.

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

with such affection for you ¹  we were happy ²  to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, ¹  because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, ²  as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him ¹  for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

For all flesh ¹  is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; ²  the grass withers and the flower falls off,

For it says ¹  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ²  and whoever believes ³  in him ⁴  will never ⁵  be put to shame.” ⁶ 

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³