if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, ¹  not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others. ² 

And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

Then ¹  they sent some of the Pharisees ²  and Herodians ³  to trap him with his own words. ⁴ 

and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days ¹  he was with the disciples in Damascus,

So he gave orders to have them baptized ¹  in the name of Jesus Christ. ²  Then they asked him to stay for several days.

About that time King Herod ¹  laid hands on ²  some from the church to harm them. ³ 

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Jesus ¹  also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down ²  on everyone else.

and from there to Philippi, ¹  which is a leading city of that district ²  of Macedonia, ³  a Roman colony. ⁴  We stayed in this city for some days.

When they did not find them, they dragged ¹  Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, ²  screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble ³  throughout the world ⁴  have come here too,

While ¹  Apollos was in Corinth, ²  Paul went through the inland ³  regions ⁴  and came to Ephesus. ⁵  He ⁶  found some disciples there ⁷ 

When it was decided we ¹  would sail to Italy, ²  they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion ³  of the Augustan Cohort ⁴  named Julius.

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹  according to human standards. ² 

Until ¹  certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this ²  and separated himself ³  because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. ⁴ 

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, ¹  as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish ²  for any ³  to perish but for all to come to repentance. ⁴ 

and sent them to Jesus ¹  to ask, ²  “Are you the one who is to come, ³  or should we look for another?”

“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ¹  ‘The one who eats my bread ²  has turned against me.’ ³