I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship ¹  from God – given to me for you – in order to complete ²  the word of God,

and have been clothed with the new man ¹  that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to ¹  the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner ¹  unless he competes according to the rules. ² 

But now in his own time ¹  he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

while God confirmed their witness ¹  with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ²  according to his will.

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good. ¹ 

And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, ¹  just as also our dear brother Paul ²  wrote to you, ³  according to the wisdom given to him,

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that ¹  whenever ²  we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

I rejoiced greatly because I have found some ¹  of your children living according to the truth, ²  just as the Father commanded us. ³ 

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. ¹ 

He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits ¹  according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. ² 

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay ¹  each one according to what he has done!

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. ¹ 

So ¹  Simeon, ²  directed by the Spirit, ³  came into the temple courts, ⁴  and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law, ⁵ 

Our ancestors ¹  had the tabernacle ²  of testimony in the wilderness, ³  just as God ⁴  who spoke to Moses ordered him ⁵  to make it according to the design he had seen.

They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now living ¹  among the Gentiles to abandon ²  Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children ³  or live ⁴  according to our customs.

“I am a Jew, ¹  born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up ²  in this city, educated with strictness ³  under ⁴  Gamaliel ⁵  according to the law of our ancestors, ⁶  and was ⁷  zealous ⁸  for God just as all of you are today.

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! ¹  Do ²  you sit there judging me according to the law, ³  and in violation of the law ⁴  you order me to be struck?”