Then the Pharisees ¹  went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. ² 

Therefore when you sent for me, ¹  I came without any objection. Now may I ask why ²  you sent for me?”

For you were made rich ¹  in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge ²  –

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

For we never appeared ¹  with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

encourage your hearts and strengthen you ¹  in every good thing you do or say. ² 

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. ¹ 

But at this statement, the man ¹  looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ² 

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

But ¹  she was greatly troubled ²  by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. ³ 

That is why ¹  I did not presume ²  to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed. ³ 

After he had gone through those regions ¹  and spoken many words of encouragement ²  to the believers there, ³  he came to Greece, ⁴ 

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

by truthful ¹  teaching, ²  by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, ³ 

And even if I am unskilled ¹  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, ¹  namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” ² 

Elders who provide effective leadership ¹  must be counted worthy ²  of double honor, ³  especially those who work hard in speaking ⁴  and teaching.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

and a stumbling-stone ¹  and a rock to trip over. ²  They stumble ³  because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. ⁴ 

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. ¹