Say to them, ¹  ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? ²  Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’

“Many ¹  daughters ²  have done valiantly, ³  but you surpass them all!”

And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ¹ 

and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to ¹  all the fullness of God.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds ¹  in Christ Jesus.

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. ¹ 

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹ 

Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him for his surpassing greatness!

For indeed, what had been glorious now ¹  has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. ² 

I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ¹  Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ¹ 

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power ¹  belongs to God and does not come from us.

to demonstrate in the coming ages ¹  the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward ²  us in Christ Jesus.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! ¹  – that I may gain Christ,

I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ¹  Your wisdom and wealth ²  surpass what was reported to me.

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, ¹  so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble ²  me – so that I would not become arrogant. ³ 

Now an argument started among the disciples ¹  as to which of them might be ²  the greatest.

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

So ¹  I was far wealthier ²  than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: ³ 

That is how ¹  they have grown fat and sleek. ²  There is no limit to the evil things they do. ³  They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.