2 Timothy 1:3 Every time I say your name in prayer—which is practically all the time—I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ances...

1:3 MSG

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The Message - Every time I say your name in prayer—which is practically all the time—I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed reunion.
新标点和合本 - 我感谢　神，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的　神。祈祷的时候，不住的想念你，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我感谢上帝，就是我接续祖先用纯洁的良心所事奉的上帝，在祈祷中昼夜不停地想念你。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我感谢　神，就是我接续祖先用纯洁的良心所事奉的　神，在祈祷中昼夜不停地想念你。
当代译本 - 我日夜不停地为你祷告，对我效法祖先用清洁的良心事奉的上帝充满了感恩。
圣经新译本 - 我感谢　神，就是我像我祖先一样，以清洁的良心所事奉的　神，在祷告中昼夜不断地记念你；
中文标准译本 - 我在日夜的祈祷中时常想到你，我感谢神，就是我像先祖那样以清白的良心所事奉的那一位。
现代标点和合本 - 我感谢神，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的神，祈祷的时候不住地想念你，
和合本（拼音版） - 我感谢上帝，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的上帝。祈祷的时候，不住地想念你，
New International Version - I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
New International Reader's Version - I thank God, whom I serve as did our people of long ago. I serve God, knowing that what I have done is right. Night and day I thank God for you. Night and day I always remember you in my prayers.
English Standard Version - I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
New Living Translation - Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
Christian Standard Bible - I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
New American Standard Bible - I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
New King James Version - I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
Amplified Bible - I thank God, whom I worship and serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
American Standard Version - I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day
King James Version - I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
New English Translation - I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
World English Bible - I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
新標點和合本 - 我感謝神，就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所事奉的神。祈禱的時候，不住的想念你，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我感謝上帝，就是我接續祖先用純潔的良心所事奉的上帝，在祈禱中晝夜不停地想念你。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我感謝　神，就是我接續祖先用純潔的良心所事奉的　神，在祈禱中晝夜不停地想念你。
當代譯本 - 我日夜不停地為你禱告，對我效法祖先用清潔的良心事奉的上帝充滿了感恩。
聖經新譯本 - 我感謝　神，就是我像我祖先一樣，以清潔的良心所事奉的　神，在禱告中晝夜不斷地記念你；
呂振中譯本 - 我感謝上帝、我接續祖先、用潔淨良知所事奉的上帝；在祈禱中、我不住地惦念着你、
中文標準譯本 - 我在日夜的祈禱中時常想到你，我感謝神，就是我像先祖那樣以清白的良心所事奉的那一位。
現代標點和合本 - 我感謝神，就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所侍奉的神，祈禱的時候不住地想念你，
文理和合譯本 - 我謝自我祖以清潔之良、崇事之上帝、於祈禱間、念爾不輟、
文理委辦譯本 - 我法祖清心事上帝、今謝上帝、晝夜祈禱、緬懷爾不輟、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我感謝我清心所事我列祖所事之天主、因我晝夜祈禱時、念爾不已、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 予承祖宗遺風、一秉純潔之心、昭事天主；實天主之洪恩、有以致之；感激之情、充溢五內。予又感謝天主、使予能為汝祈禱、晝夜不輟；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Al recordarte de día y de noche en mis oraciones, siempre doy gracias a Dios, a quien sirvo con una conciencia limpia como lo hicieron mis antepasados.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 밤낮 기도할 때마다 그대를 기억하면서 조상 때부터 깨끗한 양심으로 섬겨 온 하나님께 감사하고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я благодарю Бога, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод - Я благодарю Всевышнего, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я благодарю Аллаха, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я благодарю Всевышнего, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je suis reconnaissant envers Dieu, que je sers avec une conscience pure, à l’exemple de mes ancêtres , lorsque continuellement, nuit et jour, je fais mention de toi dans mes prières.
リビングバイブル - テモテよ。私はあなたのことを、どんなに神に感謝しているか知れません。毎日、あなたのために祈り、長い夜も、何度となく思い出しては、どうかあなたに祝福があるようにと願い求めています。先祖たちが真心をもって仕えてきた神は、私の神です。そして、この神に喜んでいただくことだけが、私の生きがいなのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ μνείαν ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χάριν ἔχω τῷ Θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ μνείαν, ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου, νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας,
Nova Versão Internacional - Dou graças a Deus, a quem sirvo com a consciência limpa, como o serviram os meus antepassados, ao lembrar-me constantemente de você, noite e dia, em minhas orações.
Hoffnung für alle - Immer wenn ich für dich bete, danke ich Gott. Ihm diene ich mit reinem Gewissen wie schon meine Vorfahren. Tag und Nacht denke ich an dich in meinen Gebeten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cảm tạ Đức Chúa Trời, ta phục vụ Ngài với lương tâm trong sạch như tổ tiên ta ngày xưa. Đêm ngày cầu nguyện, ta luôn tưởng nhớ con—
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านในคำอธิษฐานอยู่เสมอทั้งวันทั้งคืน ข้าพเจ้าก็ขอบพระคุณพระเจ้าผู้ซึ่งข้าพเจ้ารับใช้อยู่ด้วยจิตสำนึกอันใสสะอาดเช่นเดียวกับบรรพบุรุษของข้าพเจ้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ตลอดทั้งวันทั้งคืน เมื่อข้าพเจ้าอธิษฐานข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่าน ข้าพเจ้าขอบคุณพระเจ้าผู้ที่ข้าพเจ้ารับใช้ด้วยมโนธรรมอันบริสุทธิ์ เช่นเดียวกับบรรพบุรุษของข้าพเจ้า

Cross Reference

2 Corinthians 1:12 - Now that the worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world—and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised. Don’t try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We’re writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that you’ll now see the whole picture as well as you’ve seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 1:2 - Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special. When the Message we preached came to you, it wasn’t just words. Something happened in you. The Holy Spirit put steel in your convictions.
2 Timothy 1:5 - That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.
Acts 26:4 - “From the time of my youth, my life has been lived among my own people in Jerusalem. Practically every Jew in town who watched me grow up—and if they were willing to stick their necks out they’d tell you in person—knows that I lived as a strict Pharisee, the most demanding branch of our religion. It’s because I believed it and took it seriously, committed myself heart and soul to what God promised my ancestors—the identical hope, mind you, that the twelve tribes have lived for night and day all these centuries—it’s because I have held on to this tested and tried hope that I’m being called on the carpet by the Jews. They should be the ones standing trial here, not me! For the life of me, I can’t see why it’s a criminal offense to believe that God raises the dead.
Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
Acts 27:23 - “Last night God’s angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve, saying to me, ‘Don’t give up, Paul. You’re going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.’ So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me. But we’re going to shipwreck on some island or other.”
1 Timothy 1:19 - There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith. Hymenaeus and Alexander are two of them. I let them wander off to Satan to be taught a lesson or two about not blaspheming.
1 Timothy 1:5 - The whole point of what we’re urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into dead ends of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious issues, but haven’t the remotest idea of what they’re holding forth with such imposing eloquence.
Acts 24:16 - “Believe me, I do my level best to keep a clear conscience before God and my neighbors in everything I do. I’ve been out of the country for a number of years and now I’m back. While I was away, I took up a collection for the poor and brought that with me, along with offerings for the Temple. It was while making those offerings that they found me quietly at my prayers in the Temple. There was no crowd, there was no disturbance. It was some Jews from around Ephesus who started all this trouble. And you’ll notice they’re not here today. They’re cowards, too cowardly to accuse me in front of you.
Acts 24:14 - “But I do freely admit this: In regard to the Way, which they malign as a dead-end street, I serve and worship the very same God served and worshiped by all our ancestors and embrace everything written in all our Scriptures. And I admit to living in hopeful anticipation that God will raise the dead, both the good and the bad. If that’s my crime, my accusers are just as guilty as I am.
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
Romans 1:8 - I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That’s first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him. And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son—the Message!—knows that every time I think of you in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you. The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God’s gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes! But don’t think I’m not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.

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The Message - Every time I say your name in prayer—which is practically all the time—I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed reunion.
新标点和合本 - 我感谢　神，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的　神。祈祷的时候，不住的想念你，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我感谢上帝，就是我接续祖先用纯洁的良心所事奉的上帝，在祈祷中昼夜不停地想念你。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我感谢　神，就是我接续祖先用纯洁的良心所事奉的　神，在祈祷中昼夜不停地想念你。
当代译本 - 我日夜不停地为你祷告，对我效法祖先用清洁的良心事奉的上帝充满了感恩。
圣经新译本 - 我感谢　神，就是我像我祖先一样，以清洁的良心所事奉的　神，在祷告中昼夜不断地记念你；
中文标准译本 - 我在日夜的祈祷中时常想到你，我感谢神，就是我像先祖那样以清白的良心所事奉的那一位。
现代标点和合本 - 我感谢神，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的神，祈祷的时候不住地想念你，
和合本（拼音版） - 我感谢上帝，就是我接续祖先用清洁的良心所侍奉的上帝。祈祷的时候，不住地想念你，
New International Version - I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
New International Reader's Version - I thank God, whom I serve as did our people of long ago. I serve God, knowing that what I have done is right. Night and day I thank God for you. Night and day I always remember you in my prayers.
English Standard Version - I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
New Living Translation - Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
Christian Standard Bible - I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
New American Standard Bible - I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
New King James Version - I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
Amplified Bible - I thank God, whom I worship and serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
American Standard Version - I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day
King James Version - I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
New English Translation - I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
World English Bible - I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
新標點和合本 - 我感謝神，就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所事奉的神。祈禱的時候，不住的想念你，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我感謝上帝，就是我接續祖先用純潔的良心所事奉的上帝，在祈禱中晝夜不停地想念你。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我感謝　神，就是我接續祖先用純潔的良心所事奉的　神，在祈禱中晝夜不停地想念你。
當代譯本 - 我日夜不停地為你禱告，對我效法祖先用清潔的良心事奉的上帝充滿了感恩。
聖經新譯本 - 我感謝　神，就是我像我祖先一樣，以清潔的良心所事奉的　神，在禱告中晝夜不斷地記念你；
呂振中譯本 - 我感謝上帝、我接續祖先、用潔淨良知所事奉的上帝；在祈禱中、我不住地惦念着你、
中文標準譯本 - 我在日夜的祈禱中時常想到你，我感謝神，就是我像先祖那樣以清白的良心所事奉的那一位。
現代標點和合本 - 我感謝神，就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所侍奉的神，祈禱的時候不住地想念你，
文理和合譯本 - 我謝自我祖以清潔之良、崇事之上帝、於祈禱間、念爾不輟、
文理委辦譯本 - 我法祖清心事上帝、今謝上帝、晝夜祈禱、緬懷爾不輟、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我感謝我清心所事我列祖所事之天主、因我晝夜祈禱時、念爾不已、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 予承祖宗遺風、一秉純潔之心、昭事天主；實天主之洪恩、有以致之；感激之情、充溢五內。予又感謝天主、使予能為汝祈禱、晝夜不輟；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Al recordarte de día y de noche en mis oraciones, siempre doy gracias a Dios, a quien sirvo con una conciencia limpia como lo hicieron mis antepasados.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 밤낮 기도할 때마다 그대를 기억하면서 조상 때부터 깨끗한 양심으로 섬겨 온 하나님께 감사하고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я благодарю Бога, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод - Я благодарю Всевышнего, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я благодарю Аллаха, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я благодарю Всевышнего, Которому служу с чистой совестью, как это делали и мои праотцы, когда непрестанно вспоминаю о тебе в своих молитвах, которые я совершаю день и ночь.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je suis reconnaissant envers Dieu, que je sers avec une conscience pure, à l’exemple de mes ancêtres , lorsque continuellement, nuit et jour, je fais mention de toi dans mes prières.
リビングバイブル - テモテよ。私はあなたのことを、どんなに神に感謝しているか知れません。毎日、あなたのために祈り、長い夜も、何度となく思い出しては、どうかあなたに祝福があるようにと願い求めています。先祖たちが真心をもって仕えてきた神は、私の神です。そして、この神に喜んでいただくことだけが、私の生きがいなのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ μνείαν ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χάριν ἔχω τῷ Θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ μνείαν, ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου, νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας,
Nova Versão Internacional - Dou graças a Deus, a quem sirvo com a consciência limpa, como o serviram os meus antepassados, ao lembrar-me constantemente de você, noite e dia, em minhas orações.
Hoffnung für alle - Immer wenn ich für dich bete, danke ich Gott. Ihm diene ich mit reinem Gewissen wie schon meine Vorfahren. Tag und Nacht denke ich an dich in meinen Gebeten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cảm tạ Đức Chúa Trời, ta phục vụ Ngài với lương tâm trong sạch như tổ tiên ta ngày xưa. Đêm ngày cầu nguyện, ta luôn tưởng nhớ con—
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านในคำอธิษฐานอยู่เสมอทั้งวันทั้งคืน ข้าพเจ้าก็ขอบพระคุณพระเจ้าผู้ซึ่งข้าพเจ้ารับใช้อยู่ด้วยจิตสำนึกอันใสสะอาดเช่นเดียวกับบรรพบุรุษของข้าพเจ้า
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2 Corinthians 1:12 - Now that the worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world—and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised. Don’t try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We’re writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that you’ll now see the whole picture as well as you’ve seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 1:2 - Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special. When the Message we preached came to you, it wasn’t just words. Something happened in you. The Holy Spirit put steel in your convictions.
2 Timothy 1:5 - That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.
Acts 26:4 - “From the time of my youth, my life has been lived among my own people in Jerusalem. Practically every Jew in town who watched me grow up—and if they were willing to stick their necks out they’d tell you in person—knows that I lived as a strict Pharisee, the most demanding branch of our religion. It’s because I believed it and took it seriously, committed myself heart and soul to what God promised my ancestors—the identical hope, mind you, that the twelve tribes have lived for night and day all these centuries—it’s because I have held on to this tested and tried hope that I’m being called on the carpet by the Jews. They should be the ones standing trial here, not me! For the life of me, I can’t see why it’s a criminal offense to believe that God raises the dead.
Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
Acts 27:23 - “Last night God’s angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve, saying to me, ‘Don’t give up, Paul. You’re going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.’ So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me. But we’re going to shipwreck on some island or other.”
1 Timothy 1:19 - There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith. Hymenaeus and Alexander are two of them. I let them wander off to Satan to be taught a lesson or two about not blaspheming.
1 Timothy 1:5 - The whole point of what we’re urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into dead ends of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious issues, but haven’t the remotest idea of what they’re holding forth with such imposing eloquence.
Acts 24:16 - “Believe me, I do my level best to keep a clear conscience before God and my neighbors in everything I do. I’ve been out of the country for a number of years and now I’m back. While I was away, I took up a collection for the poor and brought that with me, along with offerings for the Temple. It was while making those offerings that they found me quietly at my prayers in the Temple. There was no crowd, there was no disturbance. It was some Jews from around Ephesus who started all this trouble. And you’ll notice they’re not here today. They’re cowards, too cowardly to accuse me in front of you.
Acts 24:14 - “But I do freely admit this: In regard to the Way, which they malign as a dead-end street, I serve and worship the very same God served and worshiped by all our ancestors and embrace everything written in all our Scriptures. And I admit to living in hopeful anticipation that God will raise the dead, both the good and the bad. If that’s my crime, my accusers are just as guilty as I am.
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
Romans 1:8 - I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That’s first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him. And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son—the Message!—knows that every time I think of you in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you. The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God’s gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes! But don’t think I’m not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.