Romans 1:9 我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所侍奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们；

1:9 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所侍奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我在他儿子的福音上，用心灵所事奉的上帝可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我在他儿子的福音上，用心灵所事奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们，
当代译本 - 我在祂儿子的福音事工上全心事奉的上帝可以为我做见证：我如何在祷告中常常想到你们，并求上帝让我照祂的旨意最终能去你们那里。
圣经新译本 - 我在传扬他儿子福音的事上，用心灵事奉的　神，可以作证我是怎样不断地记念你们，
中文标准译本 - 事实上，神——就是我在他儿子的福音工作上用心灵所事奉的那一位，可以为我见证：我怎样不住地提到你们，
现代标点和合本 - 我在他儿子福音上用心灵所侍奉的神，可以见证我怎样不住地提到你们，
和合本（拼音版） - 我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所侍奉的上帝，可以见证我怎样不住地提到你们；
New International Version - God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
New International Reader's Version - I serve God with my whole heart. I preach the good news about his Son. God knows that I always remember you
English Standard Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
New Living Translation - God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son.
Christian Standard Bible - God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son — that I constantly mention you,
New American Standard Bible - For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,
New King James Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Amplified Bible - For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how continuously I mention you
American Standard Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
King James Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
New English Translation - For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
World English Bible - For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
新標點和合本 - 我在他兒子福音上，用心靈所事奉的神可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我在他兒子的福音上，用心靈所事奉的上帝可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我在他兒子的福音上，用心靈所事奉的　神可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們，
當代譯本 - 我在祂兒子的福音事工上全心事奉的上帝可以為我作見證：我如何在禱告中常常想到你們，並求上帝讓我照祂的旨意最終能去你們那裡。
聖經新譯本 - 我在傳揚他兒子福音的事上，用心靈事奉的　神，可以作證我是怎樣不斷地記念你們，
呂振中譯本 - 我在他兒子福音上、用心靈所事奉的上帝給我作證、我怎樣不住地提到你們，
中文標準譯本 - 事實上，神——就是我在他兒子的福音工作上用心靈所事奉的那一位，可以為我見證：我怎樣不住地提到你們，
現代標點和合本 - 我在他兒子福音上用心靈所侍奉的神，可以見證我怎樣不住地提到你們，
文理和合譯本 - 蓋上帝、即我於其子之福音、以心神所崇事者、證我常言及爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 我一心以其子福音事上帝、上帝監我、緬懷爾不置、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 天主、乃我於其子之福音一心奉事者、為我作證、我祈禱時、念爾不已、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 予一心以其聖子之福音、昭事天主；每於祈禱時、緬懷爾等、不能自已；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Dios, a quien sirvo de corazón predicando el evangelio de su Hijo, me es testigo de que los recuerdo a ustedes sin cesar.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 그리스도에 대한 기쁜 소식을 전하며 정성껏 하나님을 섬기는 것과 또 여러분을 기억하며 쉬지 않고 기도하는 것을 하나님께서도 잘 알고 계십니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть Бог, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод - Пусть Всевышний, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть Аллах, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть Всевышний, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu m’en est témoin, lui que je sers de tout mon être en proclamant l’Evangile qui concerne son Fils : dans toutes mes prières, je ne cesse de faire mention de vous à toute occasion et je lui demande de me donner enfin l’occasion de vous rendre visite si telle est sa volonté.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたのために私がどれほど祈っているかは、神がご存じです。私は神のひとり子についての福音を人々に伝えながら、全力でお仕えしている神に、あなたがたに必要なものが与えられるよう昼も夜も祈っています。
Nestle Aland 28 - μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
Nova Versão Internacional - Deus, a quem sirvo de todo o coração pregando o evangelho de seu Filho, é minha testemunha de como sempre me lembro de vocês
Hoffnung für alle - Und wie oft ich im Gebet an euch denke, dafür ist Gott mein Zeuge. Ihm diene ich von ganzem Herzen, indem ich die rettende Botschaft von seinem Sohn verkünde.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngày và đêm, tôi dâng anh chị em và nhu cầu của anh chị em trong lời cầu nguyện lên Đức Chúa Trời, là Đấng mà tôi hết lòng phục vụ bằng cách truyền bá Phúc Âm của Con Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระเจ้าซึ่งข้าพเจ้ารับใช้ด้วยสุดใจในการประกาศข่าวประเสริฐเรื่องพระบุตรของพระองค์นั้น ทรงเป็นพยานให้ข้าพเจ้าว่าข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านเสมอ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้ารับใช้พระเจ้าด้วยชีวิตจิตใจในการประกาศข่าวประเสริฐเรื่องพระบุตรของพระองค์ พระเจ้าเป็นพยานของข้าพเจ้าว่า เวลาอธิษฐาน ข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านอยู่เสมอไม่ว่างเว้น

交叉引用

Philemon 1:4 - Every time your name comes up in my prayers, I say, “Oh, thank you, God!” I keep hearing of the love and faith you have for the Master Jesus, which brims over to other believers. And I keep praying that this faith we hold in common keeps showing up in the good things we do, and that people recognize Christ in all of it. Friend, you have no idea how good your love makes me feel, doubly so when I see your hospitality to fellow believers.
Philippians 1:9 - So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.
Luke 18:1 - Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit. He said, “There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!’
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.”
Acts 19:21 - After all this had reached its peak, Paul decided it was time to move on to Macedonia and Achaia provinces, and from there to Jerusalem. “Then,” he said, “I’m off to Rome. I’ve got to see Rome!” He sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia and then stayed for a while and wrapped things up in Asia.
Colossians 1:9 - Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you’ll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.
Colossians 1:13 - God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.
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.
Ephesians 3:14 - My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:20 - God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
1 John 5:9 - If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God’s testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God’s own testimony regarding his Son.
1 John 5:11 - This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.
Acts 12:5 - All the time that Peter was under heavy guard in the jailhouse, the church prayed for him most strenuously.
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.
Mark 1:1 - The good news of Jesus Christ—the Message!—begins here, following to the letter the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Watch closely: I’m sending my preacher ahead of you; He’ll make the road smooth for you. Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
1 Samuel 12:23 - “And neither will I walk off and leave you. That would be a sin against God! I’m staying right here at my post praying for you and teaching you the good and right way to live. But I beg of you, fear God and worship him honestly and heartily. You’ve seen how greatly he has worked among you! Be warned: If you live badly, both you and your king will be thrown out.”
1 Thessalonians 2:6 - Even though we had some standing as Christ’s apostles, we never threw our weight around or tried to come across as important, with you or anyone else. We weren’t standoffish with you. We took you just as you were. We were never patronizing, never condescending, but we cared for you the way a mother cares for her children. We loved you dearly. Not content to just pass on the Message, we wanted to give you our hearts. And we did.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 - You remember us in those days, friends, working our fingers to the bone, up half the night, moonlighting so you wouldn’t have the burden of supporting us while we proclaimed God’s Message to you. You saw with your own eyes how discreet and courteous we were among you, with keen sensitivity to you as fellow believers. And God knows we weren’t freeloaders! You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child, holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.
John 4:23 - “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Now, are you ready for the real reason I didn’t visit you in Corinth? As God is my witness, the only reason I didn’t come was to spare you pain. I was being considerate of you, not indifferent, not manipulative.
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!
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 ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed reunion.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所侍奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我在他儿子的福音上，用心灵所事奉的上帝可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我在他儿子的福音上，用心灵所事奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们，
当代译本 - 我在祂儿子的福音事工上全心事奉的上帝可以为我做见证：我如何在祷告中常常想到你们，并求上帝让我照祂的旨意最终能去你们那里。
圣经新译本 - 我在传扬他儿子福音的事上，用心灵事奉的　神，可以作证我是怎样不断地记念你们，
中文标准译本 - 事实上，神——就是我在他儿子的福音工作上用心灵所事奉的那一位，可以为我见证：我怎样不住地提到你们，
现代标点和合本 - 我在他儿子福音上用心灵所侍奉的神，可以见证我怎样不住地提到你们，
和合本（拼音版） - 我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所侍奉的上帝，可以见证我怎样不住地提到你们；
New International Version - God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
New International Reader's Version - I serve God with my whole heart. I preach the good news about his Son. God knows that I always remember you
English Standard Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
New Living Translation - God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son.
Christian Standard Bible - God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son — that I constantly mention you,
New American Standard Bible - For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,
New King James Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Amplified Bible - For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how continuously I mention you
American Standard Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
King James Version - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
New English Translation - For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
World English Bible - For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
新標點和合本 - 我在他兒子福音上，用心靈所事奉的神可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我在他兒子的福音上，用心靈所事奉的上帝可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我在他兒子的福音上，用心靈所事奉的　神可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們，
當代譯本 - 我在祂兒子的福音事工上全心事奉的上帝可以為我作見證：我如何在禱告中常常想到你們，並求上帝讓我照祂的旨意最終能去你們那裡。
聖經新譯本 - 我在傳揚他兒子福音的事上，用心靈事奉的　神，可以作證我是怎樣不斷地記念你們，
呂振中譯本 - 我在他兒子福音上、用心靈所事奉的上帝給我作證、我怎樣不住地提到你們，
中文標準譯本 - 事實上，神——就是我在他兒子的福音工作上用心靈所事奉的那一位，可以為我見證：我怎樣不住地提到你們，
現代標點和合本 - 我在他兒子福音上用心靈所侍奉的神，可以見證我怎樣不住地提到你們，
文理和合譯本 - 蓋上帝、即我於其子之福音、以心神所崇事者、證我常言及爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 我一心以其子福音事上帝、上帝監我、緬懷爾不置、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 天主、乃我於其子之福音一心奉事者、為我作證、我祈禱時、念爾不已、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 予一心以其聖子之福音、昭事天主；每於祈禱時、緬懷爾等、不能自已；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Dios, a quien sirvo de corazón predicando el evangelio de su Hijo, me es testigo de que los recuerdo a ustedes sin cesar.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 그리스도에 대한 기쁜 소식을 전하며 정성껏 하나님을 섬기는 것과 또 여러분을 기억하며 쉬지 않고 기도하는 것을 하나님께서도 잘 알고 계십니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть Бог, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод - Пусть Всевышний, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть Аллах, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть Всевышний, Которому я от всего сердца служу, возвещая Радостную Весть о Его (вечном) Сыне, будет мне свидетелем в том, что я постоянно вспоминаю о вас
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu m’en est témoin, lui que je sers de tout mon être en proclamant l’Evangile qui concerne son Fils : dans toutes mes prières, je ne cesse de faire mention de vous à toute occasion et je lui demande de me donner enfin l’occasion de vous rendre visite si telle est sa volonté.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたのために私がどれほど祈っているかは、神がご存じです。私は神のひとり子についての福音を人々に伝えながら、全力でお仕えしている神に、あなたがたに必要なものが与えられるよう昼も夜も祈っています。
Nestle Aland 28 - μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
Nova Versão Internacional - Deus, a quem sirvo de todo o coração pregando o evangelho de seu Filho, é minha testemunha de como sempre me lembro de vocês
Hoffnung für alle - Und wie oft ich im Gebet an euch denke, dafür ist Gott mein Zeuge. Ihm diene ich von ganzem Herzen, indem ich die rettende Botschaft von seinem Sohn verkünde.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngày và đêm, tôi dâng anh chị em và nhu cầu của anh chị em trong lời cầu nguyện lên Đức Chúa Trời, là Đấng mà tôi hết lòng phục vụ bằng cách truyền bá Phúc Âm của Con Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระเจ้าซึ่งข้าพเจ้ารับใช้ด้วยสุดใจในการประกาศข่าวประเสริฐเรื่องพระบุตรของพระองค์นั้น ทรงเป็นพยานให้ข้าพเจ้าว่าข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านเสมอ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้ารับใช้พระเจ้าด้วยชีวิตจิตใจในการประกาศข่าวประเสริฐเรื่องพระบุตรของพระองค์ พระเจ้าเป็นพยานของข้าพเจ้าว่า เวลาอธิษฐาน ข้าพเจ้าระลึกถึงท่านอยู่เสมอไม่ว่างเว้น

Philemon 1:4 - Every time your name comes up in my prayers, I say, “Oh, thank you, God!” I keep hearing of the love and faith you have for the Master Jesus, which brims over to other believers. And I keep praying that this faith we hold in common keeps showing up in the good things we do, and that people recognize Christ in all of it. Friend, you have no idea how good your love makes me feel, doubly so when I see your hospitality to fellow believers.
Philippians 1:9 - So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.
Luke 18:1 - Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit. He said, “There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!’
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.”
Acts 19:21 - After all this had reached its peak, Paul decided it was time to move on to Macedonia and Achaia provinces, and from there to Jerusalem. “Then,” he said, “I’m off to Rome. I’ve got to see Rome!” He sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia and then stayed for a while and wrapped things up in Asia.
Colossians 1:9 - Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you’ll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.
Colossians 1:13 - God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.
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.
Ephesians 3:14 - My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:20 - God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
1 John 5:9 - If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God’s testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God’s own testimony regarding his Son.
1 John 5:11 - This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.
Acts 12:5 - All the time that Peter was under heavy guard in the jailhouse, the church prayed for him most strenuously.
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.
Mark 1:1 - The good news of Jesus Christ—the Message!—begins here, following to the letter the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Watch closely: I’m sending my preacher ahead of you; He’ll make the road smooth for you. Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
1 Samuel 12:23 - “And neither will I walk off and leave you. That would be a sin against God! I’m staying right here at my post praying for you and teaching you the good and right way to live. But I beg of you, fear God and worship him honestly and heartily. You’ve seen how greatly he has worked among you! Be warned: If you live badly, both you and your king will be thrown out.”
1 Thessalonians 2:6 - Even though we had some standing as Christ’s apostles, we never threw our weight around or tried to come across as important, with you or anyone else. We weren’t standoffish with you. We took you just as you were. We were never patronizing, never condescending, but we cared for you the way a mother cares for her children. We loved you dearly. Not content to just pass on the Message, we wanted to give you our hearts. And we did.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 - You remember us in those days, friends, working our fingers to the bone, up half the night, moonlighting so you wouldn’t have the burden of supporting us while we proclaimed God’s Message to you. You saw with your own eyes how discreet and courteous we were among you, with keen sensitivity to you as fellow believers. And God knows we weren’t freeloaders! You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child, holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.
John 4:23 - “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Now, are you ready for the real reason I didn’t visit you in Corinth? As God is my witness, the only reason I didn’t come was to spare you pain. I was being considerate of you, not indifferent, not manipulative.
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!
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 ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed reunion.