Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of y
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesu
Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am,
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continu
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only he
But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories
I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the a
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD wou