Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of n
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my fle
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous a
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy over
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the sh
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island o
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishon
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Ch
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to t
I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone e
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesom
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donk
He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.