You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chai
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible trea
the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, fo
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure i
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with
From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,