We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.
And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
“Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples.”
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
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