Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.
And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;
And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.
I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:
Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.
Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.
Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.
He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;
Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.
Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.
For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.
But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.
But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.
And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.
My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.
Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,
So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.
And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.
Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.
And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.
For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together.
Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.
But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
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