More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?
What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?
Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,
So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.
If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.
For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.
Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.
Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;
I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.
If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.
And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.
And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
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