Romans 15:20

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

“ ‘ “I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I won’t allow my holy name to be profaned any more. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;