Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

but if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every case may be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man."

Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it."

Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep.

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, "Whoever I kiss, that is the man. Seize him and get him safely away."

as was the case with James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, who were partners of Simon. Then said Jesus to Simon, "Have no fear; from now your catch will be men."

you never gave me a kiss, while ever since she came in she has kept pressing kisses on my feet;

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

"When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited;

He also said to his host, "When you give a dinner or supper, do not ask your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back again and you get repaid.

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

So he got up and went off to his father. But when he was still far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him.

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,

but Jesus said to him, "Judas! would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

Later on Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well and strong; commit no more sins, in case something worse befalls you."

Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;

Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

but an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza" (the desert-route).

Beware then in case the prophetic saying applies to you:

So the city was filled with confusion. They rushed like one man into the amphitheatre, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were travelling with Paul.

His company as far as Asia consisted of Sopater of Beroea (the son of Pyrrhus), Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, Timotheus, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

Now you and the Sanhedrin must inform the commander that you propose to investigate this case in detail, so that he may have Paul brought down to you. We will be all ready to kill him on the way down."

He answered, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to-morrow to the Sanhedrin, on the plea that they propose to examine his case in detail.

he said, "I will go into your case whenever your accusers arrive," giving orders that he was to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.

As Felix had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, he remanded Paul, telling the Jews, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

As they were spending several days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix.

But Paul entered an appeal for his case to be reserved for the decision of the emperor; so I ordered him to be detained till I could remit him to Caesar."

Now the soldiers resolved to kill the prisoners, in case any of them swam off and escaped;

Never! In that case, how could he judge the world?

It is the same in your case, my brothers. The crucified body of Christ made you dead to the Law, so that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we might be fruitful to God.

Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

Gaius, my host and the host of the church at large salutes you. Erastus the city-treasurer salutes you; so does brother Quartus.

I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

but in every case the nature of his work will come out; the Day will show what it is, for the Day breaks in fire, and the fire will test the work of each, no matter what that work may be.

I did not mean you were literally to avoid contact with the immoral in this world, with the lustful and the thievish, or with idolaters; in that case you would have to leave the world altogether.

When any of you has a grievance against his neighbour, do you dare to go to law in a sinful pagan court, instead of laying the case before the saints?

Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls.

All the brotherhood salutes you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

For as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in my case, so my comfort is also abundant through Christ.

If a certain individual has been causing pain, he has been causing pain not so much to me as to all of you ??at anyrate (for I am not going to overstate the case) to a section of you.

so that instead of censuring you should now forgive him and comfort him, in case the man is overwhelmed by excessive remorse.

in case Satan should take advantage of our position ??for I know his man?uvres!

Now if the administration of death which was engraved in letters of stone, was invested with glory ??so much so, that the children of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses on account of the dazzling glory that was fading from his face;

Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing;

At the same time I am sending these brothers just in case my pride in you should prove an empty boast in this particular instance; I want you to be "all ready," as I have been telling them that you would be,

in case any Macedonians accompany me and find you are not ready ??which would make me (not to speak of yourselves) ashamed of having been so sure.

This will be my third visit to you: every case is to be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

Salute one another with a holy kiss.

(whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another).

Even if anyone is detected in some trespass, brothers, you are spiritual, you must set the offender right in a spirit of gentleness; let each of you look to himself, in case he too is tempted.

As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper ??13 forbear and forgive each other in any case of complaint; as Christ forgave you, so must you forgive.

Fathers, avoid irritating your children, in case they get dispirited.

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

Salute everyone of the brothers with a holy kiss.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as in your own case,

he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil;

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

However, they will get no further, for their aberration will be detected by everyone, as was the case with these magicians.

We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.

For if the divine word spoken by angels held good, if transgression and disobedience met with due punishment in every case,

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.

For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit,

Again, it is mortal men in the one case who receive tithes, while in the other it is one of whom the witness is that 'he lives.'

Thus, in the case of a will, the death of the testator must be announced.

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, like the high priest entering the holy place every year with blood that was not his own: ??26 for in that case he would have had to suffer repeatedly, ever since the world was founded. Nay, once for all, at the end of the world, he has appeared with his self-sacrifice to abolish sin.

In his case, you see, faith co-operated with deeds, faith was completed by deeds,

Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ [Jesus].

The presbyter, to the beloved Gaius whom I love in the Truth.

I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.