and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

This

And even when [I am] old and gray, O God, do not abandon me until I proclaim your {strength} to [this] generation, your power to every [one that] comes [after].

For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

I wot

And Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this thing, neither did you tell me, nor have I heard [of it] except for today."

But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master {does not worry about} what [is] in the house, and everything he owns he has put in my hand.

And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, and the people gathered opposite Aaron, and they said to him, "Come, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew! Or do you not know, in [the passage about] Elijah, what the scripture says--how he appeals to God against Israel?

General references

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

But to stay on in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sake.