with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

This

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

I wot

and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'

and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, 'Lo, my lord hath not known what is with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand;

And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, 'Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.'

And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did it, as also your rulers;

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

General references

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

'If ye love me, my commands keep,

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,