As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

No one stitches a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, otherwise the patch breaks away, the new from the old, and the tear is made worse:

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

"And how many basketfuls of fragments did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand?" They said, "Seven."

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

Well, if their lapse has enriched the world, if their defection is the gain of the Gentiles, what will it mean when they all come in?

To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.

Love never wrongs a neighbour; that is why love is the fulfilment of the law.

When I do come to you, I know I will bring a full blessing from Christ.

the earth and all its contents belong to the Lord.

but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

so to order it in the fulness of the ages that all things in heaven and earth alike should be gathered up in Christ ??11 in the Christ in whom we have had our heritage allotted us (as was decreed in the design of him who carries out everything according to the counsel of his will),

the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

praying Him out of the wealth of his glory to grant you a mighty increase of strength by his Spirit in the inner man.

till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ ??14 instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error;

For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,

It is in Christ that the entire Fulness of deity has settled bodily,

It is in Christ that the entire Fulness of deity has settled bodily, it is in him that you reach your full life, and he is the Head of every angelic Ruler and Power;