For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you,

and hope doth not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured out into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.

Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?

But what if God, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:

for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth."

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall make confession to God."

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints that are at Jerusalem.