The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

But if we say, 'From people -- '" (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,