And on the next [day] Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

and do not present your members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God [as] instruments of righteousness.

For [although I] am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already passed judgment on the one who has done this in this way, as [if I] were present.

And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members [as] slaves to immorality and lawlessness, [leading] to lawlessness, so now present your members [as] slaves to righteousness, [leading] to sanctification.

Then Paul took along the men on the next day, [and] [after he] had purified himself together with them, he entered into the temple [courts], announcing the completion of the days of purification until {the time} the offering would be presented on behalf of each one of them.

Therefore if you present your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it?

Hypocrites! You know how to evaluate the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how [is it] you do not know how to evaluate this present time?

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you {were kind enough to come}. So now we all are present before God to hear all the things that have been commanded to you by the Lord."

But [there are] some Jews from Asia who ought to be present before you and bring charges against [me], if they have anything against me,

And [while] he was discussing about righteousness and self control and the judgment that is to come, Felix became afraid [and] replied, "Go away for the present, and [when I] have an opportunity, I will summon you."

And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole population of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting [that] he must not live any longer.

in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the [person] by faith in Jesus.

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?

For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.

Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant {selected by grace}.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all [things] [are] yours,

Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,

and those who make use of the world as [if they] do not make full use of [it]. For the present form of this world is passing away.

[because we] know that the one who raised Jesus will also raise us together with Jesus and present [us] together with you.

For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.

At the present time your abundance [will be] for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,

Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person} [am] humble among you, but [when I] am absent am bold toward you--

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters [when we] are absent, [we will] also [be] in {actions} [when we] are present.

For I am jealous [for] you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you [in marriage] to one husband, to present [you] [as] a pure virgin to Christ.

And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].

I have already said when was present the second time, and [although I] am absent now also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare [anyone],

Because of this, I am writing these [things] [although I] am absent, in order that [when I] am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

But [it is] good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you.

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is a slave with her children.

in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.

but now you have been reconciled by {his physical body} through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

For the training of the body is {somewhat} profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, [because it] holds promise for the present life and for the [life] to come.

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.

For Demas deserted me, [because he] loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens [went] to Galatia; Titus [went] to Dalmatia.

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,

For [the one] for whom these [things] [are] not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing} of his former sins.

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is going to come up from the abyss, and he is going to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished [when they] see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present.