And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not be established.

But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath.

and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot be established.

And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom be established? because ye say, that I cast out devils by Beelzebub.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

And the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.

For I am longing to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift unto you, to the end ye may be established, -

that ye may be established, That is, to be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by your faith [as believers understanding the truth of Christ’s deity]. Do not be conceited, but [rather stand in great awe of God and] fear [Him];

Everybody must obey the civil authorities that are over him, for no authority exists except by God's permission; the existing authorities have been established by Him,

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own master he standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be established; for God is able to establish him.

as the testimony of Christ was established among you;

This third time, am I coming unto you: - at the mouth of two witnesses, or three, shall every matter be established.

Brothers, I speak according to man. But no one abolishes a man's covenant when it is established, or makes additions to it.

And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.

of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. ---

having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

The word is faithful, and I wish you to be established concerning these things, in order that those having believed in God may think to excel in good works. These things are beautiful and useful to the people:

For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

But, when Christ came, he appeared as High Priest of that Better System which was established; and he entered through that nobler and more perfect 'Tabernacle,' not made by human hands--that is to say, not a part of this present creation.

For where there is a will and testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,

and having an high priest, who is established over the house of God,

Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you .

By faith he established the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood, in order that the Destroying Angel might not touch the firstborn.

Since many writers have undertaken to compose narratives about the facts established among us,

for the law appointed frail mortals to be high priests, but the oracle pronounc'd with an oath, which was since the law, established the son, who is crown'd with immortal perfections.

whence even the first testament was not established without the effusion of blood.

so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself against what God has established, and those who set themselves against Him will get the penalty due them.

And he who has established me with you in the Anointed One, and has anointed me, is God.

And Judas and Silas being prophets also themselves, exhorted and established: the brethren by many discourses.

if ye continue grounded and established in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.

And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

And he said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father established in his own authority.

And he said unto them, Ye know how contrary it is to established usage, for a man who is a Jew to associate with or visit one of another nation; but God hath shewed me to call no man common or unclean.

NOW there were at Antioch, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother, and Saul.

And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled.

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

And:

In the beginning, Lord,
You established the earth,
and the heavens are the works of Your hands;

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

And this Moses whom they denied, saying, Who hath established thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent a ruler and deliverer, with the hand of an angel having appeared unto him in a bush.

For behold, how great enthusiasm, yes, how great apology, yes, how great clearing up, yes, how great fear, yes, how great longing, yes, how great zeal, yes, how great avenging, this same godly sorrow did work in you! In everything you have established yourselves to be pure in the matter.

saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God established unto you.

And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect.

And He said to him; Man, who established me judge or a divider over you?

But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you forbid them to circumcise their children or observe old-established customs.

For to which of the angels did the Father ever say,

“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten (fathered) You [established You as a Son, with kingly dignity]”?

And again [did He ever say to the angels],

“I shall be a Father to Him
And He shall be a Son to Me”?

[and besides this evidence] God also testifying with them [confirming the message of salvation], both by signs and wonders and by various miracles [carried out by Jesus and the apostles] and by [granting to believers the] gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

But resist him, be firm in your faith [against his attack—rooted, established, immovable], knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being experienced by your brothers and sisters throughout the world. [You do not suffer alone.]

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews would not eat anything unless they first scrubbed their hands [i.e., up to the wrists] in accordance with the [long-established] tradition of the Jewish elders).

Greet one another with a holy kiss [i.e., to signify affection, yet without sensuality]. All of the churches of Christ [i.e., which Paul established or preached in] send you their greetings.

[This letter is from] Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, [and is being sent] to all the saints [i.e., God's holy people] who are at Philippi [Note: This is a town in present-day northeastern Greece, and the first place in Europe where Paul established Christianity], along with the overseers [Note: These men were also called elders, shepherds or pastors] and deacons.

For this reason Moses has given you [God’s law regarding] circumcision (not that it originated with Moses, but with the patriarchs) and you circumcise a man [even] on the Sabbath.

For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God.

But the man who stands firmly committed in his heart, having no compulsion [to yield to his daughter’s request], and has authority over his own will, and has decided in his own heart to keep his own virgin [daughter from being married], he will do well.

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in [affectionate] remembrance of Me.”

and we have the prophetic word better established. You do well to attend to this, as to a lamp that shines in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts;

and being ready to take vengeance on all disobedience, when your obedience shall have been fully established.

according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord,

by making known to us the mystery of his will according to his good purpose which he had before established in himself,

and so we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in [spreading] the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you [exhorting, comforting, and establishing you] in regard to your faith,

then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Do we then make, law, void through means of our faith? Far be it! On the contrary, law, we do establish!

encourage your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and will keep you from evil.

For, not knowing God's righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;

Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad-message - even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age-past times kept silent,

but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.

Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.

But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;

and after they had by prayers and fastings establish'd Pastors for them in every church, they recommended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)

but rise upright upon thy feet: for I have appear'd to thee in order to establish you my minister in testifying both what you have seen, and what I shall hereafter show to you,

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged: -

on the contrary, if I re-establish what I have demolish'd, I show myself a prevaricator.

For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].

And having spent some time there , he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

who was not establish'd by virtue of a temporary law, but with the power of being a perpetual priest.

Besides those priests were establish'd without any oath: but this with an oath,

every high priest being establish'd to offer gifts and sacrifices: it was necessary that he likewise should make a peculiar offering,

which office he could not discharge here upon earth, where priests are already establish'd, who offer gifts according to the law:

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

And he went through all Syria and Cilicia, establishing the congregations.

it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.